Radio Deer Camp Playlists

  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...

    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...

  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...