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Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec Cumming

Alec Cumming, WPKN

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A show dedicated to unapologetically intelligent & melodic pop music that oft includes adventure, ambition, angst, bass shenanigans, bravura, catchiness, cynicism, curiosity, dancability, deft dynamics, economy, forward momentum, glee, grace, hubris, irreverance, irony, love, maximalism, melancholy, minimalism, modesty, naïveté, overreaching, passion, prettiness, proselytizing, protest, questioning, repetition, ribaldry, sarcasm, sexiness, sincerity, specificity, swoon-worthiness, temerity, understanding, vagueness, wisdom, wit and maybe more than a little nostalgia.

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For Sal: a Snap Crackle POP tribute to Sal Maida

lundi 26 octobre 2026 • Durée 01:42:30

This week's Snap Crackle POP! show was dedicated to the memory of Sal Maida (1948 - 2025), the legendary bassist and New York City icon who left us too soon - and who had played with Roxy Music, Sparks, Milk 'n Cookies, Cracker, Lisa Burns and many other memorable rock 'n' roll combos and projects.

The John Sally Ride, a band led by singer/songwriter John Dunbar, is releasing the latest (and last) album: FOR SAL. Sal was the bassist for the band's previous releases; for this one, John wrote a suite of songs based on Sal's epic autobiography "Four Strings, Phony Proof, 300 45s & Bottom's Up", and invited an impressive assortment of guest musicians (including Phil Manzanera, Steve Wynn, Dennis Diken, former Sparks bassist Martin Gordon and Justin Strauss from Milk 'n Cookies) who knew and had played with Sal to help him record the album.

This episode features songs from over Sal's career mixed in with interview soundbites and songs from the new album, which is being released on December 4, 2026 on Think Like a Key Records. Please give a listen especially to the "The Kindest Blue Eyes", an deeply touching song about Sal by his wife and collaborator Lisa Burns.

Virginia Plain – Roxy Music

Mott And Broome – The John Sally Ride

Sally, Go 'Round The Roses – The Jaynetts

Get Lost Kid – The John Sally Ride

Society’s Child – Janis Ian

Pyjamarama (live) – Roxy Music

Stranded After Touring Stranded – The John Sally Ride

Chance Meeting (live) – Roxy Music

Little, Lost and Innocent – Milk 'n Cookies

How to Make a Cult Classic – The John Sally Ride

Tinkertoy Tomorrow – Milk 'n Cookies

Big Boy – Sparks

A Little R and R – The John Sally Ride

Fill-Er-Up – Sparks

Nightline – Velveteen (feat. Lisa Burns)

Science Fiction Daze – Cherie Currie

Hello LA – The John Sally Ride

School Days – The Runaways

Some Girls – Sarah Brightman

Gossips Truths n Lies – Edward Rogers

The Kindest Blue Eyes – Lisa Burns

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This Might Be a Happy New Year! (with John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants)

lundi 19 octobre 2026 • Durée 02:32:04

This is a VERY SPECIAL SUPERSIZED EDITION of SNAP CRACKLE POP! On Monday, October 19th 2026, I aired a 2-hour version of a show I had originally aired on WPKN in December 2022, when John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants called in for an interview to help promote his band's New Years Eve gig... in 2022. Fast forward (almost) four years, and I'm noticing that They Might Be Giants will be BACK at New Haven's College Street Music Hall on December 31, 2026! So I decided to replay the 2022 interview on Monday, with my exhortations to have listeners email in for a ticket giveaway.

But - check THIS out - now I'm uploading the show, I decided to add in more than a half-hour MORE music and MORE John Flansburg that I had leftover from the 2022 interview! Plus new music from the lads on their excellent 2026 album THE WORLD IS TO DIG. So this is pretty substantial... and I hope you enjoy! Thank you, John. I LOVE THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS.

