Free Form Friday

12/13/2025

Took some time off work to do some Christmas shopping this afternoon and completely forgot to post about tonight's show. Tonight on Free Form Friday it's Prog Night, but with a twist... in keeping with the theme of late, it'll be prog rock about space. Or at least with a spacey title. So tune in and join me for a little space prog tonight at 9:00 on Lake Effect Radio.

https://www.lakeeffectradio.org/studio

12/08/2025

Friday’s Moon-themed show on Lake Effect Radio is available on SoundCloud. Check it out here:

https://soundcloud.com/dave-sarkies/free-form-friday-moon-music

Playlist:
Full Moon Boogie - Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group
Moondance - Van Morrison
Moonage Daydream - David Bowie
New Moon on Monday - Duran Duran
The Killing Moon - Echo & the Bunnymen
Walking on the Moon - The Police
Sister Moon - Sting
Sisters of the Moon - Fleetwood Mac
Pink Moon - Nick Drake
Yellow Moon - Pearl Jam
Harvest Moon - Neil Young
Supermoon - Victoria Vox
Grapefruit Moon - Tom Waits
Moonshadow - Cat Stevens
Marquee Moon - Television
Honey Moon - Pere Ubu
Moonlight, Feels Right - Starbuck
Man on the Moon - R.E.M.
Moonlight Mile - The Rolling Stones
Moonlight Drive - The Doors
Big Bad Moon - Joe Satriani
How High the Moon - Les Paul & Mary Ford
Moon Over Parma - Drew Carey

Free Form Friday: Moon Music - Friday, December 5, 2025 # # # Playlist: Full Moon Boogie - Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group Moondance - Van Morrison Moonage Daydream - David Bowie New Moon on Monda

12/05/2025

In keeping with last night’s full moon, as well as several unique lunar events of late (from which I’ve added a few pics), tonight on Free Form Friday, it’s my second space-themed show, this time highlighting songs of the moon.

The moon has been the source of inspiration for many a song; tonight, we’ll hear just a few of them. Not space music, but moon music - two hours of songs about or inspired by our lunar friend.

Join me tonight at 9:00 on Lake Effect Radio.

https://www.lakeeffectradio.org/studio

12/04/2025

Tonight’s listen…

I don’t have much by Booker T. & the M.G.’s in my collection, but I have this one, so I had to pull it out tonight in honor of the late and legendary Steve Cropper, longtime guitarist for the M.G.’s and the man behind the guitar work on so many classics from the heyday of Stax Records back in the day.

While most of the album may not rise to the level of renowned cuts like “Green Onions” or “Time Is Tight” (both by Booker T. & the M.G.’s), or epic tunes like Wilson Pickett’s “In the Midnight Hour,” Sam & Dave’s “Soul Man,” or his late, good friend Otis Redding’s “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” - all of which he cowrote and played guitar on - there’s some great stuff here.

Highlights include “Mo’ Greens” and the Grammy-winning “Cruisin’.” A fine listen indeed.

RIP Mr. Cropper

Booker T. & the M.G.’s
That’s the Way It Should Be
1994

11/24/2025

Sharing a little something I did for the Bop Shop.

donna jean godchaux/grateful dead, “sunrise” terrapin station, 1977

11/22/2025

Last night's genre-spanning free form show on Lake Effect Radio has been posted to SoundCloud. Check it out for your weekend playlist, including a tribute to a high school friend and this year's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees. If you don't mind about four minutes of dead air toward the end, even better... you can skip past and get through in just under two hours.

https://soundcloud.com/dave-sarkies/free-form-friday-november-edition

Playlist:
Tenth Avenue Freezeout - Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
Migra - Santana
New Song - The Who
My Obsession - The Rolling Stones
Thankful N' Thoughtful - Robert Randolph & the Family Band
Into My Own Thing - Sly & the Family Stone
You Used to Be Alright, What Happened? - Jeremy Willets
It's a Shame About Ray - The Lemonheads
Calamity Song - The Decemberists
These Apples [Live] - Ba*****ed Ladies
I Lost It - Lucinda Williams
It's 2 A.M. - Shemekia Copeland
I Want to See Another World - Jefferson Starship
Crying in the Night - Buckingham/Nicks
Can I Get a Witness - Marvin Gaye
Folsom Prison Blues [Live] - Johnny Cash
Tony Adams - Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros
My Cologne - Howl Owl Howl

Tribute to friend:
Privilege - Incubus

2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductees tribute:
Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden
Live for the Music - Bad Company
Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner - Warren Zevon
Icky Thump - The White Stripes
The Twist - Chubby Checker

People Everywhere (Still Alive) - Khruangbin

Free Form Friday: November Edition - Friday, November 22, 2025 # # # Playlist: Tenth Avenue Freezeout - Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Migra - Santana New Song - The Who My Obsession - The Rol

11/21/2025

Tonight on Free Form Friday, it's Free Form Friday. No special theme tonight, just my once-monthly genre-spanning free form show. I have quite a mix of music in mind for this evening, but I'm still putting things together, so requests are welcome - preferably of the not-so-run-of-the-mill variety, but whatever you might have in mind works - if I've got it, I'll play it!

