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101 Series Lesson 35: The 80’s, Pt. 1

You can, fer shure, gag us with a spoon . . . because it’s time for some 80’s!! In lesson 35 of the 101 Series  we spin the tunes with teased hair and a fake English accent, all while drinking New Cokes and trying to finally figure out the rubik’s cube. (That’s probably why we’ll […]

Wonderful Christmas Time

The 45th Annual Balcony Radio Christmas Pageant

Well, good friends and neighbors, it’s that time of year for jacking up your electric bill with massive lighting, sorting out old gift cards for possible re-re-re-use for new gifts, and then flocking a big tree with snow the texture of mucous. Yes, it’s the big BalconyRadio Annual Christmas Music Extravaganza. We tear apart the […]

Turn down that fuwkin racket.

101 Series Lesson 34: The Sex Pistols

We polled ourselves and have come to a consensus: Sid couldn’t play for shit. We also agree that it doesn’t really matter. In lesson 34 of the 101 Series we stick safety pins in each other and listen to the Sex Pistols for a couple of hours. At least once in this episode someone gets […]

Ever fallen in love with The Buzzcocks when you shouldn't have

Sock Rockin’ Beats Ep 3

These ones don’t go to 11, they go to fucking 13 (also, because of our OCD it has to be an odd number). In our third installment of Sock Rockin’ Beats, the show dedicated to playing music loud and fast the way your parents hated, we sit down for two hours of noise that will […]

Syd's way up there, mate.

101 Series Lesson 33: Pink Floyd

To be honest . . . we still don’t know which one is Pink. (We do have the address to the funny farm, though.) We here at Balcony Radio love to let our brains float off into the ether tied to a long string of twine and the best soundtrack for that: the Pink Floyd. […]

The wall.

Off the Wall Ep 3

Not all the record albums in the The Balcony archive are on the shelf, some are in a little box. Those are called 45s: the original cass-single, the first mp3 . . . we’ve got a bunch of them. In episode three of  Off The Wall, our celebration of music on wax, we pull the […]

The Dolls.

101 Series Lesson 32: New York City

Neither of us at The Balcony have been to NYC, but . . . we will. One day. And when we do, we’re heading straight for the Apollo, then where CBGB’s used to be, then the Village to see where all the folkies were . . . In Lesson 32 of the 101 Series we […]

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Long Song Silver Ep 3

Every once in a while you’ve got to make a nest in your brain with music . . . along with maybe some salty snacks, some Yoohoo, and a pizza on the way . . . it’s time to synchronize your bong with your cerebral cortex and listen to some long jams. In episode three […]

Yes, these are The Replacements

101 Series Lesson 31: The Replacements

Hello, students. Welcome back from your vacation. Today we listen to the music of one of the great pioneering bands of alternative rock who never got the respect they deserve, nearly banned by CBGB’s, were banned on SNL and did everything they could to alienate live audiences: Minnesota’s own The Replacements. Paul, Chris, Slim and […]

In 1966 The Platters were still cooler than you.

I Remember That Ep 3

Rock and roll music was born in 1951 and by Watergate was old enough to drink. We here at the Balcony are big fans of rock’s freckled years in the 50s and this third installment of our oldies series I Remember That proves it. In this episode we play a couple of hours of music […]