Wu-Tang (The World Is To Dig, 2026)

13 [excerpt] (Miscellaneous T, 1991)

Boat Of Car (They Might Be Giants, 1986)

Number Three (They Might Be Giants, 1986)

We’re The Replacements (Miscellaneous T, 1991)

Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head (They Might Be Giants, 1986)

Don’t Let’s Start (They Might Be Giants, 1986)

Snowball in Hell (Lincoln, 1988)

Piece of Dirt (Lincoln, 1988)

Ana Ng (Lincoln, 1988)

Your Racist Friend (Flood, 1990)

Older (Long Tall Weekend, 1999)

I Palindrome I (Apollo 18, 1992)

Fingertips (Apollo 18, 1992)

Meet James Ensor (John Henry, 1994)

Snap Crackle POP! is Getting Things Done!

lundi 21 septembre 2026 • Durée 01:42:02

I actually edited out a lot of the complaining I've been doing lately about my laptop and being flustered about being flustered, but you can still hear me bitching at the beginning, and I HAVE TO STOP. It's time to Get Things Done! Inspired by the new Joe McGinty/Paige Siegwardt jam and the stunning new Tom Waits cover by Eddie Skuller, I'm moving forward with a (sassy) New Attitude! Or something like that.

Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In – The 5th Dimension

Toledo – Elvis Costello

Corner Of My Eye – The Lemon Twigs

Rosy, Won't You Please Come Home – The Kinks

Yours Forever – Bishop Briggs feat. Matt Maeson

Charles Atlas/I Can't Reach You – The Who

You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone – The Beach Boys

Mom, I’m Going Back to Therapy – Julia Cumming

Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town – Kenny Rogers & The First Edition

Angel On Your Shoulder – Dave Alvin

Border Radio – The Blasters

I'm Shakin' – Little Willie John

Someday, Someway – Marshall Crenshaw

The Magic Number – De La Soul

Answer Me, My Love – Swamp Dogg

Buffalo Stance – Neneh Cherry

Get Things Done! – Joe McGinty feat. Paige Siegwardt and The Joe McGinty 7

Wendy – Joe McGinty & Jesse Malin

Air on a G String – Baby Steps

House Where Nobody Lives – Eddie Skuller

A Labor (Day) of Love

lundi 7 septembre 2026 • Durée 01:58:49

On September 3rd 2018, I had a 3-hour 4-7 afternoon on-air shift at WPKN. It was Labor Day, and before the show I put out a "hive mind" request on Facebook for recommenmdations on songs that would be, well, good to play on Labor Day, about Labor, as this holiday is particularly distant from its reason for being - it's almost completely only thought of the "summer is over, back to school/work" holiday. I got over 400 replies! When I got to the (old) WPKN Studios at the University of Bridgeport, the AC was not working, and boy did I complain. 🙄 I edited out of most of the whiny complaining part for today's show.

Now it's September 7, 2026 (zoom!) and it's once again a Labor Day and a Monday, the day on which I now have a weekly two-hour "drive time" 7-9am morning show. I decided to resuscitate, as it were, the 2018 show and songs, with a tiny bit of updated VO and "rewind" sound effects. So I did, and here's what today's show sounded like, with a little "thank you" coda at the end.

Minimum Wage – They Might Be Giants

Get a Job – The Silhouettes

Working in The Coal Mine – Lee Dorsey

Big Boss Man – Jimmy Reed

Chain Gang – Sam Cooke

Back On the Chain Gang – The Pretenders

9 to 5 – Dolly Parton

Car Wash – Rose Royce

A Day in the Life of a Working Man – David Ruffin

I've Been Working – Van Morison

Bus Rider – Guess Who

Working Too Hard – The Beat

Millworker – Bette Midler

Allentown – Billy Joel

5 O’Clock World – The Vogues

Matthew & Son – Cat Stevens

Here Come The Coveralls! (and other accidental hipsters)

lundi 17 août 2026 • Durée 01:54:40

This show features:
- my current long-term Monkees obsession (long live Micky Dolenz and his ongoing love of psychedelia!)
- a buncha great new or new-ish songs, as per usual, if I say so myself
- a really touching, sad and yet melodically catchy song from a father about a son who passed away far too soon
- a sneak peek at an upcoming Gershwin Brothers interview/special (sorry I didn't get to mention it on the air, or even back announce it, I was distracted by my incoming live in-studio guest)
- a last half-hour or so where I have head Zamboni (and host of WPKN's Storied Sounds) Dave Schneider on as my guest, as we talk about The Coveralls' August 22nd gig at Black Rock Porchfest 2026, the Zambonis' upcoming ferryboat excursion (next stop: Port Jeff!) and some upcoming Hanukkah (Chanukah? Xanukah?) magic with the LeeVees this December

