May 16, 7pm
The Melvins are in town, and I’m going to the Tuesday show, where they’ll be playing all of Stoner Witch and Bullhead. I’ll be in heaven even though my name is Hell. I planned a mini-Melvins set tonight. Check it out. Also, the new Beastie Boys is out. I threw that on for good measure.
Here’s a link to the show.
Update: I went to the Tuesday night Melvins show at the Great American Music Hall. They opened with Bullhead. Boris was beyond glorious. After a 20+ minute break they returned with a blistering performance of Stoner Witch. If you BitTorrent then I encourage you to DL the Bullhead performance. This is an amazing audience recording, that could be a soundboard.
Enjoy.
Roustabout: Elvis Presley
Rocket Reducer #62: The Melvins
Revolve: The Melvins
Boris: The Melvins
Hama: Boris
Too Many Rappers: Beastie Boys
Loran’s Dance: Idris Muhammad
Time Axe Bag Dad: Clubfoot Orchestra
Hour Two: All live Bootlegs
Wooden Ships: Jefferson Airplane (05-07-70)
Sweat Loaf: Butthole Surfers (04-30-86)
Mississippi Goddamn: Nina Simone (live)
Don’t Believe the Hype: Public Enemy (06-27-92)
Rainy Night in Soho: the Pogues (06-15-89)
Guns of Brixton: The Clash (08-17-82)
Running Away->Crazy Baldhead: Bob Marley (04-27-79)
Orange Blossom Special: Johnny Cash (10-02-76)
It was a Bad Scene: Link Wray (09-74-KSAN)
Jailbreak: Thin Lizzy (09-25-80)
Muswell Hillbilly: The Kinks (11-11-72)
May 9, 7pm
CTP is my guest.
Roustabout: Elvis Presley
White Punks on Dope: The Melvins
That’s Life: Frank Sinatra
You Can’t Get Away From Me: Reverend Horton Heat
Goodnight Irene: Gene Autry
Semi-Crazy: Junior Brown
Graveyard Shift: Uncle Tupelo
Reptile: Mono Men
Hell City, Hell: The Supersuckers
Daddy Frank, the Guitar Man: Merle Haggard
No End in Sight: Mudhoney
Motor City is Burning: MC5
Work Song: Nina Simone
Rose And The Thorn: 13th Floor Elevators
I’ve Got You Babe: The Dictators
Interview with CTP
For Goodness Sakes, Just Look at Those Cakes: James Brown
Interview with CTP
Darkest Light: Lafyette Afro-Rock Band
Interview with CTP
Show ’em Whatcha Got: Public Enemy
By The Time I Get To Arizona (Whipped Cream Mix): The Evolution Control Committee
May 9, 5pm
For the past few years Christopher T. Palmer, better known as CTP has been covering the earth with his simple, black-background, quirky-worded buttons. The best thing about these buttons is that most of the sayings were offered to him by friends, which he quickly turned into the feeling you end up wearing on your sleeve…or collar. You get the point. His site, Snarky McFuck Buttons is a must visit.
CTP will be on A Season in Hell, with John Hell (FINALLY) tonight, 8-10PM (PDT), to talk about his art (and it is an art). He has t-shirts now too. Of course he does.
You can find him on Twitter too. @ctpctp
Tune in.
John Hell
May 3, 4pm
If you’re like me, and I know you are, then you love a fine night of stage performance in an intimate setting. Luckily for you San Francisco offers many fine places to indulge in this fetish. You naughty radio listener, you. Anyway, the Mission District has without a doubt, the BEST place to see a stage play, or a bad movie: The Dark Room Theater. Located at 2263 Mission St., between 18th and 19th streets. The Dark Room has been around since 2005, hosting adapted stage performances of classic films such as: The Shining, Caddyshack, Life of Brian, Star Wars, the Ten Commandments (I was the voice of God), many Twilight Zone episodes, original plays like Emperor Norton and Zippy the Pinhead, as well as Sunday nights Bad Movie Night, which features a movie and commentary from three “talented” hosts with mics, but also encourages audience participation. Think MST3K, but way better. They host many sketch comedy groups, as well as stand up comedy too. I love this place. We are so lucky to have The Dark Room in SF.
From their website:
The Dark Room is your one-stop shop for comedy, theater, events, entertainment, rehearsal space and recording studio facilities (both pre- and post-production).
The proprietor of The Dark Room, Jim Fourniadis, will be on my show Monday night, 8-10pm, talking about The Dark Room Theater, as well as his days in the east coast punk band Rats of Unusual Size, where he was the front man and lead guitarist. We’ll play lots of music and talk about lots of great SF underground entertainment history, as well as too many in-jokes you won’t understand. We hope you laugh anyway.
