Steve di Costanzo aka DJ DICO. Radio Base Camp Tuesday August 11 on WPKN-89.5 FM and streaming. 7am to 9am.

Hi all...if you ever want to touch base with me my email is [email protected]. This Tuesday's show is an A-side and a B-side. The first hour or so digs into some singer-songwriters and into some vintage country rock. The B-side is more of a scorcher of electronica, dance music, rock , etc. Here are the artists I'll be playing:  Pierres Daven- Keller, The Durutti Column, Bobby Gentry & Glen Campbell, Hope Sandeval, Georgian, Alex Amen, Julia Jacklin, Luscious, Roky Erikson, Emitt Rhodes, Sandie Shaw, Steve Miller Band, The Byrds,The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Sir Douglas Band,  New Riders of the Purple Sage, Creedence Clearwater Revival. Carnivorous Plant Society, Man/Woman/Chainsaw,RIP Magic, Pigeon, Moktar, Carlita + Sofi Tucker, Indeep,The Liminanas, Tricky + Mitch Sanders, The Cramps, David Bowie, Tom A. Smith, Wire....and that's a wrap.  DON"T FORGET TO GET THE WPKN APP- Also Blackrock PorchFest  is Saturday, August 22!.

Get on Your MOD Vespa's and Ride- RADIO BASE CAMP dials in the mid 1960's for a look at MOD music and culture. Mod music inhabits many genres including R&B, Stax Soul. Ska, Rocksteady, Blue Beat, Freakbeat, some garage and proto punk. 

Here are the ARTISTS:  Booker T & the M.G.'s, The in Crowd, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, The High Numbers, Pink Floyd, Dandy Livingstone,The Who, Frank Wilson, Fontella Bass,James Brown, Manfred Mann, Steampocket, David Bowie, The Just Brothers, Duffy Power, Prince Buster, Billie Davis, The Action, The Spencer Davis Group, The Pretty Things, The Animals, Small Faces, Fleur De Lys, Marvin Gaye, The Creation, The Mojos, The Silence, Otis Redding, The Blue Rondos, Ossie Layne Show, Desmond Dekker & the Aces, Same & Dave,Gloria Jones, Mike Stevens and the Shevelles, The Afex, Razor, The High Numbers, The Lee Kings, The Truth ....with some Hammond B-3 courtesy of Jimmy Smith.

Radio Base Camp 'New Releases and Vintage Gems. Hope you are all enjoying the summer. I've put together an interesting show that has no theme but is curated of course and has a certain flow to the 2 hours of music. 

Here are some of the artists you will be hearing on Tuesday July 28 from 7am to 9am: Dave Pike Set, Antibalas, The Kinks, The Beatles, Humble Pie, Ruti, Holy Wave,Robyn Hitchcock, Jimmy Giuffre, Kristin Hersh, Alabama Shakes, Samantha Crain + First Aid Kit, Emmylou Harris + Allison Russell , Orville Peck, Kefaya/Elaha Soroor, Lambchop, Slow Fiction,Freedom Now Brothers, The Cramps, Kokoroko+ Musclecars, Little Joe, Cat Power, Dana and Alden, Luluc, Big Star, Genisis Owusu, Hercules & Love Affair, Joshua Idehen = Prins Thomas.

OK...been thinking about this weeks show for awhile. During COVID- WPKN was a comfort to many to hear some music even if it we were sequestered.  We also pioneered some fun International themes across genres and countries. I'm going to bring one back. It's an all new show that showcases a bit of everything for everyone.  Disco, Rave, Afro-Beats, Dance Hall, New Wave Experimental, Electro, Downtown NYC.   Here are the artists: Idris Ackamoor +The Pyramids, Giorgio Moroder, Pigeon, New Order, SL2, Daphni, Cos-Ber-Zam, Technotronic,Mystery Time + The Maghreban, HUGEL + Imael Angel.Goom Gum, Florian Hope,AstroHertz, Madonna, Loose Joints, Acid Arab + Cheb Halim, Sofi Tucker, Spice, The Funkees, The Stone Roses, Liquid Liquid, 808 State. Goat, MC Yallah, Orbital, Franky Wah, Jyll, Joy Orbison +Joe James,Officer John 

Every summer I present a show called 'UNDER THE COVERS'- yes, songs done by different artists than the original.  Tuesday will be my 'Under the Covers-Summer Edition' Tune in from 7am to 9am. on WPKN.  Here is the list of Artists performing cover versions:  Lauren Auder, The Feelies, Graeme James, Female Species, Natural Child, Nina Simone, My Morning Jacket, Khun Narin, Ultimate Painting, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, H.C. McEntire, Norah Jones, Moses Sumney, Cat Power, Junior Parker, The Milkshakes, Red Axes, Nicole Atkins, Stephen Marley, The Overton Berry Trio, Joseph Arthur, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, The Isley Brothers, Gram Parsons International Submarine Band, Earl Thomas, Lake Street Dive, The Belmonts, Hot 8 Brass Band

