Shows
Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingMagic In The Air: The Big, Orchestral Pop Sound of Black America (part 1?)As part WPKN's Black History Month celebration, I focus here on the type of music Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Thom Bell made - something I'm here calling "Black Orchestral Pop", and what some others would call "Champagne Soul" (although that can be a problematic phrase to the creators themselves). Ironically, this music is such a focus of love and a huge topic for me... it was ridiculous that I dedicated a 2-hour show to it - I only played one Thom Bell song, right at the end. I HAVE TO DO ANOTHER ONE. There Goes My B...
2026-02-091h 52
Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingThere Go the Hotsteppers: a Sly & Robbie TributeToday’s Snap Crackle POP! was a tribute to the epic production team of drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare. Sly passed away on January 26th 2026 at the age of 73.============================== Double Barrel – Dave & Ansell CollinsRight Time – The Mighty DiamondsTwo Sevens Clash – CultureGet Up Stand Up – Peter Tosh Sponji Reggae – Black UhuruGreetings – Half PintDon't Stop the Music – Bits & Pieces Pull Up to the Bumper – Grace JonesPadlock (Larry Levan Mix) – Gwen Guthrie Jokerman – Bo...
2026-02-031h 54
Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingThe winter of '26: The Battle for MinneapolisIn tribute to, and in acknowledgement of, the Battle of '26 in wintry Minneapolis. Enclosed photo is by Philip Cheung for The New Yorker.====================================Why Can't We Live Together – Timmy ThomasStreets of Minneapolis – Bruce SpringsteenHow Much Did You Get for Your Soul? – Lucinda WilliamsKnow Your Rights – The ClashCity of Heroes – Billy BraggJoin Ice – Jesse WellesIt Isn't Nice – Malvina ReynoldsWhat It Means – Drive-By TruckersBradley Manning – Cass McCombsCome Out You Cowrads ICE – Carsie BlantonI Hate th...
2026-02-021h 54
Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec Cumming"Ayy! What does a record do? It REVOLVES. Great!"I've been doing two "drivetime" 7 - 9 am airshifts lately on WPKN 89.5 FM Bridgeport lately - my regular Monday morning one and, for a bit, the Tuesday morning slot too, covering for a world-wandering Steve Di Costanzo. I like doing these shows live, as I can announce times and give weather reports and even traffic news if I can find and organize it (which I'm not too good at yet). But I live in Mystic CT these days, and because of the massive Sunday snowstorm, I was asked to pre-record my Monday and Tuesday shows, and...While I l...
2026-01-271h 54
Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingIt's COLD, people (and it's pre-recorded)This Morning’s Backstory: though I always want to do these “Snap Crackle POP!” drivetime programs live, so I can give out weather and traffic (lol) reports, I had to pre-record this one because of the blizzard-y weather, considering that I was snowed as of Sunday evening, the night before the show, way out here in Mystic. Why my time announcements may be off here and there: uhhh... it's too esoteric to explain. Plus this is the podcast version, anyways. That said, I do TRY. Take it all with a grain of salt. And then throw th...
2026-01-261h 54
Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingLife In a Blender - twee? Discuss.I talked a lot about and played some Life In a Blender, a fantasticly creative band from NYC who are coming up to Milford this Friday, January 23rd, 2026. And I also played some music that I'd consider twee, although I don't think that's a bad word. (Google's "AI Overview" is telling me "'Twee' describes something overly cute, sweet, quaint, or sentimental, often in an affected or delicate way, originating from a baby's pronunciation of 'sweet,' and also refers to a subgenre of innocent, simple indie pop music and an aesthetic featuring childlike whimsy, though it can sometimes be...
2026-01-201h 54
Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingMartin Luther King Jr. Day: let's celebrate it while we still canIn a recent interview with the New York Times, President Donald J. Trump said he felt the Civil Rights Movement and its reforms were harmful to white people, who “were very badly treated.” Also, the administration made sure that Martin Luther King Jr. Day - still a national holiday (for now) - would not be a day where people could visit America's national parks for free. Trump did, however, make his own birthday as a day for National Parks free admissions. For Christ's sake. I usually steer away from political commentary on the Snap Crackle POP! show, but I...
