You know I start this show out talking about why I do what I do. This is all about taking two hours and paining an aural picture for your mind. Spotify can't do that. Commercial radio stations won't do that. They can't risk losing their sponsors. Spotify has no soul. Commercial radio exists to steal your soul and your time. And how insulting are they?

ever be able to guess what I'm going to play on my show. Yes, there are a handful of artists who I have been known to play more often than others.

I was all over the place on this show. Experimental, garage-punk, Americana, Bluegrass, free-Jazz, Soul-Jazz, both American and British Punk, a tribute to Jeff Beck, British Rock, Greek Psych-Groove, Neo-Psych and Gospel. I ask you, where else are you going to hear this? Radio Valencia needs to be bookmarked on your browser and you must get the app!

I can't wait until next week.

Enjoy and please share.

jh

Ge Rouge: Crash Worship
Diddy Wah: Ty Segall Band

The Red, The White, and The Blue: Peter Rowan
Dooley's Farm: Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway

Nisaba in the Grass: Luna
Focus on Sanity: John Coltrane and Don Cherry

Driva Man: Max Roach
Inner City Blues: Grover Washington Jr.

Playing in the Band: Bob Weir
Jubilee Street: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Media Control: The Nuns
Bourgeois Town: The Fall
Fast Cars: Buzzcocks

Freeway Jam: Jeff Beck
I'm Ready: Humble Pie
Show Me The Way: Dinosaur Jr.

Tatli Dile Guler Yuze: Altin Gun
Death's Not Your Friend: Wooden Shjips

In That Great Getting Up In The Morning: The New Gospel Keys

Well, here's a show I knew I would have to host eventually. I just didn't think it was going to be so soon. My dear father, Harvey Rosenberg passed away on Monday, December 26, 2022, after over ten years surviving Parkinson's Disease. I was lucky to have spent a few days with him just before he passed. It was unexpected. He had been fairly stable and mobile just a few days before he passed on. Then something happened, that we're hoping to find out, and he took a serious turn for the worse; he never recovered.

To say I'm going to miss him is a massive understatement.

I have spoken about my dad on this show numerous times over the years. There were a lot of dad-isms I have imparted to you, my kids and my students. So many great words to live by. Here are a few:

There's no reward without risk.
Always check the oil.
Pay your taxes.

And then there were the cars. My dad owned a lot of cars. It was his hobby: buy a car, fix it up, sell it. I think if he wasn't a watchmaker and in the jewelry business, he would have been a mechanic and race car driver. He must have owned at lease one Chevy model from 49 - 68, including four Corvettes: '60, '64, '66, and '68. I was lucky to be alive to enjoy the '66 and '68. I even snuck the '66 out a few time. Sorry dad.

Anyone who knew my dad liked him. He was a great guy. He never judged anyone, and never spoke ill of anyone. If I needed advice, he would never tell me what to do, only what he would do. I lived with him through high school, after my parent's divorced. They gave me the choice, and it was the best choice to make for a young 13 year old boy, hungry for male energy only a dad can offer. I will always cherish our hours-long evening conversations about life. He was a great listener and a good storyteller. I'll miss those talks. They helped form who I am today.

My love of music started with my dad. I don't think he was as interested in music as I came to be, but he was the first to play me music that wasn't on the pop radio stations. He enjoyed Chicago-style electric blues, bebop-era Jazz, 50s and 60s R&B and Rock & Roll. Chuck Berry, John Lee Hooker, and the Blues Brothers were always favorites. I feel like he handed me the baton and I kept it going.

Dad took me to some fun concerts in the 80s: Bruce Springsteen (Born in the USA Tour), Bob Seger, Robert Plant, and the Doobie Brothers. I loved seeing music with him. He turned me onto great films too. The Godfather was our mutual favorite. We also loved Mel Brooks films, Abbott and Costello, and the Marx Brothers. So much of my humor is because of these films. Dad started me young. I am forever grateful.

I was honored to host a tribute to him on Monday night. The music I chose is music he would have loved. I tell a bunch of stories about him, and was happy to have my sisters Julie and Tracy keeping me honest with the live fact checking, via text. Thanks to my step-sister Dayna (for whom I've known since she was five and consider her my sister) and her loving husband John for being in the studio with me. A huge thanks to my wonderful daughter, Lauson for being with me as well. It was so special to share this night with them and with everyone who tuned in.

