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

Brendan Toller, WPKN

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Music Interviews

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.

Sep 10

(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!
Aug 27

CHANDLER TRAVIS on new album BRANCHES OUT (Incredible Casuals, Catbirds, Three-O, Chandler Travis Philharmonic, Travis Shook & Club Wow)

This THURS 8/27 7-9AM WPKN & podcast Shake 'n' Vibrate welcomes a rock 'n' roll/pop heavyweight in B The T Jr's world, Chandler Travis, Cape Cod and Massachusetts cult leader, I mean - rock 'n' roll tour de force - with bands and projects that include the Incredible Casuals, Catbirds, Three-O, Chandler Travis Philharmonic, Travis Shook & Club Wow. The Incredible Casuals are all-timers for yours truly. Made this whole thing click. Cavern Club like stuff live, with a wealth of recorded gems transporting you to a world and ways of being you never knew existed. Music is amazing. Chandler's new album Branches Out is a Van Dyke Parksian wonder based on a midwest couple's grapple with dementia, aging, and mind loss and their attempt to communicate and find joy in and amongst art and creation. Branches Out, of course, channels Chandler's brilliant pop and rock 'n' roll warmth and wit, flourishing through a cast of many collaborators that include Patty Larkin and David Greenberger. Beauty, love, loss - stop reading and start listening. There's your pull-quote baby! You can find all Chandler's troublemaking at chandlertravis.com We start it all off with a brief tribute to Darien CT's own Jeff Connolly of the Lyres (MONOMAN!) and DMZ. What a beautiful complicated rockin' soul. Thank you. GO dig Miriam's Kicksville episode with Fleshtones Peter Zaremba for more essential rabbit holes. It's all a gas.
Jul 30

LIL LATIN LUPE LU!

A continuation of an intelligent look into the moronic side of rock 'n' roll. What else can you expect?!
Jul 16

INTERNATIONAL SNAKE DAY!

With sympathies to all who celebrate... Shake N Vibrate returns as ever to its alternating Thursday morning hotbed. This curly haired fella starts us off and then its to a tranche of 45s, and latest assortment of erratic rock n roll and junk to shake your trunk. Get that morning jolt at WPKN 7-9AM tomorrow THURS 7/16 or via the Apple of your ear podcast...
Jul 2

ANY OLE WAY!

Just B the T Jr. and a pile of revved up rock 'n' roll a la (pictured) Wet Leg, Slade, Mary Gauthier, Paul Westerberg, Mickey Dolenz, Otis Redding and never forget - the South Bay Surfers!
Jun 18

CATCH A WAVE 2026 - with 7-9am WPKN shift partner, HERMAN OLIVERA (ReHumanize Yourself Radio)

With thanks to all who donated over $21K in support of radical, freeform, community radio! You can always donate at wpkn.org/donate My shift with Herman Olivera highlighting the summer/fall's great concert dates. DIIIIIG!
Jun 4

LORD OF THE MANOR!

RATBONE APPROVED! Another pounding and resounding Shake N Vibe with selections by B The T Jr. - Cheap Trick, Redd Kross, Lys Guillorn, Everly Brothers, Aretha Franklin, oh my!
May 21

KWEEN KONG! IN STUDIO HANGIN' 'N' RECORD SLINGIN'

VERY SPECIAL GUESTS, KWEEN KONG, IN-STUDIO on another SHAKE 'N' VIBRATE RADIO on WPKN 89.5FM BRIDGEPORT, BABY! at the 7:45AM hour taking over the DJ decks and waxing rock 'n' roll domination. One of New Haven's best IMHO. Excited to have had them here. Otherwise its the usual high energy frisee salad with co-conspirators VVEBS, The Problem With Kids Today, the Raincoats, Devo, Irma Thomas and mo' !

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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.

Creator

Brendan Toller, WPKN
Years Active

2025 - 2026
Episodes

60
Rating

Explicit
Copyright

© 2026 Brendan Toller, WPKN