Enjoy it here.
Hour one:
Roustabout: Elvis Presley
Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon: Urge Overkill
I Wanna Be Your Dog: Iggy Pop
Interview with Jim Fourniadis of the Dark Room Theater
Rock and Roll Nursing Home: Iron Prostate
Ford’s Theater Wipeout: Cab City Combo
SOS: Rats of Unusual Size
Muswell Hillbilly: The Kinks
Interview with Jim Fourniadis of the Dark Room Theater
Jim sings: Elvis was a Caveman
Hour Two:
Radar Love: Rats of Unusual Size
Blah, Blah, Blah: Lenny Bruce
T for Texas: Toshio Horano
Interview with Jim Fourniadis of the Dark Room Theater
Coffee Man: Rats of Unusual Size
More Than a Man: Steffanos X
Interview with Jim Fourniadis of the Dark Room Theater
In Heaven There Is No Beer: Polkacide
Twitch: Rats of Unusual Size
Razzles: Rats of Unusual Size
Interview with Jim Fourniadis of the Dark Room Theater
Argh: Rats of Unusual Size
Interview with Jim Fourniadis of the Dark Room Theater
I Ain’t Nothing: CC Ramone and Jim Fourniadis
May 3, 2pm
As many of you are aware, I spent nine glorious years on the air at KFJC; 88-97, as The Reverend Dah Wave. I started there fresh out of high school, at the age of 18, with rough idea of what “eclectic” meant. Actually, at that time, KFJC was known as an “alternative” station. Then Nirvana had to go and get famous, and “alternative” ended up meaning “crap”. By the time I left in 1997, I was very well schooled in the finer points of quality music. I also learned that there was no way in hell I would ever work for a commercial radio station. Radio is an art form, and one to be taken seriously, even when you’re having a goofy time playing Frank Sinatra back to back with Megadeth.
After James Brown died on Christmas, 2006, Spliff Skankin’ of KFJC’s Jah’s Music organized the first James Brown celebration. I jumped at the chance. Now the special happens around his birthday (May 1st). The month of May in KFJC-land is known as Mayhem. It’s a month full of specials. I once hosted a 15 1/2 hour Miles Davis special. I also co-hosted, along with Kevin Odante, and the late-great Spiderman a Curtis Mayfield, Jerry “the Iceman” Butler, and the Impressions special.
All Mayhem long there are some great specials, including a Captain Beefheart special coming up.
Good times.
Today is the fifth annual Doin’ It To Death 24 Hour James Brown Birthday Extravaganza!
I was on 10am-2pm.
You can go here to listen to the entire show. Look for “Doin’ it to Death”. It’s broken up into one hour segments.
Or, you can go here to listen to my four hours.
Hour one
Hour two
Hour three
Hour four
And below is the playlist from my set.
I played this gem from the TAMI show.
| John Hell is Doin’ It To DEATH 10-2pm |
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| Brown, James |
Cold Sweat |
Live in Dallas 08-26-68 |
| Brown, James |
Since You’ve Been Gone |
Funk Power |
| Brown, James |
Think |
Make it Funky |
| Slaughter’s Big R (soundtrack) |
Sexy, Sexy, Sexy |
Slaughter’s Bi…(James Brown) |
| Brown, James |
Summertime |
Mutha’s Nature |
| Brown, James |
Don’t Be a Drop Out |
Ain’t that a Groove |
| Maceo & All the Kings Men |
Funky Women |
Doing Their Own Thing |
| Collins, Bootsy |
Shine-O-Myte |
One Giveth, the |
| Wesley, Fred & The New J.B.’s |
Breakin’ Bread |
Breakin’ Bread |
| Jungle Brothers |
Straight Out the Junglle |
Straight Out the Jungle |
| Ice-T |
Power (LANGUAGE) |
Power |
| Queen Latifah |
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Nature of a Sista |
| Kool Moe Dee |
I Go to Work |
Knowledge Is King |
| Schoolly D |
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Am I Black Enough For You? |
| Beastie Boys |
Hey Ladies |
Paul’s Boutique |
| Brown, James |
That’s Life |
Live at the Apollo, VOL.2 PT.1 |
| Brown, James |
Papa Don’t Take No Mess |
Make it Funky |
| Brown, James |
Get Up->Soul Power->Get Up |
Live in Paris 03/18/71 |
| Brown, James |
Licking Sitck, Licking Stick |
Live in Dallas 08-26-68 |
| Brown, James |
Funky President (People It’s |
Dead on the Heavy Funk 74-76 |
| Brown, James |
Mother Popcorn (Part 1) |
It’s a Mother |
| Brown, James |
Mother Popcorn (Part 2) |
