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Jubilation: Women's History Month Part 1
The first of two day's worth of Snap Crackle POP! shows with female performers, songwriters, musicians, etc. in honor of Women's History Month. Pictured: a jubilant No...
Everyone knows it's WINDY
Wind – Circus Maximus Windy – The Association The Wind Cries Mary – Jimi Hendrix Part of the Wind – Tim Hardin Wind Chimes – The Beach Boys Catch the Wind – Donova...
Why Does It Always Rain on... who, exactly?
Raindrops – Dee Clark Rhythm of the Rain – The Cascades Rainy Days and Monday – The Carpenters Why Does It Always Rain on Me? – Travis I Wish It Would Rain – The Te...
Higher Ground: The Songs & Roots of Stevie Wonder (the noon-to-3pm shift)
I usually don't save the fundraising shows I've done - there's an awful lot of begging for money - but I really enjoyed doing this show with I Messiah, the mysterious ...
Good Morning, you Psychos!
A show wondering if there'll come a day when we won't need love, then offering some unsolicited advice at the end. Good Morning – Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald ...
Whoopee! We're all Gonna Die
I hope the "title" of this episode isn't too on the nose. But that line has been stuck in my head since he passed this weekend. The Masked Marauder – Country Joe & th...
More Neil Sedaka? YOU GOT IT!
Watch this space: my goal is to combine this Tuesday March 3rd 2026 Snap Crackle POP! 7-9 am episode (which is 95% dedicated to Neil music) with the previous Monday Ma...
Neil Sedaka, RIP! (Part 1?)
I am probably going to re-upload this show shortly, vut for the time being here's this morning's Snap Crackle POP! tribute to Neil Sedaka, with my amazing co-host Dawn...
TOO. MUCH. SNOW.
Snowhaustion? These g-ddamn blizzards keep happening on Sunday nights, which means these days that the Monday- and Tuesday- wee hours commute to WPKN's Fairfield Avenu...
Calvin, O Calvin...
Today was the crazy-ass "Calvin" blizzard day - still happening as I post this - so for this morning it was time for another last-minute Sunday pre-recorded Snap Crack...
It's a Mardi Gras WPKN Fun(d)raiser!
Laissez les bons temps rouler! Yes, this is a fundraiser for our dear radio station, but the music is SO GOOD and I had SO MUCH FUN. Christine Ohlman (The Beehive Quee...
Magic In The Air: The Big, Orchestral Pop Sound of Black America (part 1?)
As part WPKN's Black History Month celebration, I focus here on the type of music Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Thom Bell made - something I'm here calling "Black Orches...
There Go the Hotsteppers: a Sly & Robbie Tribute
Today’s Snap Crackle POP! was a tribute to the epic production team of drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare. Sly passed away on January 26th 2026 at the a...
The winter of '26: The Battle for Minneapolis
In tribute to, and in acknowledgement of, the Battle of '26 in wintry Minneapolis. Enclosed photo is by Philip Cheung for The New Yorker. =============================...
"Ayy! What does a record do? It REVOLVES. Great!"
I've been doing two "drivetime" 7 - 9 am airshifts lately on WPKN 89.5 FM Bridgeport lately - my regular Monday morning one and, for a bit, the Tuesday morning slot t...
It's COLD, people (and it's pre-recorded)
This Morning’s Backstory: though I always want to do these “Snap Crackle POP!” drivetime programs live, so I can give out weather and traffic (lol) reports, I had to p...
Life In a Blender - twee? Discuss.
I talked a lot about and played some Life In a Blender, a fantasticly creative band from NYC who are coming up to Milford this Friday, January 23rd, 2026. And I also p...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day: let's celebrate it while we still can
In a recent interview with the New York Times, President Donald J. Trump said he felt the Civil Rights Movement and its reforms were harmful to white people, who “were...