Come and get stranded with me at 12pm PST when I spin more of the platters that matter when we embark on a new audio odyssey on #thestrandedplaylist #podcast!
We’ll be opening with a Kate Bush megamix to celebrate her 63rd birthday she had on Friday, plus some excellent eclectic music curated from all eras and genres for your listening pleasure, we embark on our journey at noon sharp!Listen live @: radiovalencia.fm/listen/
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I cannot express to you the amount of joy I feel when my daughter, Lauson joins me in the studio. She first joined me when she was 7, now she’s getting close to 17, and she’s more lovely, funny, creative, and charismatic than ever. And her taste in music is as exciting as ever. I’m glad she’s still into the Beatles, but the fact that she’s turning me on to great music tells me I’m raising her right!
We kept the banter to a minimum, but the chat is as lively as the music. I tagged her choices with an “L”.
Many people have asked me how she got her name? About 3-4 years before she was conceived, I had a dream where I was sitting in the back seat, passenger side, of my 1984 burgundy Olds Cutless Supreme. There was a seven year old girl in the front passenger seat, turned around looking at me. She had wild curly in the dream. I asked her name, and she said “Lauson. L.A.U.S.O.N.”. She then appeared next to me on my left, with my arm around her. She was smiling at me, and I knew at that moment I was looking at my daughter.
I woke up and looked at my wife (now my ex-wife), and said “we’re going to have a daughter named Lauson, L.A.U.S.O.N.”. She replied “we’re having kids?”. That tells you all you need to know about my ex-wife. A few years later Lauson was born. We chose not to know the sex of the baby before delivery, but I knew it was going to be Lauson. Seven years later, it was that same face, that same curly hair, and that same beautiful smile that I cannot get enough of.
Her mother and I divorced when she was only two, sadly. And for too many years Lauson had to go back and forth between houses. But she has been with me, 100% for the past three. We’re thick as thieves, she and I. I love that girl from the bottom of my heart. And I am so proud of who she is, heading into her senior year of high school. Time certainly does fly by.
Luckily I have every show Lauson has joined me on. You can access each of them by clicking on the links below. Check out the playlists to see how her interests have evolved.
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I saw a meme the other day that made some comment about paying attention to those who are introducing new music into your life. Yes, please do. I also read something a while ago about once you reach the age of 30-something you stick with the music that made the most impact on you, sometime in your teens to 20s. Really? That’s it? Some crappy, lowest-common-denominator non-offensive music that plays over and over on your favorite radio station, or Spotify playlist? What do you do when Spotify tries to suggest something new to you? Do you swipe left…or right? I wouldn’t know;
I don’t have Spotify. Are you shocked by this new found knowledge? Did you think I got all of my musical inspiration from what Spotify suggests to me? I listen to radio. Non-commercial radio to be exact. KFJC, KALX, KPOO, KALW (on the weekends), WFMU, KPFA (especially Wednesdays 8-10pm). And I listen with Shazam close at hand.
There are times I have stopped the car so I can Shazam a track. How much do you love this app? However there are times when it’s stumped. That’s mostly when I’m listening to KFJC, the station that stumps Shazam! HA! That’s when I call them up and ask them what the hell that just was that blew my mind?!?!?!
I don’t think I stumped Shazam tonight, but I gave it the old internet radio try. My buddy Eric came by the house today with his bass and we rocked out to GFY, along with some other Amyl, Stooges, Flat Earthers, Butthole Surfers and Oh Sees tunes. That was super fun. I really need to get loud like that more often. So let’s start with some Amyl and the Sniffers, shall we? There’s also new music from David McMurray, Paul Leary, Angel Bat Dawid, and Kate Vargas. Also, Mudhoney’s 30th anniversary remaster of Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge arrived on Monday, so I threw that in for good measure. Or good fudge.
There’s something for everyone here, even you who still listen to the same music you’ve been listening to since high school. Don’t be afraid. Dive right in. If you don’t like what you hear, just wait 3-7 minutes and check out the next tune.
Enjoy.
jh
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Come and get stranded with me at 12pm PST when I spin more of the platters that matter when we embark on a new audio odyssey on #thestrandedplaylist #podcast!
It’s going to be chock full of eclectic music curated from all eras and genres for your listening pleasure, we embark on our journey at noon sharp! Listen live @: radiovalencia.fm/listen/ OR Listen anytime to this episode when it’s uploaded later today to The Stranded Playlist #podcasts archive page is at: https://www.radiovalencia.fm/podcasts/?show=the%20stranded%20playlist
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I was told by a dear friend that I’m not a bad guy, I’m just not all that good either. HA! I love it! That’s Hell for ya. I’m just pretty good at being pretty bad. And I enjoy laughing at that, and myself, often. I birthed John Hell in August 1994, when I co-founded Radio Free Burning Man. I’m sure I wrote about this somewhere else on this blog. We were all KFJC DJs and I didn’t want to use my airname, Reverend Dah Wave, for the event in the desert. So I needed another moniker.