Lost Boys – Phoebe Bridgers

Waiting for Day – Micky Dolenz

Birth of an Accidental Hipster – The Monkees

The Door into Summer (live) – The Monkees

Come to Me – Vicki Peterson & John Cowsill

Oh Dorian – Ben Kweller (feat. MJ Lenderman)

Break the Jaw – Madison Cunningham

Revel In the Knowledge – Julia Cumming

Good Times // End Times – Goose

Stone Over Water – Death Cab for Cutie

Stray Cats in Spain – Jeff Tweedy

Scour Your Heart – Stephanie Seymour

Bianca Sativa – The Gershwin Brothers

Sea Of Heartbreak – Johnny Cash feat. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

I Don't Like Hockey No More – The Zambonis

Just Another Magic Monday

lundi 10 août 2026 • Durée 01:48:20

One of my "new music" shows, which I should probably do more of. Or else I should keep a higher percentage of new-ish material placed alongside the various pop music rabbit holes the show oft burrows itself down into. Anyway, I like this one. "The "Hammond Song" cover is a good 'un, but you knew I'd say that, right? But it really really IS.

You Retreat in Time and Space [Time edit] – Boards of Canada

Immortal Hands – Stereolab

The Vision & The Call – Laurelynn Dossett featuring Charly Lowry

The Hallelujah Trail – Charley Crockett

Casablanca – Susannah Hoffs

Lilac Wine – Arooj Aftab & Beck

The Book of Love – Olivia Rodrigo

Sunday Morning – Beth Gibbons

Hammond Song – Wolf Alice (feat. Julia Cumming & Bria Saldana)

White Horses – Wolf Alice

moody – Royel Otis

In Spirit – WHY?

I Only Ever Wanted to See You Fail – The Reds, Pinks and Purples

Long After Midnight – Flock of Dimes

Long Way to Fall – Bedouine

Oh My Love – John Lennon

Yours Forever – Bishop Briggs (feat. Matt Maeson)

Unfinished Sympathy (live) – Hooverphonic

Doomscrollin’ – The Gershwin Brothers

What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life? – Kandace Springs

It's a very ELECTROFUNK morning with KID GINSENG

lundi 27 juillet 2026 • Durée 01:54:25

I've gotten to know the mysterious, enigmatic, and rather brilliant deejay Kid Ginseng - a producer and turntablist with deep roots in early classic hip-hop and underground dance music - a little bit over the last few years, and I love talking with him about how he puts together his minimalist (or are they maximalist?), classic electrofunk jams. The Kid is living and creating in the present yet is deeply knowledgable about the jam-masters who've come before him. (He's also a really sweet guy.) So a few weeks ago - at the Coveralls gig at Walrus Alley in Westport, to be exact - I asked him if he would join me on my Monday morning Snap Crackle POP! show someday.

And on this sunny summer Bridgeport morning he did! And he even debuted his newest mixtape, which incorporates some really deep-stark-funky jams and beats, both new and vintage, alongside his own innovative tracks from the last few years. We agreed to swoop in and out of the mix like we were at a party, which was really really fun and enlightening for me. So here it is, with a particularly boogie-down episode of Snap, Crackle, BOUNCE! (I mean POP!)

