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God Save “A Date With The Smithereens” [30th Anniversary Edition]

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  A Date With The Smithereens , released April 26th, 1994. 30 years, and still waiting for it’s cult... Was I wrong? I have a real problem with record reviews...and yes, they'll always be “records” to me. I can listen to a piece of music, and on first impression, think it's one of the greatest things I've ever heard. Then some review in a music magazine or online blog will be less enthusiastic, and I'll immediately question my own opinion. It took a long time to trust my own musical instincts, and disregard what other people told me I was supposed to like. I've dissented with many reviews and opinions of my favorite music, but none has broken my heart more painfully and more often than The Smithereens 1994 album A Date With The Smithereens . A little background here: In 1994, The Smithereens were fighting for their careers. After years of being a hot band on the way up, their star had started to fall. The “Grunge” music fad had ecli...
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RADIO DEER CAMP #273: JANUARY 11th, 2026

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    RADIO DEER CAMP #273: JANUARY 11th, 2026 https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/ee1998cc-afb1-4f7f-9bda-d080092a1fd5 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 LIVERPOOL FIVE: Piccadilly Line (RCA, Out Of Sight) THE STANDELLS: Mr. Nobody (Tower, Why Pick On Me?) THE BOBBY FULLER FOUR: Baby My Heart (Mustang, Never To Be Forgotten: The Mustang Years) THE E TYPES: Put The Clock Back On The Wall (Rhino, Nuggets 50 th : Also Dug Its) MIKE BROWNING : It's Festival Time (Self Released, Single) THE EQUALS: Hold Me Closer (Repertoire, Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys: The Anthology) MOUSE: A Public Execution (Elektra, Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era ) BOB DYLAN: Rocks And Gravel (Columbia, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan 2025 RSD) STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK : Blow Your Mind (Big Stir, Single) NILSSON : One (BGO...
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RADIO DEER CAMP #272: JANUARY 4th, 2026

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  RADIO DEER CAMP #272: JANUARY 4th, 2026 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) X: Goodbye Year, Goodbye (Fat Possum, Alphabetland) THE SMITHEREENS: Something New (Enigma/Capitol, Green Thoughts) THE ANIMALS: We Gotta Get Out Of This Place [US Version] (ABKCO, The Best Of The Animals) SMALL FACES: Things Are Going To Get Better (UMG, Small Faces-Immediate) SQUEEZE: Trixies Pt. 2 (Love/UMG, Trixies) THE RASCALS: Hold On (Atlantic, See) THE BREAKERS: Don't Send Me No Flowers (I Ain't Dead Yet) (AIP, Pebbles, Volume 10) SHOCKING BLUE: Long And Lonesome Road (Red Bullet, Singles A's And B's) THE ANDERSON COUNCIL : Don't You Think (Sinclair, Looking At The Stars) JIMMY SILVA & THE GOATS : City Of Sisterly Love (ESD, Heidi) THE PANDORAS: In And Out Of My Life (In A Day) (Rhino, Tales From The Rhino) THE MONKEES : Wor...
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RADIO DEER CAMP #271: DECEMBER 28th, 2025

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    RADIO DEER CAMP #271: DECEMBER 28th, 2025 https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/ee2de440-21f8-4005-96db-741a3b83bec8 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) LOS STRAITJACKETS: Soul'd Lang Syne (Yep Roc, Complete Christmas Songbook ) CHARLES BROWN: Bringing In A Brand New Year (King, Charles Brown Sings Christmas Songs) OTIS REDDING & CARLA THOMAS: New Year's Resolution (Stax, King & Queen) LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM : Countdown  (Reprise, Out Of The Cradle) NRBQ: Imaginary Radio (Edisun, Dummy) THE SMITHEREENS: Bring Back The One I Love (Tollie/Sunset Blvd., 2011) THE LIKE: He's Not A Boy (Geffen, Release Me) THE GALILEO 7: Over The Horizon (Rogue, Single) MATT BERRY FEATURING KITTY LIV: I Gotta Limit (Acid Jazz, Heard Noises) THE GRIP WEEDS: Someone In Love (Jem, Soul Bender) THE PEAWEES: Don't Look Back (Rum Bar, Don't ...
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RADIO DEER CAMP #270: DECEMBER 21st, 2025

