Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec Cumming

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

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)

Laughing – Pere Ubu (The Modern Dance, 1977)

Boots – The Residents (Meet The Residents, 1974)

I Should Be Allowed To Think (John Henry, 1994)

S-E-X-X-Y (Factory Showroom, 1996)

I Can Hear You (Factory Showroom, 1996)

James K. Polk (Factory Showroom, 1996)

Doctor Worm (Severe Tire Damage, 1998)

Mink Car (Mink Car, 2001)

No! (No!, 2002)

Fibber Island (No!, 2002)

Boss Of Me (Mink Car, 2001)

Flying V (Here Come the ABCs, 2005)

Violin (No!, 2002)

Twisting (Flood, 1990)

Here In Higglytown (Here Come the ABCs, 2005)

Another First Kiss (Mink Car, 2001)

Cloissoné (Join Us, 2011)

All Alone (They Got Lost, 2002)

Memo to Human Resources (The Spine, 2005)

Wicked Little Critta (Mink Car, 2001)

Can’t Keep Johnny Down (Join Us, 2011)

You’re on Fire (Nanobots, 2013)

The Communists Have the Music (My Murdered Remains, 2018)

Moonbean Rays (Book, 2021)

Overnight Sensation (The World Is To Dig, 2026)

They Might Be Giants (Flood, 1990)

Birdhouse In Your Soul (Flood, 1990)

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

Rock On – Eddie Skuller

Didn't Want to Have to Do It – Ralfi Pagan

Coconut Grove – The Lovin' Spoonful

September Song (live) – Rufus Wainwright

Mezcal Moth – Ward White

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

I Just Got My Pay – The Beach Boys

Government Center – Jonathan Richman & The Rubinoos

Manic Monday (extended version) – The Bangles

Don't Worry About the Government (live) – Talking Heads

The Good Thing – Talking Heads

Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now – The Smiths

There Is Power in a Union – Billy Bragg

Take Stuff from Work – King Missile (feat. John S. Hall)

Workingman's Blues #2 – Bob Dylan

VDT – Tom Juravich

Sick Day – Fountains of Wayne

It’s Not My Place (In the 9 to 5 world) – The Ramones

Career Opportunities – The Clash

Clampdown – The Clash

Shipbuilding – Robert Wyatt

Unemployment – JJ Cale

Welcome to the Working Week – Elvis Costello

Thank you for all the song recommendations via Facebook! Mark Sagarin, Bill Holdship, Patrick Trettenero, Daniel Martin Baker, Marice Elizabeth, Larry Stockel, Jimmy Howland, Daniel Martin Baker, John S. Hall, Jeff Samet, David Belgrave, Jhh Lowengard, Darren DeVivo, Bruce Bernstein, Howard Wuelfing and Norm Wallerstein (RIP)

(Artwork pictured: "Workers on the Cathedral of Learning" by Harry W. Scheuch, born Elizabeth, NJ 1906, died Pittsburgh, PA 1978.)

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

I Never Lived – Joybuzzer

Hockey Monkey – The Zambonis feat. James Kochalka Superstar

How Do You Spell Channukkahh? – The LeeVees

Buckaroo – The Buckaroos

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

This Is Your Night – The Flat Five

Chelsea Morning – Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66

Light Flight – Pentangle

Summertime, Summertime – Foggy Otis

Aquarius (partial) – Boards of Canada

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

* Fix It in the Mix (instrumental) – Pretty Tony

* My Tascam – Kid Ginseng

* I Go Off – Kid Ginseng

* Eye Spy – Unsighted

* It’s Nokoman – DJ Technician

* East 7 Miles – CEM3340

* Crackworld – DJ Di’jital

* Armada (DJ Maaco Remix) – DJ Di’jital

* 808 Kits – DJ Di’jital

Computer Love – Kraftwerk

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

Way Down Yonder in New Orleans – Freddy Cannon

Bony Moronie – Larry Williams
Whole Lotta Loving – Fats Domino

Palisades Park – Freddy Cannon

Stuck On You – Elvis Presley

Fortune Teller – Benny Spellman

You're No Good – Dee Dee Warwick

The Last One to Be Loved – Lou Johnson

This Empty Place – The Searchers

Have I the Right – The Honeycombs
Just What I Needed – Big Daddy

Okefenokee – Freddy Cannon
Palisades Park – The Beach Boys

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

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

Raining In My Heart – Graham Nash

The End of Comedy – Drugdealer (feat. Weyes Blood)

