January 10, 7pm
“A Whole lot of sweet love goin’ on here at Radio Valencia” – Eric McFadden
Local guitar slinger Eric McFadden joined me in the studio tonight to talk about music, his interests, and play some of his latest music.
Hour one:
Roustabout: Elvis Presley
Bridge over the Bay: Eric McFadden, Rick Younglove, Dustin Welch (false start)
Interview with Eric McFadden
Bridge over the Bay: Eric McFadden, Rick Younglove, Dustin Welch
Straight to Patti: Liar
Fuck Me, Kill Me: Angry Babies
Want Me Too: EMT
Medicine: Crack Daniels
Interview with Eric McFadden
Jockey Full of Bourbon: EMT
Interview with Eric McFadden
Babydoll: EMT with Robin Coomer
Last Day of my Life: Eric McFadden
Hour two:
Tick Tock: Eric McFadden and Wally Ingram with Les Claypool and Nels Cline
Hobo Love: Rube Waddell
What’s in my Head: Eric McFadden
The Ossuary: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Interview with Eric McFadden
Delicate Thing: EMT
Make yourself at home: Alien Lovestock
For Those Who Should Die: Liar
Interview with Eric McFadden
Devil Moon: Eric McFadden
Train to Salvation: Eric McFadden
Interview with Eric McFadden
Blight: Eric McFadden
January 7, 11pm
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January 3, 7pm
Ragi da Lawyer has graced us with his presence once again. As usual, the goal is to take your calls, on the air, LIVE, telling Ragi your legal troubles. Being a real, live, actual lawyer, Ragi will proceed to give you his best advice. Ragi does this attempting to condense all the phone calls he gets throughout the week, from his friends in search of free legal advice, into one two-hour radio program, where instead of giving each friend 15 minutes of his time for free, he can get it all out in a matter of minutes. We figure he can make it through 10 phones on the radio in one hour. Will he do it? You’ll have to tune in to find out.
Better yet, call us. It don’t cost nothin’. 415-875-9051
Hour one:
Roustabout: Elvis Presley
Ashes to Ashes: Warpaint
Solitude Is Bliss: Tame Impala
Ragi da Laywer on the air!
Bugalu: Garotas Suecas
Night Jogger: Those Darlins
I Hate The 80’s: The Vaselines
Hour two:
Ragi da Laywer takes your calls.
Pass The Peas: The Meters with the JB Horns (12/91)
Ragi da Laywer takes one more call.
Jailbreak: Thin Lizzy (09-25-80)
December 27, 7pm
I missed my show last week, because I was up in the snow. A lot of snow too. I didn’t move my car for two full days, and it had about three feet of snow covering it when I left. Lots of snow. Went sledding too, with the little one.
Anyway, I thought a great way to make up for my absence would be to do a three hour Best of… show. So I did a five hour show. Feast from FCCFreeRadio came over for a little while, as did KROB. We played a lot of fine 2010 music in the first two hours, before jumping to some great live shows from 2010. The last two hours included some fine ditties I picked up this year; all of them live. The show ends with two amazing live cuts: Zeppelin and the Dead.
As always these shows are available to download. Just click on the “hour” links.
If you haven’t checked out Radio Valencia yet, what are you waiting for? Really, if you’re anything like me, then you get tired of your own music collection and need some serious inspiration. Radio Valencia is the cure to this ill. It’s a great radio station. Tune in between 4 and midnight, and you’re sure to hear something you’ve NEVER heard before. Some you’ll dislike, much you’ll LOVE!!!
