Category Archives: Franorama 2.0

Franorama 2.0 11/16/23

By Fran FriedNovember 18, 2023Cygnus Radio, Franorama 2.011/22/63, 1963, ABC, Assassination, Barrence Whitfield & The Savages, Bill Kushner, Bobby Jenzen, Buddy Pastuk, CBS, Cindy Lawson, Cygnus Radio, Dolph Chaney, Duncan Reid & the Big Heads, Dusty Springfield, Eric Andersen, Fran Fried, Franorama 2.0, Full Time Men, Girl With a Hawk, Graham Parker, Hasil Adkins, Hayden Privett, Homer Henderson, Honorable Bob Peters, James Ditson, Jay Watson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jim Klink, John F. Kennedy, Johnny Dee, Johnny Ruiz & the Escapers, Johnny Tucker, Jonny Benavidez, Josie Cotton, Junior scaife, Killer Kin, Kim Weston, Looking Glass, Lowell Yoder, Norton Records, Ralph Ryan, Robin Trower, Sam Cooke, Sarah Borges, Sharon Jones, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Sour Ops, sparkle*jets u.k., Thanksgiving, The A-Bones, The Bracelets, The Fleshtones, The Justice Brothers, The Linda Lindas, The Notations, The Southern Gospel Band, Tom Guerra, Tragic Songs From the Grassy Knoll, Walter Cronkite, WFAA, William DeVaughn, www.cygnusradio.com

“Mr. President, you can’t say Dallas doesn’t love you.”

“No, you certainly can’t.”

Franorama 2.0 11/9/23

By Fran FriedNovember 11, 2023Cygnus Radio, Franorama 2.0Anne Marie Menta, Cygnus Radio, Dolph Chaney, Fran Fried, Franorama 2.0, Garland Jeffreys, Impala, Jalen Ngonda, Jean Caffeine, JoBoxers, Jonathan Richman, Marshall Crenshaw, Micky Dolenz, The Fleshtones, The Hollies, The Jam, The Jay Vons, The Junior League, The Kaisers, The Marvelettes, The Untouchables, Wild Child, www.cygnusradio.com

Can’t believe this young man turned 70 on Veterans Day. Celebrating the ever-youthful Marshall Crenshaw’s seven decades on earth and four decades of recording. Also, a quarter-century of tunes by Hamden’s Anne Marie Menta.

Franorama 2.0 11/2/23

By Fran FriedNovember 3, 2023Cygnus Radio, Franorama 2.0Cygnus Radio, David Letterman, Diamond Hands, Dolph Chaney, Ernie K-Doe, Fran Fried, Franorama 2.0, Hindu Love Gods, Jalen Ngonda, Jonny Benavidez, Josie Cotton, Kat Jones & the Prophets, Kelly Reilly, Larry Williams, Lyme & Cybelle, Monty Python, Ohio Players, Rainbow, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Bobby Fuller Four, The Dogmatics, The Fleshtones, The Monks, Warren Zevon, www.cygnusradio.com

Warren Zevon during his farewell appearance with David Letterman, 10/30/02, 10 months before he got to sleep. Franorama 2.0 does a tribute ahead of the tribute show Sunday 11/5 at Cafe Nine.

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 –

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