2026-01-191h 54
Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingI Only Ever Wanted to See You Enjoying the Radio ShowThe title of this podcast is influenced by a Reds, Pinks and Purples song lyric. Lotsa good new/new-ish music here, much in the tradition of the show I'm filling in for - Steve Di Costanzo's RADIO BASE CAMP.Hard Livin' – Railroad EarthSave Your Soul – Kathleen EdwardsPick Up That Knife – WednesdayFrontrunner – Horsegirl Gimme Time – Hannah Jagadu All We Ever Do Is Talk– Del Water GapOh Dorian – Ben Kweller (feat. MJ Lenderman)Dancing in the Club – This Is Lorelei (MJ Lender...
2026-01-131h 54
Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingFare Thee Well, Bob...On this morning's show, I did a tribute of sorts to the great Bob Weir, who passed away over the weekend. A great big thanks to Lane Steinberg for writing insightfully about what Bob could really make happen on guitar. But before that we started off with some sexy mornin' Dusty.Just a Little Lovin' – Dusty Springfield Some of Your Lovin' – Dusty Springfield Pussywillow, Cattails – Gordon LightfootLittle Bird – The Beach Boys Glad and Sorry – The facesMy Friend the Sun – Family How To Live – D...
2026-01-121h 54Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingCoke? Suede? Waterbeds? Yes please, Sopwith Camel!In which I finally give up and acceptance the consensus worship of my friends re: Sharp Pins. Life Is – Jessica PrattGuess I'm Dumb – Glen CampbellMock The Hours – David NanceSay It On – J MascisCoke, Suede and Waterbeds – Sopwith Camel Not Enough – Benny Sings Cruise Ship Designer – Dry CleaningWreck – Neko CaseEdge of the Ocean – Ivy Keep On Movin' – Soul II Soul Hold Steady – Queen EstherVague Utopia – Tia GostelowI Knew Love –...
2026-01-061h 54
Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingDeep Dish '70sFor the first show of a precarious new year, I chose to focus on a theme of reletively obscure 1970's "deep cuts", apropos of... nothing. Some great songs, though. The first song isn't all that obscure, but the movie it served as the theme song for is deeply quaint; it's about a late '70s commercial rock radio station being forced (gasp) into using a format and playing from a songs list , and the outrage that then ensues - how dare they take away the deejay's rights to play whatever the hell they want? Like I said, quaint... in...
2026-01-051h 54Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingNew Year... Happy?This was a fill-in episode for Steve Di Costanzo's classin WPKN morning show, RADIO BASE CAMP. I should be doing a lot of these Tuesday shows as well as the Monday shows, and that's good because I can get better at this. Because it's the Eve of New Year's Eve, I went with that as the theme; hour 1 is more of a downer than hour 2. Millennium – Robbie Williams Auld Lang Syne – Guy Lombardo Enjoy Yourself (It's Later than You Think) – Guy LombardoIn These Shoes? – Kirsty MacCollHappy Ne...
2025-12-301h 55Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingCBGBs + CTBG's salute, plus: that weird time period between Christmas and New YearsThere's been a lot of CBGBs in the air lately at WPKN, courtesy of programmers Dave Schneider (The Zambonis), Chris Frantz (Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club) - yes, THE Chris Frantz -and Rob Tannenbaum, a great music journalist who produced a must-have (IMHO) new box set for Cherry Red Records named "CBGB: A New York City Soundtrack 1975-1986". Inspired by the annual CTBGs show at the Fairfield Theater Company, I programmed a mainly-early CBGBs music set. This music is so important to me - and to many many other musicians and fans, whether they realize it or not. Punk R...
