This 214th episode of my WYXR-FM show Air-Conditioned goes psychedelic. Grab your headphones, close your eyes, and let Eric Burdon & The Animals, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Beatles, The Move, Cream, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Skip Spence, Bee Gees, The Who, and Rolling Stones be your tour guides.

This episode of Air-Conditioned is a glitter coated tribute to Glam. T-Rex, Roxy Music, Mott The Hoople, Sparks, The New York Dolls, Jobriath, Lou Reed, Suede, Mick Ronson, David Werner and Elton John strut in their stuff in full sparkling musical make-up and rhythmic rouge. 1/2

Are we there, yet? The visceral moment of outrage from Network, a timeless cinematic warning from 1976. Welcome to today. youtu.be/_RujOFCHsxo?...

Robert Redford has passed away. besides being one of the great actors of American cinema, starring in films like All the President’s Men, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, The Natural, The Way We Were, The Candidate and his great performance All Is Lost among many other film classics.

My 213th episode of Air-Conditioned is going to space with the help of Phineas & Ferb, Carl Sagan, Stevie Wonder, Sesame Street, Mr Rogers, The B52s, Seu Jorge, David Bowie, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Firesign Theatre, The Byrds, Homer Simpson, Jimi Hendrix and Stephen Hawking with Monty Python.

Marlene Dietrich isn’t one to be boxed in, so she naturally fits in my weekly mash-up called Air-Conditioned, which also features Suzanne Vega, Daniel Johnston, Uncle Walt’s Band, Beach Bunny, Shawn Colvin, Drive-By Truckers, These Days and Bill Lee belting out the goods from South Pacific. 1/3

This 211th edition of my weekly musical dive, I call Air-Conditioned, features Ry Cooder, Sarah Jarosz, Jerry Jeff Walker, Ray Charles, Van Morrison, Buddy & Julie Miller, Skip Spence, Bob Dylan, Trombone Shorty, The Byrds, Neil Young, Willis Alan Ramsey, The Jody Grind, Odetta, and Lyle Lovett.

This week's Air-Conditioned is a disparate mash-up of artists, but it all flows nicely. I rounded up John Hiatt, Kate Bush, Tanita Tikaram, Jayhawks, Peter Gabriel, Pura Fé, Crowded House, and Tom Petty, Radiohead, PJ Harvey, Williams Brothers, Tori Amos, and Jimmy Dale Gilmore bring it home. 1/2

This 209th episode of Air-Conditioned celebrates 70s singer-songwriters and interpreters of songs like Carole King, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Stephen Stills, James Taylor, Karla Bonoff, Neil Young, Dan Fogelberg, Loggins & Messina, Joe Walsh, The Byrds, & Donna Summer. 1/3

It’s Episode 208 of my weekly music dive, Air-Conditioned. I’ve been leaning into all kinds of vocals. We’ll hear Indigo Girls, Everly Brothers, Swingle Singers, Petra Haden, Pete Seeger, Manhattan Transfer, Beatles, and Lambert Hendricks & Ross. #rickclark

I received a call from Keith Secola, who shared that our version of "NDN Kars," featured in Dark Winds, Season 3, Episode 308, reached #1 on the SiriusXM Indigenous Music Countdown this week. The scene "NDN Kars" appears in is one of my very favorite music uses ever. Congrats, Keith!! #keithsecola

I met Jeff Buckley while I was living in Memphis. He and his band were doing an unplugged set at my neighborhood record store. I walked there and caught the performance. There were maybe three dozen people in the store, and everyone in that room was mesmerized by what they saw. #jeffbuckley 1/6

My weekly music dish I call Air-Conditioned Episode 207 is what happens when you stir up a pot of Nina Simone, Swamp Dogg, Laurel & Hardy, Little Milton, Jim Dickinson, Allen Toussaint, Corey Harris, with The Delta Rhythm Boys and the Les Paul Trio. That’s a lot ingredients, but … 1/3 #wyxr-memphis

trump is determined to take a swing at everyone. There is a great Allen Toussaint song lyric that applies to guys like him. “It's high time that you found The same dudes you misuse on your way up You might meet up On your way down” youtu.be/VeqS7RhLjJ0?si

We’re in peak Summer here in the South. If ever there was a time for a show called Air-Conditioned, it is now. To help tune the air, this edition brings you XTC, Carly Simon, Sly & The Family Stone, The Kinks, Bobbie Gentry, War, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Amy Rigby, and more. #Air-Conditioned 1/2

Ever the king of projection, when trump accuses others of wrongdoing, you can bet he’s done it. Here, trump is daring us the treatment he deserves for all his crimes.. He will push every button so he can finally take a bow and utter, “I deserved this” and smirk, “You did, too. You big dummy’s.”

