It’s Friday and We’ve Got Chuck Berry, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, and ‘The Founders’ EP on January 17, 2025

Good morning, musicologists and welcome to Friday! We’ve got a lot of ‘founders’ in the mix today. Even The Heartbreakers contribution contains songs from the founders or rock and roll!

Here’s your Friday lineup:

10:00 a.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Chuck Berry

Chuck Berry was a true pioneer of rock n’ roll as we know it. John Lennon cited Berry as a hero and one of his main musical influences, stating “If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it Chuck Berry.”

2:00 p.m. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: The Fillmore ’97 Covers

During The Heartbreakers legendary 20-night Fillmore residency, they surely covered many of ‘The Founders’ songs. The qualities that make TPATH a great rock and roll band also made them the greatest cover band. You’ll hear them cover songs by Little Richard, J.J. Cale, The Kinks, Booker T & The MGs, Chuck Berry, The Rolling Stones, The Grateful Dead, Them, Bo Diddley, Bill Withers, The Byrds, John Lee Hooker, Ricky Nelson and more!

5:00 p.m. The Founders: Various Artists

We have the founders themselves taking us into the night. You’ll hear Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Big Mama Thornton, Big Joe Turner, Hank Williams, Bill Haley & His Comets, Ray Charles, The Drifters, Roy Orbison, Robert Johnson, Carl Perkins, Eddie Cochran, Johnny Cash, Muddy Waters and more!

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Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of “Hard Promises” Followed by Our House Playlist, Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Good Morning, Music Lovers! We have another light programming day on tap. But what we have to offer is pretty potent, including our House playlist.

***Today we bring you some of the music that inspired the radio station!***

Here’s today’s line-up:

11:00 a.m. Not Our Album of The Week: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Hard Promises by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers NEW!

This is an occasional feature here in The Mermaid Lounge. Today we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Hard Promises, released on May 5, 1981. It’s hard to imagine an album this good coming right on the heels of The Heartbreakers’ breakout album, Damn The Torpedoes! (last week’s Album of The Week, by the way), but it did.

It’s true that The Waiting was the anchor of Hard Promises, but there’s also A Woman In Love (It’s Not Me), Nightwatchman, A Thing About You, Something Big, Insider (featuring Stevie Nicks), and one of my favorite Heartbreaker songs of all time, Kings Road.

4:00 p.m. #BecomeUngovernable House Playlist: Various Artists

This is nearly three hours of the music that originally inspired me to start this crazy endeavor to begin with. It is due for an upgrade soon, but it’s still one of the best playlists we feature with Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Animals, The Byrds, The Who, The Chambers Brothers, The Temptations, John Lennon, T. Rex, Barry McGuite, Edwin Starr, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Joan Baez, Peter Tosh, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, and more!

Tune in. Turn on. Drop out. It’s midweek. We all need a break. This is the perfect opportunity, is it not?

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New Music Infusion of Folk, Traditional

Don’t be surprised if you start to hear music from Townes Van Zandt, Dave Van Ronk, Tim Buckley, and Jakob Dylan in the next few weeks. It’s part of a new folk music infusion at #BecomeUngovernable Radio.

Folk Music Collage

They’ll be joining Woodie Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, and Bob Dylan in the rotation now. We’ll be adding to this growing list in the future and will keep you updated as we grow!

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It’s Open Stream Day, and Let’s Celebrate Gram Parsons’ Birthday, Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Good Morning, Ungovernables! We have an open stream day today with the exception of Gram Parsons turn in the spotlight as we celebrate his life.

This is our only planned program for today:

2:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Gram Parsons

Gram Parsons died at the age of 26. By that time he’d had a solo career, had been part of The Byrds, and a member of the Flying Burrito Brothers. He had also heard Emmylou Harris sing and had found an immediate connection. Ultimately, it was Parsons who brought her to the forefront.

Today, Gram Parsons is rightly considered a pioneer in country rock. We celebrate his birthday anniversary with great affection here at #BecomeUngovernable Radio.

Enjoy wide open streaming the rest of the day at

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We’re Closing Out Tom Petty (& The Heartbreakers) Month in Fine Fashion!

Good Evening, Ungovernables! It’s the last day of PettyFest here at #BecomeUngovernable Radio and we’re going out in style!