2025-12-291h 55
Tv/Movie Rewind007: GoldenEye (1995) w/ MikeMerry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and copasetic impending yearly calendar renewals. Today Matt & Todd are joined by 00‑fanboy Mike to discuss yet another holiday classic (Hello Lifetime, get on this): 1995’s GoldenEye.Directed by: Martin Campbell (also director of Casino Royale (2006))Starring:Pierce Brosnan as “Agent 007” Bond, James BondWhit Bissell Award Winner: Sean Bean as Alec TrevelyanIzabella Scorupco as Natalya Simonova(Retroactive Whit Bissell Winner:) Famke Janssen as Xenia OnatoppJoe Don Baker as Jake WadeJudi Dench as...
2025-12-2656 minSnap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingSnap, Crackle, POP on Ice! (A Christmas Special)It's a Christmas week episode - what a concept! I owe my friend Al Quagliari a huge thank for providing me with lots of wondrous and oft silly Christmas and New Year's songs and soundbites, and for turning me on to Bob Rivers, the Weird Al of Christmas music. It may have been a bit self-indulgent to play my own Christmas song at the end, but I'm working on a larger Bite the Wax Godhead project at the moment, so I'm hoping to give my and Cynthia's old band just a bit of additional visibilty in the next few...
2025-12-221h 54Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingAdd Some Music To Your Day!In which we hear from The Elbow Patches (aka John Dunbar), Downtown Mystic, Guerilla Toss, Drugdealer (fronted by Weyes Blood!),The Belair Lip Bombs, a ridiculously hot early take of Vince Guaraldi's "Skating" from 1965, and many more fine performers and combos.Add Some Music To Your Day – The Beach Boys Eyes of the World (Shorefire Remix) – Downtown Mystic You Can't Kid Yourself Anymore – The Elbow Patches Play On – The Lemon TwigsLet's Pretend – The RaspberriesCuddly Toy – The MonkeesRed Flag to Angry Bull – Guerilla TossHeartt...
2025-12-151h 54Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingCan't Wait Too Long For The JokermanMy apologies for struggling to try to do the "morning drive traffic". I shouldn't even bother until I get a solid way of doing it that doesn't mess up the flow of the show. Then again, here I am complaining again about how I do the show, and everybody's telling me NOT to do that. I'm trying. I'M TRYING!! Anyways, I hope you find the Black Lodge Singers' rendition of "Mighty Mouse" as silly and life-affirming as I do. I was also happy to hear that Zoos of Berlin track, which I discovered somehow when I started a...
2025-12-081h 54Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingBloom Baby Bloom, Baby!Heavy Music – Bob Seger & The Last HeardNo Bills in Heaven – Sunflower Bean Straight Line Was a Lie – The Beths Bloom Baby Bloom – Wolf AliceHere We Go Crazy – Bob MouldAlways Reaching – The Mommyheads Jaded – The Mommyheads Unsatisfied – The Replacements 2468 – HorsegirlWhere Evil Grows – The Poppy FamilyLittle Green Bag – The George Baker Selection Let's Pretend – The Lemon Twigs Friday (I'm Gonna Love You) – The Lemon TwigsI Wonder What She's Doing Tonight...
2025-12-011h 54
Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingWell Hello, Monday Morning Commuters!Radio history in the making! (LOL) Starting with this show, I am now the regular Monday "morning drive" 7-9 am deejay at WPKN. I've long wanted to be a cheerful get-your-morning-started announcer, and watch out for what you wish for... but I love it anyways. I finally get my shot, right here, right then. Apologies in advance for all the apologies. And Rest In Peace, Jimmy Cliff. And thank you. I Wanna Be With You – Vicki and Debbie Peterson First Day – Far Caspian Just Like a Flower – Winter Little Bird...
2025-11-241h 54Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingRadio Free BridgeportThis was the last of my series of late-summer 2025 fill-ins for Steve DiCostanzo's Radio Base Camp shows; he would shortly return the favor in November 2025 by filling in for several of the new 7-9 AM morning shows that I was assigned to that I couldn't pull off quite yet because my right foot was healing from (successful) surgery. Thanks, Steve!As a shortwave radio fan and historian, I was absolutely horrified by the current administration's takedown of our hisroric and essential international broadcasting stations, including the Voice of America, Radio Free Asia and Radio Free Europe. So...