I don't believe in an afterlife, or religion, or any of that, so I can't tell you where dad is, or if he heard the show. I'm hoping if there is something that comes after this, then he's living it up. I don't want dad to rest in peace, because he wouldn't want that either. I want him having fun, racing cars with his friends, watching a great football game, eating the juiciest steakand hanging out with the people that mean the most to him. I hosted this show in his memory, so those who are alive can feel the love that we felt for such a wonderful person.

I love you dad.

Your son.

Intro - Hey Bartender: Blues Brothers
Blazing Saddles Trailer
Mack The Knife: Louis Armstrong

Manish Boy: Muddy Waters
Shaving Cream: Benny Bell
Marx Brothers' Duck Soup Trailer
The Runaway: Danny O'Keefe

Birthday: The Beatles
It's Hard To Be Humble: Mac Davis
Who's On First: Abbott and Costello

Bony Maronie: Larry Williams
Little Red Hen: Taj Mahal
The Godfather Trailer
Theme from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Ennio Morricone

My Sick Mind: The Roaches
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey: Paul McCartney

My Ding-A-Ling: Chuck Berry
Roll Over Beethoven: Rolling Stones

Boom Boom: John Lee Hooker
What A Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong

New year, new, show, new chance to make this even better for you. Have you ever thought about time travel? What do you think about? Where would you go? Why? Who would you want to see? Is this a kill Hitler kind of thing, or more of a see your favorite band before they made it big?

Maybe you just want to see some relatives in their prime? Holiday dinner with the folks? I haven't had dinner with my folks since May of 1984, before they separated when I was 13, two weeks after my very embarrassing bar mitzvah. It's possible we all dined together once or twice following then, but I don't recall. I'm not sad about it. I grew up living with my dad through high school, and it was really quite fabulous. I had no leash. San Francisco in the 80s was a lot of fun when you're a teen with no leash. Thanks dad.

My dad, Harvey Rosenberg, passed away last week at the age of 81, from Parkinson's Disease. He was such a great guy. Monday, January 9th, I'm going to host a two hour tribute to the man who brought music into my life. I wouldn't be who I am today without my father. I'll tell you all about him on Monday night. Tune in, it'll be worth it.

There was lots of rain this week so there's a lot of rain song mixed in tonight, along with a bunch of my faves from 2022. I have a lot of anniversary and remaster releases I threw in as well.

Enjoy and please share.

jh

Cold, Rain and Snow: Grateful Dead (February 3, 1978)
Stormy Monday: Allman Brothers Band (January 30, 1971)

I Think It's Going To Rain Today: Nina Simone
Buckets of Rain: Bob Dylan

1983 (A Merman I Should Turn To Be): Jimi Hendrix
Illegal Smile: John Prine

Rainy Night House: Joni Mitchell
Emotional Weather Report: Tom Waits
Wild Child (Demo): Lou Reed

Maison Silk Road: Kikagaku Moyo
Do Not Expose to the Burning Sun: Helms Alee
Death Train: The Bobby Lees

Know Your Rights: The Clash
Cornbread, Peas, Black Molasses: Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder
Madman Across the Water (Demo with Mick Ronson): Elton John

The Supermen (Bowie and Ronson for BBC 1971): David Bowie
Driva'man: Max Roach with Abbey Lincoln
She Said, She Said (John's Demo): The Beatles
Rain (Mono Remaster): The Beatles

What A Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong

***This is part two, 10pm - Midnight

Well, that was one Hell of a great night. And way too fast. Monday night I celebrated my 500th show on Radio Valencia. I've been doing weekly radio shows, with little interruption, since the fall of 1990. In the early days I taped a lot of my shows on cassette. And most of those were only the air breaks so I could go back and critique myself, hoping to learn how to improve my delivery.

Some of these early shows are so embarrassing that I can't be in the same room with the cassette!

Many of those old shows also have some excellent music mixes in there. Maybe I need to cringe a little bit and give them a listen?

