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RADIO DEER CAMP #276: FEBRUARY 1st, 2026

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RADIO DEER CAMP #276: FEBRUARY 1st, 2026 https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/c6781e24-8a67-4248-9447-949c199cbf7b 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 T...
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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 ...
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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...
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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, ...
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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 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, Singles A's & B's) TODD RUNDGREN: The Night The Carousel Burnt ...
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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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