That Summer Feeling – Jonathan Richman

Shiny Happy People – Mickey Dolenz

Porpoise Song – The Monkees
The Door Into Summer – The Monkees
You Bring the Summer – The Monkees
Terri – Mickey Dolenz

Kiss Me on the Bus – The Replacements
Left of the Dial – The Replacements
Cut Your Hair – Pavement

It Only Takes One Lion – Belle and Sebastian
Watching the Omnibus – The Bug Club
Have U Ever Been to Wales – The Bug Club
Blowin' Up – Kiwi Jr.
Sound Asleep/Wide Awake – Pearl & The Oysters

Good Kid – Dana and Alden
The Sofa – Wolf Alice
Hollywood Communication – Julia Cumming
Jazzman – Carole King

In The Beginning – The Autumn Defense
Chelsea Morning – Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
Night In the City – Joni Mitchell
My Front Pages – Arlo Guthrie

You're My Favorite Song – Neil Diamond
Brooklyn Roads – Neil Diamond
But You Just Woke Me Up – This is Lorelei

OK, this Snap Crackle POP! is a DOOZY. For this show, my live in-studio guests (for the first 1 hour and 15 minutes of the 2-hour show, at least) are singer/songwriter/bassist Julia Cumming from Sunflower Bean whose 2026 debut solo album Julia is blowing people away, and legendary film director Edgar Wright who, believe it or not, I do not talk about movies with here at all. Why? Because we are all there to talk about our shared thesis - that 1979 is the best year for music EVER - and we are letting out GEEK. FLAGS. FLY. This is a must listen, people.

Up The Junction – Squeeze

Lucky Number – Lene Lovich

Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick – Ian Dury & The Blockheads

One Step Beyond – Madness

Ring My Bell – Anita Ward

Regiment – David Byrne & Brian Eno

Beat the Clock – Sparks

Is She Really Going Out With Him? – Joe Jackson

Making Plans for Nigel – XTC

Pop Muzik – M

Dance Away – Roxy Music

Street Life – Randy Crawford & The Crusaders

I Don’t Like Mondays – The Boomtown Rats

52 Girls - The B-52s

I Walk a Thin Line – Fleetwood Mac
Kid – The Pretenders

Clampdown – The Clash

Good Times – Chic (w/ brief excerpt of “Rapper’s Delight” by The Sugarhill Gang)

Swan Lake (Death Disco)/Radio 4 – P.I.L. (partial)

Video Killed the Radio Star – The Buggles

'Nuff Said.

Sigh. This was supposed to be a "Catch a Wave" week fundraiser for WPKN, with the great Dawn Eden Goldstein joining me for the first half and the legendary Rob Silber joining me for the second half. Dawn came up with the idea of playing break-up songs as a theme within the "we need money" theme.

Well, I mean, it was a fundraiser, but we didn't get a single donation during my shift, though. It would do me (and our brilliant radio station!) a tremendous amount of good if you donated to WPKN here in honor of Snap Crackle POP... so: Please?

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Catch A Wave – The Beach Boys

You're Gonna Miss Me – The 13th Floor Elevators
Off and Running – Lesley Gore

Partially Awesome – Edward O'Connell
Alone Again Or – The Damned

Shake Hands and Walk Away Cryin' – Lou Christie
Valentine's Day – Wild Hares

Future Me Hates Me – The Beths
So You Say You Lost Your Baby – Gene Clark

I'm Not Living Here – Sagittarius
The Breakup – Art Garfunkel

All I Know – Art Garfunkel
Bye Bye Love – The Cars

If I Didn't Love You – Squeeze
I Summon You – Spoon

Lovers Who Wander – Dion
Both Sides Now – Judy Collins

Song for Hal – U2

A ? of When – Panda Bear & Sonic Boom

Feelin' So Good (S.K.O.O.B.Y. D.O.O.) – The Archies

Lost & Alone – Aaron Lee Tasjan

Blowin' Up – Kiwi Jr.

All This Disaster – Sarah McLachlan

If You Change – Widowspeak

Pretty In Pink – Psychedelic Furs

Radio Free Europe (Jackknife Lee 2025 mix) – R.E.M.

