Monday, December 29, 2014

December 28, 2014 - The Play Lists

Sparky Sundays on ScrubRadio



Round about three hours of amazing Independent music streaming LIVE every Sunday on ScrubRadio.com! Running the gambit from the avant garde - to acoustic - to power pop and beyond! Join the cool kids! Every Sunday, Noon to 3P Eastern (9-Noon Pacific, 5-8 PM UK) on ScrubRadio!

NOW with two ways to catch ShockPop if you miss the LIVE Sunday broadcast! Simply click on the player below to listen to the current show reflected in this Blog post, OR tune in to the continuous streams on Howard Byrne's PowerPop Stew website and select the "2nd Helpings" player! ShockPop streams in the noon and midnight hours each day thanks to PowerPop Stew! How great is that!!

Want to submit your original music for consideration?
Contact Sparky at dtp2web@yahoo.com

AIR DATE: December 28, 2014

FEATURED ARTISTS: Sam Llanas, Jay Stansfield, Willie Wisely


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THE PROGRAMMING:

"ShockPop" 
Sundays, Noon-2P Eastern

1. Eytan Mirsky - This Year's Gonna Be Our Year
2. The Britannicas - Got A Hold On Me (Eimerman)
3. Bryan Scary - Ziegfield Station
4. The Penguin Party - She's On Drugs
5. Marmalade Army - She's Throwing Light
6. Amsterdam - Does This Train Stop on Merseyside
7. Jay Stansfield - My Last, My Grain (CD:  Birth & Death)
8. Sam Llanas - Cold n' Clean (CD: The Whole Night Thru)
9. Willie Wisely - Fly My Kite (CD: Gospo Feel)
10. Envy & Other Sins - Morning Sickness
11. The Corner Laughers - Dark Horse
12. The Rosenbergs - Sucking on a Plum
13. Zach Djanikian - Move Along
14. Aerial - Formative Years
15. Two Sheds Jackson - The Living Years
16. Amy Duncan & David Paton - Still Miss You (After All These Years)
17. Poppermost - Christine Purple Star
18. Elijah Aaron - A Hundred Years
19. Steven Wright-Mark - The End of Another Year
20. Sam Llanas - Deja Vu´ (CD: The Whole Night Thru)
21. Willie Wisely - Hippopotamus Tag (CD: Gospo Feel)
22. Jay Stansfield - The Sadness (CD:  Birth & Death)
23. Dave Caruso - Champion
24. Wim Oudijk - Life is like a Sushi-Bar
25. Stealing Sheep - The Mountain Dogs (HOME Vol 3)
26. The Brigadier - Song for a New Year
27. Sophie Madeleine - When New Year Comes Around
28. Sir Video - Light Years
29. David Brookings - She's Been Gone For Years
30. Andy Klingensmith - Twenty Years At Sea
31. The Riffbackers - After All These Years
32. Charley Says - Unemployee of the Year

[BOLD = New Music for today!]



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"The Pillbugs Power Hour" - Show # 176
Sundays, 2-3PM Eastern

1. Welcome To The Show
2. The Pillbugs - Pretty, Young and Free (2:30)
3. Scott and Shelby Hunt - Rey Rey Cha Cha (1:29)
4. Mark Mikel - Can You Levitate (3:08)
5. Marikesh - Love Is What You Want (2:11)
6. The Pillbugs - Emily Loves (1:55)
7. Mark Mikel - Right Now (5:09)
8. The Pillbugs - Buzz For Aldrin (6:57)
9. Mark Mikel - Scream (Electric Dreams) (3:47)
10. The Pillbugs - Friend for the Day (2:11)
11. Mark Mikel - Come Tomorrow Feel alright (3:42)
12. The Pillbugs - Greeting Committee (3:50)
13. The Sprags - cookin' (3:01)
14. The Pillbugs - Climbing The Walls (5:05)
15. The Pillbugs - Girl on a Laser Beam (2:29)
16. Mark Mikel - Love Fades away (2:37)
17. Scott Hunt - Steppin Away (2:50)
18. The Pillbugs - Soundman (4:10)
19. Marikesh - Don't Be Afraid (0:28)
20. Goodbye From The Pillbugs Power Hour



Want to submit your original music for consideration?
Contact Sparky at dtp2web@yahoo.com

ShockPop streams LIVE on-the-net every Sunday from 11A to 3PM Eastern on www.ScrubRadio.com
That's 8A-Noon Pacific, 4-8P UK time.
Catch the ScrubRadio ALL independent stream 24/7/365 at http://209.160.41.56:8000/listen.pls
  
Everyone is invited to join us in the ScrubRadio Chat Room during the show! 
It's a great place for you to meet like-minded indie music fans and even the artists themselves! (just go to scrubradio.com, sign-up in the Forum, and then click on "Live Chat"!)