I produced my 500th show in radio many many years ago, but hosting my 500th on the station I started gives a really warm feel to everything. We flipped the switch on Radio Valencia in August of 2010. I started hosting Mondays 8-10PM right away; a slot I held at three previous stations: San Francisco Liberation Radio (2000 - 2003), Pirate Cat (2005 - 2007) and FCCFree Radio (2007 - 2009). I've hosted a few specials while at RV that I never numbered, so I'm guessing I'm closer to 520, but who's counting?


On this special night I put the word out to staff and friends to come hang out. Big thanks to Radio Valencia staffers Darcy, Johnny and Edwin from Skeevy Sideshow, Wednedsays 6-10pm; Doug and Emily from Beyond All Limits, who were kind enough to yield their Monday 10-midnight slot so I could host four hours on this night. Darren from Bo's Veranda (Mondays 4-6pm) also came and hung out. Friends of RV also brought the love, including my dear friends Yas, John Law (SF Cacaphony Society, Billboard Liberation Front, ex-Suicide Club), musician Robin Coomer and her dear mate Matt "The Cleaner"!

The music was a mix of favorites from 2022 and others that are currently rolling through my brain. See the playlist below.

What do I have planned for the next 500 shows? I have zero clue what I have planned for #501 let alone #1000. Tune in Mondays 8-10PM Pacific and hear for yourself.


Enjoy and please share this treat.

jh

Hell's Kitchen Radio with John Hell
Mondays 8-10PM
Radio Valencia in SF
https://radiovalencia.fm

I Heard it on the X: Olivelawn
Loren's Dance: Idris Muhammad

Channel Zero: Public Enemy
They Threw Me Out Of Church: Wesley Willis

Concrete Jungle: The Specials
The Biggest Blow: Sex Pistols with Ronnie Biggs
Looking For A Kiss: New York Dolls
White Riot: The Clash
Money (That's What I Want): The Flying Lizards

The Payback Mix: James Brown
Fairies Wear Boots: Brown Sabbath

Paranoid: Jazz Sabbath
Undertaker: Mark Growden

Redless: Othered
Hall of the Oyster King: Glitter Wizard
Attractive Target: Negativland

O Tannenbaum/Hava Nagilla: Phat Man Dee
Merry Christmas From The Family: Robert Earl Keen Jr.
A Christmas Song: Jethro Tull
Golden Frames: Shannon Shaw

Greta Van Fake: The Bobby Lees
You Better Have A Gun: Fantastic Negrito
Phantoms: Czarface and MF Doom
Portland, Oregon: Loretta Lynn

The Dripping Tap: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Tommy in Seven Minutes: Vital on 45

Night Goat: Melvins
Plastic Plant: Thee Oh Sees
Cardboard Pile: Kikagaku Moyo

I'm Waiting For The Man: Lou Reed
Quicksand (2021 Early Mix): David Bowie
Telephone Call From Istanbul: Tom Waits

Free: Ty Segall
Bee Karma: WAND
Vera (2022): Roger Waters

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere: Neil Young and the Promise Real
I Bid You Goodnight: Joseph Spence & The Pinder Family

Well, that was one Hell of a great night. And way too fast. Monday night I celebrated my 500th show on Radio Valencia. I've been doing weekly radio shows, with little interruption, since the fall of 1990. In the early days I taped a lot of my shows on cassette. And most of those were only the air breaks so I could go back and critique myself, hoping to learn how to improve my delivery.

Some of these early shows are so embarrassing that I can't be in the same room with the cassette!

Many of those old shows also have some excellent music mixes in there. Maybe I need to cringe a little bit and give them a listen?

I produced my 500th show in radio many many years ago, but hosting my 500th on the station I started gives a really warm feel to everything. We flipped the switch on Radio Valencia in August of 2010. I started hosting Mondays 8-10PM right away; a slot I held at three previous stations: San Francisco Liberation Radio (2000 - 2003), Pirate Cat (2005 - 2007) and FCCFree Radio (2007 - 2009). I've hosted a few specials while at RV that I never numbered, so I'm guessing I'm closer to 520, but who's counting?

On this special night I put the word out to staff and friends to come hang out. Big thanks to Radio Valencia staffers Darcy, Johnny and Edwin from Skeevy Sideshow, Wednedsays 6-10pm; Doug and Emily from Beyond All Limits, who were kind enough to yield their Monday 10-midnight slot so I could host four hours on this night. Darren from Bo's Veranda (Mondays 4-6pm) also came and hung out. Friends of RV also brought the love, including my dear friends Yas, John Law (SF Cacaphony Society, Billboard Liberation Front, ex-Suicide Club), musician Robin Coomer and her dear mate Matt "The Cleaner"!