Wu-Tang – They Might Be Giants

Eat at Home – Paul & Linda McCartney

Momma Gets By – Paul McCartney

It's Over Now – The Beach Boys

What Is Left to Say – Thundercat (feat. The Lemon Twigs)

2 or 3 – The Lemon Twigs

Forgotten (Alternate Version) – Neil Diamond

Michigan – Margret Glaspy

Rainbows – Allison Russell

Real Deal – Endearments

Pink Lemon – Elder Island

Aht Uh Mi Hed – Shuggie Otis

Strawberry Letter 23 – Shuggie Otis

This show was kind of a "memorial 2-fer". First, it was a belated tribute to Memorial Day; Dawn Eden Goldstein and I were going to co-host the Snap Crackle POP! WPKN show on the Memorial Day morning of 5/25/26, but due to a family issue we had to re-run the 1/27/26 Beatles REVOLVER special.

Secondly, this show served as a memorial of sorts to the memory of Cynthia Louise Harden, who passed on 5/26/26 - and yes, that was the family issue. Cynthia was the mother of my amazing daughter Julia Cumming, my partner and co-leader of the '90s pop-rock-rap duo Bite the Wax Godhead, and... my ex-wife. I am still extremely sad and in shock, even as I write this.

I'm not sure I did her memory justice (much less to the brave and women who lost their lives to war) but here it is anyway. I meant well.

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The Way We Were / Try to Remember – Gladys Knight

Reflections of My Life – The Marmalade

Do You Remember Walter? – The Kinks

Remember – John Lennon

Here Today – Paul McCartney

As You Lie There – Paul McCartney

Soho Square – Kirsty MacColl

Never to Be Forgotten – The Bobby Fuller Four

I’ve Got a Broken Heart – The Lemon Twigs

Till We Meet Again – The Cheepskates

Galveston – Glen Campbell

Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town – Kenny Rogers and the First Edition

Powderfinger (acoustic) – Neil Young

I Can’t Write Left-Handed (live) – Bill Withers

The Green Fields of France – Dropkick Murphys

Between the Wars – Billy Bragg

Old World – The Modern Lovers

Rivers of Babylon – The Melodians

Keep On Movin' – Soul II Soul

The Captain of Her Heart – Double

Starlight – Nick Kivlen

Only Love Can Break Your Heart – Neil Young

This is a repackaging of two live Snap Crackle POPs from March 2nd and 3rd of this year. The lovely and brilliant Eden Dawn Goldstein joins me for the first half.

[All songs performed by Neil Sedaka unless otherwise noted.]

That's When the Music Takes Me

Stupid Cupid – Connie Francis
The Diary
I Go Ape

One Way Ticket (To the Blues)
Oh! Carol
Oh! Neil – Carole King

Calendar Girl
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
I Can't Stay Mad at You – Skeeter Davis
Magic Colors – Lesley Gore

When Love Comes Knockin' (At Your Door) – The Monkees

Workin’ on a Groovy Thing
Beautiful You

Laughter In the Rain
Bad Blood
Anywhere You're Gonna Be (Leba's Song)

(Is This the Way To) Amarillo – Tony Christie

I'm a Song, Sing Me

Superbird – Neil Sedaka

Solitaire – Neil Sedaka

It Hurts to Be in Love – Gene Pitney

Donna – 10cc

Love Will Keep Us Together – The Captain & Tenille

Puppet Man – The 5th Dimension

The Hungry Years

Beginning to Breathe Again

My guest co-host Dawn Eden Goldstein proposed we do a show based on early '90s UK "twee" music, with an emphasis on the 1991 "The Waaaah! CD", and I quickly agreed... Because Dawn always brings the obscure yet utterly fantastic pop songs to the world of Snap Crackle POP! So get into your pajamas and bring out your kittens and let's (politely) TWEE out!

Who Loves the Sun – The Velvet Underground
Walking My Cat Named Dog – Norma Tanega
I'd Like to Walk Around in Your Mind - Vashti Bunyan

Fill Your Heart – David Bowie
Think Of Rain – Margo Guryan
Dream Lover – The Paris Sisters

Going Downtown – Pianosaurus
I Don’t Want to Back – Riff Doctors
Flowers Through the Air – Tiny Lights

The Sunday Way of Life – Smalltown Parade
September's Not So Far Away – The Field Mice
Ashlands Road – Strawberry Story
Sunny Tuesday Afternoon – The Dufflecoats

James – Fat Tulips
Perfect Day – Ric Menck
Air – The Owls
Seems So – The Apples in Stereo

Voice In My Head – The Sneetches
I'll Be Gone – Papas Fritas
Disconnect the Dots – Of Montreal

Stop Buying Things – Swan Dive
Walk The Way You Talk – Dionne Warwick

Julia Cumming finally released her long-awaited solo album last Friday, April 24th 2026, and I played a couple of songs from it, as well as other songs that were a part of the inspiration for it, plus other good songs.

