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Time For Bob Ep 7 (Dylan in the 70s)

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Balcony Radio

From 1970-79 a man named Bob Dylan made a LOT of music. Some people like most of it, a few people like a lot of it and most people just liked “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.” We, at the Balcony, have decided to focus on the better part of Dylan’s 70’s material for episode 7 of Time For Bob. Join us for two hours of Bob trying out all kinds of styles and genres . . . he wheezed through everything but disco and punk. Light the lava lamp, roll a bomber and feed your pet rock, it’s time to drop the needle.

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101 Series Lesson 107: James Brown in Studio

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Balcony Radio

Ladies and gentleman, it’s time now to give it up and over to the greatest of all time: Soul Brother #1 – The Hardest Working Man In Show Business. For Lesson 107 of the 101 Series, we step aside and let the great James Brown show us how to do that funk right. It’s part one this week and a stroll through the studio recordings of Mr. Brown. It starts as Doo-Wop and changes into the most famous funk line ever. There is no sitting down for this show. We will have a funky good time!

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This Pill Makes You Small Ep 7 ~ More International Psychedelia

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Balcony Radio

So, around 1967 the entire world seemed to take a lot of drugs and start making weirder music. It was great. (One of the few things people world-wide can agree on is that taking drugs and making music is a good time.) In episode 7 of This Pill Makes You Small, we track down our passports and head to some far-flung locales to bring you all the spacey jams we could get past customs. The foreigners are gettin’ weird . . .

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101 Series Lesson 106: Songs About Dope

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Balcony Radio

Some topics come in songs pretty often . . . girls, cars, death, The Man, being done wrong and drugs. In Lesson 106 we handle the last one on the list and focus on d-r-u-g-s. People have been writing songs about dope since people have been writing songs. So, find yourself a nice, soft place to sit and let a couple hours’ worth of songs about Mother Nature’s favorite herb happen to your brain. Indica. Sativa. Hybrid. (Yes. Yes. And yes.) Don’t forget to roll up a towel to put under the door after the pizza guy leaves.

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The FreeSpace Ep 7

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Balcony Radio

Not to surprise you, but . . . Balcony Radio is a small operation. Two mics. One mixing board. Three computer screens. One phonograph. One cat. Forty-five hundred LPs. Four thousand CDs. We play music. This show is called The FreeSpace. In two hours we play a bunch of stuff that we picked out for no reason. Maaaaaaaybe you should listen. Support your local small business internet radio station.

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101 Series Lesson 105: Kiss-Off Songs

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Balcony Radio

Sometimes a beautiful melody can be happy and inspiring. Sometimes it can say something horrible. Other times it says get out of my life because you’re a jerk. For Lesson 105 of the 101 Series heartbreak gets the spotlight as we listen to great Kiss-Off songs that say “F**K YOU! GET OUT OF MY LIFE!” There are many ways to say it. And we spend a couple hours hearing the happiness in people’s voices when they finally do. It’s time for the great scream therapy catharsis. Get ready for some maniacal laughing. WARNING! Strong language within. Strap on your hazmat suits.

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Swingtime Ep 7: The Rat Pack Show

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Balcony Radio

We hate to tell you this, kids, but . . . your grandparents invented cool. They really did. Don’t argue. You’ve got Katy Perry and Gah-gah, they had . . . The Rat Pack. Say no more. In episode 7 of Swingtime, we mix the drinks and light the smokes and give you a couple hours of the greatest voices the Sands Hotel ever got slayed by: Frank, Dean and Sammy. Loosen your tie, stay awhile.

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101 Series Lesson 104: Simon and Garfunkel

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Balcony Radio

Soulmates don’t always have to be of the opposite sex, you know . . . sometimes a boy named Paul grows up a few doors down from a boy named Artie and they just become the soundtrack to your life. It happens. In Lesson 104, we give you two kids from Queens who started their world domination in Hebrew school: Simon & Garfunkel. Meet us in the Park for two hours of the best music from Paul and Art’s careers, both together and apart. We’ll save a space for you on the picnic blanket.

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Soulville Ep 7

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Balcony Radio

You know what you people? Soul! Deeeeeep soul. Deep, sweet soul. Dammit. In episode 7 of Soulville, we give it to you baby, for like an hour and a half. (Or an hour forty minutes, really. Not to brag.) So, pull up some silk sheets over your fine-ass self and let us wash some soul music over your fine-ass self. Enjoy, babydoll . . .

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101 Series Lesson 103: Music of 1977

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Balcony Radio

There are many pivotal years in the history of tunes. Years that mark a new era, a new style, a moment that magnifies the birth, or genesis, or lives of a generation. For Lesson 103 of the 101 Series we bury the first of our musical time capsules with music from the year punk broke, 1977. It crosses many musical styles and radio formats and sounds like you’re scanning up and down the FM dial while cruising in your Camaro. It’s two years before The Walkman and almost 25 before the iPod. Your social network is hanging out and getting high. It’s the baby boomers’ last gasp looking into punk’s gaping maw. Who the fuck are the Sex Pistols?

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