Free Form Friday

05/30/2026

Last night's Free Form Friday, my Friday Night Free For All, has been posted to SoundCloud. Check it out here:

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

Playlist:
Good Times Roll - The Cars
Fridays Angels - Generation X
Camouflage - Third Eye Blind
Volcano - Edie Brickell
Seeing Things - The Black Crowes
The Relay - The Who
What Goes On - The Feelies
My Back Pages - The Byrds
Everything Is Broken - Bob Dylan
Out on the Weekend - Neil Young
Loverman - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Wouldn't It Be Good - Nik Kerhsaw
Rock 'n' Roll Lifestyle - CAKE
Pardon Me - Incubus
Flyin' High (In the Friendly Sky) - Marvin Gaye
Street Corner Talking - Savoy Brown
1952 Vincent Black Lightning - Richard Thompson
Jolly Green Giant - The Kingsmen
Miss June - Freak Slug
Beat on the Brat - Ramones
Drop Down Mama - North Mississippi Allstars
When the Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin
School's Out - Alice Cooper
Waiting on a Friend - The Rolling Stones (feat. Sonny Rollins)

Free Form Friday: Friday Night Free For All - Friday, May 29, 2026 # # # Playlist: Good Times Roll - The Cars Fridays Angels - Generation X Camouflage - Third Eye Blind Volcano - Edie Brickell Seeing

05/29/2026

This week on Free Form Friday, it’s a Friday night free for all - my usual monthly anything goes show. Barring a repeat of last week’s tech difficulties, it’ll be a mix of genres and sub-genres, old and new, acoustic and electric, so join me for a diverse mix of music tonight at 9:00 on Lake Effect Radio.

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05/22/2026

As we enter Memorial Day weekend, tonight on Free Form Friday, I'll highlight songs about memories. While Memorial Day is a somber day, as we remember soldiers, family and friends who have gone before us, not all memories are sad, and neither will be the music - though I will sprinkle in a few songs in honor of our fallen soldiers as well. Join me for music of memories and soldiers, tonight at 9:00 on Lake Effect Radio.

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05/09/2026

Last night's Prog Night on Free Form Friday is posted to SoundCloud. Check out 2+ hours of classic prog, including a long special request to close things out, here:

https://soundcloud.com/dave-sarkies/prog-show-may-26

Playlist:
10538 Overture - Electric Light Orchestra
I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) - Genesis
Broken Mirror - Triumvirat
Lemmings (Including 'Cog') - Van Der Graaf Generator
Hero and Heroine - Strawbs
Prologue - Renaissance
The Forge of Vulcan - Hawkwind
Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield
Breakdown - The Alan Parsons Project
Darkstar - Space Invaders
Satori - The Claypool Lennon Delirium
Electrick Gypsies - Steve Hillage
The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) - Yes
Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Pt. 3 - King Crimson
The Prophet's Song - Queen
Hocus Pocus - Focus

By request bonus:
Tubular Bells, Part One - Mike Oldfield

Free Form Friday: Prog Show May '26 - Friday, May 8, 2026 # # # Playlist: 10538 Overture - Electric Light Orchestra I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) - Genesis Broken Mirror - Triumvirat Lemmings

05/02/2026

Last night's 1976 retrospective on Free Form Friday, featuring cuts from classic albums released in '76 (though I opened with a song that strays a bit from that year in recognition of my parents' 50th anniversary). Check out the show here:

https://soundcloud.com/dave-sarkies/free-form-friday-1976

Playlist:
Happy Anniversary - The Little River Band [Diamantina Cocktail]
The Raven - The Alan Parsons Project [Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Edgard Allan Poe)]
Squonk - Genesis [A Trick of the Tail]
TVC-15 - David Bowie [Station to Station]
Telephone Line - Electric Light Orchestra [A New World Record]
White Man - Queen [A Day at the Races]
The Fire Down Below - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band [Night Moves]
Lido Shuffle - Boz Scaggs [Silk Degrees]
Space Intro/Fly Like an Eagle - The Steve Miller Band [Fly Like an Eagle]
Smokin' - Boston [Boston]
Shout It Out Loud - Kiss [Destroyer]
Something for Nothing - Rush [2112]
Introduction/Something's Happening [Live] - Peter Frampton [Frampton Comes Alive!]
The Royal Scam - Steely Dan [The Royal Scam]
Year of the Cat - Al Stewart [Year of the Cat]
The Wall - Kansas [Leftoverture]
I've Loved These Days - Billy Joel [Turnstiles]
Dream Weaver - Gary Wright [Dream Weaver]
Pretty Maids All in a Row - Eagles [Hotel California]
(Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult [Agents of Fortune]
I Wish - Stevie Wonder [Songs in the Key of Life]

#1976

Free Form Friday: 1976 - Friday, May 1, 2026 Playlist: Happy Anniversary - The Little River Band [Diamantina Cocktail] The Raven - The Alan Parsons Project [Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Edgard A

05/01/2026

Tonight on Free Form Friday, we travel back in time half a century for a look back at the year 1976. I’ll highlight music from legendary albums released in ‘76, and with a few exceptions, feature tracks that aren’t the most obvious choices from said records - cuts that don’t get the recognition they deserve for helping to make these albums as great as they are.

