About

Mike Lidskin started Twirl in January of 1998, thus finally realizing his childhood dream of being involved in radio. It was broadcast from Access Sacramento and eventually on KUBU 96.5 FM. In 2009, he was invited to join the late great London-based Recharged Radio. In 2017, he joined Gidget and Boris at the legendary Woody Radio, and created the Big Tuesday Night Show With No Name. At the start of the Covid pandemic in March 2020, he left Access Sacramento and originated a second show on Woody Radio, The Big Saturday Thing.

All of these shows had something in common: the freedom to select and play his own music. He says “My mission is to not just spin rock music, but to educate my listeners about this vital art form.” Indeed, he doesn’t just announce the songs, but gives histories about some of the artists, the albums, and the songs themselves.

The Tuesday night shows are generally all music and DJ talk. The Saturday shows are a mix of the above and long form artist conversations, usually done live on the air.

Woody Radio can be found at http://woodyradio.com/

Some credits and acknowledgements:

Gidget Bates Marusak and Boris Boden have let me do my thing on Woody Radio since 2017. Their generosity has been endless, and their commitment to the music is inspiring. When I want to do some crazy thing, they’ll be the first ones to say “do even more of that”!

Access Sacramento, home to KUBU 96.5 FM, “The Voice of Sacramento”, is as big of a free speech advocate as you can hope to find. The late great Shane Carpenter taught me the technical side of radio, and encouraged me to find my own voice and hone my chops.

Boris Boden provided all the Woody Radio show logos and the many banners for the individual interview-based shows. I can’t thank you enough, Brother!

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If you want to know where I went to school to learn to program radio, here’s a list of my teachers:
It started with the high energy “boss radio” disc jockeys on 93 KHJ in Los Angeles. As I hit my teenage years and got into FM radio, KMET (the Mighty Met), KLOS, and KROQ entertained and inspired me to reach higher. Dr. Demento fed my love of novelty records, and that’s probably why you’ll occasionally hear one slipped into my playlists. National Public Radio stations everywhere I’ve lived and traveled taught me that it’s okay to do the deep dive into subjects of interest. And finally–WXRT 93.1 (Chicago’s Finest Rock) helped me to refine my musical palette.