I had seen the Rowdy Roddy Piper film “Hell Comes to Frogtown“, a post-apocalyptic tale about a guy who survived the devastation and now needs to save all of these extremely hot women (of course), being held in captivity by the Frog King. I love Rowdy Roddy Piper. He was always my favorite wrestler. Pipers Pit was the best part of WWF on Saturday afternoons. And “They Live” will always be a classic. “I’ve come to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I’m all out of bubblegum”. I mean, come on! Anyway, I thought Piper’s name in “Hell Comes To Frogtown” was John Hell. And I thought “Hell YES!”, what an excellent name for RFBM. Ends up his name was Frank Hell. That’s super lame. No. So John Hell it was and it shall remain, even if Discovery Channel decided it was to adult for their precious little cable outlet and changed it to “Helle” for the four hour “Power Tool Drag Races” special. Whatever, I got paid.
Initially I was thinking Hell would be all in your face; especially for Burning Man. I was purposely insulting to the organization, just to keep them honest. Now that John Hell about to turn 27(?!?!?!?!) he’s much more reserved and sly. I like to poke fun in a more political manner, and to myself. Just what you’ve come to know and love. You do love me, don’t you? (crickets)
Also, you get a treat, one of my oldest and greatest friends is about to start a brand new show Wednesday’s 10-midnight (Pacific) on Radio Valencia. His moniker is The Alchemist. The show is a mouthful: Conflux Cornucopia Cerebellum Cocktail Hour! The Alchemist is a walking musical encyclopedia. I know you’re going to dig his show. He took over a couple sets in the second hour of this show. I marked it so you know. You’re welcome.
Enjoy.
jh
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White Man’s Got A God Complex: The Last Poets Chiseler: Crystal Fairy
Rumpumpo: Kate Vargas Gibson Girl: Adam MacKintosh Working For A Dead Man: Eric McFadden
I Will Miss the Jasmine: Shannon and the Clams Interstellar Overdrive: Pink Floyd
Science of Suave: The Scientists Let There Be Dark: Dark Carnival
Black Family: Angel Bat Dawid and Tha Brothahood ***The Alchemist Set*** I Am A Husk: The Mercury Tree Seven Ways Til Sunday: T.R.A.M.
Electric Landlady: Person Amazonia: Gojira
Heavy Like A Witch: All Them Witches Cheating the Polygraph: Porcupine Tree Atheists Have Songs Too: Rykarda Parasol
***John Hell takes back the reigns*** He Keeps You: Boscoe Create the Visitor: Negativland
The Ceiling: Oh Sees
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Almost time to get stranded in another audio odyssey at 12pm PST when I spin more of the platters that matter when we embark on today’s new journey on #thestrandedplaylist! As per, it’s going to be chock full of eclectic music curated from all eras and genres for your listening pleasure, we embark on our journey at noon sharp!
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Come and get stranded with me again at 12pm PST when I spin more of the platters that matter when we embark on today’s new audio odyssey on #thestrandedplaylist
It’s going to be chock full of eclectic music curated from all eras and genres for your listening pleasure, we embark on our journey LIVE at noon sharp with an interstellar travelogue!
This was a “regular” episode of the Catastrophe, in that we mainly focused on music, and decided to skip the topical content this week. Malderor does have a sort of odd commonality amongst his musical selections, as most of them feature breathy male vocalists in the Mark Hollis/Steve Winwood/John Martyn vein, but that’s not really a “theme” exactly. Whatever, there is good music this week, so check it out!
2:03pm: Oh Oh Yeah by Morcheeba
2:15pm: Lebanese Blonde by Thievery Corporation
2:19pm: It’s My Life (Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival) by Talk Talk
2:27pm: My Ever Changing Moods (Live) by The Style Council
2:31pm: What’s Going On (Live On Jools Holland) by Paul Weller
2:43pm: Space by Pool Clvb
2:46pm: High by the Beach by Lana del Ray
2:51pm: Royals by Lorde
2:54pm: Floating by Klur
2:59pm: Big Muff by John Martyn
3:06pm: Can’t Find My Way Home (Live) by Steve Winwood
3:11pm: 1952 Vincent Black Lightning by Richard Thompson
3:21pm: Mango by Kamaau feat. Adeline Instant Crush
3:27pm: Instant Crush by Daft Punk (feat. Julian Casablancas)
3:31pm: Wildfires by SAULT
3:39pm: Yes (Live On Jools Holland) by McAlmont & Butler