It’s a Mother |
| Brown, James |
Come Rain or Come Shine |
Plays James Brown |
| Brown, James |
It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s Wor |
Live..At the Apollo Vol 2 Pt 2 |
| Brown, James |
Escapism |
Make it Funky |
| Brown, James |
The Payback |
Payback, The |
| Brown, James |
You Mother You |
Sho Is Funky Down Here |
| Lusson, Robert |
Free James Brown |
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| Dupree, Nancy |
James Brown |
Ghetto Reality |
| Brown, James |
For Once In My Life |
JamesBrownJazz |
| Brown, James |
Out of Sight |
TAMI Special |
| Brown, James |
You Can Have Watergate, Just Gimme Some Bucks and I’ll Be St |
Singles 1972-1973, The |
| Brown, James |
Intro->Living in America |
Live SF Hilton Ballroom 10/12/92 |
| Brown, James |
The Spank |
Jam 1980’s |
| Brown, James |
Blind Man Can See It (extended) |
Blind Man Can See It |
| Brown, James |
I Feel Good |
Sex Machine Today |
May 2, 6pm
If you’re like me, and I know you are, then you love a fine night of stage performance in an intimate setting. Luckily for you San Francisco offers many fine places to indulge in this fetish. You naughty radio listener, you. Anyway, the Mission District has without a doubt, the BEST place to see a stage play, or a bad movie: The Dark Room Theater. Located at 2263 Mission St., between 18th and 19th streets. The Dark Room has been around since 2005, hosting adapted stage performances of classic films such as: The Shining, Caddyshack, Life of Brian, Star Wars, the Ten Commandments (I was the voice of God), many Twilight Zone episodes, original plays like Emperor Norton and Zippy the Pinhead, as well as Sunday nights Bad Movie Night, which features a movie and commentary from three “talented” hosts with mics, but also encourages audience participation. Think MST3K, but way better. They host many sketch comedy groups, as well as stand up comedy too. I love this place. We are so lucky to have The Dark Room in SF.
From their website:
The Dark Room is your one-stop shop for comedy, theater, events, entertainment, rehearsal space and recording studio facilities (both pre- and post-production).
The proprietor of The Dark Room, Jim Fourniadis, will be on my show Monday night, 8-10pm, talking about The Dark Room Theater, as well as his days in the east coast punk band Rats of Unusual Size, where he was the front man and lead guitarist. We’ll play lots of music and talk about lots of great SF underground entertainment history, as well as too many in-jokes you won’t understand. We hope you laugh anyway.
Enjoy it here.
Hour one:
Roustabout: Elvis Presley
Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon: Urge Overkill
I Wanna Be Your Dog: Iggy Pop
Interview with Jim Fourniadis of the Dark Room Theater
Rock and Roll Nursing Home: Iron Prostate
Ford’s Theater Wipeout: Cab City Combo
SOS: Rats of Unusual Size
Muswell Hillbilly: The Kinks
Interview with Jim Fourniadis of the Dark Room Theater
Jim sings: Elvis was a Caveman
Hour Two:
Radar Love: Rats of Unusual Size
Blah, Blah, Blah: Lenny Bruce
T for Texas: Toshio Horano
Interview with Jim Fourniadis of the Dark Room Theater
Coffee Man: Rats of Unusual Size
More Than a Man: Steffanos X
Interview with Jim Fourniadis of the Dark Room Theater
In Heaven There Is No Beer: Polkacide
Twitch: Rats of Unusual Size
Razzles: Rats of Unusual Size
Interview with Jim Fourniadis of the Dark Room Theater
Argh: Rats of Unusual Size
Interview with Jim Fourniadis of the Dark Room Theater
I Ain’t Nothing: CC Ramone and Jim Fourniadis
April 27, 9pm
Trademark G and Miss Frilly Pants of Evolution Control Committee, as well as Radio Valencia’s “The Sound of Plaid“, were my very special guests on tonight’s show. We took the full two hours to track their history of mash-ups, as well as feature tracks from their latest release “All Rights Reserved”. If you haven’t heard the ECC, you’re really missing out. Tune in to the podcast (I’ll post it when it’s available) to hear the mash-up greatness.
On tonight’s show the question is answered: what’s the difference between a remix and a mash-up? Tune in.
