Download the Audio Lesson HERE! Listen into all my shows here! Another Monday, another chance for me to share some great music with you all. I started in radio in the Fall of 1988, when I was at the College of San Mateo and took radio classes, so I could be at KCSM, Jazz-91 on the campus. I was also working at […]

Download the Aural Gratitude HERE! Listen into all my shows here! Serving up some hot platters for your brain matter. Seriously though, there are some good eats for your ears on this here show. Give it spin…or a stream. You can download it to go! Who knows, maybe you’re listening to this show in the distant future, floating through space, far from our […]

Download the Epic Letdown HERE! Listen into all my shows here! I just bet I can multitask with the best of them. And when I say I can multitask, what I mean is I can’t. And neither can you. Really, you can’t, so stop putting on your resume as a skill. I was training a new DJ on Monday […]

Download the Daddy/Daughter Slug Fest HERE! Listen into all my shows here! 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 […]

Download the Stump Speech HERE! Listen into all my shows here! 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 […]

Download the Juju HERE! Listen into all my shows here! 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 …]

Download the Facts HERE! Listen into all my shows here! I’m really feeling this new studio of ours. It’s like I’ve grown wings! I’m giddy, I tell ya! GIDDY! Another diverse show, full of multiple genres that might just give you whiplash. But it’s the kind of pain that you like. You like pain, right? Joni Mitchell released “Blue” 50 years ago, […]

Download the Hunger HERE! Listen into all my shows here! The illist villain to strike to turntable crew is coming straight at you once again, for your face, and your earholes. Better get ready, better get set, ’cause you thought you saw something, YET, Hell is in the hizzzhouse!!! OK, I got that out of my system. Thanks. Another Monday back in […]

Download the Rebirth HERE! Listen into all my shows here! 532 days. That’s how long it had been since I had the pleasure of broadcasting from a radio studio. That finally came to an end Monday night as I entered the new home of Radio Valencia, now a storefront location deep in the heart of the Mission District of San Francisco. …]

Download the Disrespect HERE! Listen into all my shows here! It’s Memorial Day, so I’m going to honor the troops (of whom I have many as friends and former students) by sticking it to the man! I’m a strong believer in a strong defense. But I am not much for spreading Democracy around the world. I think we ought to practice what […]