June 2024 Blog Posts (5)

ROCKOLLECTIONS: HERE COMES SUMMER PT.1

June 20th it Officially Becomes Summertime!

Music to welcome it is what I've got here, with a few Summer Show Traditions.

Vacations are starting to be taken, maybe at your job- they are at mine.

And although the water is still cold, many like to go to The Ocean for Vacation.

That is where the idea was born for a Theme Within A Theme.

You Are Cordially Invited To A Summer Beach Party!

Stay cool, and I hope you'll be entertained by this!

Here are the… Continue

Added by Mike Pell on June 17, 2024 at 10:01pm — 1 Comment

ROCKOLLECTIONS: FATHERS DAY PT.2

I'll open this Fathers Day closing half with a Song by a very popular group from the early and mid-60's that was trying to get into some Social Commentary in 1968.

It didn't work for them and hardly anyone noticed.

I'll have a few of my favorite Songs by Daughters about their Fathers.

Then the centerpiece of this Chapter- the Conflict Between Fathers And Sons.

To close, a Song that I feel cannot be followed by anything on a Radio Show- because of its topic and because it's… Continue

Added by Mike Pell on June 13, 2024 at 3:44pm — 2 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: FATHERS DAY PT.1

Many years ago, I did a 3 Week Series about Fathers.

This will just be a one week version- with some different Songs I didn't play back then.

There is some snarl in this Opening Half, a Pet Peeve of mine concerning those Deadbeat Dads, who impregnate women and then disappear.

Doing that doesn't make you a Father...or a Man!

I even have a couple of Songs tackling that.

But I'll start with some nice, Music that's Children About Fathers, then Fathers About Children-… Continue

Added by Mike Pell on June 10, 2024 at 9:29pm — 2 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: RIDING THE WIND PT.4 END

This is the Finale to this Short Series, with some Big Name Players in here!

Included in this Last Chapter I'll have a British Invasion Cover of a Song I already played, a Song from an Album that marked a Turning Point for a Great Group, even a Song with Biblical References To Mortality.

And for the Final Word, maybe the most obvious Song I haven't yet played.

Give a listen, you should know ALL these!

I am going to go inside, shut the door and stop Riding The Wind,… Continue

Added by Mike Pell on June 6, 2024 at 9:58pm — 2 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: RIDING THE WIND PT.3

It's Week 2 of Riding The Wind!

The arrival of Free-Form FM Radio expanded my Musical Horizons, to say the least.

And I started to collect Oldies, the Music that had come before, for a sense of History.

From those long ago days, a Song that HAD to be played, at least for me.

Then a Classic, an FM Turntable Hit from 1967 that also HAD to be played!

After that, I tried to squeeze in as many Songs as I could, some from different Genres but all I like.

Join me for a… Continue

Added by Mike Pell on June 4, 2024 at 1:12am — 2 Comments