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Tribute to Jeff Porcaro (episode of “End of the Century” on WRIR)

“End of the Century” on WRIR highlights music from 1975 to 1999.   This episode explores the timeline of the work of drummer Jeff Porcaro.  Jeff Porcaro was one of the most-recorded studio drummers of all time.  He’s a legend in drumming circles famous for his groove, his technique and his ability to not only serve the song, but approach it in such a way that he elevated it and gave it a voice sometimes the artist didn’t realize was there.  Jeff worked with so many incredible artists in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s it’s hard to represent them all.   From Michael Jackson to Michael McDonald, from Bruce Springsteen to the B-52’s, and of course his work with Toto, Steely Dan and Boz Scaggs.   From Wikipedia: “AllMusic characterized Porcaro as “arguably the most highly regarded studio drummer in rock from the mid-’70s to the early ’90s” and said that “it is no exaggeration to say that the sound of mainstream pop/rock drumming in the 1980s was, to a large extent, the sound of Jeff Porcaro.”  He was posthumously inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1993.”

The Spotify playlist above has a representative chunk of his work, and you can listen back to the show by going to the WRIR Show Archives.

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Riding against Multiple Sclerosis, year 22!

 

I’m riding against MS again this year.  This is year 22 for me.  I can’t wait until our Go Forward Cycling team rolls out from Richmond on May 31 headed to Williamsburg.  Then we get up the next day and head back to Richmond.

MS is an insidious, debilitating disease.  I started riding for a dear friend after he was diagnosed.  He fought hard against MS for years, but last year his fight came to an end.  I will continue to ride for him and for all the people I have met who have MS or whose friends and family have it.  The list of people I ride for has grown over the years, but there’s always room for more.  Because while progress has been made and continues to be made, the fight is not over.

To sponsor me, join our team or to find out more please visit the links below.  Thank you for your continued support.

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JOIN THE GO FORWARD CYCLING TEAM

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Voiceover for Canyon Cycling

 

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I love cycling and participate in a number of cycling events for charity and causes.  A couple of my faves are the annual Bike MS 150 to benefit the MS Society and the Go Forward Together Ride to benefit The Forward Foundation.  So it was a blast to work with Canyon and provide the voice for this social media campaign.   I should have asked if they would consider some trade!

Good Eye Podcast – T Veiga – The Queer Ketamine Nurse

T Veiga, also known as The Queer Ketamine Nurse, has had chronic physical and mental health conditions since birth that escalated in severity over the years. A journey to feel better, included pills, supplements, Pulsed Electromagnetic Frequency (PEMF) devices and detox helped a little, but problems continued.

After graduating from the #1 Nursing Program in Virginia in 2021 some LGBTQ+ identifying friends
introduced T to the concept of Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP). T witnessed a transformation of their mental health and felt a calling to spread their personal healing journey and serve the LGBTQ+ population around the world.

They completed Cybin’s Psychedelic Facilitator Training, wrote “The Ketamine Handbook”, and are now based out of Las Vegas where they speak at events, appear as a guest on podcasts, lead retreats, and provide sitter, consultation, and coaching services to primarily LGBTQ+ identifying clients.

www.TheQueerKetamineNurse.com
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River City Limits on WRIR – 3-1-25

GoFundMe page set up to help Justin Golden battle stage 4 cancer

RIVER CITY LIMITS PLAYLIST from 3-1-25

Justin Golden – I Hate When She Calls
Justin Golden – Left My Gal in the Mountains
Justin Golden – The Rain Done Fell on Me pt.1
McKinley Dixon – Sugar Water (feat. Quelle Chris & Anjimile)
The Mitras – Eat Your Heart Out
Benjamin Shepherd – Mid-Atlantic Blue
ACITYASLEEP – Dance On Your Grave
Charles Owens Trio – Body and Soul
Crack Fox – Little Weirdo
Dear Providence – Whole Steps
Station Aries – Room 516
the Technical Jed – Edith Peach
Washers – Go Go Go
Toward Space – Happiness is Just a Thread Away
Twin Drugs – Convenient Spell
Whiteflower – Cross
Ballistic Affairs – NOVA BEAT
Book of Wyrms – Undead Pegasus
bodyshell – Astronaut
Byzantine – Wings of My Soul
Earthling – Humanity Dissolved
ENFORCED – A Leap into the Dark
I Am The Liquor – The Devils Due
Left Cross – Burning Raids
MENSREA – Twenty minutes til
MURDERSOME – Smoke and Mirrors
Ninth Realm – Spite
Pyramid Mass – Debt
The Get Off – Takes One To Know One
THUNDERCHIEF – (Dream of the) Hornworm
Voarm – Emptiness

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River City Limits on WRIR 2-1-25

