Episode Info
Connections... with Eric Cocks
Original Aired:
Friday, June 1st, 2018
Friday, June 1st, 2018 4:01PM
hamsandwich new beatles psychedelic bowie kinks eclectic vinyl dylan neko wpkn mono connections comedy samphillips trex vintage humor lisa freeform prince demos squeaky chairs kalinich euphoria liz petty lizphair phair lisagermano germano
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Episode: Spontaneous Connections
June 1, 2018 episode of Connections on WPKN with Eric Cocks. New and vintage music. It's spontaneous! Includes The Kinks, Bob Dylan rarities, Bowie, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Liz Phair, Sheryl Crow (with Liz Phair), T-Rex, Wendy Carlos, Euphoria, Lisa Germano, Patti Smith, Bo Diddley, Bobby Charles, Sam Phillips, Nick Lowe, The Pierces, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Beach Boys, Prince, Paul McCartney, Steven Wright and more.
Also new music by Neko Case, Morcheeba, Laura Viers, Cat Pierce, Stephen Kalinich, The Wild Reeds, Meiko, La Force, Justin Martin (feat. Femme), Coughing Moments, Mike Raphone of The Squeaky Chairs and whatever happened in the moment.
Also available in archives: Two shows from last week celebrating Bob Dylan's 77th birthday with rarities, alternate takes and live performances:
Connections: Bob Dylan plus new and vintage music (May 25, 2018):
http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/224932
Connections: Bob Dylan 77th Birthday Special, May 24, 2018:
For info, updates and occasional videos, please check the Facebook page Connections on WPKN.
Show: 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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