Free Form Friday

10/11/2025

Last night's Free Form Friday show on Lake Effect Radio, Of House and Home, has been uploaded to SoundCloud. Check it out here:

https://soundcloud.com/dave-sarkies/free-form-friday-of-house-and-home

Playlist*
Home on the Strange - Geddy Lee
House We Used to Live In - The Smithereens
Miles from Our Home - Cowboy Junkies
Ain't Got No Home - The Band
What Is Home - The Black Crowes
Homesick Blues - The Four Horsemen
Tones of Home - Blind Melon
Home - Sheryl Crow
Pink Houses - John Cougar Mellencamp
Island State of Mind - Save Yourself
Homeward Bound [Live] - Simon & Garfunkel
Our House - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Our House - Madness
This Old House - Brian Setzer Orchestra
Home - Collective Soul
The House that Jack Built - Aretha Franklin
Bring It on Home to Me - Sam Cooke
Long Long Way from Home - Foreigner
Take Me Home - The Vindys
Take Me Home - Phil Collins
This Is Home - Peter Gabriel
Better Be Home Soon - Crowded House
A Sort of Homecoming - U2
Disorder in the House - Warren Zevon
Can't Find My Way Home - Blind Faith
Home - Foo Fighters
Island in the Sun - Weezer

*If a couple titles don't seem to fit, they are a reference to the name of the street where our family home of sixty years resides.

Free Form Friday: Of House and Home - Friday, October 10, 2025 # # # Playlist: Home on the Strange - Geddy Lee House We Used to Live In - The Smithereens Miles from Our Home - Cowboy Junkies Ain't Got

10/10/2025

Some of you may have seen my recent post about our longtime family home of sixty years, which my parents just moved out of recently. It was a strange experience being there for the last time a few weeks back, but one positive is it inspired a show theme . . . . tonight on Lake Effect Radio, it’ll be songs of houses and homes.

Some of these selections remind me of the family home, others are simply songs with ‘house’ or ‘home’ in the title, but they all add up to two hours of great music, so tune in and join me tonight at 9:00 for songs of house and home on the latest Free Form Friday.

https://www.lakeeffectradio.org/studio

10/05/2025

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10/04/2025

Last night's College Radio Day show on Lake Effect Radio and Free Form Friday, featuring classic college rock of the late '70s to early '90s, and my personal commentary on yesterday's local college radio news, has been posted to SoundCloud.

Listen here, and support your local college radio station (not just me)... we found out yesterday how important that really is here in Cleveland. 😓

https://soundcloud.com/dave-sarkies/free-form-friday-college-radio-day-2025

Playlist:
(Don't Go Back to) Rockville - R.E.M.
Garageland - The Clash
Bruiseology - The Waitresses
Telegram Sam - Bauhaus
Divine Thing - The Soup Dragons
From the Flagstones - Cocteau Twins
Living on the Ceiling - Blancmange
Hanging on the Telephone - Blondie
One Step Ahead - Split Enz
Pale Shelter - Tears for Fears
The Changeling - Simple Minds
What I Am - Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Airhead - Thomas Dolby
Down In It - Nine Inch Nails
She's Lost Control - Joy Division
Low - Cracker
Galileo - Indigo Girls
The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead - XTC
Policy of Truth - Depeche Mode
Everywhere that I'm Not - Translator
D.J. - David Bowie
I Don't Care - Ramones
Girl U Want - Devo
Lost in Space - Luna
Hey Jack Kerouac - 10,000 Maniacs
In My Ear - Toad the Wet Sprocket
Perfect Circle - R.E.M.
Here's Where the Story Ends - The Sundays
Left of the Dial - The Replacements

Free Form Friday: College Radio Day 2025: Classic College Rock - Friday, October 3, 2025 # # # (Don't Go Back to) Rockville - R.E.M. Garageland - The Clash Bruiseology - The Waitresses Telegram Sam -

09/27/2025

Last night's Free Form Friday on Lake Effect Radio, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the music of 1975, is posted to SoundCloud:

https://soundcloud.com/dave-sarkies/free-form-friday-1975

Playlist:
Light Up - Styx
Anthem - Rush
Lakeside Park - Rush
One of These Nights - Eagles
Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win) - Fleetwood Mac
Jackie Blue - Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Feel Like Makin' Love - Bad Company
Toys in the Attic - Aerosmith
Strange Magic - Electric Light Orchestra
Someone Saved My Life Tonight - Elton John
Any World (That I'm Welcome To) - Steely Dan
Death on Two Legs (Dedicated To...) - Queen
Magic Man - Heart
Fame - David Bowie
Slip Kid - The Who
Only Women Bleed - Alice Cooper
Real Man - Todd Rundgren
Have a Cigar - Pink Floyd
Dream Weaver - Gary Wright
Saturday Night Special - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Ten Years Gone - Led Zeppelin
Deuce [Live] - Kiss
Heard It on the X - ZZ Top
Katmandu - Bob Seger
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band

#1975

Free Form Friday:1975 - Friday, September 26, 2026 # # # Playlist: Light Up - Styx Anthem - Rush Lakeside Park - Rush One of These Nights - Eagles Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win) - Fleetwood Mac Jackie B

09/26/2025

A cough lingers, but feeling much better (and more rested) this week, so here’s a reminder of what’s on tap for Free Form Friday… tonight we celebrate the year 1975 and recognize some great music hitting the half century mark this year. If you dig ‘70s rock, tune in tonight at 9:00 for two+ hours worth on Lake Effect Radio!

https://www.lakeeffectradio.org/studio

#1975

(Posting early this week, by the way, as Facebook’s algos suck, and lately it seems posts aren’t seen for days or even a week; posting a few hours early likely won’t make a difference, but I’m giving it a shot. Last week’s post got lots of attention, likely because I made it personal with a story of being under the weather, but I can’t help but wonder where the heck everyone is every other week.)