It's sure to be a wide-ranging set, so join me tonight at 9:00 for Free Form Friday on Lake Effect Radio.

https://www.lakeeffectradio.org/studio

11/15/2025

Last night's Free Form Friday on Lake Effect Radio, Space Is the Place, inspired by recent astronomical events, is posted to SoundCloud:

https://soundcloud.com/dave-sarkies/free-form-friday-space-is-the-place

Playlist:
Sirius - The Alan Parsons Project
Starside - Spacehog
Spacelab - Kraftwerk
Planet Telex - Radiohead
Understars - Brian Eno
Starman - David Bowie
Third Stone from the Sun - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Planet Caravan - Black Sabbath
Aurora - Foo Fighters
Wandering on the Milky Way - Jean-Luc Ponty
Flying Saucer Dudes - Bela Fleck & the Flecktones
Mission to Mars - Styx
Saturn Return - R.E.M.
The Way to Venus - Nebula
Mercury - Clutch
Space Is Deep - Hawkwind
Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft - Klaatu
Star Cycle - Jeff Beck
Dramatic Goings-On in Space - Jackhead 790
Kelly Watch the Stars - Air
Under the Milky Way Tonight - The Church
Outa-Space - Billy Preston
Intergalactic - Beastie Boys
Space - Jupiterhead
Rocket Number Nine - Sun Ra

Free Form Friday: Space Is the Place - Friday, November 14, 2025 # # # Playlist: Sirius - The Alan Parsons Project Starside - Spacehog Spacelab - Kraftwerk Planet Telex - Radiohead Understars - Brian

11/14/2025

There have been several astronomical events lately, from super moons to northern lights, so it got me thinking about space-themed music. Not space music per se, but songs *about* space. So tonight on Free Form Friday, it’s the first of two shows of such songs: Space Is the Place - two hours of music inspired by stars, planets and other space-related phenomena, with a moon-themed show planned for a future date.

Some music *will* be space music, but we’ll cover a range of genres for the evening’s space travels, so join me tonight at 9:00 on Lake Effect Radio.

https://www.lakeeffectradio.org/studio

11/08/2025

Last night's Free Form Friday show on Lake Effect Radio, A Contrast in Styles, featuring music of the recently departed John Lodge of the Moody Blues and Ace Frehley of Kiss, is available for your listening pleasure on SoundCloud:

https://soundcloud.com/dave-sarkies/free-form-friday-a-contrast-in-styles-john-lodge-ace-frehley

Playlist:

John Lodge:*
I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)
Lunch Break: Peak Hour
The Afternoon: Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?) {Tuesday Afternoon}/(Evening) Time to Get Away
House of Four Doors
Steppin' in a Slide Zone
Candle of Life
Gemini Dream
Isn't Life Strange
Ride My See-Saw

*all songs by The Moody Blues and written or co-written by John Lodge and featuring lead or shared lead vocals by Lodge.

Ace Frehley:*
New York Groove - Ace Frehley
Cold Gin - Kiss
Black Diamond - Kiss
Parasite - Kiss
2000 Man - Kiss
Shock Me - Kiss
Rip It Out - Ace Frehley
Hard Times - Kiss
Firehouse [Live] - Kiss
Rock Soldiers - Frehley's Comet
Rocket Ride [Live] - Kiss

*all songs sung, written or co-written by Ace Frehley or feature some of his best guitar work.

Free Form Friday: A Contrast in Styles - John Lodge & Ace Frehley - Friday, November 7, 2025 # # # Playlist: John Lodge:* I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band) Lunch Break: Peak Hour The Aftern

11/07/2025

Tonight on Lake Effect Radio, we pay tribute to two legends of the rock world we recently lost just days apart - John Lodge and Ace Frehley.

Both Rock Hall inductees, they achieved success making music of very different styles - one with progressive rock, art rock and pop rock band The Moody Blues, the other with hard rock, heavy metal and glam rockers Kiss.

There wasn’t much in common between these two musicians, but they both made great music, and tonight we’ll dedicate a set of music to each on this conrast in styles. Join me for this review of two rock greats of very different flavors, tonight at 9:00 on Free Form Friday.

https://www.lakeeffectradio.org/studio

11/01/2025

Last night's Halloween show on Lake Effect Radio and Free Form Friday, Friday Night Fright V: Halloween '25: Scary Monsters & Super Creeps, a set of monstrous music all all the creepy characters of the season, has been posted to SoundCloud. Check it out here:

https://soundcloud.com/dave-sarkies/free-form-friday-friday-night-fright-v-halloween-25-scary-monsters-super-creeps

Playlist:
Halloween Theme - Main Title - John Carpenter
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) - David Bowie
How to Make a Monster (Kitty's Purrrrformance Mix) - Rob Zombie
Feed My Frankenstein - Alice Cooper
I Was a Teenage Werewolf - The Cramps
Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones
Season of the Witch - Donovan
Witch Hunt - Rush
Burn the Witch - Radiohead
Witchy Woman - Eagles
Godzilla - Blue Oyster Cult
Tattoo Vampire - Blue Oyster Cult
Nosferatu - Blue Oyster Cult
Nosferatu Madre - Clutch
Fearless Vampire Killers - Bad Brains
Frankenstein - The Edgar Winter Group
Another Frankenstein - Slush
Zombie Zoo - Tom Petty
Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
Devil's Cathedral - Steve Hackett
Ghost Rattle - Rapoon
Devil's Dance - Metallica
Zombie Stomp - Ozzy Osbourne
Witching Hour - Venom
Monster Mash - Bobby "Boris" Pickett & the Crypt Kickers

Free Form Friday: Friday Night Fright V - Halloween '25: Scary Monsters & Super Creeps - Friday, October 31, 2025 # # # Playlist: Halloween Theme - Main Title - John Carpenter Scary Monsters (and Supe