Today’s topics: tomato followup questions, mosquito bucket of doom and other remedies, dividing irises, ongoing veg planter problems, pollinator plant topics, planning for fall lawn work, and more.
On tonight's show: Harry Parry and His Radio Rhythm Club Sextet, Muggsy Spanier, Benny Carter & Oscar Peterson Trio, Anita O'Day, Eddie Davis, Gil Evans, Lester Young & Teddy Wilson Quartet, The Ray Bryant Trio, Mundell Lowe, Dave Brubeck with Paul Desmond, Count Basie & His Orchestra with Ella Fitzgerald, and Sonny Rollins.
The story is unlikely, especially if you know ’60s American pop music and how time usually works, but it’s true. The Strawberry Alarm Clock, whose psychedelic classic “Incense and Peppermints” scored a No. 1 U.S. hit in 1967, released an entirely new record this month, Where’s One? And here’s the time-defying part: Five of their six musicians in 2026 are original members from 1967. The sixth joined in 1986.
A band this active and intact from 60 years ago is a story worth hearing.
Where’s One? is the band’s sixth album, their first since 2012, and only their second since 1969. Full of life and variety, it’s getting good reviews. Today on Davisville we talk about their story, music, and fabled name with Randy Seol, Mark Stephen Weitz, George Bunnell, Steve Bartek and Howie Anderson (Gene Gunnels, stuck at an airport, couldn't make the interview). The Strawberry Alarm Clock played in Freeborn Hall at UC Davis on Picnic Day in April 1969. Anyone remember?
Photo of the Strawberry Alarm Clock by Daniel Coston.
DJ Jojo Johanssen's mixing it up for 90ish minutes on the next Sonic Rehab! He'll be melding tracks nonstop from Steely Dan, Danny Tenaglia, Green Velvet, Leo's Sunshipp and more! After the main mix, watch for some tasties from Wham!, Pomplamoose and Morel. It's gonna be great fun, so check it out on Monday, Aug. 24 from 1-3 p.m. Pacific time. If you can't join in live, you can listen to the show (again) for up to 2 weeks after on kdrt.org.
This week on Dashboard Diaries, DJ RayK takes a directionless ride through meandering streets and alleys, destination unknown. We’ve got the CD changer packed with almost three dozen tunes, ranging from Sting to Curtis Mayfield, Sly to Chuck Prophet, Steely Dan to Steve Earle and a bunch of stuff you probably never heard of. So get the heck in and we’ll get go get lost. Thursday, 3-5 p.m. PDT at 95.7 FM and KDRT.org
Today’s topics: tomato problems, jumping worms, some low shrubs, showy amaranthus, and more.
Chrissy Stroop is a writer, speaker, and scholar who was raised in an evangelical Christian family. She publishes The Bugbear Dispatch and co-owns The Flytrap, an independent feminist news outlet. Her areas of expertise include the American right wing, the history of anti-LGBTQ politics, evangelical culture, and Russian history.
Anoosh Jorjorian is chair of the Davis Phoenix Coalition and directs the organization’s immigrant and LGBTQ+ family programs. They also lead educational programs and parenting trainings designed to support LGBTQ+ individuals, families, and the broader community.
Last weekend, Corner Drug in Woodland was targeted in an apparent anti-LGBTQ hate incident. Anti-gay slurs were written on one of the store’s windows, while another window displaying rainbow stickers was smashed.
It's been a fiery year for the world, but in Davis skies are clear. And here at KDRT we have our own great sonic energy, so today on In the Key of Folk we'll offer new releases with some real positive energy! We'll be featuring Hayden Stern, Kalos, troubador Kray Van Kirk, ES Pearl, Laurie Lewis, and more! So join us at 2 p.m. and don't be late. We'll include a few classics, too!
Wednesday at 2 p.m. on KDRT 95.7 FM Davis CA, and at KDRT.org worldwide!
On tonight's show: Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five with Ella Fitzgerald, Cat Anderson and His Orchestra & Jimmy Jones, Billy Taylor, Al Hirt, The Tommy Flanagan Trio, Ray Charles, Gerry Mulligan, Clark Terry & Chico O'Farrill, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, New Orleans' Own The Dukes of Dixieland, Hank Crawford, and Carol Welsman.
Catch the next Sonic Rehab this Monday the 17th from 1-3 p.m. to see what sort of delicacies DJ Jojo Johanssen's picked out. Some Herbie Hancock, Cameo, Tata Vega, and Jesca Hoop. Also a tune and lack of a tune for his friend who sadly passed recently, a track by an artist whose name can't be said over the air (there's a NAUGHTY word involved), and Cat Stevens covering Stevie Wonder. It's going to be all sorts of rollercoaster, and all sorts of great music, so tune in this Monday or catch it as you can over the next 2 weeks on kdrt.org.