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  RADIO DEER CAMP #270: DECEMBER 21st, 2025 https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/9c69b5b5-184e-4a6a-abc5-0400d9c13f16 Donate to help keep SPARK! Radio and RADIO DEER CAMP on the air at: http://sparksyracuse.org/support   Intro- THE SPONGETONES: The Little Wiped Out Drummer Boy (Loaded Goat, Mersey Christmas) NRBQ: Christmas Wish (Red Rooster, Christmas Wish) TV SMITH: Xmas Bloody Xmas (Damaged Goods, A Damaged Christmas Gift For You) THE OTHER GIRLS : I'm Not Getting Anything For Christmas (Rum Bar, Single) BOB SEGER & THE LAST HEARD : Sock It To Me, Santa (ABKCO, Heavy Music: The Complete Cameo Recordings 1966-1967) HILKEN & MELISSA FEATURING KAY HANLEY: What's So Bad About Christmas? (Rum Bar, Single) KEB' MO': Christmas Is Annoying (Concord, Moonlight, Mistletoe & You) THE MILES DAVIS SEXTET: Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern) (Sony, Classic Jazz: Christmas) THE EELS: Christmas Is Going To The Dogs (Interscope, Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas-OS...
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RADIO DEER CAMP #269: DECEMBER 14th, 2025

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RADIO DEER CAMP #269: DECEMBER 14th, 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 BOB SEGER SYSTEM: Tales Of Lucy Blue (Capitol, Ramblin' Gamblin' Man) THE GRIP WEEDS: Rainy Day #3 (Rainbow Quartz, Summer Of A Thousand Years) THE KINKS: Holiday Romance (RCA, Soap Opera) HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS : Memories Of Madrid  (A&M, What Now My Love) SQUEEZE: Trixies Pt. 1 (Love/UMG, Trixies) WINGS: Beware My Love (Capitol, Wings At The Speed Of Sound) THE BEACH BOYS: Hang On To Your Ego (Capitol, The Pet Sounds Sessions) THE WHO: 905 [Glyn Johns Mix] ( Polydor , Who Are You-SDE) CHEAP TRICK : A Long Way To Worcester (BMG, All Washed Up) THE MOVE : Kilroy Was Here (Esoteric, Move) LOS SHAKERS : Buscando Dificultades (Picking Up Troubles) (Big Beat, Por Favor) THE SMITHEREENS : Crazy Mixed-Up Kid (Enigma, Especially For You) ...
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RADIO DEER CAMP #268: DECEMBER 7th, 2025

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  RADIO DEER CAMP #268: DECEMBER 7th, 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) TAKESHI TERAUCHI & THE BUNNYS: Test Driver (King, Let's Go Terry!) THE DOORS: Moonlight Drive/Horse Latitudes (Elektra, Alive She Cried) THE MORE-TISHANS: (I've Got) Nowhere To Run (Sundazed, Sugar & Chocolate: Psychedelic Microdots Of The Sixties... Vol. 1) SQUEEZE : Footprints (A&M, Babylon And On) HOLLY GOLIGHTLY: My Get Back (Damaged Goods, Looks Like Trouble ) SMALL FACES: Green Circles (Nice/Immediate, The Autumn Stone) GENE VINCENT: Born To Be A Rolling Stone (London, Gene Vincent ) THE WHO: New Song [Pete Vocal] ( Polydor , Who Are You.-SDE) MIKE BROWNING: Paisley Haze (Self-Released, Single) THE CRITTERS : A Moment Of Being With You (Ace, Safe In My Garden-American Pop In The Shadows 1967-72) GENE PITNEY : Animal Cracker...
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