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RADIO DEER CAMP #279: FEBRUARY 22nd, 2026

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R ADIO DEER CAMP #279: FEBRUARY 22nd, 2026 https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/9b3aca63-e803-495f-bb23-8e5bb63b0108 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) WINGS: So Glad To See You Here (Columbia, Back To The Egg) THE EQUALS: Baby Come Back (RCA, 47-9186) JOHNNY & THE STARLINERS: Walk Baby Walk (AIP, English Freakbeat Volume One: Crazed Limey Teens On A Wyld Sound Rampage!!) THE PRETENDERS: Popstar (Warner Brothers, ¡Viva El Amor!) VEGAS WITH RANDOLPH : Let's Fool Around (Caged Giant, Single) MARSHALL CRENSHAW: Yvonne (Warner Brothers, Downtown) T BONE BURNETT: Boomerang (Takoma, Truth Decay) JIMMY SILVA & THE GOATS : I Don't Remember How (East Side Digital, Heidi ) NEIL INNES : Godfrey Daniel (MMC, Off The Record) CROWDED HOUSE : Sister Madly (Capitol, Temple Of Low Men) MICHAEL NESMITH: Light (Pacific Arts, Infinit...

RADIO DEER CAMP #278: FEBRUARY 15th, 2026

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    RADIO DEER CAMP #278: FEBRUARY 15th, 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) THE T-BONES: That's Where It's At (Liberty, 55814) CURTIS KNIGHT & THE SQUIRES: Hornet's Nest (Ace, 28 Little Bangers From Richard Hawley's Jukebox 1959-1972) SMALL FACES: Olympic Jam (Nice/Immediate, The Autumn Stone) HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS: Mexican Road Race (A&M, S.R.O.) SQUEEZE : You Get The Feeling (BMG, Trixies) THE ANIMALS: You're On My Mind (Repertoire, Animalisms) THE MOVE: The Girl Outside (Esoteric, Move) THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL : Didn't Want To Have To Do It (Kama Sutra, The Best Of The Lovin' Spoonful ) CROWDED HOUSE : Now We're Getting Somewhere (Capitol, Crowded House) THE JAM : Ghosts (UMG, About the Young Idea: The Very Best of The Jam) ELVIS COSTELLO: Waiting For The End Of The Worl...

RADIO DEER CAMP #277: FEBRUARY 8th, 2026

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RADIO DEER CAMP #277: FEBRUARY 8th, 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) PETER COOK & DUDLEY MOORE: Bedazzled (London, Bedazzled-OST) SYD BARRETT: Baby Lemonade (Harveat, The Best Of Syd Barrett - Wouldn't You Miss Me?) THE MOODY BLUES: Life's Not Life (Esoteric, The Magnificent Moodies) THE PRETTY THINGS: Talkin' About The Good Times (EMI, Mojo Presents Acid Drops, Spacedust & Flying Saucers) THE LEGAL MATTERS: The Message (Big Stir, Single) THE TURTLES: Cat In The Window (Manifesto, Wooden Head) THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL: Six O'Clock (Kama Sutra, Everything Playing) NRBQ : A Girl Like That (Bearsville, Grooves In Orbit ) SQUEEZE : The Day I Get Home (Reprise, Play) WONDERMINTS : And Penny Knows (Now Sounds, Kaleidoscopin' Exploring Prisms Of The Past) THE ROOKS: Friends Of Mine (Not Lame, Chimes) THE C...

RADIO DEER CAMP #276: FEBRUARY 1st, 2026

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RADIO DEER CAMP #276: FEBRUARY 1st, 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) NRBQ: RC Cola And A Moon Pie [Single Version] (Omnivore, High Noon-A 50 Year Retrospective) SLY & THE FAMILY STONE: Remember Who You Are (Warner Brothers, Back On The Right Track) FAMILY: How Hi-The-Li (Reprise, Famiy Entertainment) THE MONKEES: The Crippled Lion (Rhino, Missing Links Volume Two) THE LEGAL MATTERS: Everybody Knows (Big Stir, Single) THE DAVE CLARK FIVE: Everybody Knows (I Still Love You) (Epic, 5-9722) LEONARD COHEN: Everybody Knows (Columbia, I'm Your Man) NEIL YOUNG : Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Reprise, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere ) THE BONZO DOG BAND : The Trouser Press (Madfish, The Doughnut In Granny's Greenhouse) THE TALON BROTHERS : I Think There Is Something Sleeping In My Refrigerator (Columbia, 4-43910) PEA...

RADIO DEER CAMP #275: JANUARY 25th, 2026

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    RADIO DEER CAMP #275: JANUARY 25th, 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) THE KINKS: It's Alright (Reprise, You Really Got Me) HERMAN'S HERMITS: It's Alright Now (Repertoire, Blaze) THE ARCHIES: Everything's Alright (Kirshner, Greatest Hits) THE WHO: The Kids Are Alright [2016 Stereo Mix] (Polydor, My Generation-SDE) THE  GNOMES: I'm Not The One (Dog Meat Grown Up Wrong, The Gnomes) DENNY ROCKWELL: The Rain Follows Me (Tower, 203) THE WORLD: Not The First Time (United Artists, Lucky Planet ) LOS LOBOS : Shakin' Shakin' Shakes (Rhino, Wolf Tracks- The Best Of Los Lobos) NRBQ : The One And Only (Virgin, Wild Weekend) MICHAEL NESMITH : Cruisin' (Pacific Arts, Infinite Rider On The Big Dogma) ALEX CHILTON: Just To See You (Omnivore, Free Again The 1970 Sessions) JOHN FOGERTY : Comin' Down The ...

The Smithereens At The Court Tavern

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The Smithereens At The Court Tavern Feb 4, 2008 There's nothing pretty about The Court Tavern.  A tiny, rustic old building surrounded by concrete parking garages, the one lone survivor from the days before greedy developers infested the neighborhood with office buildings.  The inside hasn't changed a hell of a lot from when it opened 25 years ago, either.  Except the paint on the walls has faded to a dull drab, a few ceiling tiles are falling out, and there's a leak in the back when it rains.  It's the kind of bar that your grandpa would sneak in with you during a summer afternoon walk through town, enjoying a beer away from grandma while you sat at a table sipping a small glass of cola with a beef jerky.  No hot wings, maybe some pretzels on a tray, and no big screen TV running "The Game."  There's a little television on a shelf above the bar, and it's more likely to be tuned to an old movie than to the sports channel.  Settle in for awhile though, a...

RADIO DEER CAMP #274: JANUARY 18th, 2026

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RADIO DEER CAMP #274: JANUARY 18th, 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) STEREOLAB: Wow And Flutter (Elektra, Mars Audiac Quintet) WONDERMINTS: Arnaldo Said (Varese Sarabande, Bali) BAILEY'S NERVOUS KATS: Chong (Numero Group, The Nervous Kats) THE BEATLES: One After 909 (Apple, Get Back - The Rooftop Performance) STAR COLLECTOR : Queen Bed (Clockwise, Everything Must Go) NEIL INNES: Boring (Passport, The Rutland Weekend Songbook) NILSSON: Good Old Desk (RCA, Aerial Ballet ) THE WALKER BROTHERS: After The Lights Go Out (UMC, Everything Under The Sun) THE CYNZ : Love's So Lovely (Jem, Confess) JIM BABJAK'S BUZZED MEG : It Was A Pretty Dream (Tex Remy Music, The Music From Jim Babjak's Buzzed Meg, Part 1) MARSHALL CRENSHAW: Laughter (Shiny Tone, Miracle Of Science) THE ANDERSON COUNCIL : Do We Have A Deal? (Sinclair, ...