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Channeling Comcast

By The Beachwood Music Choice Affairs Desk
Slam your head and hear doves cry.

Posted on August 27, 2008

Swingtown

By Don Jacobson
It might seem all Average White Band on the North Shore until the stylish neighbors invite you over and you notice Kool gettin' down with the whole Gang.

Posted on July 28, 2008

Inflight Radio: Delta

By Julia Gray
Magic underwear and Polygamy Porter help Sergio Mendes and the Country Showcase go down a little easier.

Posted on July 10, 2008

Inflight Radio: United

By The Inflight Music Affairs Desk
Peace in a sometimes crazy world.

Posted on July 02, 2008

The Best Radio You Have Never Heard

By Don Jacobson
By "radio," Bax means the commercial outlets in Chicago and elsewhere in this great land.

Posted on June 20, 2008

Comcast Classic Country

By Steve Rhodes
Cable TV's school of rock hits the sweet spot.

Posted on May 30, 2008

Toffee Sunday Smash

By Don Jacobson
Flying through a lemonade sky on the back of a giant butterfly.

Posted on May 12, 2008

Truly, Modly, Deeply

By Don Jacobson
Mr. Suave scans the Mod musicverse.

Posted on March 02, 2008

Stonehenge

By Don Jacobson
The vortex of a cool classic rock swirly-gig.

Posted on January 11, 2008

Out of Sight: 1975

By Steve Rhodes
Life is a rock, but Disco Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes rolled me.

Posted on December 17, 2007

Howie Pyro's Awesome Record Collection

By Don Jacobson
Where novelty drive-in speakers, furious rockabilly, true soul and high-booted go-go girls meet in an acidy haze where fuzz guitars and B-movie posters scream sex and blood.

Posted on November 14, 2007

The Leaving Champaign Mix

By Courey Gruszauskas
The man's put a spell on you, for Christ's sake.

Posted on October 17, 2007

The Casbah

By Don Jacobson
A San Antonio DJ takes us to Punk Point, Psychedelic Surf city, Shoegazeville and Cool Jazz Junction.

Posted on September 10, 2007

Four Decades in the (Time-) Life of Folk Rock

By Don Jacobson
Time-Life's new four-CD set, "Four Decades of Folk Rock," will be released (unironically) on Sept. 11. Its breathtakingly comprehensive.

Posted on July 06, 2007

Prison Bars and Guitars

By Matt Cook and John Dorr
Songs about jails and crimes and lawmen and criminals, and the larceny inside a dark part of ourselves, many set in Lonesome Town involving a woman who done our hero wrong.

Posted on June 07, 2007

Coast to Coast

By Steve Rhodes
Her 920's gonna take her far today.

Posted on June 01, 2007

Friday Night Beachwood

By Steve Rhodes
Another night at the world's greatest bar.

Posted on May 28, 2007

Friday Night Beachwood

By Steve Rhodes
A night at the world's greatest bar.

Posted on May 21, 2007

Songs That Did Or Did Not Change The World

By Don Jacobson
Rolling Stone flubs it again. The Beachwood weighs in.

Posted on April 24, 2007

Here Comes the Country Sun

By Matt Cook and John Dorr
The hosts of IIT's Trucker Caps and Cowboy Hats dig through their voluminous collections for rays of country hope to get them through a dark winter.

Posted on March 23, 2007

Canadian Broadcast Corporation

By Don Jacobson
Is the best radio show in the world really coming out of the wilds of Canada? Judge for yourself.

Posted on March 05, 2007

IIT: Broke & Hurtin'

By Matt Cook and John Dorr
First, it is important to know that having money isn't really all that it is cracked up to be. And neither is being poor.

Posted on February 12, 2007

Marfa Tweedy

By The Beachwood Marfa Affairs Desk
Jeff Tweedy plays the teeny tiny Texas town of Marfa.

Posted on January 23, 2007

YouTube's Rockin' Eve

By Steve Rhodes
Advanced studies for jukebox graduates.

Posted on December 26, 2006

Day in the Life: Christmas Radio

By Kathryn Ware
I'm sorry, but by no stretch of the imagination is "Where Is Love" from the musical Oliver a holiday song.

Posted on December 18, 2006

The Men's Journal Road Trip To Trying Too Hardville

By The Beachwood Playlist Affairs Desk
Would you trust the editors of Men's Journal to pick the greatest 25 road songs ever? We wouldn't either.

Posted on November 08, 2006

Everybody Must Get Stony Brooked

By Don Jacobson
Three solid hours every Tuesday night of obscure rockin' oldies, vintage R&B and the best in new retro-garage. Through the magic of downloading, you can have it anytime you want.

Posted on November 03, 2006

Howdylicious!

By Don Jacobson
DJ Wanda is not only an alt-country tastemaker, but an English professor and an employee of the Orange County Transit Authority.

Posted on October 09, 2006

Swingin' Doors: Make 'Em Jump & Rip Their Hearts Out

By Don Jacobson
An alt-country playlist meant to make you jump with joy and rip your heart out.

Posted on August 26, 2006

In Little Steven's Garage

By Don Jacobson
Jangly ain't garage rock in my book.

Posted on August 08, 2006

MUSIC - Song of the Moment: Barracuda.
TV - Hot TV judges, Cheaters and Captain Calumet.
POLITICS - Naming the new Palin.
SPORTS - Betting against the Bears. In Over/Under.

BOOKS - Finn: Some kind of monster.

PEOPLE PLACES & THINGS - Sports bar hell. In Big in Japan.

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