EPISODE · Mar 25, 2026 · 35 MIN
RADIO CLANG No. 16
from Radio Clang! · host Dale Merrill
I debated whether to take a line from a Wadsworth poem. Then I debated which Wadsworth. William or Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. They both wrote about the spring season. I thought I remembered them well. I did not. Old college electives be damned!Second thoughts swayed me to snag this communication’s teaser line from the title of New Order’s second single. I’ll spare you a conversation about all the record’s pressing variants.The smell of spring is in the air. Fresh and fragrant. Walking by a Bradford pear tree. It looks so pretty and lush in full bloom. Then the trees smell of rotting fish and dirty socks attempts to harsh out the day. I could go into a tirade about how planting them everywhere was a total a*****e of American landscaping. I'll spare you that at this time as well.Seasons. They sure got their ups and downs, right?Consider becoming a free or paid subscriber to Clangoring.What you’ll hearC.O.M.A. TechnicolorBUNGEE JUMPERS Buzz OffTWISTED TEENS Wild Connection-HOWLING HEX Pair Back Up Mass WithROC MARCIANO Easy Bake OvenGUITAR WOLF 100M GirlMARATHON ‘77 Not The Opposite Of Love-ENTREZ VOUS (Crying In The) SportsbookRYAN DAVIS & the ROADHOUSE BAND Monte Carlo/No LimitsCHRIS BROKAW Paloma Social Clang: insta; bsky Get full access to Clangoring! at clangoring.substack.com/subscribe
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RADIO CLANG No. 16
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