It's an annual event...in the summer I like to do a show of my RADIO BASE CAMP 'Best Songs of the Year'- so far.  Here are the artists and the songs selected in no particular order.  Rain (PVA), BCMC (Badland Rag), Dry Cleaning (Cruise Ship Designer), Swamp Dogg (Acid Tongue), Paw Paw Rod (Lights Down Low), Vince Staples (Cotton), A$AP Rocky (Punk Rocky), Romaine Garcia (A Smile With Scars), Shake Stew (Cherry Pie), Real Farmer (9 Till Not Alright), Aldous Harding (One Step), Gretel (The Perfect Body), Altin Gun (Sucum Nedir), Go Kurasawa (Autowalk),Fred Again + Jamie T, (Lights Burn Dimmer), Nation of Language/Tom Sharkett remix (Inept Apollo), Yung Singh (NUG46), Mike D (Switch Up), BALTHVS (Year of the Snake), Brandee Younger and Shabaka (End Means), Wire (23 Years Too Late 24 Years Later,) The Black Crowes (Pharmacy Chronicles), Middleman (All But the Flame), Little Barrie (More Bad Miles of Road), Nightmares on Wax (Sweeter Still). Officer John, Morgan Buckley (Stay), Jack White (G.O.D.) And the Broken Ribs, Lambrini Girls (Cult of Celebrity). Sunday Mourners (Careers in Acting), Kim Petras (Brutalist), Acid Arab (Yasmine Alsham), Holy Fuck (Elevate), Pigeon (Black James Dean), Iceage (The Weak), Axcel Boman, DjRUM (I Wander (IV + V), Jungle (Carry On).

RADIO BASE CAMP  Steve di Costanzo aka DJDICO on WPKN Radio in Bridgeport, CT 

HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT 4TH OF JULY.  I'm up tomorrow morning with a new RADIO BASE CAMP show.  7am to 9am. I'll be programming all over the map- with some really interesting musical artists who are at the top of their game and genre. NEW RELEASES! and remastered tracks as well as some sneaky and naughty tracks for the adults in the room or car.  Here are the artists:  PG Harvey, The Blue Nile, Rostam ( feat. Clairo ), Dallas Good, Liana Flores, Jungle, Lizzy Mercier, Roy Ayers, The Pooh Sticks, Sex Pistols, Oasis, Richard Hell, Splodgenessabounds, Happy Mondays, Soul Hooligan, Bush Tetras, Wet Leg, Beck, Freak Power, The Quantic Soul Orchestra, Junie Morrison, Ted Lucas, Brennan Wedl, Andres Sa, Tricky + Mitch Sanders, Terror/Cactus, The Undertones, Yard Act, and more?

Steve di Costanzo aka DJDICO

RADIO BASE CAMP this morning's show I try to do the last Tuesday of every month-  I call it the 2-hour Technicolor Dream  (this as an homage to the famous concert in the Great Hall of the Alexandra Palace, London, on 29 April 1967. It was called the The 14 Hour Technicolor Dream - the line up included the Crazy World of Arthur Brown, One In A Million, Soft Machine, the Move, Tomorrow, the Pretty Things, Jimmy Powell & the Five Dimensions, Pete Townshend, John's Children, Alexis Korner, Social Deviants, the Purple Gang, Champion Jack Dupree, Graham Bond, Savoy Brown, Ginger Johnson and his African conga drummers, the Creation, Denny Laine, 

TODAY:
My artists range from all over, new and old, psych, garage and freakbeat.  Broselmaschine (Germany), BALTHVS (Colombia), Phillipe DeBarge and the Pretty Things (England and France), The Eyes, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, The Human Beinz, Black Market Karma (England), The AnimatedEgg (England), The Electric Prunes, Ora Cogan, Derya Yildiyum& Grup Simsek )Turkey), Thee Oh Sees, Dantalian's Chariot, (England), Andwellas Dream,

A big RADIO BASE CAMP 'Thank You' for helping to raise money for our nonprofit community radio station WPKN. You helped us really 'Catch a Wave' Todays musical artists are treats. In fact it sound even better the second time you listen to it.

Yorkston/Thorn/Khan, Smerz, Kurt Vile, Babe Rainbow, The Quik, Nightmare on Wax, Soft Hearted Scientists, Pretenders, Iceagae, Robyn Hitchcock, The Modern Lovers, The Jam, Riachao, Mike D, Red Axes, Madonna (remix with Honey Dijon), Mdou Moctar, Wells Fargo, The Clash, Mekons, Petit Biscuit, Dr. Sound Effects, Kevin Morby, Joe Harvey-Whyte, Boards of Canada and.....?????   Long form picks today- many brand new releases.

Catch a Wave- it’s about summer, music festivals, surfing and swimming and hitting the beach- today’s Radio Base Camp show is a bit different than my regular shows -its time for us to raise money for nonprofit radio WPKN. 

 I’ll be playing an international Music mix to help you get going this morning with hopes of getting you to raise some money for my show and all of the shows we present. If you are In Your car right now image it’s more of A tiki hut or a beach bungalow, or a sail boat !We’ve got great music and concert tickets for you to grab and help out your favorite radio station - 203-331-9756