Radio Deer Camp Playlists

RADIO DEER CAMP #254: AUGUST 24th, 2025 Donate to help keep SPARK! Radio and RADIO DEER CAMP on the air at: http://sparksyracuse.org/support     Intro- LES HANDCLAPS: Surfin' Barista (Handclaps Records, Sessions: Brooklyn) THE WHO: Relax (Polydor, The Who Sell Out) SPINAL TAP: (Listen To The) Flower People (UMG, This Is Spinal Tap-OST) LOS SHAKERS: Aleluya (Odeon Pops, La Conferencia Secreta Del Toto's Bar) BLACK SABBATH: Evil Woman [Mono Promo 45] (Fontana, TF-1067) THE SPONGETONES: Little Death (Big Stir, The 40th Anniversary Concert And Beyond) THE ZOMBIES: I Remember When I Loved Her (Big Beat, Zombie Heaven) THE SMITHEREENS: Anywhere You Are (Capitol , Blow Up) SQUEEZE : What The Butler Saw ( A&M , Argybargy-DE) STAR COLLECTOR: Roll That Rock (Up That Hill) (Clockwise, Everything Must Go) THE BEATLES: Revolution 1 (Apple, The Beatles) THE MUSIC MACHINE: Trouble (Original Sound, Turn On) THE MONKEES : St. Matthew [Alternate Vocal] (Rhino, Instant Replay-SDE) M...

  RADIO DEER CAMP #253: AUGUST 17th, 2025 Donate to help keep SPARK! Radio and RADIO DEER CAMP on the air at: http://sparksyracuse.org/support       Intro- LES HANDCLAPS: Surfin' Barista (Handclaps Records, Sessions: Brooklyn) THE DELLS: Wear It On Our Face (Chess, Mojo Presents Chess Northern Soul) FREDDY CANNON: 20 th Century Fox (Teensville, Marshmallow Skies; '60s Pop Stars Flirt With Psychedelia) THE MUSIC MACHINE: The People In Me (Rhino, The Best Of The Music Machine) THE SPONGETONES: Better Take It Easy (Big Stir, The 40th Anniversary Concert And Beyond) THE GRIP WEEDS: Spinning The Wheel [Live In The Studio] (Jem, Soul Bender-DE) THE CENTURYS: Hard Times (Sundazed, Garage Beat ’66 Volume 1) THE WHO: The Relay [Alternate] ( Polydor, Who’s Next | Life House) THE KINKS : Apeman [Live At The Royal Albert Hall 1993] ( UMG , The Journey Volume 3) THE CYNZ: Can’t Help Thinking About Me (Jem, Jem Records Celebrates David Bowie) SMALL FACES: Colibosher (Nic...

A Tribute To A Roadie (2002)   (This goes back to January of 2002, following the passing of someone very dear to us.  Still miss you, Chopper.) My apologies for this, it's written more for myself than anything else. If you'll indulge me for a minute, I'd like to talk a little about someone you've all seen when attending a concert but probably didn't give a lot of thought to: "The Roadie." They're the first to arrive at the show, the last to leave at the end of the night, do all the heavy lifting and pushing, probably do most of the driving too, and definitely get the least sleep of anyone involved in the concert you're attending. They also don't get nearly as much of the glory, partying and chicks that everyone thinks they get, either, but I digress. I mainly want to talk about one roadie in particular. Kevin Weremychik, or "Chopper" as he was known, was The Smithereens' long time guitar technician, which basically mea...

  RADIO DEER CAMP #252: AUGUST 10th, 2025 Donate to help keep SPARK! Radio and RADIO DEER CAMP on the air at: http://sparksyracuse.org/support     Intro- LES HANDCLAPS: Surfin' Barista (Handclaps Records, Sessions: Brooklyn) LOVE: August (Raven, Comes In Colours) CREAM: Anyone For Tennis? (UMG, The Very Best Of Cream) THE BEN VAUGHN COMBO: Lookin’ For A 7-11 (Restless, The Many Moods Of The Ben Vaughn Combo) THE BEACH BOYS: All Summer Long (Capitol, Keep An Eye On Summer) THE SPONGETONES: Help Me, Janie (Big Stir, Single) THE EQUALS: I Get So Excited (President, PT-108) THE WHATT FOUR: You're Wishin' I Was Someone Else ( Rhino, Where The Action Is: Los Angeles Nuggets 1965–1968) JUDY CARNE : Sock It To Me ( Past And Present , Girls In The Garage Volume 8) MIKE BROWNING: Lost In Conversation (Self-Released, Single) THE RAGGAMUFFINS: Parade Of Uncertainty (Grapefruit, March Of The Flower Children The American Sounds Of 1967) THE LOVIN’ SPOONFUL: Six O’Clock (Kama S...

RADIO DEER CAMP #251: AUGUST 3rd, 2025 Donate to help keep SPARK! Radio and RADIO DEER CAMP on the air at: http://sparksyracuse.org/support    Intro- LES HANDCLAPS: Surfin' Barista (Handclaps Records, Sessions: Brooklyn) UTOPIA: Hammer In My Heart (Network, Utopia) THE WHO: The Seeker (UMG, Who’s Next | Life House) THE SMITHEREENS: Lust For Life (Capitol, Attack Of The Smithereens) SQUEEZE: Misadventure (A&M, Argybargy) MARSHALL CRENSHAW: Move Now (Yep Roc, From The Hellhole) THE MODERN LOVERS: She Cracked (Rhino, The Modern Lovers) THE RUTLES: Goose Step Mama ( Rhino, The Rutles) BIG STAR : Mod Lang ( Ryko , Live) STAR COLLECTOR: Everything Must Go ( Clockwise , Everything Must Go) THE COURETTES WITH THE FLAMIN’ GROOVIES: Shake Some Action (Cleopatra, Hold On, We’re Coming) DEVO: (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (Rhino, 50 Years of De-Evolution 1973–2023) BEN VAUGHN: Wayne Fontana Was Wrong (Relay Shack, The World Of Ben Vaughn) JOHN FOGERTY: Déjà Vu (All Over Again) (Fa...

RADIO DEER CAMP #248: JULY 27th, 2025 Donate to help keep SPARK! Radio and RADIO DEER CAMP on the air at: http://sparksyracuse.org/support    Intro- LES HANDCLAPS: Surfin' Barista (Handclaps Records, Sessions: Brooklyn) THE KINKS: Sunny Afternoon (Reprise, Face To Face) UTOPIA: Feel Too Good (Bearsville, Deface The Music) PAUL McCARTNEY: My Brave Face (Capitol, Flowers In The Dirt) THE ZOMBIES: Beechwood Park (Date, Odessey And Oracle) NELSON BRAGG: Forever Days (Big Stir, Melodie De Nelson - A Pop Anthology) THE RUTLES: Now She’s Left You (Virgin, Archaeology) MARSHALL CRENSHAW: Dime A Dozen Guy ( Shiny Tone , #447) RANDY NEWMAN : Mama Told Me Not To Come ( Reprise , 12 Songs) GARY LEWIS & THE PLAYBOYS: Doin’ The Flake (EMI, The Legendary Masters Series) ELVIS PRESLEY: Do The Clam (RCA, Girl Happy-OST) MARTIN MULL: Do The Dog (Razor And Tie, Mulling It Over) THE BANANA SPLITS : Doin’ The Banana Split ( Decca , We’re The Banana Splits) THE WHO: Don’t Look...