The music was a mix of favorites from 2022 and others that are currently rolling through my brain. See the playlist below.

What do I have planned for the next 500 shows? I have zero clue what I have planned for #501 let alone #1000. Tune in Mondays 8-10PM Pacific and hear for yourself.

Enjoy and please share this treat.

jh

I Heard it on the X: Olivelawn
Loren's Dance: Idris Muhammad

Channel Zero: Public Enemy
They Threw Me Out Of Church: Wesley Willis

Concrete Jungle: The Specials
The Biggest Blow: Sex Pistols with Ronnie Biggs
Looking For A Kiss: New York Dolls
White Riot: The Clash
Money (That's What I Want): The Flying Lizards

The Payback Mix: James Brown
Fairies Wear Boots: Brown Sabbath

Paranoid: Jazz Sabbath
Undertaker: Mark Growden

Redless: Othered
Hall of the Oyster King: Glitter Wizard
Attractive Target: Negativland

O Tannenbaum/Hava Nagilla: Phat Man Dee
Merry Christmas From The Family: Robert Earl Keen Jr.
A Christmas Song: Jethro Tull
Golden Frames: Shannon Shaw

Greta Van Fake: The Bobby Lees
You Better Have A Gun: Fantastic Negrito
Phantoms: Czarface and MF Doom
Portland, Oregon: Loretta Lynn

The Dripping Tap: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Tommy in Seven Minutes: Vital on 45

Night Goat: Melvins
Plastic Plant: Thee Oh Sees
Cardboard Pile: Kikagaku Moyo

I'm Waiting For The Man: Lou Reed
Quicksand (2021 Early Mix): David Bowie
Telephone Call From Istanbul: Tom Waits

Free: Ty Segall
Bee Karma: WAND
Vera (2022): Roger Waters

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere: Neil Young and the Promise Real
I Bid You Goodnight: Joseph Spence & The Pinder Family

I enjoy shopping in my own record store. Or in this case, my music library at home. Before we got priced out of SF, I had a really nice music room where I had my record shelves, along with the 12 CD shelves, each 12 feet long, that I built on my own to house my ever growing bootleg collection, along with the obvious officially released material. Oh wow, I used to love being down there pulling out music, kicking back and getting excited about what I was going to play on my next show.

And then we had to move.

Now, I really do enjoy living in Berkeley. Say what you will, but I'm no Berkeley snob. I've seen the way people turn up their nose at me for the kale I choose at Berkeley Bowl, but they can all just go to Hell. To Hell I say!

And our rental is just fine, if not pretty small. And the walls are thin. At least I have a driveway. And my records are in the living room! And I'm running out of room. I had to ditch the CD shelves for CD binders, but that's ok. Right? Sure. That also means I don't play a lot of CDs on my shows these days. That being said I reached up high on the shelf in Bodhi's closet the other day to grab one of my many CD binders. Tonight features some of what was found in there.

I haven't purchased a CD in many moons, and much of what I have in there I think I have a flac version of now anyway, but there are still some real treats that I almost forgot I owned. Giant Sand, New Duncan Imperials, Idiot Flesh, and Built To Spill are just a few of the discs I brought along tonight.

I also start the show with a few extra tracks from 1968, that I didn't get to last week on my 12th annual Annual Annual. It's a fun opening set.

There's a Sam Cooke live cut you think you know, but you don't know. The Iggy set is SET OF THE NIGHT! I made an executive decision and just kept it going.

There's a lot packed into this two hours. Take a look at the setlist and click the link above to enjoy the show. Tune in next Monday, December 19, from 8-midnight to help me celebrate my 500th show on Radio Valencia! As Little Lauson Hell said to me recently "wow, that's half of 1000". Smart girl there.

Hey, 1993 called, they want their CDs back.

