Shake 'n' Vibrate Radio with DJ B The T Jr.

About Shake 'n' Vibrate Radio with DJ B The T Jr.

Broadcast on WPKN 89.5FM Bridgeport and streaming at wpkn.org and via our fab free listening apps - “Is it a band? Is it a public relations firm? What does it do, and what is it?” A tour of glam, punk, funk and Connecticut junk accruing speeding tickets on the expressway to your SOUL! Doo-dah.

Publisher

Brendan Toller, WPKN

Category

music · music

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Apr 2024

Latest episode

8 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

60 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Oct 2026

   SPECIAL GUEST DAVE "THE SPAZZ" ABRAMSON on his new book YOUR TIME IS NOW: THE SAMMY PETRILLO STORY, WPKN & MORE!

   10/8's Shake 'n' Vibrate Radio with DJ B The T Jr. hosts a reunion of sorts. WPKN's Brooklyn Dave, who decades ago ascended to the studios of WFMU in Jersey City as Dave the Spazz with Music to Spazz By, will be LIVE - back at the WPKN studios. No, not just to locate library record #666 (Dr. Strangelove soundtrack), but to dish on his debut book Your Time Is Now: The Sammy Petrillo Story. Promo reads: The first full-scale biography of the legendary Jerry Lewis look-alike whose strange, funny, and often heartbreaking life unfolded in the long shadow of one of America's most famous comedians... This deeply researched work of comedy history delivers a rare dual portrait: a parallel biography of Sammy Petrillo and Jerry Lewis, two performers bound together by imitation, rivalry, resentment, and an uneasy mutual awareness that lasted decades. Drawing on original interviews with Petrillo, Lewis, family members, show-business insiders, and surviving mid-century comedy figures, the book reconstructs the improbable life of a journeyman comic who both benefited from and was trapped by his uncanny resemblance to a superstar. Blending biography, film history, and cultural criticism, Your Time Is Now explores the strange ecosystem of postwar show business--from live television and burlesque stages to poverty-row film studios and cult movie houses. Readers discover the bizarre making and afterlife of Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla, Petrillo's complicated relationship with Jerry Lewis, and previously untold connections to figures such as Barbara Loden and the early development of television comedy culture. The result is a richly detailed, often darkly comic examination of identity, fame, imitation, and failure in American entertainment. Congrats Spazz!

2. 

   24 Sept 2026

   TE TA TA TA TA TA TE TA TA !

   THURS 9/24 7-9AM at WPKN 89.5FM Brrrrridgeport and podcast shortly thereafter lets BURN K-DOE BURN it on down with the flashiest, trashiest amalgamation of rock 'n' roll you can imagine at these waking hours. We'll celebrate the imminent WPKN Presents: The Buzzcocks and District Music Hall in Norwalk this Fri. Let's cause some trouble.

3. 

   10 Sept 2026

   (NEW) NEW HAVEN ADVOCATE & NEW/OLD ROCK 'N' ROLL!

   Do the dog daze of summer turn into rabid dog daze? Asking for a friend... Speaking of which I have some fabulous friends joining the Shake 'n' Vibrate stratosphere at the 8AM hour. I'm talking Colleen Van Tassell, Tom Smith, and John Guillemette who with a team of mighty volunteers have resurrected the New Haven Advocate - a staggering newsprint arts quarterly that makes us all feel like "nature is healing." Heal with DJ B The T Jr. and some autumnal rock 'n' roll starting at 7AM. On-demand podcast follows on Apple Podcasts for you ne'er do wells!

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3 ratings

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