2025-09-161h 56Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingBack-to-Back-to-Back Stax-o-TraxIf you're an avid listener of the show*, you'd know that a big fave "genre" of mine to play on Snap Crackle POP! is (are?) backing tracks... that is, the sound of a finished track minus the vocals, so one can hear the instruments and the musicians and the musician's/producer's/arranger's artistry much more clearly. You can see the sausage/donuts/magic being made, in other words. So I decided to dedicate a whole show to these kind of tracks, because... well, I probably listen to Beatles and Beach Boys session tracks much more now than I do...
2025-09-142h 54Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingSnap, Bubblegum, POP!This show is an unashamedly gooey look at a wonderful if greatly underrated genre of music - BUBBLEGUM. That is, the stuff you heard from the mid-60s through the early '70s.Bubble Gum Music – The Rock & Roll Dubble Bubble Trading Card Co. of Philadelphia 19141 Hello Hello – Sopwith Camel Popsicles And Icicles – The Murmaids Can't Get Used to Losing You – Andy Williams Dance On Through – The Human Beinz Let Her Dance – Bobby Fuller Let's Dance – Chris Montez California Sun – The Rivieras
2025-09-091h 55
Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingNext Plane to LondonI had to pre-record this episode, because on September 2nd I was actually in London on a wonderful honeymoon (which had been delayed for 9 months!). I rarely pre-record shows these days - it takes me too much time because I fuss over them way too much - but I had to do it for this one, and I'm suprised at how tired and unenthusiastic I sound. I *think* that was because I was rushing to get it done before getting on the plane. Lotsa power-pop on this one. Radio Wam Bam Boom – The Peppermint Kicks Like...
2025-09-021h 55
Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingA tribute to my friend Jim Van NorstrandOccasionally I do shows like this, and it's both an honor and something quite sad when I do. My buddy from Syracuse University, Jim Van Norstrand, passed away a few days before this broadcast, so I did this show in honor of him. Love you, Jim. Miss you. Free As a Bird (2025 Mix) – The Beatles1979 – Smashing PumpkinsSweet Jane – The Velvet UndergroundOnce In a Lifetime – Talking HeadsAccidents Will Happen (live 1978) – Elvis Costello & Steve NieveCumberland Blues (live 1972) – Grateful DeadDear Prudence – The BeatlesLook at Me – John Le...
2025-08-262h 18Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingFeeling You... Around Me?I'm not sure what to write about shows like this... this is just me putting together a set on the fly. Some new stuff, some old stuff, a small Joni tribute at the top, a Cornershop two-fer later. It works (I think).Chelsea Morning – Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66Night in the City – Joni MitchellAll I Want – The Supremes Pleasant Valley Sunday (demo) – Carole KingPressed Flower – Frankie Cosmos It's All I Can Do – The CarsHome – Mac DeMarcoFeel You Around Me –...
2025-08-191h 54Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingDawn Eden Goldstein AND Jesse Krakow!This is a fave recent episode of mine. For the first half of the show, my dear friend Dawn Eden Goldstein (who now resides in Milford and whom I would love to hear on the air at WPKN, and I'll do whaterver I can to make that happen) stopped in and co-hosted the show with me, pulling *so* many great, obscure '60s records out of our legendary stacks and then talking about them brilliantly. Although she's obviously a one of a kind, the world needs more Dawn Eden Goldsteins!!!And for the second half, another dear...
2025-07-182h 54
Beatles Radio ShowsBeatles Tragical 2024-10-05A repeat of the Nov 4, 2023 show has a discussion on the release of "Now and Then" with Lisa B hosting guests Charles Rosenay, Ardy Sarraf, Alec Cumming
2024-10-3157 min
Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingThe World Debut of SNAP CRACKLE POP JR.!At some point in the earty aughts, when I was going through a divorce and saw my daughter mainly on the weekends, I discovered a Saturday morning show on the classic freeform station WFMU called "Greasy Kids Stuff". She and I both LOVED it. It was a music show for kids, but it wasn't cheesy kids music. No offense to The Wiggles and Baby Beluga and all that, but that stuff's aimed at a 5-year-old and younger audience; Greasy Kids Stuff, hosted by by Belinda Miller and Hova Najarian, was aimed at smart-ass 7 to 11 year olds with music that...