Save It for Later – Eddie Vedder

Best Friend – The English Beat

All This Disaster – Sarah McLachlan

One Stop – Aldous Harding

The Sofa – Wolf Alice

No More Tearstained Makeup – Martha & the Vandellas

All I Do Is Think About You – Tammi Terrel

You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart) – Dionne Warwick

I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself – Dusty Springfield

Here You Come Again – Dolly Parton

Free Man in Paris – Joni Mitchell

Kites Are Fun – The Free Design

Do It All Again – Julia Cumming

Days We Left Behind – Paul McCartmey

Baby Don't Go – Ringo Starr

Wantcha Baby – Cryptic Soup

Idiots Delighted – Damfino

Let Her Dance – The Bobby Fuller Four

Searching For Heaven – Swamp Dogg
Man Of His Word – Kashus Culpepper
Emotional Labor – Julia Cumming
Amoureuse – Véronique Sanson
Abducted By Love – The Tall Pines
Freeing Wheels – Souled American

(Snap Crackle EXTRA!)

I'd Like To Talk to You – Mark Eric

How She Boogalooed It – The Beach Boys

Teenage News – Syl Sylvain

Feelin' So Good (S.K.O.O.B.Y.–D.O.O.) – The Archies

I Don't Like Hockey No More – The Zamboni

After the Fox – The Hollies feat. Peter Sellers

Dawn Eden Goldstein is a badass. There, I've said it. Both a deeply respected Catholic theologian and pop music historian! I really like when she comes on my morning Snap Crackle POP! shows and I hope we do it again and again. She suggested a tribute/exploration of sorts into the career of British songwriter John Carter, and I was game, and this is what it sounded like.

Chelsea Morning – Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66

I Wish You Hadn't – Benjamin Morren

She Is Today – Bergen White

Sweet And Tender Romance – The McKinleys

Lonely Room – The Ivy League

I Can't Explain – The Who

Tossing and Turning – The Ivy League

Can't You Hear My Heartbeat – Herman's Hermits

My World Fell Down – Sagittarius

Beyond the Railroad – The Pen Friend Club

Annie Almond – The Junipers

Let's Go To San Francisco – The Flower Pot Men

Jangleheart – Novelty Island

This Whole World – The Beach Boys

Beach Baby – The First Class

Winchester Cathedral – The New Vaudeville Band

Westchester Hadassah – Allan Sherman

Paper Trail – Caper Clowns

In The Beginning – The Autumn Defense

Little Bird – Famous Groupies

Sadie – Aggie Miller

Yes, that's me and Al Jardine. (And he's a pleasure to talk to.) I talk about meeting him on this radio show, and hearing him and Darian Sahanaja and his brillint Pet Sounds band perform ALL of the tracks from THE BEACH BOYS LOVE YOU live, the night before, which also just happened to be the 49th Anniversary of the album's release (!). Thank you, Al, thank you Darian, and thank you Brian - I am thrilled, honored, and deeply moved. I love this music SO much.

Let Us Go on This Way – The Beach Boys

Solar System –– The Beach Boys

I Wanna Pick You Up – The Beach Boys
Be Like Him – Darian Sahanaja, Probyn Gregory & The Lemon Twigs (Ronnie D'Addario cover)

2 or 3 – The Lemon Twigs

Baby, Let's Stick Together – The Paley Brothers

Come On Let's Go – The Ramones & The Paley Brothers

Black and White – The dBs

Red Lights – The Marbles

We Deliver – The Miamis

See No Evil – Television

The Book I Read (CBS/Columbia demo) – Talking Heads

Lotus Bridge – The Monochrome Set

Why Don't You – Squeeze

The Crystal Ship – Robyn Hitchcock

Venus in the Zinnia – Aldous Harding (w/ H. Hawkline)

One Thing at a Time – Courtney Barnett

Idiots Delighted – Damfino

American Obituary – U2

City of Heroes – Billy Bragg

Rust & Wire – Anjimile

In The Middle of It – Hiss Golden Messenger

The Logical Song – The Philistines Jr.

Diggin’ In the Coal – Leah Blevivs

Hanging Out to Dry – Florence Road

Come To God – Indigo de Souza