Enjoy.

jh

You Can't Win: Iron Butterfly
Red the Sign Post: Fifty Foot Hose
Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour: Os Mutantes

Twistin' The Night Away" Sam Cooke
Missile Blues: Wes Montgomery

Love's Missing: Iggy Pop
Paradise Blues: Death Valley Girls
Get Thee Gone: The Geraldine Fibbers
Every Grain of Sand: Giant Sand

Magma: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
White Trash Boogie: New Duncan Imperials

White Man In Hammersmith Palais: Eric McFadden
TV Set: The Cramps
Not My Song: Idiot Flesh

Blue: Ty Segall
Heartattack and Vine: Lydia Lunch with Nels Cline
Hit the Road Jack: The Residents
Gone: Built To Spill

Free the Skull: Moon Duo
Prophet Live: Prince Jazzbo

Gloria: The Electric Prunes
What A Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong

The weather outside is frightful but the music is so delightful, so since you're stuck inside anyway, might as well tune in, tune in, tune in.
It's that time of year once again when I choose one year to focus two hour on. My Annual Annual is a great opportunity for me to go deeper into the music for a particular year, playing music for you that really deserves to be rediscovered. I started this show in 2011 when I wanted to go deeper into one of my favorite years for music: 1971. What a year, indeed! Following that I took one show every November to host this special. Below you can find the links for the previous 11 episodes.

Monday night, 8-10pm Pacific is all about 1968! I was considering hosting a Bay Area only 1991 show, but after chatting with a radio colleague about the greatness of 1968, I just knew that was the year for me! 1968 was a great year for Acid Rock and Psychedelic Rock. My fear is I'm not going to have nearly enough time to share with you everything I want to. This may take two weeks!


Don't expect this to be a Top 20 show. That's never been something I would do. I won't select the playlist until I'm on the air. I like to be listening to a song to direct me to my next track. I can share a few of the artists I'm bringing along for the ride: Jimi Hendrix, Moby Grape, Silver Apple, Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Blue Cheer, Iron Butterfly, Traffic, Pink Floyd, Os Mutantes, Soft Machine, Fifty Foot Hose, Mothers of Invention and so much more.


Spread the word, ingest some mushroom tea, kick back and enjoy the show.

Magnolia Caboose Babyfinger: Blue Cheer
The Pusher: Steppenwolf
Ain't Got No/I Got Life: Nina Simone

Yer Blues: The Dirty Mac
Good To Me As I Am To You: Aretha Franklin
The House at Pooneil Corners: Jefferson Airplane

It's A Man's Man's Man's World: James Brown and His Famous Flames
Astral Sounds: 101 Strings
Flower Punk: The Mothers of Invention
Passing the Time: Cream

Cocaine Blues: Johnny Cash
Waiting Around To Die: Townes Van Zandt
Good Guys/Bad Guys Cheer: Country Joe and the Fish
I Am A Pilgrim: The Byrds

I'm The Urban Spaceman: Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
The Garden of Earthly Delights: The United States of America
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds: William Shatner

This Wheel's On Fire: The Band
Not To Touch the Earth: The Doors
White Light/White Heat: Velvet Underground
You Don't Love Me: Kaleidoscope

Killing Floor: The Electric Flag
Forty Thousand Headman: Traffic
Jugband Blues: Pink Floyd

Born Cross-Eyed: Grateful Dead

Enjoy and please share.

jh
Hell's Kitchen Radio with John Hell
Mondays 8-10PM
Radio Valencia in SF
https://radiovalencia.fm

Monday night was a real treat. I was in the mood classic American Blues from the early 20th century; the roots of Rock and Roll. I also have a number of 2022 reissues including Miles Davis, Kiss, David Bowie, The Beatles, and Michael Jackson! I don't think I've ever played Kiss or Michael Jackson on my show. There's even a brand "new" release from The Doors!

And the funny thing about Kiss, is they were my first favorite band. When I was about seven years old my family was living in Greensboro, North Carolina. My father's job took him from my birthplace of Toledo, Ohio down to the south. My aunt came to visit. She had been working at a popular record store, Peaches, and brought gifts! She brought me the first four Kiss studio albums and Kiss Alive II. I was hooked. This was in late 1977 or early 1978. It wasn't long until I joined the Kiss Army, replete with fanzines, posters, stickers and more! I wish I still had all of that stuff. Thanks mom.

I even dressed as Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley for a few consecutive Halloweens. My sister, Tracy Hell, was kind enough to adorn me with the makeup. Thanks Tray!

