WPKN Archives: Connections with Eric Cocks and special guest Chris Frantz

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Show:
Connections... with Eric Cocks

Original Aired:
Friday, October 30th, 2015
4:02PM to 6:55PM

Duration:
2 hours, 53 minutes

Posted:
Friday, October 30th, 2015 4:00PM

Tags:
hamsandwich new beatles psychedelic kinks eno lennon eclectic vinyl dylan rollingstones wpkn mono connections comedy samphillips zombies magoos frantz chrisfrantz nilsson vintage humor freeform demos beachboys squeaky chairs talkingheads squeakychairs


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Episode: Connections with Eric Cocks and special guest Chris Frantz

Oct 30, 2015 episode of Connections on WPKN with Eric Cocks, filling in for my good friend and special guest Chris Frantz, who joins the show live from France. Includes new and vintage music, plus rare demos from The Beatles, Television and Maury Yeston. There's music from Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, The Zombies, The Cramps, Alex Chilton, The Kinks, Yo La Tengo, The Glands, Elliott Randall, Carl Wilson, T-Rex, Sam Phillips and The City featuring early Carole King and Danny Koortchmar (before Carole went solo). 

Also Gary Calamar, Talking Heads, Procol Harum, Del Shannon, The Baseball Project, The Squeaky Chairs, Gilbert Gottfried, Harry Nilsson, Tom Petty, Prince, Julie London, Felix Cavaliere of The Rascals (produced by Todd Rundgren), The Heads (with Debbie Harry), Julie London and more. 

Plus new music from Jeff Lynne's ELO, Børns, Moving Panoramas, The Lord Calverts, ec23, The Alessi Brothers, Grimes, The Zombies and whatever happened in the moment. 

Great thanks to Chris Frantz of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club for joining the show by phone from France! Glad Chris could be a guest on his own show!!

Thanks for tuning in!



Previous episodes of Connections are available in the WPKN archives, including interviews with Chris Frantz of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, New Yorker cartoonist and author Roz Chast, Peppy Castro of The Blues Magoos, Grammy Award winning singer and author Janis Ian and more. Also special features on Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Harry Nilsson, The Beach Boys, Bob Marley and the British Invasion.
 
Here are some direct links:
 


Connections: The Beatles and Dylan in Mono on Vinyl and more… 






Connections: Dylan's Basement Tapes and other stuff… 





 
May 15, 2015 Bob Dylan Special with Chris Frantz: 
 
 
 
 


Roz Chast: Guest DJ and Interview with New Yorker cartoonist and bestselling author: 

 

 
 

Peppy Castro of The Blues Magoos: Interview/Conversation


 
 
 
 
Janis Ian Interview: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Connections: Beatles, Dylan, Nilsson, Kinks, Elvis, Beach Boys and new music (August 2015): 
 
 
 
 


Connections with Eric Cocks: Odds and Ends, New and Vintage… 


 
 
 
 
Connections at Night (including music and comedy geared for late night listening): 
 
 
 
 
 

Bob Dylan Special with Chris Frantz and Jeff Slate (May 2014): 

 
 

 
 
Connections: Music of the Heart (Sep 2015): 
 
 
 
 
 

For more info, updates and occasional videos, please check the FaceBook page: Connections on WPKN
 
 
 

Show: Connections... with Eric Cocks

Connections... with Eric Cocks

Explores the connections between songs, songwriters, musicians, producers and people... often in surprising ways.

Vital, intelligent music with true artistic vision. Or just because it sounds good...

Includes extended features on specific artists such as Bob Dylan, The Kinks, The Beatles and far more. Also comedy by Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Eddie Izzard, Paul Krassner and others with a rock and roll renegade attitude. In depth explorations of early electronic music (and how it relates to current music). Vital new music that deserves to be heard. Surf music. Garage bands. British invasion. Rock and Roll. John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Jimi Hendrix, Laurie Anderson, William Burroughs, Robert Anton Wilson, The Blues Magoos, David Bowie, The Beach Boys, Dr Fiorella Terenzi, Beethoven, Bo Diddley, The Rolling Stones, Alex Chilton, Nilsson, Tom Petty, Lucinda Williams, Jon Brion, Aimee Mann, Tame Impala, Grimes, The Pretenders, Blondie, Caitlin Rose, Juana Molina, Mojo Mancini, Elliott Randall, Marshall Chapman, Jessy Lanza, Big Star, demos, rarities, unreleased new music and far more may be part of any given show. Also live interviews of performers, writers, producers, engineers, session musicians and people behind the scenes. Plus unexpected surprises...

Previous in depth interviews include Sam Phillips, Peppy Castro of The Blues Magoos, author/comedian Paul Krassner, Chris Frantz of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, Neil Innes of The Rutles, Tommy James, legendary session musician Carol Kaye, Warren Zanes, Felix Cavaliere of The Rascals, Rod Argent of The Zombies, Oscar Winning Composer Alan Menken, Patty Larkin and more. All are available in archives for about 385 days. (Maybe that'll get extended some day.) Stay tuned for future interviews and special features.

The show will keep changing over time.

Tune in every 1st and 3rd Friday afternoon of each month at the new  time of  4 to 7 pm eastern. Also special editions at other times. Available live over the air at 89.5, online at http://wpkn.org, tunein radio or listen later in the WPKN archives.

For further info, updates, news, videos and special features, please check the FaceBook site: Connections on WPKN

Thanks for tuning in!

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