09/21/2025

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09/19/2025

As I observe the end of the work week with a hot tea (aren’t I the partier?!), it occurs to me that I don’t have it in me to do my radio show tonight.

Truth be told I added a little whiskey to my tea to soothe a sore throat. It’s improved from earlier in the week, but between the alcohol and a severe lack of sleep, I don’t think I’ll make it to 11.

Tune in next week as we celebrate the year 1975 and recognize some great music hitting the half century mark this year, next Friday night at 9 on Lake Effect Radio.

09/13/2025

Last night's Free Form Friday show on Lake Effect Radio, featuring a set of hard rock, metal & grunge has been posted to SoundCloud. Check out the hard and heavy mix with a nod to Jerry Cantrell and Alice in Chains, a tribute to the late Brent Hinds of Mastodon, and more:

https://soundcloud.com/dave-sarkies/free-form-friday-hard-rock-metal-grunge

Playlist:
Would? - Alice in Chains
Be My Lover - Alice Cooper
Buck's Boogie - Blue Oyster Cult
Another Piece of Meat - Scorpions
Dead and Bloated - Stone Temple Pilots
You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll - Twisted Sister
Slaughter Beach - Clutch
Stained Class - Judas Priest
I Don't Want to Change the World - Ozzy Osbourne
Tristessa - Smashing Pumpkins
Black Diamond [Live] - Kiss
Curl of the Burl - Mastodon
High Road - Mastodon
Psychotic Break - Jerry Cantrell
Vilified - Jerry Cantrell
Into the Void - Black Sabbath
Brain of J - Pearl Jam
The World Around Me - King's X
Wrathchild - Iron Maiden
Killing Time - Metallica
Jump Into the Fire - Dangerfield
Bottoms Up! - Van Halen
Rooster [Live] - Alice in Chains

Free Form Friday: Hard Rock, Metal & Grunge - Friday, September 12, 2025 # # # Playlist: Would? - Alice in Chains Be My Lover - Alice Cooper Buck's Boogie - Blue Oyster Cult Another Piece of Meat - Sc

09/12/2025

Tonight on Free Form Friday, it’s an evening of hard rock and metal. Included in the heavy mix will be a dose of grunge; after attending his concert last week, your host will highlight music of Jerry Cantrell, his band and a few of their grunge peers. We’ll also tribute the recently departed Brent Hinds, formerly of Mastodon, who passed away last month. So get ready for your weekend with a set of hard rock and metal, tonight at 9:00 on Lake Effect Radio.

https://www.lakeeffectradio.org/studio

08/30/2025

Last night's Fifth Friday Free Form show on Free Form Friday and Lake Effect Radio has been posted to SoundCloud. Check out a playlist spanning a range of rock genres for your holiday weekend listening enjoyment here:

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

Playlist:
Get Ready - Rare Earth
I Got the News - Steely Dan
Sway - The Rolling Stones
Johnny 99 - Bruce Springsteen
Let My Love Open the Door - Pete Townshend
Fall Down - Toad the Wet Sprocket
I've Got a Feeling [Let It Be... Naked version] - The Beatles
Pearly Queen - Traffic
Head Above Water - Ryan Montbleau
Walk On - Neil Young
Looking at the Sun - Matthew Sweet
Sweet Lady - Queen
Remember (Walking in the Rain) - Aerosmith
Heavy Metal (Takin' a Ride) - Don Felder
Don't Let Him Go - REO Speedwagon
Build and Destroy - Styx
Satellite - Guster
Satellite of Love - Lou Reed
Satellite - Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds
You Happy Puppet - 10,000 Maniacs
Deep Blue Heart - John Mellencamp w/Trisha Yearwood
Roses - The Clarks w/Kayla Schureman
Hope You're Feeling Better - Santana
Never Is Enough - Ba*****ed Ladies
Boom Boom Mancini - Warren Zevon

Free Form Friday: Fifth Friday Free Form - Friday, August 29, 2025 # # # Playlist: Get Ready - Rare Earth I Got the News - Steely Dan Sway - The Rolling Stones Johnny 99 - Bruce Springsteen Let My Lov

08/29/2025

Tonight on Free Form Friday, it’s just that… something I’m calling Fifth Friday Free Form.

It’ll be a mix of deep cuts and rarities with a few familiar cuts thrown in, from across the realm of rock, both classic and contemporary. We’ll even throw in a few mini themes for good measure. So tune in tonight at 9:00 on Lake Effect Radio.

https://www.lakeeffectradio.org/studio