And then I discovered The Beatles. At the tender age of ten I thought you were only allowed to have one favorite band. So long Kiss.

Next Monday, December 5th is my 12th annual Annual Annual. I choose one year to feature and have a Hell of a lot of fun doing so. Which year will I pick? What songs will I play? Tune in Monday 8-10PM Pacific to find out.

Check out the playlist below and click on the link above to stream or download this show.

Enjoy and please share.

jh

Burning Spear: Thee Oh Sees
Some Velvet Morning: Vanilla Fudge

Paris Blues: The Doors
Tallahatchie River Blues: Mattie Delaney
Guitar Boogie: Blind Roosevelt Graves

Let Me Be Your Big Dog: Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
Stagolee: Jesse Fuller
Killin' Floor: Howlin' Wolf
Ramblin' On My Mind: John Mayall with Eric Clapton

Quicksand (1971 Demo): David Bowie
I Wanna Be Your Dog (Fast Version): The Stooges
Anglehead: The Monkeywrench
Public Image: PIL

Yaphet: Miles Davis
Total Freedom: Spacin'

God of Thunder: Kiss
Glorious (Drunk Last Night): Polkacide
Tomorrow Never Knows (Take One): The Beatles

Miserlou: The Trash Women
The Ecstacy: Ennio Morricone (The Good, The Bad and The Ugly)
Billy Jean (Home Demo 1981): Michael Jackson

Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out (Moondance Outtake): Van Morrison

This one should put some meat on your bones. Good music. Good times. Good to get ready for the holidaze, if you're into that sort of thing.

New music from King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, The Bobby Lees, 1965 demos from Lou Reed, rare track from Peter Laughner (Rocket from the Tombs and Pere Ubu). Tributes to Robert Gordon and Nik Turner. And so much more.

Get your bib on and relax with tasty treats from Hell's Kitchen Radio and Radio Valencia.

Enjoy and please share.

jh

Hell's Kitchen Radio with John Hell
Mondays 8-10PM
Radio Valencia in SF
https://radiovalencia.fm

Tommy Gun: The Clash
Master Race Rock: The Dictators

Be My Enemy: The Bobby Lees
Psicopata: Podium
Cortez Sail: Terry Allen

Hell's Itch: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Hurry on Sundown: Hawkwind

Lonesome Train (on a Lonesome Track): Robert Gordon with Link Wray
So Long Baby, Goodbye: The Blasters

Golden Frames: Shannon Shaw
Big Boss Man: Mercury Rev with Hope Sandoval
Cinderella Backstreet: Peter Laughner

Pale Blue Eyes (1965 Demo): Lou Reed
Femme Fatale: Big Star

She Said, She Said: The Beatles
She Is Gold: Ty Segall and White Fence
Hey Luciani: The Fall
Mr. Suit: Wire

Break the Chain: Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Mayla: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

Hey, Hey, Rise Up: Pink Floyd with Andriy Khlyvnyuk of BoomBox

What a treat to host local guitarist, singer, songwriter, and all around good guy, Ralph Spight on Monday night. Ralph is known mostly through his years leading Bay Area Hardcore Punk band Victims Family, along with bassist Larry Boothroyd. Tonight he was in talking up his side project, which could honestly be a solid lead project for any other respectable artist, The Freak Accident, who are playing at Bottom of the Hill Saturday night, along with Smokers and The Young Barons.

Ralph has played with or toured with all of the legendary punk bands throughout the years, and he quite a few fine stories to share during the show. He is also the lead guitarist for Jello Biafra's Guantanamo School of Medicine.

We talk about the upcoming show, touring, recording, playing guitar, layering instruments, and surviving in today's musical soup.

Ralph's songwriting is second to none and I know you're going to dig this.

Come on down to the Bottom of the Hill this Saturday, November 17th for this all ages show. Doors at 7:30, show at 8:30. Bring the kids!

I'm gearing up for my 12th annual Annual Annual, where I choose one year to focus two hours on. I've got my ears on three years right now, so you'll have to tune in Monday, November 28th, 8-10PM PST to check it out.