2024-07-132h 54
Die Hard On A BlankGOLDENEYE with Ben Rufus Green!It’s Die Hard in a Bond reboot!In this episode, Phil, Liam, and guest Ben Rufus Green discuss the 1995 James Bond blockbuster GoldenEye and its many connections to the Die Hard franchise. They explore the premise of the film, its self-reflexivity, and the surprisingly high amount of ‘Die Hard DNA’ present in the movie, which goes way beyond the historical connection between the newly-minted 007 Pierce Brosnan and original Die Hard director John McTiernan.After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, MI6 agent James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) uncovers a sinister plot led by rogue Russian operat...
2024-02-281h 21
Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingRIP/Long Live Hall & Oates: A Deep Dive and Radio SpecialSaddened by all the ugly Hall & Oates break-up news coming out around Thanksgiving 2023, I wanted to try to understand their story and their music better, f*ck the derision. So I did a my own deep dive into their music and history, and turned a vast new appreciation of Darryl and John's duo/band into a proper radio special, with soundbites I snagged here and there. (It's funny that such a brilliant, artistic yet vastly popular pop/rock 'n' roll act - with genuine Pilly soul roots - gets so little recognition and appreciation.)About 2 hours and 13...
2024-01-042h 48
Unclear and Present DangerGoldeneye (feat. Isaac Chotiner)For this week’s episode, Jamelle and John were joined by Isaac Chotiner of the New Yorker magazine to watch and discuss 1995’s GoldenEye, the first James Bond film of the 1990s and the first James Bond film of the post-Cold War era. GoldenEye is the seventeenth film in the James Bond series and the first to star Pierce Brosnan, who would go on to star in three subsequent pictures, all of which we will eventually cover on the podcast: Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough and Die Another Day.Directed by Martin Campbell and star...
2023-09-091h 03Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingJulia Cumming co-hosts again! (songs that inspired us Pt. 2)Can't Get Used to Losing You – Andy WilliamsThere's A Place - The BeatlesAt the Zoo – Simon & GarfunkelThe Only Living Boy in New York – Simon & Garfunkel/For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her (live) – Simon & Garfunkel Our Prayer – The Beach Boys/ Colour of Anyhow – Beverly-Glenn Copeland Love's Theme – The Love Unlimited OrchestraSun 100 – Bite the Wax GodheadRam On – Paul & Linda McCartneyBled White – Elliott Smith Gentle On My Mind – Glen CampbellRuby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town – Ken...
2023-06-012h 49Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingJulia Cumming co-hosts! (songs that inspired us Pt. 1)Love Me Like You – The Magic Numbers Tiny Spark – Brendan BensonWatching The Credits – The BethsThere She Goes Again – The Las Thinking About You – BeckBreathe In – Frou FrouAngelnumber 1210 – Goon A 1000 Times – Hamilton Leithauser + RostamOtherside – Sunflower BeanWaltz for Koop – Koop Aquarius – Boards of CanadaTonight – Phoenix (ft. Ezra Koenig)Come On Let's Go – Broadcast Who Put You Up To This? – Sunflower BeanMandocello – Cheap TrickPromises I've Made – Emitt Rhodes A...
2023-04-062h 49
Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingIs Peter Noone Into Something Good? Why yes, he is!This is my WPKN Peter Noone interview and special from April 2023. At the time, I was interviewing Peter at the time for gig he was promoting in Norwalk CT, and he was charming and funny and oh-so-British. You'll hear lots and lots of Herman’s Hermits (and even a bit of Beatles) music as I tell this relentlessly cheerful chappie's fascinating back story with this interview plus soundbites and songs, with Peter's cheerfulness as a constant. (Even though he didn't want to talk too much about The Tremblers.) What a lovely man. (All songs are performed by "He...