Jesse Ed Davis was one of the most distinctive guitarists of the late 60s and 70s. If you don’t know who he is, every track on today’s edition of Air-Conditioned will be something Jesse Ed Davis played on or produced, including Jackson Browne, John Lennon, Leon Russell, and more! 1/2 #jesseeddavis

Besides making great music, what do Randy Newman, John Hiatt, Mavis Staples, Little Feat, Maria Muldaur, The Rolling Stones, Arlo Guthrie, Steve Young, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris have in common? It's Ry Cooder, and we'll hear all these artists with Ry in this episode. 1/2

I've always been a fan of Brian Eno's music and installations. It's nice to hear his thoughts about the rich and paying taxes. Enjoy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh7C...

It’s July 4th, and maybe this week’s 203rd edition of Air-Conditioned will be a good soundtrack for what ails you. On deck, we’ve got Sly & The Family Stone, Bob Dylan, Mavis Staples, Bruce Springsteen, Lauryn Hill, The Impressions, Aretha Franklin, Spirit, The Rascals, Stevie Wonder, and more. 1/2

This week’s musical journey, I call Air-Conditioned, is a soulful celebration of African, Australian, South American, and American jazz. We’ll hear Mariam Makeba, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Gurrumul, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Milt Jackson, Fela Kuti with Ginger Baker, Bob Marley & The Wailers, and more.1/2

Bill Moyers has passed. I loved his broadcasts and books, and believed he helped make the world a better place thanks to his dedication to understanding what he experienced around him through the lens of empathy and high expectations from those in power to do the right thing. He was one of a kind.

The 90s had a load of great rock and indie bands, so I scratched that itch on this 201st episode of my weekly musical mash-up called Air-Conditioned. If Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, Mudhoney, Beck, The Fall, Soundgarden, Garbage, and Stone Temple Pilots work for you, there's even more ...1/2

Dan Storper was one of the good guys in my book. He loved how music could touch the human heart beyond manmade boundaries, and believed this enough to evangelize the world through his label Putumayo. 1/3

I look forward to the day this guy's joyless, self-serving monotone is gone. Hopefully, he'll spend his remaining days in jail, only hearing the echo of his grinding monotone pitching scams against uncaring cell walls.

I hope enough people are paying attention to this self-involved train wreck of a person and his cruel administration to totally clean these haters (who clearly don’t love the diversity of our citizenry) out of office. They don’t deserve the honor of being our country’s elected public servants.

Tonight seemed like a good night to revisit the great movie Good Night and Good Luck, an excellent drama directed by George Clooney that chronicled the real-life conflict between television news pioneer Edward R. Murrow and Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee.

To PM Carney: From an American living in Deep South MAGA country (Tennessee), and lover of Canada (3 times so far this year), thanks for turning off trump’s mic. I’m sure millions of us here are feeling gratitude for your action. I hope the mainstream press was taking cues from your clear action.

trump will keep up his school-yard bully cruelties to see how many more times he can rage-punch anyone in the face. His shows of "strength" further reveal the cracks in his vain facade. I hope one day the Republican Party will be banished to a minority. Maybe it'll find a soul in its black heart.

One of my favorite places for music and research is the Internet Archive. It's free, but they welcome donations, so like Wikipedia, I subscribe to them. Today’s listen is this delightful Rob Reich video. If you are in the mood for French accordion, it is sweet, playful, and full of love.

When I hear people my age talk disparagingly about younger generations, I wonder if they have interacted with any. This female at the Atlanta No Kings rally is not atypical of many I've worked with and who I've had as interns. They are smart, caring, passionate, and resilient. I'm with her 100%.

