Category Archives: Franorama 2.0

Franorama 2.0 4/15/21

By Fran FriedApril 15, 2021Cygnus Radio, Franorama 2.0Athanor, Big Stir Records, Blackfire, Blake Jones, Blake Jones & the Trike Shop, Curt Florczak, Cygnus Radio, Dolph Chaney, Fran Fried, Franorama 2.0, Freeloader, General Johnson, Holly Vincent, Irene Peña, Jackie Robinson, Jim Basnight, Joey Ramone, Mike Daly & the Planets, Nick Frater, Pale Lips, Ramones, Ronnie Spector, Rum Bar Records, Sour Ops, Steve Cropper, The Brothers Steve, The False Positives, The Forty Nineteens, The Godchildren of Soul, The Persian Leaps, The Viewers, www.cygnusradio.com, Your Academy

Joey Ramone, 5/19/51-4/15-01-4/15/21.

Franorama 2.0 4-8-21

By Fran FriedApril 9, 2021Cygnus Radio, Franorama 2.0Adam Schlesinger, B.B. Dickerson, Cygnus Radio, Emily Duff, Fran Fried, Franorama 2.0, John Prine, Jon Flynn, Scott Kempner, The Armoires, The Del-Lords, The Dictators, The Hi-End, The Sawtelles, War, www.cygnusradio.com

A little of this, a little that, and maybe a little more.

Franorama 2.0’s Opening Day Baseball Extravaganza, 4/1/21, 1-5 p.m. EDT

By Fran FriedApril 3, 2021Cygnus Radio, Franorama 2.0Abbott & Costello, Atlanta Braves, Bang the Drum Slowly, Baseball, Belle & Sebastian, Bernie Carbo, Bill Buckner, Bill Lee, Bill WHite, Billy Bragg & WIlco, Billy Murray, Bob Murphy, Bobby Murcer, Boston Red Sox, Brownie McGhee, Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Springstone, Bucky Dent, Bull Durham, Carlton Fisk, casey Stengel, Chris Chambliss, Chris Church, Count Basie, Curt Flood, Curt Gowdy, Cygnus Radio, Damn Yankees, Derek Jeter, DeWolf Hopper, Dick Stockton, Ed Delahanty, Field of Dreams, Fran Fried, Franorama 2.0, Gil Hodges, Henry Aaron, Howard Cosell, Howie Rose, Ichiro Suzuki, Jack Brickhouse, Jack McDowell, Jackie Robinson, James Earl Jones, Joe DiMaggio, Joe Garagiola, John Fogerty, Josh Kantor, Keith Jackson, Kevin Costner, Kurt Bevacqua, Larry Doby, Lee Elia, Mabel Scott, Mickey Mantle, Mike Krukow & Duane Kuiper, Mike Piazza, Mike Yastrzemski, Milo Hamilton, Mookie Wilson, Nat "King" Cole, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Opening Day, Phil Rizzuto, Reggie Jackson, Roger Maris, Sam & Dave, San Francisco Giants, Satchel Paige, SF Seals, Steve Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Ted Williams, Teresa Brewer, Terry cashman, The Baseball Project, The Intruders, The Mountain Goats, The Treniers, Tom Ligon, Tom Seaver, Tommy Keene, Tommy Lasorda, Tony Conigliaro, Vin Scully, Warren Zevon, Woody Guthrie, www.cygnusradio.com

Baseball. Nothing but baseball for Opening Day 2021. And they will come … gradually.

Franorama 2.0 3/25/21

By Fran FriedMarch 25, 2021Cygnus Radio, Franorama 2.0B.J. Thomas, Beebe Gallini, Buddy, Coucheron, Cygnus Radio, D.F.E., Electraluxx, Elton John, Fran Fried, Franorama 2.0, Gospel Swamps, Jon Batiste, Kasket Club x Soul Gem, Miriam Linna, October Surprise, Paul Weller, Slim Jim Phantom, Stray Cats, The Armoires, The Remains, The Yes It Is!, Tommy Ray!, www.cygnusradio.com

Lots more new toys to play this week.

Franorama 2.0 3/18/21

By Fran FriedMarch 19, 2021Cygnus Radio, Franorama 2.0Autumn Fakes, Bob Dylan, Brad Marino, Cygnus Radio, Dolph Chaney, Emily Duff, Fran Fried, Franorama 2.0, Heatwaves, Indonesian Junk, Jonathan Richman, K7s, Kewpid, Muck and the Mires, Nineteen Times, Pale Lips, Palmyra Delran & the Doppel Gang, Ray Campi, Rum Bar Records, Sally Grossman, Southern Culture on the Skids, Spring, Steve Cropper, The Alarm, The Dogmatics, The Nuclears, www.cygnusradio.com, Yaphet Kotto

It was Christmas in March on Franorama 2.0 this week. New toys galore.

Franorama 2.0 3/11/21

By Fran FriedMarch 12, 2021Cygnus Radio, Franorama 2.0Alex Chilton, Alice Cooper, Anderson .Paak, Big Country, Big Star, Black 47, Bruce Watson, Bruno Mats, Cassettes, Cygnus Radio, Flaco Jimenez, Fran Fried, Franorama 2.0, Jon Batiste, Katie Kissoon, Los Texas Tornados, Lou Ottens, Mixtapes, Ray White, Reigning Sound, rory gallagher, Silk Sonic, The Problem With Kids Today, The Shang Hi Los, Thin Lizzy, U2, WLIR, www.cygnusradio.com

A memorial salute to Lou Ottens, the inventor of the tape cassette and nurturer of the imaginations of millions of would-be DJs.

Franorama 2.0 3/4/21

By Fran FriedMarch 5, 2021Cygnus Radio, Franorama 2.0Bob Marley & The Wailers, bunny wailer, Chris Barber, Creamed Corn, Cygnus Radio, Fran Fried, Franorama 2.0, James Burke, Jon Batiste, Lonnie Donegan, marcia griffiths, Rich Dart, The Dictators, The Five Stairsteps, Them Sinners, www.cygnusradio.com

A farewell to Bunny Wailer. Also, some new sounds (including The Dictators!) and a couple of surprises.

Franorama 2.0 10/19/17 (aka My Jeopardy! Odyssey)

By Fran FriedOctober 30, 2017Franorama 2.0

PART 1: American Beat ’84 – The Fleshtones; American Girl – Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers; Take It to the People – The Woggles; King Midas – Stupidity; Crying’s Just a Thing That You Do – JD McPherson; Lucky Penny – JD McPherson; No Place to Go – Mr. Airplane; If You Have Ghosts –

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Franorama 2.0

By Fran FriedDecember 5, 2014Franorama 2.0

Franorama 2.0 Thurs: 1 to 4 pm et Fran Fried is a changeling, to put it simply. (You don’t know the half of it, girlfriend!) You never know what she’s gonna do — even she doesn’t know what she’s gonna do next. But her M.O. in life has been “Throw everything against the wall and

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