Hour One:
Roustabout: Elvis Presley
40 Day Dream: Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Truth: Alexander (of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros)
Out of the Blue: Julian Casablancas
Fuck You: Cee-Lo Green
Lost Daughter: The Dry Spells
SNS Radio Smacks Down for Homeless Relief
Bugs Bunny PSA against drugs
Beat The Devil’s Tattoo: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
A Minor Altercation: Nice Face
Jail La La: Dum Dum Girls
Frost Hammer: High On Fire
Pig House: The Melvins
Hour Two:
Feast Comes By
Hate Worldwide: Slayer
Immigraniada: Gogol Bordello
Rain: BxI
Skit I Allt: Dungen
Detroit: The Bright Light Social Hour
Still Alive: Three Mile Pilot
Post Acid: Wavves
Caesar: Ty Segall
Mama’s Mad Cos I Fried My Brain: TURBO FRUITS
Hour Three:
Come on over, Turn me on: Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan (09-15-10)
Acid Tongue: Jenny and Johnny (12-10-10)
Hate the Police: Mudhoney (09-03-10)
Search and Destroy (09-03-10)
Fortune Has Its Cookies To Give Out: Tom Waits (10-02-10)
Done Got Old: Heartless Bastards (05-04-10)
Blue Christmas: Elvis Presley (07-05-76)
Car Thief: Beastie Boys (Paul’s Boutique Demos)
Powderfinger: Beat Farmers (12-07-85)
Dancin’ Fool: Frank Zappa (09-21-78)
Marie, Marie: Dave Alvin (02-18-05)
Hour Four:
Hurdy Gurdy Man: Butthole Surfers (09-21-85)
Beat on the Brat: The Ramones (07-20-82)
The Continental: SNL with phone calls and KROB
Straight to Hell: The Clash (08-17-82)
High Roller: Cheap Trick (03-28-97)
Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Truth: Minutemen (05-12-84)
Polk Salad Annie: Meat Puppets (09-21-84)
Hour Five:
Toys Go Winding Down > Pudding Time: Primus (11-17-93)
Fat Bottom Girls: Queen (03-01-79)
Dirty Boots: Sonic Youth (08-17-90)
Cortez the Killer: Neil Young (02-07-84)
The Rover Introduction / Sick Again: Led Zeppelin (05-26-77)
Eyes of the World: Grateful Dead (03-19-73)
December 13, 8pm
Loop! Station’s Robin Coomer is in the studio tonight talking about her love for the holidaze. People called in.
Hour one:
Roustabout: Elvis Presley
Mah Na Mah Na: Piero Umilliani
Some Velvet Morning: Ugly Stick
Shit for Christmas: The Whiskey Avengers
Henry and Glenn Forever X-Mas Special
Blow Me (A Kiss): Crosstops
You’re A Mean One, Mr, Grinch: Lloydspocket
Taking calls with Robin.
The Twelve Steps of Christmas: Snot Roquemore
Frosty the Dope Man: Mac Zydiak
Dr. Hal calls in.
Hour two:
I Saw Hanukkah Harry Beat Up Santa: Hal Singer
Electric Alice: Grinderman
Baby’s Insane: Diamanda Galas
Broken Hearts are for Assholes: Frank Zappa
Portland, Oregon: Loretta Lynn with Jack White
Holiday phone call
Can it all be so Simple: Wu Tang Clan
Johnny Hit and Run Pauline: X
Into the Fade: Queens of the Stoneage
I Swallowed a Dragonfly: Heartless Bastards
You Gonna Get Yours: Public Enemy
Sexbomb (With Mousse T.): Tom Jones
December 6, 5pm
Hour One:
Rock Fight: Cheech and Chong
Ralphael of Hoodzkates flips the bottle cap and Ron wins the toss. He chooses to allow me to go first. Ron will go first in the third hour.
TNT: AC/DC (12-09-79) JH
I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide: ZZ Top (80) RD
-A tossup as to who won the first round. Both were stellar.
Space Station #5: Montrose (12-26-74) JH
Skin and Bone: Gamma (07-13-80) RD
-I have to give this one to Ron. My track had a lame synth solo. Synth solos always suck. Always.
Strutter: Kiss (09-03-76) JH
Take Me: Kiss (04-04-77) RD
Big Sky/Baddest of the Bad: Reverend Horton Heat (06-09-06) JH
-He tried to beat me with another Kiss track. That was lame. My Horton Heat track was amazing. I win.
Everyday is Halloween: Ministry (10-04-86) RD
Hour two: Think Locally Fuck Globally: Gogol Bordello (11-13-07) JH
-Ministry is for losers. Gogol Bordello will make a dead man dance. Mine all the way.
War Pigs: Hayseed Dixie (05-10-06) RD
Tenacious D: Fuck Her Gently (02-21-02) JH
-Both were fabulous tracks. I call this round even.
