Thursday, August 29, 2013

ROCK AND/OR ROLL 012 - THE FIRST SONG ON SIDE TWO

This episode is a tribute to the concept of an "album" as a work of art.

Thursday, August 22, 2013

ROCK AND/OR ROLL 011 - AOR? AOK!

Guilty pleasure my ass! B.J. plays a slew of his favorite songs from the much maligned genre of eighties AOR. Give these rockers a chance. They'd be wearing their hearts on their sleeves if their shirts had any sleeves.




URGENT - CAST THE FIRST STONE
SPYS - OVER HER
707 - MEGA FORCE
PREVIEW - CAN'T YOU SEE
JON FIORE - OUT ON THE EDGE
JOHN WAITE - CHANGE

O CANADA - AOR EDITION
ALDO NOVA - HEART TO HEART
WRABIT - ANYWAY, ANYTIME
TRIUMPH - FOLLOW YOUR HEART
HONEYMOON SUITE - BURNING IN LOVE
STREETHEART - COMIN' TRUE
BRIGHTON ROCK - CHANGE OF HEART
HAREM SCAREM - HARD TO LOVE

AUTOGRAPH - YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM THE BEAST INSIDE
ERIC MARTIN BAND - TEN FEET TALL
STREETS - IF LOVE SHOULD GO
STONE FURY - BREAK DOWN THE WALLS
STATETROOPER - SHE GOT THE LOOK
SURGIN' - HOT NIGHT
LOU GRAMM - TIME
NOISEWORKS - TAKE ME BACK
JEFF PARIS - I CAN'T LET GO
MICHAEL BOLTON - CAN'T TURN IT OFF
DANNY SPANOS - WHERE THERE'S SMOKE (THERE'S FIRE)
JOE LYNN TURNER - ON THE RUN
ZEBRA - HARD LIVING WITHOUT YOU
DARE - ABANDON
ANDY TAYLOR - THUNDER
GUN - INSIDE OUT
STAN BUSH - DARE
JOHN FARNHAM - NOTHING'S GONNA STAND IN OUR WAY
SPECTRE GENERAL - NOTHING'S GONNA STAND IN OUR WAY
MAGNUM - DAYS OF NO TRUST
VALENTINE - RUNNIN' ON LUCK AGAIN
A.S.a.P. - THE LION
BLUE TEARS - ROCKIN' WITH THE RADIO
KANE ROBERTS - FIGHTER
MITCH MALLOY - FOREVER
WIG WAM - IN MY DREAMS


Thursday, August 15, 2013

ROCK AND/OR ROLL 010 - PROGRESSIVE ROCK

B.J. welcomes his first reluctant co-host, fellow rock obsessive Dan aka D. Plov, for an awkward examination of the obtuse genre of progressive rock wherein the reluctant pair struggle to answer a question posed by Indiana punk band The Gizmos: progressive rock, it really sucks, don't it? Don't it really suck?



GENTLE GIANT - GIANT
GENTLE GIANT - PANTAGRUEL'S NATIVITY
BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST - TAKING SOME TIME ON
TOAD - COTTONWOOD HILL
KAYAK - ALIBI
KAYAK - ROYAL BED BOUNCER
KAYAK - MERLIN
GENESIS - COUNTING OUT TIME
PAVLOV'S DOG - THEME FROM SUBWAY SUE
CAMEL - ECHOES
CAMEL - HYMN TO HER
TRIUMVIRAT - TIMOTHY
GRACIOUS - INTRODUCTION
JETHRO TULL - ACRES WILD
NEKTAR - RECYCLE/CYBERNETIC CONSUMPTION/RECYCLE COUNTDOWN/AUTOMATON HORRORSCOPE/RECYCLING/FLIGHT TO REALITY/UNENDLESS IMAGINATIONS
NEKTAR - CAN'T STOP YOU NOW
KLAATU - SUB ROSA SUBWAY
CRACK THE SKY - SURF CITY/HOLD ON
MAGNUM - ALL THAT IS REAL
GENTLE GIANT - PLAYING THE GAME

Thursday, August 8, 2013

ROCK AND/OR ROLL 009 - KORY CLARKE CONVERSATION

On this episode B.J. has a conversation with rock visionary Kory Clarke about his early days in the Detroit punk scene and ultimately his experiences in the music industry with his band Warrior Soul.