WPKN Archives: Spontaneous Connections

Episode Info

Show:
Connections... with Eric Cocks

Original Aired:
Friday, February 1st, 2019
4:00PM to 6:55PM

Duration:
2 hours, 55 minutes

Posted:
Friday, February 1st, 2019 4:07PM

Tags:
hamsandwich new beatles psychedelic lennon eclectic vinyl dylan wpkn mono connections comedy bootleg vintage improvised humor freeform demos beachboys squeaky chairs squeakychairs iggy loureed elliottrandall aimee asaro roxy


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Episode: Spontaneous Connections

Feb 1, 2019 episode of Connections on WPKN with Eric Cocks. New and vintage music, including Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Aimee Mann, Ray Charles, Iggy Pop, Wendy Carlos, Randy Newman, Larry Williams, Nick Lowe, Los Lobos, Elliott Randall, The Beach Boys, Kim Wilde, John Lennon, Roxy Music, Charlie Feathers, Fred Eaglesmith, East River Pipe, Merry Go Round, Lou Reed and more.

Also new releases by Amy Rigby, Jenny Lewis, Better Oblivion Community Center (Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst), Nick Waterhouse, Beck, Liz Asaro, Deerhunter, Alex Lilly, Andrew Bird, Dum Dum Girls, Insecure Men, Pavo Pavo, Cherry Glazerr, Thorinshield, Korey Dane, Karen O and Danger Mouse, The Final Straws, The Squeaky Chairs and whatever happened in the moment. 

Plus a few thoughts on possibilities that might have happened around the time of the rooftop concert and the Get Back sessions, along with miscellaneous thought bubbles. 

Thanks for tuning in! 

For info, updates, and occasional videos, articles and photos, please join the Facebook page Connections on WPKN. 

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. 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

Thanks for tuning in!

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