2023-03-281h 18
WPKN Community RadioLive Culture Episode 79 : women's History Month, For the Record...Up Now in the archives!
https://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/377818
This month's episode features guest co-host and artist Maxim Schmidt as we celebrate Women's History Month with a discussion with artists George Corsillo, Clymenza Hawkins and Amy Wachtel about their involvement with the art exhibit Sound & Vision II: For the Record... a visual and musical celebration of feminism involving over 40 artists in a gallery exhibit featuring imaginary record covers, real covers form private collections and the wpkn archive and musical memorabilia from women musicians at many stages of their careers.
The show is up until May 6th at the...
2023-03-2559 min
The Visible ArtistAlec CummingHow can you build a career as a full-time painter? What is it like to sell work directly to art buyers at an art fair? How do US and UK audiences differ? How can you overcome the challenges of shipping and exhibiting your work internationally? Based in a studio in a thatched Norfolk barn, Alec Cumming is a wonderful painter. He works in the traditional medium of oil on canvas, his paintings feel very contemporary; he draws on a visual vocabulary of shapes and patterns gathered during his travels in India, California and Sri Lanka, and...
2022-03-2532 min
It's Almost A PodcastThanXXXgivin' TRAVISty In Cumtown *Now With ASMR!*This week Layne's autism and drug use has reached new heights. She begins the episode with soothing ASMR for the beta boys and then finds herself traveling back in time to the first Thanksgiving. Van has carry her and the show as best as he can while Klaus Neuhuas and Wendigo of The Atomic Shaman Sweatlodge Podcast laugh and throw popcorn from the peanut gallery. As well joining from the Sweatlodge, Brandi debuts to give us her notes on the dark happens at Astroworl, The Alec Baldwin Incident, Acient Egypt, The Queen of England, and the Gizzline Maxwell trial...
2021-12-061h 50
Alec Feldman: The PodcastWhat's In Dom's Box?Alec Feldman hosts his ‘relatively entertaining’ Saturday afternoon radio show. This week he wants to know what the first thing you'll do after receiving the vaccine is, he wonder's what's in Dominic Cumming's box and... STONKS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2020-11-141h 06
Spiraken Review PodcastSpiraken Motion Picture Review: James Bond 007-GoldeneyeIn this eighteenth Installment of Spiraken's James Bond Marathon/Bond-o-thon, Gretta returns to help Xan discuss the First of the Pierce Brosnon Era Bond films. How does it stack against the 17 previous films? Well grab a martini, start clicking a pen and enjoy as they review the 1995 James Bond Film Goldeneye directed by Martin Campbell and starring Sean Bean Izabella Scorupco Famke Janssen Judi Dench, Alan Cumming, Desmond Llewelyn, Samantha Bond, Joe Don Baker and Pierce Brosnan as James Bond 007.
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2020-08-1559 minSnap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingThe White Album: thank you, Dan Neer!I've done this more than once - and I really went to town on the REVOLVER one (1/27/26) - but here I take a syndicated radio special, created by classic NYC FM deejay Dan Neer, about The Beatles WHITE ALBUM, and played it whilst surrounding it with even more tracks from the then-new re-release. ================================A Beginning (Anthology 3 version) Blackbird - Brad MehldauBack In The USSR (Take 5 instrumental) Back In The USSR (2018 mix)DAN NEER SPECIAL PART 1 Birthday (2018 mix) While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Esher demo excerpt)While My Gu...
2018-11-102h 53
Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingOne-Hit Wonders... Part One!My first try at one of these - I've done the One-Hit Wonders thing a few times since, and absolutely love these. The phones really lit up for this one, with callers - mostly from Long Island, fwiw - either cheering me on or correcting me. There is SO MUCH GREAT MUSIC HERE that is far too overlooked... but these tracks are ALL stone-cold classics and important parts of pop/rock history, even though pop/rock historians don't know how to deal with them. Joy - Apollo 100Summertime, Summertime - The Jamies T...
