Off The Wall Ep 9

Once upon a time, a teenager bought a thing called a record. It was made of PVC, also known as vinyl. It was wrapped in a big paper covering with pretty pictures on it. The teenager liked the record so much he bought 3,000 more just like it. Our show Off The Wall is a […]

Off The Wall Ep 8 (Pulling Them As We Don’t See Them)

Sometimes you have to throw away a couple rules, break the Fourth Wall, and try something a bit different – take a few chances and see what develops. For episode 8 of our tribute to long-playing vinyl Off The Wall your hosts take it directly to the wall. We take the mic off the stand […]

Off The Wall Ep 7 12 Inch Pleasures

When you’ve had a hard day you want to come home to a little pleasure. You need some satisfaction to ease the stress and strain. You want something that’s different and warm and lasts a little longer. For episode 7 of our tribute to our vinyl record collection, Off The Wall, we give you the […]

Off The Wall Ep 6: The Music People album

Once again, we wonder off into the smokey world of shellac . . . For the sixth time we drop the needle in the groove in our vinyl-only show, Off The Wall. In this episode we focus on one 3-record set called The Music People. It’s a collection of artists that were on the Columbia label […]

Off the Wall Ep 5: Warner Brothers Comps Pt. 1

Time now to go back to our vinyl archives. This is Off The Wall Episode 5 our journey through the vast and myriad vinyl collection stored here in The BalconyRadio vaults and studio. We knew exactly what needed to be done to follow up the last episode dedicated to Warner Brothers – play more! So […]

Off the Wall Ep 4

There are several things you can find in the Balcony Radio studio. Mics, shitty board, computers, two chairs (one swivel, one wood and needing to be replaced), lots of stolen office supplies, a rug and four thousand vinyl records. Some of these we put to good use . . . in this episode we pull […]

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 […]

Off The Wall Ep 2

When you have too much vinyl (like us!) you want to play it as often as possible (like us!). And when it begins to overtake the entire living area of your home then you want to show it off (like us!). So, now we present our second installment in our love and devotion to the […]

Off The Wall Ep 1

We have got vinyl. Tons of vinyl. Tons and tons of vinyl. (Listen closely for the pops and clicks.) Our first episode is all comedy. Comedy records . . . listen to what made your parents laugh. Click on the link to check out who we gave stage time to:  Off The Wall Show Playlist