I’ve selected today for this 1976 retrospective for a specific reason, and will stray ever so slightly from the bicentennial year to open the show in tribute, but rest assured it’ll be two hours of classic tracks reflecting the spirit of ‘76 the rest of the way, so join me tonight at 9:00 on Lake Effect Radio.

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#1976

04/25/2026

Feelin' Alright: A Tribute to Dave Mason, last night's show on Free Form Friday, has been posted to SoundCloud. Check it out here for two hours of Dave Mason music from his Traffic days to his solo career and more, including songs he contributed to by other artists:

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

Playlist*:
Feelin' Alright? - Traffic
So High (Rock Me Baby and Roll Me Away)
House for Everyone - Traffic
You Can All Join In - Traffic
Just for You - Traffic
Hope I Never Find Me There - Traffic
Only You Know and I Know - Delaney & Bonnie & Friends with Eric Clapton
To Be Free
Cryin' to Be Heard - Traffic
Pearly Queen
Feelin' Alright? - Lulu
I'm a Man - The Spencer Davis Group
Street Fighting Man - The Rolling Stones
All Along the Watchtower - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Crosstown Traffic - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Listen to What the Man Said - Paul McCartney & Wings
Save Me - Dave Mason with Michael Jackson
Feelin' Alright? - Joe Cocker
Dear Mr. Fantasy - Dave Mason feat. Joe Bonamassa
Mystic Traveler
Shouldn't Have Took More Than You Gave [Live]
Let It Go, Let It Flow
Headkeeper
Good 2 U
We Just Disagree
Feelin' Alright? [Live]

*Songs with no artist indicated are Dave Mason solo cuts.

Free Form Friday: Feelin' Alright: A Tribute to Dave Mason - Friday, April 24, 2026 # # # Playlist*: Feelin' Alright? - Traffic So High (Rock Me Baby and Roll Me Away) House for Everyone - Traffic You

04/24/2026

Tonight on Free Form Friday, I’ll pay tribute to the late Dave Mason, who passed away earlier this week.

Though a cofounder of legendary band Traffic and a widely respected musician, Mason was never a major star as a solo act and appeared only on a few Traffic albums, so a tribute show for someone who isn’t a household name may seem a bit much to some, but when you dig in to the full extent of his career, the musicians he played with and songs he played on, it’s fairly astounding.

Tonight we’ll review some of the highlights of his career and hear a cross-section of his music, so join me as we pay homage to this true rock ‘n’ roll troubadour with Feelin’ Alright: A Tribute to Dave Mason, tonight at 9:00 on Lake Effect Radio.

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04/18/2026

Last night's Pre-Vinylthon All Vinyl Show on Free Form Friday and Lake Effect Radio is posted to SoundCloud. Give it a listen for your Vinylthon/Record Store Day soundtrack as you record shop today:

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

All Vinyl Playlist:
Stomp and Buck Dance - The Crusaders
Kid Charlemagne - Steely Dan
Medicated Goo - Traffic
Here Comes the Sun - Richie Havens
My World Is Empty Without You - Wendell Stuart & the Downbeaters
Galveston - Glen Campbell
The Bomber - The James Gang
Look Outside - Mahogany Rush
Back Where I Started - Box of Frogs
Bedside Manners - The Black Crowes
Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) - Janis Joplin
Crazy Horses - The Osmonds
Farm on the Freeway - Jethro Tull
Sweet Lorraine - Uriah Heep
Dance on a Volcano/Los Endos [Live] - Genesis
She's Lost Control - Joy Division
White Wedding (Parts I & II) (Shot Gun Mix) - Billy Idol
What You Need - INXS
Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder

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04/17/2026

Tomorrow is Vinylthon in the College Radio world (to coincide with Record Store Day), but tonight I’ll get an early jump on things with my pre-Vinylthon All-Vinyl Show, as I spin two hours of tunes direct from vinyl and live from the Dave Cave on Free Form Friday.

I’ve got some great music lined up but requests are welcome; if I have it on vinyl, I’ll play it. So if you dig vinyl, join me as we prep for tomorrow’s dig - as in crate dig - tonight at 9:00 on Lake Effect Radio.

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