Here’s the podcast of this historic show.
Roustabout: Elvis Presley
Two Fools: Francine King
Roboto in the Stream: Enrique
Interview with ECC
Listener License Agreement: ECC
What Would You Say If I Sang Autotune: ECC
Interview with ECC
PWN Monkey: ECC
Stairway to Britney: ECC
Interview with ECC
I Want a Cookie: ECC
The Symbol: Unknown
Jesus Carp: Chromelodeon (Live on KXLU)
Interview with ECC
2000 Flushes: Wayne Butane
Don’t Let The Devil Blow Your Mind: ECC
Interview with ECC
Now Ahh Lissen
Convoy Box: DJ Pantshead & The ECC
I Ain’t Gonna Pee Pee My Bed Tonight: The Kelly Family
Interview with ECC
Fock It: ECC
Interview with ECC
Hillbilly Beatboxing: ECC
Interview with ECC
By The Time I Get To Arizona (Whipped Cream Mix): ECC
Nasty Part 2: DJ Pantshead
Interview with ECC
April 25, 6pm
Trademark G and Miss Frilly Pants of Evolution Control Committee, as well as Radio Valencia’s “The Sound of Plaid“, were my very special guests on tonight’s show. We took the full two hours to track their history of mash-ups, as well as feature tracks from their latest release “All Rights Reserved”. If you haven’t heard the ECC, you’re really missing out. Tune in to the podcast (I’ll post it when it’s available) to hear the mash-up greatness.
On tonight’s show the question is answered: what’s the difference between a remix and a mash-up? Tune in.
Here’s the podcast of this historic show.
Roustabout: Elvis Presley
Two Fools: Francine King
Roboto in the Stream: Enrique
Interview with ECC
Listener License Agreement: ECC
What Would You Say If I Sang Autotune: ECC
Interview with ECC
PWN Monkey: ECC
Stairway to Britney: ECC
Interview with ECC
I Want a Cookie: ECC
The Symbol: Unknown
Jesus Carp: Chromelodeon (Live on KXLU)
Interview with ECC
2000 Flushes: Wayne Butane
Don’t Let The Devil Blow Your Mind: ECC
Interview with ECC
Now Ahh Lissen
Convoy Box: DJ Pantshead & The ECC
I Ain’t Gonna Pee Pee My Bed Tonight: The Kelly Family
Interview with ECC
Fock It: ECC
Interview with ECC
Hillbilly Beatboxing: ECC
Interview with ECC
By The Time I Get To Arizona (Whipped Cream Mix): ECC
Nasty Part 2: DJ Pantshead
Interview with ECC
April 24, 1pm
Radio Valencia’s own Trademark G and Miss Frilly Pants of Evolution Control Committee will join yours truly on this Monday’s A Season in Hell, with John Hell. They have a great new mash-up CD release out, “All Rights Reserved“, which we’ll be featuring. We’ll also share some of their fine influences. ECC has a weekly show on Radio Valencia, live Thursday 9-11AM, as well as a repeat Tuesday’s 8-10pm. We’re talking quality “music” here.
Rocked By Rape
April 24, 1pm
We had a 3.2 earthquake in the Bay Area on Monday. I heard it coming before I felt it. Crazy. I was on the 32nd floor of Embarcadero 1 when the 1989 earthquake hit. We were waving to the Bank of America building, and it was waving back. I worked at KRQR (The Rocker) then. It became Alice 97.3FM. Both station pretty much sucked. My quake story is a humorous on though. Perhaps I’ll share it sometime. Not tonight though.
Tonight we ROCK!
Roustabout: Elvis Presley
The Cactus: 3rd Bass
Peace One: John McLaughlin
Concert Outlook
Eight Miles High: Husker Du
Solitude Is Bliss: Tame Impala
Come on Over, Turn Me On: Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan
Dear Fly, Love Spider: The Low Lows
Hot Summer Day: It’s a Beautiful Day
The Runaway: Danny O’Keefe
Time Has Told Me: Nick Drake
Hour Two:
Tommy Gun: The Clash
Why Can’t This Be Love: Gigolo Aunts
The House on the Hill: The Mummies
I Want Candy: Thee Headcoatees
White Punks on Dope: The Tubes
The Terror of Tiny Town: Jello Biafra and The Guantanamo School of Medicine
Fight the Power: Public Enemy
Cadillac: Bo Diddley
Cosmik Debris: Frank Zappa
Why (The King of Love is Dead): Nina Simone
Mountains of the Moon: Grateful Dead (12-20-68)
Long May You Run: CSNY (Live 1974)