Monday, December 22, 2014

December 21, 2014 - The Play Lists

Sparky Sundays on ScrubRadio

Around about three hours of amazing Independent music streaming LIVE every Sunday on ScrubRadio.com! Running the gambit from the avant garde - to acoustic - to power pop and beyond! Join the cool kids! Every Sunday, Noon to 3P Eastern (9-Noon Pacific, 5-8 PM UK) on ScrubRadio!

NOW with two ways to catch ShockPop if you miss the LIVE Sunday broadcast! Simply click on the player below to listen to the current show reflected in this Blog post, OR tune in to the continuous streams on Howard Byrne's PowerPop Stew website and select the "2nd Helpings" player! ShockPop streams in the noon and midnight hours each day thanks to PowerPop Stew! How great is that!!

Want to submit your original music for consideration?
Contact Sparky at dtp2web@yahoo.com

AIR DATE: December 21, 2014

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THE PROGRAMMING:

"ShockPop" 
Sundays, Noon-2P Eastern

... the final installment of listening to my favorite releases of 2014! It's been a very good year...

1. ShockPop! is ON THE AIR with Ed James, "Welcome To The Show"
2. The Mockers - (There's No War On Christmas) When Christmas Is In Your Heart
3. Aerial - Why Don't They Teach Heartbreak At School?
4. Mark David Roberts - London Town
5. Grahame Steinberg - A Do Nothing Day/Brother Jason (Sparky mix)
6. Graham Elvis - Boss Of The World
7. Lannie Flowers - Come On Girl (LIVE)
8. Jamie and Steve - Skeletons
9. Radio Days - Hurts Too Much
10. Secret Friend - Orbital Velocity
11. Speed The Plough - Written Each Day
12. Indianapolis Jones - Not Ghosts Yet
13. Eytan and The Embassy - Weekend Warrior
14. The Pengwins - It's Christmas Time
15. The Rubinoos - She's Driving Me Crazy
16. Soundserif - Dear Nobody
17. phonograph - Waiting For The Sun
18. The Honey Wilders - More Than This
19. Monkey Paw Finger - Step Back (About To Blow) #2
20. Ward White - Sabbath
21. Willie Wisely - No Surprise [re-imagined]
22. Sam RB - Blue Sky Day
23. The Forty Nineteens - have a good time
24. Caddy - Something About Carina
25. Sunrise Highway - Windows
26. John Hunter Phillips - The Ghost of Hurricane Beach
27. The Comforters - Heart Ship Down
28. The After Hours - Here To Stay
29. The Difficult Stranger - Fall In Love With You
30. The Bobbleheads - Don't Ya Go
31. David Stephenson - I Become Disaster
32. WENDY?! - I'm gonna try
33. Brandon Schott - Verdugo Park
34. DawnBreakers - You Give Me Headache (Elizabeth Racz)
35. ... from the archives, Todd Dillingham - Wombats Overhead




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"The Pillbugs Power Hour" - Show # 175
Sundays, 2-3PM Eastern

1. Welcome To The Show
2. Mark Mikel - Suicide Rainbow (3:31)
3. The Pillbugs - Your Taste Is Mellow (2:31)
4. The Pillbugs - She Done Alotta Dope (1:18)
5. The Pillbugs - Sidecar (6:20)
6. Chris Shutters - Lightning (5:04)
7. The Pillbugs - Vladimir's Sister (0:51)
8. Scott Hunt - Sleepy Ann (2:23)
9. The Pillbugs - The Cat Who Dropped the Bomb (3:20)
10. The Pillbugs - The Plot Next To Garcia (2:04)
11. Mark Mikel - Girl In The Window (2:58)
12. Scott Tabner - Under The Queen (4:05)
13. The Pillbugs - Saturday Morning Cartoons (1:18)
14. The Pillbugs - Charlie Blue Car (3:58)
15. Marikesh - Look (single) (2:45)
16. Dark Ocean Colors - My Barbara Closed The Doors (2:33)
17. The Sprags - like the rollin' stones (3:00)
18. Scott and Shelby Hunt - Won't You (1:41)
19. The Pillbugs - Life As It Happens Pt 3 (0:36)
20. The Pillbugs - Plastic Surgical Holiday/Morning Mr Brain (4:28)
21. The Pillbugs - Heather (Whatever) (2:41)
22. Goodbye From The Pillbugs Power Hour

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Want to submit your original music for consideration?
Contact Sparky at dtp2web@yahoo.com

ShockPop streams LIVE on-the-net every Sunday from 11A to 3PM Eastern on www.ScrubRadio.com
That's 8A-Noon Pacific, 4-8P UK time.
Catch the ScrubRadio ALL independent stream 24/7/365 at http://209.160.41.56:8000/listen.pls
  
Everyone is invited to join us in the ScrubRadio Chat Room during the show! 
It's a great place for you to meet like-minded indie music fans and even the artists themselves! (just go to scrubradio.com, sign-up in the Forum, and then click on "Live Chat"!)

