Rockcontinuum

Digging in for the year, this week’s Rockcontinuum (w/John Paige) offers invocations, anxiety, resistance and maybe even some wisdom with tunes by Rain Parade, Zappa, the Band, Fred Frith, Roxy Music, Rother, Dylan, Cate Le Bon, Devo, Olivia Tremor Control, Marc Ribot, Beck, David Lynch and more. For your listening pleasure in our present state. Originally broadcast on  WOWD.

The first Rockcontinuum of this topsy-turvy year features new music from the Doves, Elroy, Darkside & Squid intermingled with tunes by Phil Manzanera, Soundcarriers, Donovan, Tom Penaguin, Kinks, Caravan, Deerhunter, Tom Penaguin, Thomas Dolby, Rascals and Peter, Paul & Mary and much more. Plus a mini-tribute to Daevid Allen (pictured) and Wayne Coyne, too, on their Birthdays. For your listening pleasure in our present state. Originally broadcast on WOWD 94.3fm, takomaradio.org.

Just under the wire, comes the inevitable Rockcontinuum Top Ten Program with all music from 2024. Offerings include songs by Immersion, Squid, Crowded House, Janel and Anthony, Soundcarriers, Eno, Dave Newhouse, Beak>, John Cale, Fontaines DC and much more. For your (continued) pleasure in our present state. Program originally broadcast on WOWD on 12/30/24. 

2024 Rockcontinuum Top Ten Albums (in no particular order);

Crowded House                      Gravity Stairs

The Smile                                Wall of Eyes

Gruff Rhys                               Sadness Sets Me Free

Robyn Hitchcock                     1967: Vacations in the Past

Beak>                                      >>>>

The Lemon Twigs                   A Dream Is All We Know

Janel and Anthony                  New Moon In The Evil Aga

Fontaines DC                          Romance

John Cale                                POPtical Illusion

Nanocluster/Immersion           Vol.2/In The Far Away

While we look for a shining star in the sky, the penultimate episode of the Rockcontinuum (with John Paige) for this year offers new music from Nik Bartsch's Ronin, Olivia Tremor Control, Euros Childs, Fennesz, Graham Lewis, Basic and others intermingled with tracks from the Aliens, Rolling Stones, Soft Machine, Mutton Birds, Bowie, Lovin' Spoonful, Blur, Ruby Suns, Procol Harum and much more, with even some Seasonal Holiday Cheer thrown in for your pleasure in our present state. Originally broadcast on WOWD on 12/16/24.

This week's brisk pre-winter Rockcontinuum Episode features new music from Jeff Parker, Olivia Tremor Control, the Chills and Darkside intermingled w/'chunes from Syd, Brian, Bryan, Jimi, Bowie, the Move, Beak, Elliott Smith, Moon Duo, Sufjan, XTC and much more. Originally broadcast on WOWD Monday, 12/2. For your listening pleasure in our present state.

Latest Rockcontinuum indirectly explores the dichotomy and liminal space between the Election and Thanksgiving, offering new music from Aquaserge, Paul Lake (Chemistry Set) and Squid blended with tunes from The Sunshine Fix, Deerhunter, T-Bone Burnett, 801, Nanocluster, Traffic, Martin Newell, The Nice, SOOL, Gong, Zombies and much more, with a mini-tribute to Pete Sinfield*. Originally broadcast on WOWD 94.3 FM, takomaradio.org,  For your pleasure in our present state.

*Note; the Peter Sinfield mini-tribute notes were accidently omitted from this program (at around 27:50). Peter Sinfield was the lyricist for the first 4 King Crimson Albums, coined the name King Crimson, found the band a place to practice, sourced the Artists for the early album covers, and purportedly, influenced Crimson’s sartorial choices. After Crimson, Sinfield released solo material, worked with Greg Lake and ELP and went on to write songs for popular artists (such as Cher and Celine Dion). He also produced the first Roxy Music Album.  Sinfield passed away last Thursday (11/14) at the age of 80.

Latest Rockcontinuum features new music from Sam Wilkes, Cornelius, Robyn Hitchcock & the Necks blended with tracks from Harmonia, XTC, the Smile, Kinks, Matching Mole, Yardbirds, Lemon Twigs, Genesis, Tame Impala and much more, with a mini-tribute to Manfred Mann and a 'golden section'. For your pleasure in our present state. Originally broadcast on WOWD 94.3fm, takomaradio.org.

Floating in, the latest Rockcontinuum features new music from Beak>, the Smile, Robyn Hitchcock, Swell Brothers, Mandrake Handshake, Asteroid No. 4 and others, mingled w/stalwarts like Soft Machine, XTC, Cowboys International, Pixies, Silver Apples and more. Plus 3 takes on the world and 3 takes on public places, as well as a birthday mini-tribute to Thom Yorke. For your listening pleasure in our present state. With John Paige, originally broadcast on WOWD 94.3 fm, takomaradio.org.

Since we have now crossed the Fall Equinox line, this episode of the Rockcontinuum has an autumnal hue, and features new music by the Soundcarriers, Field Music, Robyn Hitchcock and Nanocluster, with a cornucopia of tunes by the likes of Patti Smith, the Move, Jacco Gardner, Devo, Moby Grape, Van Dyke Parks, Fontaines DC, Kinks, Crowded House and so much more, as well as an oblique tip ‘o’ the hat for the bossman’s birthday. For your listening pleasure in our present state. With John Paige, and originally broadcast on WOWD.

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This week's Rockcontinuum offers new music from the Clientele, Hollow Hand, Robyn Hitchcock, Giant Day, Fontaines DC, Bryan Ferry, the Smile, Floating Points and others, blended with songs by Small Faces, White Fence, Jefferson Airplane, the Chills, Sufjan Stevens, the Monkees, Talk Talk, Cate Le Bon, the Kinks and much more for your pleasure in our present state. John Paige hosts. Originally broadcast on WOWD 94.3fm, takomaradio.org.