Episode Info
Show:
Connections... with Eric Cocks
Original Aired:
Monday, July 5th, 2010
12:18PM to 2:56PM
Duration:
2 hours, 38 minutes
Posted:
Monday, July 5th, 2010 12:00PM
Tags:
hamsandwich
beatles
psychedelic
kinks
dylan
connections
trex
nilsson
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Episode: Connections in Free Form Heat Wave Sound
A free form edition of Connections on WPKN with Eric Cocks in authentic Heat Wave Sound on July 5, 2010. Includes special segments on The Kinks and T-Rex, plus new music by Alejandro Escovedo, Yacht, The Morning Benders, Mojo Mancini and more.
Also sonic explorations of the last several decades, including George Harrison, Arcade Fire, The Rolling Stones, Margo Guryan, The Beatles, Iggy Pop, John Lennon, Barnaby Bye, The Byrds, Lindsey Buckingham, Sean Lennon, Alex Chilton, Benny Spellman, David Lindley, Psychic TV and Bach.
Plus rarities from Bob Dylan and Harry Nilsson.
In the last section of the show, there's a special segment with my good friend Bob Meshnick, where we talk about a new project he founded: A Star On Hollywood Blvd For The Kinks. We play some Kinks tunes, talk about their new upcoming film/musical, and discuss Pete Quaife, Dave Davies and Ray Davies.
The Kinks segment is also posted separately at: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/9218
The show concludes with some great music by T-Rex, Sean Lennon, Todd Rundgren and The Beatles, and some running updates on local temperatures.
It's all connected.
Show: Connections... with Eric Cocks
Connections... with Eric Cocks
Explores the connections between songs, songwriters, musicians, producers and people... often in surprising ways.
Vital, intelligent music with true artistic vision.
Includes extended features on specific artists such as Bob Dylan, The Kinks, The Beatles and far more. Also comedy by Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Eddie Izzard, Paul Krassner and others with a rock and roll renegade attitude. In depth explorations of early electronic music (and how it relates to current music). Vital new music that deserves to be heard. Surf music. Garage bands. British invasion. Rock and Roll. John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Jimi Hendrix, Laurie Anderson, William Burroughs, Robert Anton Wilson, The Blues Magoos, David Bowie, The Beach Boys, Dr Fiorella Terenzi, Beethoven, Bo Diddley, The Rolling Stones, Alex Chilton, Tom Petty, The Pretenders, Blondie and far more may be part of any given show. Also live interviews of performers, writers, producers, engineers, session musicians and people behind the scenes. Plus unexpected surprises...
Previous in depth interviews include Sam Phillips, Peppy Castro of The Blues Magoos, author/comedian Paul Krassner, Chris Frantz, Neil Innes, Tommy James, legendary session musician Carol Kaye and more. All are available in archives. Stay tuned for future interviews and special features.
The show will keep changing over time.
Tune in every 2nd and 4th Monday of each month from 9 am to noon eastern. Also special editions at other times. Available live at http://wpkn.org or listen later in archives.
For further info and special features, please check the new FaceBook site: Connections on WPKN