I’m losing you: The Faces (09-30-71) RD
Kick out the Jams: MC5 (01-01-70) JH
-This one was totally mine. Though The Faces are a great group, and this track is a good one, a live version with a five minute drum solo is as poor as a synth solo. Did he learn nothing from my earlier gaff? Also, MC5 kicks ass! I win.
*Intermission* (Led Zeppelin set) Ron and I decided to call a truce for the Zep set. My two choices kicked serious ass. Listen to how awesome and crisp the “Thank You” is. Ron’s choice was great, but he clicked something on his computer in the middle of the track and cut it off. tee hee.
In My Time of Dying: Led Zeppelin (06-07-77) JH
Black Dog/Heartbreaker (03-12-75) DJ Error Ron
Thank You (01-22-73) JH
Hour three:
Outa Space: Billy Preston (1973) RD
For Once in My Life: Stevie Wonder (03-04-73) JH
Superstition: Stevie Wonder (06-27-10) RD
-I have to give this one to Ron. Though my Stevie Wonder beat out his amazing Billy Preston, his Stevie Wonder was truly magical.
We took a break from the fight to welcome a few guests into the studio, including local bartender, silkscreen artist and musician Scott Johnson
Home Invasion: Burnt House (Scott Johnson’s band)
Call my home: Times Infinity (Scott’s other band)
And then along came Eric. Eric McFadden and Super D showed up to the Radio Valencia studios to witness the Rock Fight first hand. Eric has been in the studio lately, and he talked about it. I threw him a guitar and he proceeded to entertain the in-house audience and the listeners alike. Since I threw his the guitar I will be taking the credit and the round. I win.
Eric McFadden interview
Working for a Dead Man: Eric McFadden Trio (07-04-08) JH
Live Eric McFadden in the studio – JH
-Meaning that he was actually live in the studio.
Hour four:
Jockey Full of Bourbon: Eric McFadden JH
Sheer Heart Attack: Queen (02-28-79) JH
-By this time Ron was too drunk to choose anything to play. Therefore I destroyed him in this mostly punk set.
One Too Many: Times Infinity (Scott’s other band)
Police and Thieves: The Clash (08-17-82) JH
Beat on the Brat: The Ramones (07-20-82) JH
Ice 9: Joe Satriani (DJ Error) RD
Private Hell: Husker Du (07-24-81) JH
Controversy: Prince (2010) RD
Sex Machine: James Brown (06-16-78) JH
Sign O’ The Times: Prince (02-14-04) RD
-Ron would have won that round if he hadn’t chosen another Prince song to follow my amazing James Brown choice. You don’t follow James Brown with another Prince tune. You hit me back with Sly and the Family Stone, or P-Funk. What were you thinking? Obviously nothing at all.
Tom Jones Medley: Pleasure Barons (03-93) JH
Live Eric McFadden in the studio
I seriously kicked Ron’s ass again. He really shouldn’t get so hammered during the show. By hour three Ron couldn’t even see his computer screen.
Six rounds for John Hell to Ron’s two. Two rounds were even.
John Hell wins by a knockout!
Rock Fight 6 will be June 2011.
For links to previous Rock Fights look here:
Rock Fight 1
Rock Fight 2
Rock Fight 3
Rock Fight 4
November 29, 7pm
We started off the show with a ten minute phone update from investigative journalist and Haitian expert Kevin Pina. Kevin updated us on the cholera epidemic and the national election troubles.
Also, my friend Rick Washburn came by to take pics of the station and yours truly. You can see his pics here.
Hour One:
Roustabout: Elvis Presley
Detroit: The Bright Light Social Hour
Interview with Kevin Pina
It’s Alright: Junip
Mighty: Lord Huron
Girlfriend: Ty Segall
I Want To Drive The Zamboni: The Zamboni’s
The Good Things: Summer Twins
Time will Tell Me: Nick Drake
Su Derenin Sulari: Husnu Ozkartal Orkestrasi
Respect: Kukumbas
Hour two:
Streams Of Whiskey: The Pogues (06-15-89)
Joset of Nazareth’s Blues: Titus Andronicus (09-19-08)
I’ll Take New York: Tom Waits (Frank’s Wild Years demos)
Jam->Dark Star->Jam->Morning Dew: Grateful Dead (10-18-74)
November 22, 7pm
Back on the A Season in Hell airwaves, Ragi da Lawyer, dismantling the legal system one nail at a time, takes your calls and offers FREE legal advice. Ragi is tired of taking phone calls from so many of his friends wanting free advice, so he takes it to the radio and offers it up for one hour. If you don’t get through it’s your own damn fault. Or mine. I may have just not wanted to answer the phone. Perhaps I have better questions than you do.