Monday, December 15, 2014

December 14, 2014 - The Play Lists

Sparky Sundays on ScrubRadio

Around about three hours of amazing Independent music streaming LIVE every Sunday on ScrubRadio.com! Running the gambit from the avant garde - to acoustic - to power pop and beyond! Join the cool kids! Every Sunday, Noon to 3P Eastern (9-Noon Pacific, 5-8 PM UK) on ScrubRadio!


NOW with two ways to catch ShockPop if you miss the LIVE Sunday broadcast! Simply click on the player below to listen to the current show reflected in this Blog post, OR tune in to the continuous streams on Howard Byrne's PowerPop Stew website and select the "2nd Helpings" player! ShockPop streams in the noon and midnight hours each day thanks to PowerPop Stew! How great is that!!

Want to submit your original music for consideration?
Contact Sparky at dtp2web@yahoo.com

AIR DATE: December 14, 2014

FEATURED ARTISTS: DC Cardwell, The Hangabouts

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THE PROGRAMMING:

"ShockPop" 
Sundays, Noon-2P Eastern

... wherein we continue to dig my favorite releases of 2014! It's been a very good year...

1. ShockPop! is ON THE AIR with Ed James, "Welcome To The Show"
2. Toxic Melons - Change The World
3. Nine Times Blue - Matter Of Time
4. Andy Klingensmith - Oh Miss No Name
5. Siusan and Zig - Education
6. The Enzymes with The Active Ingredients - Desi Danced
7. Maini Sorri - Blue Song
8. The Hangabouts - Roman Forum
9. Myracle Brah - Alicent In Time
10. Iain Till - Come the Morning
11. The Corner Laughers - Midsommar
12. Vinnie Zummo - A Christmas Kind Of Love
13. Midlake - Antiphon
14. The Britannicas - Lyin' On The Ground (Eimerman)
15. David Brookings - Go Away
16. Antiqcool - Girl In A Room
17. Anne Marie Howard - Bursting brim
18. DC Cardwell - The Sun, The Moon, The Stars
19. The Mouth of Ghosts - Right On Time
20. Elijah Aaron - Love You So
21. Steve Caraway - Candy
22. Army Navy - Summer Morning
23. Ransom and the Subset - We'll Get By
24. Jay Stansfield - Oh What A Christmas
25. Pete McCabe - The 6 A.M. Train
26. The Sunchymes - Through my eyes
27. Magic Eight Ball - California In The Fall
28. Rachael Dunn - Placing Stars
29. Kerry Patrick Clark - A Simple Legacy
30. Vegas With Randolph - The Girl Holding Out For Me
31. Kevin Lee & The Kings - Gold Digger
32. The Hangabouts - November
33. Johnno Casson - Take a taste of your medicine

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"The Pillbugs Power Hour" - Show # 174
Sundays, 2-3PM Eastern

1. Welcome To The Show
2. The Mark Mikel Hallucination - Your Artificial Stand-Up Man (3:43)
3. Dark Ocean Colors - When Both Our Worlds Collide (2:55)
4. The Pillbugs - The World's Most Harmless Villain (4:08)
5. Scott Tabner - We're All Slaves (5:24)
6. Mark Mikel - Putty In My Hands (4:23)
7. Scott Hunt - I Was Fine Without You (2:34)
8. The Mark Mikel Hallucination - Busy As A Bee (4:24)
9. Mark Mikel - So Much Lost In Love (3:17)
10. Dark Ocean Colors - Granny Smith (3:09)
11. The Pillbugs - North of Reality (4:19)
12. Mark Mikel - Sincerity (3:21)
13. The Pillbugs - Wait a Minute (3:49)
14. The Pillbugs - Big Green Nature Machine (4:07)
15. Chris Shutters - Wood Sheddin' (3:00)
16. Dark Ocean Colors - The Other Line (2:52)
17. The Pillbugs - Gazing At Clouds (2:41)
18. Goodbye From The Pillbugs Power Hour

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Want to submit your original music for consideration?
Contact Sparky at dtp2web@yahoo.com

ShockPop streams LIVE on-the-net every Sunday from 11A to 3PM Eastern on www.ScrubRadio.com
That's 8A-Noon Pacific, 4-8P UK time.
Catch the ScrubRadio ALL independent stream 24/7/365 at http://209.160.41.56:8000/listen.pls
  
Everyone is invited to join us in the ScrubRadio Chat Room during the show! 
It's a great place for you to meet like-minded indie music fans and even the artists themselves! (just go to scrubradio.com, sign-up in the Forum, and then click on "Live Chat"!)