2018-07-132h 49Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingLate-night Beatles... zzzzzzzzzz(My apologies - I can't find my song list for this show... yet. I'm certain it lives somewhere on my computer, but further digging is required. Stay tuned - Alec, 1/18/26) This late evening/early Saturday morning I was filling in for the great Rich Kaminsky, so I decided - apropos of nothing - to do a show I called "Late-Night Beatles". In other words, a show consisting of Beatles songs and Beatle solo songs that sound good late at night. Hushed, downbeat Beatles. So yes to "Long, Long, Long", no to "Good Day Sunshine". Yes...
2018-06-093h 42
Bushwick Variety Show19: Riley Mulherkar: Smart Young Trumpet PlayerRiley Mulherkar www.rileymulherkar.com has been recognized as a "smart young trumpet player" by The New York Times and a "youngster to keep an eye on" by The Wall Street Journal. He is a founding member of The Westerlies a Seattle Bred, NYC Based brass quartet www.wersterliesmusic.com Riley works with renowned artists, Wynton Marsalis, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Anna Deveare Smith and Alan Cumming. He has shows coming up late June with Alan Cumming at Joe's Pub and The Carlyle. He is also a regular member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. He's the Artistic Director for Ja...
2018-06-0737 minSnap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingHave You Seen the Stars Tonight?This is a good one. It's December 27th 2025 as I write this, and I'm remembering now how I used to have to get to the WPKN studios at the University of Bridgeport an hour early so I could go through the stacks and pull lots and lots of the station's own vinyl, with most of the records sent originally at the time of that album's release as a radio promotional for-airplay copies. (An arduous task, as the stations albums are listed chronologically instead of alphabetically.) A lot of the records are scratchy as f*ck, hence the name Snap...
2018-05-263h 53Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingHappy 90th, Burt Bacharach! (Part 2)Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? – Linda ScottTower of Strength – Gene McDaniels Me, Japanese Boy – Harpers BizarreDionne Warwick – Dionne WarwickSend Me No Flowers – Doris DayWhere There's a Heart – The SandpipersLove in a Goldfish Bowl – Tommy SandsI'm a Better Man – Englebert HumperdinckAnother Tear Falls – Puddles Pity PartyDon't You Believe It – Andy WilliamsLet the Music Play – The DriftersTrains and Boats and Planes – Burt BacharachWhat's New, Pussycat? – Tom JonesThis Guy's...
2018-05-162h 54Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingHappy 90th, Burt! (aka 6 Hours of BACHARACH!)It started out innocently enough, as an evening prime-time radio salute to the maestro Burt bacharach, who had just turned 90... Promises Promises – Dionne WarwickToledo – Burt Bacharach & Elvis CostelloWalk On By – Dionne WarwickMake It Easy On Yourself (Live at The Garden State Arts Center, 1970) – Dionne WarwickA House Is Not a Home – Burt BacharachTwenty-Four Hours from Tulsa – Dusty SpringfieldBaby It's You – The BeatlesAlways Something There to Remind Me – Naked EyesSouth American Getaway (From "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"...
2018-05-165h 47Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingHere's one of my Sam Hopkins overnight fill-ins, for exampleAre You Ready for Love – Elton John More, More, More – Andrea True Connection Steal My Sunshine – Len Numb (Single Edit) – Pet Shop BoysSave Me a Place – Fleetwood MacThrough the Long Night – Billy Joel Poor People – Alan PriceMe and My Arrow – Harry NilssonMosquito – Geraint WatkinsWives and Lovers – Burt BacharachDomingo no Parque – Gilberto Gil Mistry Roses – Colin Blunstone Sea Song – Robert Wyatt Ghosts of American Astronauts – The MekonsLeroy – Family Steady Stat...
2018-05-143h 54Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec CummingWe All Remember Comfort Food (Music)If you start at the very beginning (which is a very good place to start) with these Snap Crackle POP! shows/podcasts, you'll notice I am mainly doing fill-ins, many of them in the wee hours. At the time, I was working a low-self esteem job where the hours were very... well, lets call them variable. So I was frequently doing overnight shifts there, and my sleep hours were all fakakta, and plus... the "romantic" ideal I had of the lonely overnight DJ really appealed to me (cf. the cover of Donald Fagen's The Nightfly). A lot...