Click on the “hour” links to check out the show.
Enjoy.
jh
Hour one:
Roustabout: Elvis Presley
KSSD HM: Headless Horseman
Cat Burglar: Boxer The Horse
Ragi da Lawyer
Stay Lit: Holy Fuck
Yulia: Wolf Parade
Ragi da Lawyer
Hour two:
Big Rock Candy Mountain: The Beat Farmers (12-07-85)
Happy Boy: The Beat Farmers (12-07-85)
She Caught The Katy: Taj Mahal (05-23-71)
I Was Made To Love Her: Stevie Wonder (03-04-73)
Respect: Aretha Franklin (06-12-71)
Ragi da Lawyer
Polk Salad Annie: Elvis Presley (02-23-71)
Rock Candy: Montrose (12-26-74)
Playing in the Band: Grateful Dead (11-18-72) 25 minutes of intensity!!!
November 15, 7pm
The weather is unseasonably warm. 82 in SF today. Love it. Saucy and I went on a motorcycle ride on my new-to-me 81 Suzuki GS 1000 yesterday. We took a ride around the Marin Headlands. An absolutely gorgeous weekend.
Now for some music. Enjoy.
To hear the show, click on the link below.
Hour One:
Roustabout: Elvis Presley
Get High Babe: John Wesley Coleman III
Mama’s Mad Cos I Fried My Brain: TURBO FRUITS
Rejected: Scott & Charlene’s Wedding
Is it Because I’m Black: Syl Johnson
Concert Outlook: music by Muhal Richard Abrams
Three: Conspiracy Of Owls
Vibrates: Jason Ajemian and the Highlife
The Future: Tweak Bird
Over the Falls: Maston
He Miss Road: Fela Kuti
Gbomei Adesai: The Psychedelic Aliens
Like a Chicken: Witch
Click the link below to hear hour two.
Hour Two:
Gimme Shock Treatment: The Ramones (1-31-78)
Frizzle Fry: Primus (11-17-93)
Step Right Up: Tom Waits (07-26-79)
Victoria: The Kinks (11-11-72)
Man on the Silver Mountain: Dio (11-30-84)
California Uber Alles: Dead Kennedy’s (10-15-80)
Guns of Brixton: The Clash (08-17-82)
Waiting for the Man->Boy Crazy: The Tubes (04-23-76)
Sugaree: Grateful Dead (05-11-77)
November 8, 8pm
It would appear that Radio Valencia is finally on the FM at 87.9FM in SF. We had a great launch party last weekend. Thanks to everyone who came out. Thanks especially to Gaucho who played a magnificent set, as well as Benjamin Wachs and Dr. Fiasco for some brilliant solo work. Pics soon to the Radio Valencia Facebook page.
The theme tonight is Sexyyyyyy…..
Here’s the link to the stream of tonight’s show.
Hour One:
Roustabout: Elvis Presley
Mama’s Mad Cos I Fried My Brain: TURBO FRUITS
Too Safe: PUJOL
The Years: State Champion
Den Of Thievs II: The Vivids
The Smoke: Home Video
Foolish: Ra Ra Riot
Sexy set:
If I’m in Love I Just Might Get Picked Up: Betty Davis
Babydoll: Eric McFadden Trio with Robin Coomer
Dragonfly: My Brightest Diamond
Lilac Wine: Jeff Buckley
Hour Two:
Misty Mountain Top: Led Zeppelin (01-07-73)
The Inflated Tear: ROLAND KIRK QUARTET (10-14-67)
Heart of the Sunrise: Yes (08-25-02)
News
Tom Violence: Sonic Youth (08-17-90)
I’ll Drown In My Own Tears / When Something Is Wrong With My Baby/ I’ve Been Loving You Too Long / I’ll Drown In My Own Tears: Joe Cocker Mad Dogs and Englishmen (04-26-70)
Estimated Prophet -> Eyes of the World (05-15-77)
