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

Brendan Toller, WPKN

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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.

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!

1h 58m
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' !

1h 55m
May 7

ACID TONGUE! with special GREAT GIVE pop-in by JACKIE DOWNING of CFGNH!

THURS 5/7, 7-9AM we commence tomorrow reflecting on the sage words Swamp Dogg once bestowed on me and @dansoto when we told him he looked great. Swamp said, "Well, I think if I look like shit, I'll probably play like shit." This is to say I'll be LOOKING GREAT as I broadcast on @ rifling through, yes, new Swamp Dogg, Stones, Gary Stewart, the Ronettes (oh, Nedra!), C & The Shells, The Bub Club and more. Otherwise, head to thee podcat. Jackie Downing, Senior Director of Grantmaking and Nonprofit Support at the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven pops in to talk all things Great Give, the 36-hour non-profit giving event swinging NOW through Thursday. Donate to WPKN and fine greater New Haven non-profits if you have the means!

1h 54m
Apr 23

SPECIAL GUEST: KIERSTIN SIESER!

THURS! 4/23, 7-9AM EST on WPKN, Shake 'n' Vibrate soldiers on in the redemptive rock 'n' roll spirit for its 51st WPKN show?! With levitating music by such hitmakers as Jedediah Parish, Suburban Lawns, and Grandpaboy. Singer/songwriter and all-around prolific artist, Kierstin Sieser, joins us at the 8AM hour to discuss her latest album Love's Poem out on Dead Language Records. Kierstin waxes about her process whilst also spinning formative and influential tracks. Brian Ember also gives a ring-a-ding to talk about the 2026 New Haven Music Video Festival!

1h 55m
Apr 9

SPECIAL GUEST - BUZZ GORDO! (Bronson Rock, Gone Native, Big Bad Johns)

THURS, 7-9AM and via apple podcasts beyond that, its SHAKE N VIBRATE on WPKN, your shot of rock n roll caffeine to get your morning on the move. The 8AM hour brings SPECIAL GUEST BUZZ GORDO (pictured o' course) of New Haven's legendary BIG BAD JOHNS, GONE NATIVE, and BRONSON ROCK who will be previewing his new solo album "Pen and Ink." We'll be chewing the fat and spinning trax, come join us! Album release show commences this Saturday 4/11, 7PM at Best Video with the equally incredible Jed Parish of GRAVEL PIT supporting. Hey hey, my my...

1h 55m
Mar 26

MY LIFE (well two hours of it anyways!)

DJ B The T Jr. soldiers on through this cruel world finding refuge in the starlets and nuggets of rock 'n' roll. Featuring Shake 'n' Vibrate patron saints Slade, Bully, Stereolab, Jalen Ngonda, Julia Cumming (pictured above), Teenage Fanclub, Dirtbombs and more bands/artists you should be wrapped in! WPKN's own Christine Ohlman (Soul Hive), Beehive Queen, calls 'round 8AM to preview her The Queen meets The Kings show with Liberty Devitto's The Slim Kings hitting Fairfield Theatre Company, Sunday April 19th, 6PM doors, 7PM show.

1h 54m
Mar 13

AS LONG AS I HAVE YOU! SPECIAL GUEST: SEAN FOX, NORWALK FILM FESTIVAL, MARCH 20-22 2026

Rise with the greats 7-9AM at WPKN 89.5FM for another installment of Shake 'n' Vibrate Radio. Scene here is SNV patron saint Les Blank, documentarian extraordinaire whose films on garlic, gap-toothed women, creole cooking, new london polka (not kidding) are essential viewing! I say this because tangentially my 8AM guest will be Sean Fox from the Norwalk Film Festival hitting Friday March 20 through Sunday March 22. We'll talk films, workshops, the CT film scene and so much more. TUNE IT tot he WPKN app, local at 89.5FM, or dial later via podcast along with 45+ archival jaunts.

1h 54m
Feb 26

HERE'S TO LOVE! HERE'S TO SCOTT FOUST!

THURSDAY! It's the hallowed SHAKE 'n' VIBRATE morning tradition taking a sojourn into the world and influence of my pal the recently passed Scott Foust - musician/theorist/thinker/drinker/instigator/commander/director visionary behind Idea Fire Company (IFCO), The Pickle Factory, Anti-Naturals, the fabulous Swill Radio distro and catalogs (The Quality Quality since 1983) and so much more. Will pair well with a mono-chrome suit, Dunhill cigarette smoke, Chanel No. 5, cheap red wine, St. Paulie Girl. Heck, just take the day off. A warming salute in this cold cold world.

1h 55m

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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

54
Rating

Explicit
Copyright

© 2026 Brendan Toller, WPKN