2018-05-082h 53Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec Cumming7 Hours of Snap Crackle POP? Preposterous! (Part 2)Here's part 2. Hoo boy. I wanted to do radio... I got my chance this day. (See episode 1). Here you can hear me subbing for whomever had the 2 - 5 pm slot that Sunday afternoon... it was most likely a fill-in for La Esquina Latina. So here's the latter 3/7th of my unexpected Snap Crackle Pop marathon. It was super-fun and definitely exhausting but also SO MUCH FUN. Thanks to everybody out there who was listening and cheering me on. Also Sprach Zarathustra – DeodatoHer Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles – Nona Hendryx & Gary Lucas (w/ Jesse Krako...
2018-05-062h 54Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec Cumming7 Hours of Snap Crackle POP? Preposterous! (Part 1)(Note to podcast listeners: though I started doing WPKN airshifts as of April 14 2016, this is the oldest episode I have that exists as a music file. So that's where we'll begin. Enjoy... I hope!)Hoo boy. I wanted to do radio... I got my chance this day. 7 hours of it. I was subbing for Dave Golden's Morning Maniac Music between 10am and 2pm - already a generous 4-hour shift - and then I found out the 2-5 host couldn't make his show due to an emergency of some kind. So I ended up doing a marathon Snap...
2018-05-063h 55
Get Top Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, EspionageThe Spanish Game by Charles CummingPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332501 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Spanish Game Author: Charles Cumming Narrator: Charlie Anson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 27 minutes Release date: April 26, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Espionage Publisher's Summary: A vivid and gripping novel from ‘the master of the modern spy thriller’ (Mail on Sunday) which sees Alec Milius coaxed back into the secret world to face the uncontainable danger of 21st century terrorism… For six years, Alec Milius has escaped the past. In Madrid, he has rebuilt his life, but remains in exile and in...
2018-04-2605 min
Get Top Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, EspionageA Spy by Nature by Charles CummingPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328425 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Spy by Nature Author: Charles Cumming Narrator: Charlie Anson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 38 minutes Release date: March 29, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Espionage Publisher's Summary: For all fans of TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY comes this masterclass in suspense about a spy caught up in his own web of deception… Alec Milius is young, smart and ambitious – with a talent for deception. When a chance encounter opens the door to a career with MI6, he is desperate to make his mark. But life as a spy...
2018-03-2903 min
Here's The Thing with Alec BaldwinBurton Cummings: the Canadian Man behind "American Woman"For a while The Guess Who and frontman Burton Cummings were as big as it gets. And if you’re Canadian, they’re even bigger -- the first huge Canadian rock ’n roll act, paving the way for border-crossing superstars from Arcade Fire to Justin Bieber. Burton Cumming’s main songwriting collaborator in the early years of The Guess Who was Randy Bachman, the band’s guitarist. Their collaboration changed the sound of the late 60s, but their difference in temperament ended up driving Bachman out of the band. Cummings tells Here's the Thing host Alec Baldwin why -- and about ho...
2017-09-1947 min
Travis Bickle On The RivieraWhat are you doing, Cruise?
0:00:00 - 0:36:44 - This week Morgan and Sean discuss Stanley Kubrick's final film for the entire show. This was originally the ending to last week's episode, but we went long enough to merit it's own episode.
Eyes Wide Shut (1999), directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack, Rade Serbedzija, LeeLee Sobieski, Vinessa Shaw, Marie Richardson, Thomas Gibson, Todd Field, Sky Du Mont, Alan Cumming, Julienne Davis, Leon Vitali, and Fay Masterson.
Also discussed in this section: Paul Thomas Anderson, Terrence Malick, Village of the Damned, John Carpenter, The Shining, Room 237, Michael Clayton, Changing Lanes, Tootsie, A Clo...
2015-09-2136 min