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

"2001 ShockPop in Carbonite" Picture Mash-up


If you were curious what enhancements were added 
to this classic screen shot from "2001", here's the list:

From Left:

1) Spiderman
2) Cheshire Cat
3) Jambi (Pee Wee's Playhouse)
4) The Fat Lady, portrait (Harry Potter)
5) Deathstar (StarWars)
6) Cassandra (Dr Who)
7) Gizmo (Gremlins)
8) The Terminator
9) Christopher Pike (StarTrek)
10) Han Solo in carbonite (StarWars)
11) Dalek (Dr Who)
12) Gollum (LOTR)
13) Christmas tree
14) The Eye Of Sauron, painting (LOTR)
15) Elf on a shelf
16) Menorah
17) random gang of lightsaber wielding ninjas
18) Pulse rifle (Alien)
19) Dr Who Police Call Box blanket (on bed)
20) "Alien" egg (head in bed)


Sunday, December 7, 2014

December 7, 2014 - The Play List

Sparky Sundays on ScrubRadio


Usually around about three hours of amazing Independent music streaming LIVE every Sunday on ScrubRadio.com! Running the gambit from the avant garde - to acoustic - to power pop and beyond! Join the cool kids! Every Sunday, Noon to 3P Eastern (9-Noon Pacific, 5-8 PM UK) on ScrubRadio! However, due to technical difficulties this week - there's only the podcast to listen to! See the link right below... and then follow along as you listen and click on the artists below that pique your interest! 

NOW with two ways to catch ShockPop if you miss the LIVE Sunday broadcast! Simply click on the player below to listen to the current show reflected in this Blog post, OR tune in to the continuous streams on Howard Byrne's PowerPop Stew website and select the "2nd Helpings" player! ShockPop streams in the noon and midnight hours each day thanks to PowerPop Stew! How great is that!!

Want to submit your original music for consideration?
Contact Sparky at dtp2web@yahoo.com

AIR DATE: December 7, 2014

FEATURED ARTISTS: Paul Starling, Vanilla, Vinnie Zummo, Bill Mckechnie

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THE PROGRAMMING:

"ShockPop" 
Sundays, Noon-2P Eastern

... wherein we continued to dig my favorite 2014 releases! It's been a very good year...

1. ShockPop is On The Air with Duncan Faure ("Where Is The Music")
2. Bud Rogers - Hello
3. The Pengwins - If U Want 2
4. Mark Mikel - Just Another Lifetime Please
5. Phyllis Johnson - Mr.Callahan #15
6. The Legal Matters - So Long Sunny Days
7. Bill Mckechnie - Fluffy Snow (from the EP, "Nutty Christmas")
8. Cliff Hillis - Turn On A Dime
9. The Foreign Films - Teardrop Town
10. BlackDogHat - Just for the hell of it
11. Poppermost - What R U Talkin' About?
12. The Cherry Bluestorms - The Country Man
13. Vanilla - Hold Me Like A Grudge
14. Sir Video - She's A Killer
15. Ian Roberts - Come Outside and Play
16. Wharton Tiers Ensemble - Fit For A King
17. The Queen Annes - If You Could Only See Me Now
18. Paul Starling - Bones Beneath A Dead Man's Feet
19. Sons of Jet - Broken Record
20. The Well Wishers - Father Nature
21. The JAC - Love Dumb
22. Nick Vernier Band - Hope
23. Vinnie Zummo - It's The Holiday Time (from the CD, "A Retro Cool Mixed Bag Christmas")
24. Chris Richards & The Subtractions - I, Miss July
25. The Sharp Things - Can't Get Started
26. The Simple Carnival - The Problem With Friends
27. MOsART - Love Well
28. Nectarine - The Swing Of Things
29. The Click Beetles - So Glad it's Christmas (from the CD, "Merry Rock Against Bullshit Christmas- Volume 9")
30. Josh Woodward - Disappear
31. Maxi Dunn - Perfect Sorrow
32. Steve Caraway - Candy
33. Snippet - Run For Your Life
34. The Judes - Hey Hey Radio



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Sorry, due to the tech problems there was no
"The Pillbugs Power Hour" this week. 

Want to submit your original music for consideration?
Contact Sparky at dtp2web@yahoo.com

ShockPop streams LIVE on-the-net every Sunday from 11A to 3PM Eastern on www.ScrubRadio.com
That's 8A-Noon Pacific, 4-8P UK time.
Catch the ScrubRadio ALL independent stream 24/7/365 at http://209.160.41.56:8000/listen.pls
  
Everyone is invited to join us in the ScrubRadio Chat Room during the show! 
It's a great place for you to meet like-minded indie music fans and even the artists themselves! (just go to scrubradio.com, sign-up in the Forum, and then click on "Live Chat"!)