Sigh. This was supposed to be a "Catch a Wave" week fundraiser for WPKN, with the great Dawn Eden Goldstein joining me for the first half and the legendary Rob Silber joining me for the second half. Dawn came up with the idea of playing break-up songs as a theme within the "we need money" theme.

Well, I mean, it was a fundraiser, but we didn't get a single donation during my shift, though. It would do me (and our brilliant radio station!) a tremendous amount of good if you donated to WPKN here in honor of Snap Crackle POP... so: Please?

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Catch A Wave – The Beach Boys

You're Gonna Miss Me – The 13th Floor Elevators
Off and Running – Lesley Gore

Partially Awesome – Edward O'Connell
Alone Again Or – The Damned

Shake Hands and Walk Away Cryin' – Lou Christie
Valentine's Day – Wild Hares

Future Me Hates Me – The Beths
So You Say You Lost Your Baby – Gene Clark

I'm Not Living Here – Sagittarius
The Breakup – Art Garfunkel

All I Know – Art Garfunkel
Bye Bye Love – The Cars

If I Didn't Love You – Squeeze
I Summon You – Spoon

Lovers Who Wander – Dion
Both Sides Now – Judy Collins

Song for Hal – U2

A ? of When – Panda Bear & Sonic Boom

Feelin' So Good (S.K.O.O.B.Y. D.O.O.) – The Archies

Lost & Alone – Aaron Lee Tasjan

Blowin' Up – Kiwi Jr.

All This Disaster – Sarah McLachlan

If You Change – Widowspeak

Pretty In Pink – Psychedelic Furs

Radio Free Europe (Jackknife Lee 2025 mix) – R.E.M.

Wu-Tang – They Might Be Giants

Eat at Home – Paul & Linda McCartney

Momma Gets By – Paul McCartney

It's Over Now – The Beach Boys

What Is Left to Say – Thundercat (feat. The Lemon Twigs)

2 or 3 – The Lemon Twigs

Forgotten (Alternate Version) – Neil Diamond

Michigan – Margret Glaspy

Rainbows – Allison Russell

Real Deal – Endearments

Pink Lemon – Elder Island

Aht Uh Mi Hed – Shuggie Otis

Strawberry Letter 23 – Shuggie Otis

This show was kind of a "memorial 2-fer". First, it was a belated tribute to Memorial Day; Dawn Eden Goldstein and I were going to co-host the Snap Crackle POP! WPKN show on the Memorial Day morning of 5/25/26, but due to a family issue we had to re-run the 1/27/26 Beatles REVOLVER special.

Secondly, this show served as a memorial of sorts to the memory of Cynthia Louise Harden, who passed on 5/26/26 - and yes, that was the family issue. Cynthia was the mother of my amazing daughter Julia Cumming, my partner and co-leader of the '90s pop-rock-rap duo Bite the Wax Godhead, and... my ex-wife. I am still extremely sad and in shock, even as I write this.

I'm not sure I did her memory justice (much less to the brave and women who lost their lives to war) but here it is anyway. I meant well.

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The Way We Were / Try to Remember – Gladys Knight

Reflections of My Life – The Marmalade

Do You Remember Walter? – The Kinks

Remember – John Lennon

Here Today – Paul McCartney

As You Lie There – Paul McCartney

Soho Square – Kirsty MacColl

Never to Be Forgotten – The Bobby Fuller Four

I’ve Got a Broken Heart – The Lemon Twigs

Till We Meet Again – The Cheepskates

Galveston – Glen Campbell

Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town – Kenny Rogers and the First Edition

Powderfinger (acoustic) – Neil Young

I Can’t Write Left-Handed (live) – Bill Withers

The Green Fields of France – Dropkick Murphys

Between the Wars – Billy Bragg

Old World – The Modern Lovers

Rivers of Babylon – The Melodians

Keep On Movin' – Soul II Soul

The Captain of Her Heart – Double

Starlight – Nick Kivlen

Only Love Can Break Your Heart – Neil Young