NEW

Balter Choir – Petrichor

Benjamin Mauch – Low Ancestry Theme

Benjamin Shepherd – Doldrums

Benjamin Shepherd – So Far to Go

Butcher Brown – Ibiza

Pyramid Mass – Debt

Shadow Age – Hooky

Shagwüf – Prison Song

Station Aries – Stay Down

Ten Pound Snail – Echolocation

Tomb of Annihilation – Blood Chalice (Single)

NOT NEW

DJ HARRISON – IGY

ScottClark – Above the Gray (LIVE)

Moossa – Ballast

Alter Natives – Pudgy

Rattlemouth – Dragonfly

TEL – Acetone

Inter Arma – New Heaven

Battlemaster – Extradeath

Crucial Rip – Violent Retribution

Drook – She

The Fan – Life In The Fray

Keep – Sodawater

LUGGAGE – Chemicals

Honest Debts – Not So Sure

Honor Role – So Anyway

Exebelle – The Long Pour

River City Limits on WRIR 1-4-25

Crack Fox – Little Weirdo
Asylum 213 – October Beach House
Illiterate Light – All the Stars are Burning Out
Midlife Pilot – START THE DAY
ENFORCED – A Leap into the Dark
Voarm – Emptiness
Whiteflower – Cross
Earthling – Humanity Dissolved
Drook – The Pure Joy of Jumping
Fight Cloud – Ripper
FM Skyline – Circles
gusher – kiissiiiing song
Tomb of Annihilation – Black Coffin Ride (Single)
DOWNHAUL – Sinker
Pyramid Mass – Wars
Stone Woman – Near Dark
Halfcast – Able To Tell
BEEX – Big House
The Judy Chops – Good Days
Young Scum – Lighter Blue
Justin Golden – The Rain Done Fell on Me pt.1
Dust – Tier 4 – Tier 4 featuring Aster
New Lions – Canada
doll baby – Crumbled at our feet
Suburban Key Party – The Wreckage
Outer World – The Drum the Beat
the Ar-Kaics – Dawning
Inter Arma – New Heaven
Bats & Mice – worst time
Appalling – These People Need To Die

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River City Limits on WRIR 12-7-24

NEW

Andy Jenkins – Leaving Before
-released Dec 3

Twin Drugs – Convenient Spell
-released ysterday Dec 6

The J.O.B. – One Day In A Lifetime
-released Nov 5

Dogwood Tales – driver’s side fantasy
-released Nov 22
-Harrisonburg

Asylum 213 – October Beach House
-advance release (a few songs) ahead of official release Dec 13
-production began in 2021

Dayfiction – Bullet in the Sun
-released yesterday Dec 6

Murdersome – Necessary Evil – 02 Necessary Evil
-released Nov 22
-former members of Alabama Thunderpussy, Short Bus Pile Up, and Humungus.

NOT NEW

Alabama Thunderpussy – When Mercury Drops
-Rise Again (first release)

Humungus – Warband
-Warband

Enforced – Malignance
-Kill Grid

Valkyrie – Fear and Sacrifice
-Fear

Destruct – Omnicide

DYNAMIC TRUTHS – Understanding Is Overrated – You Take It All

Coral – Pillowtalk – Figure 8

Honor Role – So Anyway

Butcher Brown – Secret House – Secret House
-with drummer Nate Smith at the National for Nate’s 50th – 7pm – TONIGHT

Drook – America, My Window

Bats & Mice – worst time (single released in April, album in May)

Greg Garner – Lighthouse

Instrumentals
Colin Phils – Trust-Fall
-Trust Fall

Benjamin Mauch – Self Preservation
– A Moment in Time that Always Happens

Mark Stanley – Hydroglyph
-WHAT

DJ HARRISON – LaDeeDahDeeDah
-TapeCookies2

Ronan Chris Murphy – Another Mother for Peace
-Horse, Zanthus!

Heavy set
BASK – Mush! Carry Me Home

NIGHT BATTLES – Curse the Day

Thunderchief – Crawl

The Practitioner – Flesh At The Tips of Thorns
-Wrought

Night Idea – Riverless – Perfect Water

Voiceover for Steelers/Ravens Rivalry Week

Ohhh man.  Rivalry week.  Just about every team has them.  Washington/Dallas.  Chicago/Green Bay.  Atlanta/New Orleans (although that one has faded recently).  And when your most-hated rival comes to town you can “throw out the schedules” as they say.  But when the Steelers call it always gives me a charge.  I’ve been voicing their in-stadium, online and other content for a while and I absolutely love it!  They usually want that old-school Facenda-ish read that makes you almost smell the “frozen tundra of Lambeau Field”.   And they said to really lean into it.  It’s like Thanksgiving came early.  What a great organization to work with and what it honor it continues to be.

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