Oct 5, 2018 episode of Connections on WPKN with Eric Cocks. New and vintage music, spontaneous and in the moment. Includes new releases by John Lennon, Sam Phillips, Dave Davies of The Kinks, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, David Bowie, Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Roseanne Cash with Sam Phillips and more. 

Also Bob Dylan, The Beatles (as recorded by Geoff Emerick), Liz Phair, The Rolling Stones, Brian Eno, Euphoria, Kimm Rogers, The Hollies, Link Wray & The Wray-men, Spirit, The Everly Brothers, Mattew Child, The Electric Prunes, Nazz, ABBA, The Fantastic Baggys (with PF Sloan and Steve Barri), The Hollies, Duane Eddy produced by Lee Hazlewood, a series of songs by numerous artists, The Subtle References, Cowboy Nose, The Squeaky Chairs and whatever happened in the space time continuum. 

Sometimes, there are connections that only become apparent later. The first song after the intro features James Lowe on lead vocals. Later, there's an early Todd Rundgren song by Nazz, engineered by James Lowe. Some parts of the show may have subliminal messages and/or popcorn. 

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The previous episode of Connections is also available in archives: 

Spontaneous Connections 

http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/238460 

For info, updates and occasional videos and music news, please check the Facebook page Connections on WPKN 

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. Or just because it sounds good...

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, Nilsson, Tom Petty, Lucinda Williams, Jon Brion, Aimee Mann, Tame Impala, Grimes, The Pretenders, Blondie, Caitlin Rose, Juana Molina, Mojo Mancini, Elliott Randall, Marshall Chapman, Jessy Lanza, Big Star, demos, rarities, unreleased new music 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 of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, Neil Innes of The Rutles, Tommy James, legendary session musician Carol Kaye, Warren Zanes, Felix Cavaliere of The Rascals, Rod Argent of The Zombies, Oscar Winning Composer Alan Menken, Patty Larkin and more. All are available in archives for about 385 days. (Maybe that'll get extended some day.) Stay tuned for future interviews and special features.

The show will keep changing over time.

Tune in every 1st and 3rd Friday afternoon of each month at the new  time of  4 to 7 pm eastern. Also special editions at other times. Available live over the air at 89.5, online at http://wpkn.org, tunein radio or listen later in the WPKN archives.

For further info, updates, news, videos and special features, please check the FaceBook site: Connections on WPKN

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