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Radio Stew: Transistor Radios
Mar 30, 2013: 1am - 2am
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The first transistor radio was turned on Nov. 19, 1954. This show tunes in older transistor radio songs (Freddy Cannon's "Transistor Sister," Benny Hill's "Transistor Radio," and Connie Smith's "Tiny Blue Transistor Radio"), and more recent vintage (The Helio Sequence's "Transistor Radio" and SNFU's "Cheap Transistor Radio"). Also, there is The Beach Boys story "Magic Transistor Radio" and Kraftwerk's instrumental ode. Click on title for more playlist information.
Van Morrison ("Brown Eyed Girl") and Belle & Sebastian ("Act of an Apostle II") songs just mention transistor radios. Bob Dylan reads a transistor radio poem by Charles Bukowski. And The Flying Luttenbachers' "No Transistor," Malabua's "Anna Log," Cloud Cult's "Transistor Radio," M. Ward's "Radio Campaign," Puff and the Pillpoppers' "Celestial Transistor Radio," and Kevin Kerby's "Transistor Romeo." Hosted by Tom Roe.