This is my 200th episode of my weekly musical mash-up called Air-Conditioned. It's time for a blast from the past with a rackety little episode from Spring of 2022. On deck, we've got Tom Waits, Joan Jett, Neil Young, Detroit Cobras, NRBQ, Jeff Finlin, Beatles, Eddie Hinton, Wilco, R.E.M., and 1/2

trump will pay you in crypto if you will show up to fill seats. Extra points for being a minority to crowd the area behind him. Will the mainstream news report this? I doubt it. Here's the Craigslist ad.

trump and his racist administration boasted they would deport millions of immigrants, who were constantly depicted as murderers, Latin America gang members, and deadbeats sucking off of welfare, but when projections fail to deliver, quotas must be met to save face.

This episode of my weekly musical hodgepodge, I call Air-Conditioned, should tune your room just fine if you are into Bob Dylan, Leon Russell, Dorothy Love Coates, Eddie Hinton, Melanie, Alan Toussaint, and The Beatles. But that’s not all, 1/3

Bruce Cockburn is a great Canadian singer-songwriter and one of my all-time favorite artists. Every album features his excellent guitar playing and his rich imagistic songs. Bruce turned 80 this week and I felt my weekly musical journey called Air-Conditioned should celebrate his great artistry. 1/2

I played throughout the South during the last half of the 80s with crazy band called Upsetting The Mothers. We played often in Athens, GA then, when the town hopping with great bands and R.E.M. were the kings of scene. This entire episode of my weekly musical journey is all R.E.M. #REM 1/2

Trump’s immigration crackdown is built on AI surveillance and disregard for due process. Couple this with the administration's support for AI weaponry, and you have a recipe for the opening scene of Terminator. I hope contemplation and then action make this an "if" instead of a "when" scenario.

If there was ever any doubt how deeply broken these people are ...

This week's journey of musical room-tuning that I call Air-Conditioned is an unapologetic dive into an hour’s worth of rhythmic intricacies and tonal bombast, courtesy of Procol Harum, Yes, Genesis, Gentle Giant, Roxy Music, Emerson Lake & Palmer, King Crimson, Peter Gabriel live and more. 1/2

I spent last week in St John’s, Newfoundland. I’ve been to the Provinces multiple times and I’m always struck by how they are such a resilient and big-hearted people. The music and artistry is deeply authentic and soulful. I’m so thankful to experience this as a guest of the East Coast Music Awards.

Neither constitutional not “normal.” Please don’t stand by as these atrocities occur - get the word out, post on Facebook or Tik Tok, call your members of Congress Do something www.nbcboston.com/news/local/h...

Ray Charles is getting some love on my weekly musical journey called Air-Conditioned. Along with Brutha’ Ray, we also feature some great music by Randy Newman, Jimmy Cliff, and Allen Toussaint. Little Milton, Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison, Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five. #RickClark 1/3

Love this! What talent! So much life and play! Thanks for sharing this, Danny!

I was talking to Steven Paul Judd, screenwriter/director on the show Dark Winds, which I Music Supervise, and we got on a jag talking about Southern Rock. That’s all it took to whip this critter together. The Allman Brothers Band, Tedeschi- Trucks Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Marshall Tucker are here. 1/3

I needed something stronger than multiple infusions of coffee to get me going today, and this edition of Air-Conditioned is what I needed. I don't even need cream and sugar. Today's program includes Lou Reed, XTC, David Bowie, The Beat, and Iggy Pop & The Stooges. But wait ... there's more! 1/3

TN Senator Marsha Blackburn may score points with the Christian Nationalist minority who support her DOGE/Anti-DEI platform to punish"woke," but I bet many in the medical community won't forgot her support of withholding millions of dollars for medical research when she runs again for office. 1/1

Maybe it’s the times we’re in, but this 192nd episode of Air-Conditioned will celebrate great R&B/Soul of the late 60s and early 70s that had strong social messages. The Staple Singers, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, The O’Jays, The Impressions, Sly & The Family Stone are in the mix and more. 1/2

Here’s a good piece from a member of the Danish parliament. It is embarrassing to see the supposed leader of of our country behave with with such offensive entitlement. This statement from the Danish perspective is more respectful to us than the vulgarians in the Oval Office deserve. #greenland

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