Here’s your program list:

11:00 a.m. Tom Petty’s Final Interview

Contrary to urban legend, Tom Petty did not know he was going to pass into the great wide open. He had plans.

2:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of The Traveling Wilburys

The things they did just for fun and because they liked each other.

7:00 p.m. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Live in Santa Monica (12.31.78)

The legendary New Year’s Eve show with a great version of Shout.

10:00 p.m. Happy Anniversary, Damn The Torpedoes!

The Heartbreakers’ signature album was released forty years ago on October 19th. It’s time to celebrate. This is an expanded version of the album, with some outtakes and demos. Enjoy!

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The Supergroup Nobody Talks About, The Petty Party Continues, and a Special Trip to the Bluebird Cafe, Sunday, October 6, 2019

Good Evening, Ungovernables. We have some great topics of interest here tonight, including a supergroup that nobody calls a supergroup. But this is a fucking supergroup.

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11:00 a.m. Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton: The Trio Collection and More

These three might be the only all-female supergroup that ever was, but that is exactly what they were. This playlist encompasses 2.5 hours of incredible music from their Trio albums, and more. There are alternate versions, outtakes that have never been heard before, and remixes/remasters. A splendid time is guaranteed for all!

4:00 p.m. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Deep Cuts and B-Sides

As I’ve said many times, most bands would kill for their B-sides.

9:00 p.m. Steve Early, Townes VanZandt and Guy Clark Live at the Bluebird Cafe

Three of the outlaws of country music. When Tom Petty calls most ‘country’ groups around today “bad pop artists with fiddles,” he is not talking about this trio, that’s for sure.

11:00 p.m. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Hypnotic Eye

This is not only one of the greatest Tom Petty albums ever, but one of the best albums of all time. See for yourself.

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Programming for Friday, September 13, 2019

Bwahahahahaha! It’s a Special Friday the 13th Fright Night Edition!

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10:00 a.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of the J. Geils Band

1:00 p.m. Abby Martin and Bill Binney on the NSA

3:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of the Rolling Stones

6:00 p.m. Martin Luther King: The Three Evils of Society

8:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of The Beatles

11:59 p.m. Orson Welles’ Original War of the Worlds

Programming for Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Good Morning, Ungovernables! None of us will ever look at September 11 the same way again. Personally, I’m disgusted by the commercialization of this event at Ground Zero. It’s disgusting, but I digress.

Today, we do have a news special on September 11 coming up. Schedule for today is below.

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10:00 a.m. The British Are Coming!

From the Beatles, to the Stones to the Hollies and the Tremeloes, it’s a British Invasion!

1:00 p.m. Wake the Fuck Up, America, Episode 4!

The 9/11 Special with Sarah Freels and Adam Rice

3:00 p.m. The Allman Brothers Band: Play All Night!

Live from New York’s Beacon Theater

6:00 p.m. The Inner Sanctum: Black Sea Gull

Brought to you by Carters Little Liver Pills (WTF was in that shit?)

8:00 p.m. Chris Hedges: The Empire of Illusion

Programming for Monday, September 9, 2019

Good Morning, Ungovernables! Here’s your programming for Monday, and we’ve got some new material here!

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10:00 a.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of The Beach Boys

1:00 p.m. G. Edward Griffin: Exposing the Creature From Jekyll Island

G. Edward Griffin exposes the Federal Reserve as a tool of money-laundering and oppression. Where does the money come from? Who makes it? Where does it go? It’s all an elaborate smoke-and-mirrors fleece.

4:00 p.m. The Beatles’ Complete Apple Records Rooftop Concert

The Beatles decided to conduct a little impromptu concert on the rooftop at Apple Records. Needless to say, there’s more than a little disruption, and the British Bobbies get their underwear in a twist.

6:00 p.m. The Inner Sanctum: Dead Reckoning

Bwahahahahahahaha! Don’t listen in the dark!

8:00 p.m. Chris Hedges with Dr. Charles Derber: Dismantling Security Tales

Chris Hedges talks to Dr. Charles Derber about how the capitalist state uses fear bolstered by racism to control the masses, by abolishing civil liberties, eliminating dissent, and destroying democratic space.

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