Big Fun – Inner City

Cavern – Liquid Liquid

U.F.O. – ESG

Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life – Indeep

Let the Music Play – Shannon

The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel – Grandmaster Flash

Kraftjerkz Freakout Mix # 3 – featuring:

* Don’t Stop (intro) – Kid Ginseng

* Looking for the Perfect Beat (instrumental) – Afrika Bambaataa

* Love Can’t Wait – Tony “Dr. Edit” Garcia feat. Lil Suzy

* I Need a Freak – Sexual Harassment

* Night Drive Break

* Rock the Planet – The Megatrons

Woooo! A salute to Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon and to the post-Elvis-Army/pre-Beatles era

mardi 21 juillet 2026 • Durée 01:53:16

I hope it doesn't seem odd to have a "Wooo!" in this podcast's headline, in terms of the fact that our honoree - early '60s rocker Freddy Cannon - passed away this previous weekend. He was a "Wooo!" kind of guy, and his music was unquestionably joyous rock 'n' roll. (Subtlety was not his forte.) So a lot of today's music was joyous (almost all of it, anyway) as Dawn Eden Goldstein and I took a musical journey through the years 1959 through 1963/4, what one might call the post-Elvis-getting-into-the-army and pre-Beatles pop music era. Did Elvis die when he went into the service? Did Rock 'n' Roll? Maybe Don McLean would differ, but Dawn, Freddy and I say "nay". And then: "Wooo!"

Action (theme song for ABC-TV's “Where The Action Is”) – Freddy Cannon

Don't Ever Charge – The Crickets

Claudette (demo) – Roy Orbison

Sweet Suzie – Johnny Burnette

Crying In the Rain – Carole King

From Me to You – Del Shannon

Tallahassee Lassie – Flamin' Groovies

Soldier of Love – Arthur Alexander

Rock and Roll Will Never Die – Wild Hares

Time’s Passing By – Lia Pamina & Dario Persi

Dumb Head – Ginny Arnell

He’s a Rebel – The Crystals

Half Heaven Half Heartache – Gene Pitney

Killer Joe – The Rocky Fellers

Hippie Hippy Shake – Chan Romero

Tallahassee Lassie – Freddie Cannon

Transistor Sister – Freddie Cannon

Some Stones, Some This, Some That, Some Girls

lundi 13 juillet 2026 • Durée 01:54:40

Long live The Rolling Stones! And Aggie Miller and Nick Kivlen and everybody, for that matter.

Never Wanna Lose You – The Rolling Stones

Covered In You – The Rolling Stones

Dandelion – The Rolling Stones

Baby You're a Rich Man – The Beatles

Emotional Rescue – The Rolling Stones

Monday the 13th – The Afterschools

Blast – Hovvdy

Lovesick – Wishy

If You Change – Widowspeak

Lost Boys – Phoebe Bridgers

Sadie – Aggie Miller

the feeling – Steve Lacy

Good Times / End Times – Goose

Addicted to the Sunset – Nick Kivlen

Stone Over Water – Death Cab for Cutie

Me and Magdalena (Version 2) – The Monkees

Terri – Micky Dolenz

Doomscrollin' – The Gershwin Brothers

Dead End Street – The Kinks

Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometimes – Beck

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I Think It DID Rain Today, actually

lundi 6 juillet 2026 • Durée 01:54:44

It was supposed to rain more than it actually did this Monday morning. But I stuck with the playlist, reality be damned.

Summer Rain – Johnny Rivers

Here's That Rainy Day (Koop Remix) – Astrud Gilberto

Raindrops – Dee Clark

Summer Rain – Leon Bridges (feat. Jazmine Sullivan)

Why Does It Always Rain on Me? – Travis

Rainy Days and Mondays – The Carpenters

Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again – The Fortunes

Crying Inside – Nick Lowe & Los Straightjackets

Ram On – Paul & Linda McCartney

Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey – Paul & Linda McCartney

Season Cycle – XTC

I Can't Stand the Rain – Ann Peebles

I Think It's Gonna Rain Today – Dusty Springfield

It's Raining Today – Scott Walker

Carolina Rain – Rhiannon Giddens

Rainy Day – Shuggie Otis

I Wish It Would Rain – Temptations

Rain on the Roof – The Lovin' Spoonful

Rain Hat Day – Luper Dupree

It's Raining Again – Supertramp

Crying In the Rain – Carole King

Laughter In the Rain – Neil Sedaka

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