Enjoy and please share.

jh

Hell's Kitchen Radio with John Hell
Mondays 8-10PM
Radio Valencia in SF
https://radiovalencia.fm


Night of the Long Knives: Larry Boothroyd's Remote Communion
I'm Waiting For The Man (1965 demo): Lou Reed

Born to Lose: Jerry Lee Lewis
The Same Thing: Muddy Waters

Fire: Wayne Shorter/Lee Morgan
Tripping Up The Stairs: Helms Alee
I Hate Myself: The Freak Accident

Interview with Ralph Spight

Outer Space is Boring: The Freak Accident
Squad Car: The Young Barons
Bloody Knuckles: Smokers
Almost Alive: The Freak Accident

Make it Stop: The Freak Accident
Moment of Truth: The Young Barons
Falling Backwards: Smokers
Waking the Sleepwalker: The Freak Accident

Beautiful Ugly: The Freak Accident
Hollywood Junkyard: The Bobby Lees
Little Suck-a-Thumb: Larry Boothroyd's Remote Communion

Self Destruct: The Freak Accident
Mohawk Town: Paul Leary

It's Election Day 2022! Have you voted? Are you waiting until today to vote? My Monday night show was all about the California propositions I run through them all and what a "yes" and "no" vote means.

Take a listen here and then get out the vote!!!

Enjoy and please share.

jh

Hell's Kitchen Radio with John Hell
Mondays 8-10PM
Radio Valencia in SF

Deep in the Heart (of Racist AmeriKKA): MDC
Freedom of Choice: DEVO
I'm A Conservative: Iggy Pop

Suffragette City: David Bowie
Politician: Cream

If There's A Hell Below, We're All Gonna Go: Curtis Mayfield
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Gil Scott-Heron

The Boss: James Brown
Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow: Funkadelic
Five Feet High and Rising: Johnny Cash

Chinese Rock: Ramones
Gloria: Patti Smith
Political Song For Michael Jackson To Sing: Minutemen

The Times They Are A-Changin': Bob Dylan
Fortunate Son: Creedence Clearwater Revival

Here's how I voted:

2022 Ballot



Gov - Newsom

Lt. Gov - Kounalakis

Sec of State - Weber

Controller - Cohen

Treasure - Ma

AG - Bonta

Ins Comm - Lara



State Board of Eq - Liever

Senate - Padilla

Schools - Thurmond





Props

1 - Y

26 - N

27 - N

28 - Y

29 - N

30 - Y

31 - Y



D - Y

L - Y

M - y

N - Y

Who's going to play me in the movie of your life? I vote for Richard Hell (no relation).

I've been rereading "Please Kill Me, by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain, the oral history of Punk. Read and reread this book. Much of the music tonight has been influenced by the reading.

Throughout the show I just kept getting inspired to push the limits. Just listen to the Last Poets track and you'll understand.

I wasn't in the studio for Halloween this year (taking Bodhi out. POSTSCRIPT: Bodhi ended up sick with a bad cold for Halloween so we stayed in. Poor kid; he was so sad. Me too), so I got the spirit flowing through me the week before. I'll let the play list speak for itself.

There are a few treats throughout the program, including Sonic Youth covering The Fall for John Peel (The Fall was Peel's favorite band), some rare JBs featuring Phelps and Bootsy Collins, an incredibly rare Pink Floyd acetate from 1967, very early Kraftwerk, some Led Zeppelin from their second album, mastered in a way you have never heard it before, and a recent mix of David Bowie's "Life of Mars" and The Clash's "Know Your Rights".

Something fresh and new just for you, every Monday 8-10PM PDST.

November is coming up, which means it's almost time for my 12th annual Annual Annual, where I choose one year that had a lot to say musically (don't they all?), and play two hours of my favorite. Which year will I choose? What songs will I play? Tune in and find out later in November.

Next Monday, November 7th, I'll be hosting my regular Election-Eve broadcast, where I talk up what you need to know about the election on Tuesday, November 8th. I'm not taking sides as much as talking about the ballot props and who is running for which office in California, as well as what the mid-terms mean for Biden and Congress. Tune in and be a part of the conversation. I'll have phones and the chatterbox available.

Enjoy and please share.

jh

Hell's Kitchen Radio with John Hell
Mondays 8-10PM
Radio Valencia in SF
https://radiovalencia.fm

Linda Blair: Redd Kross
Die!: The Mummies
Halloween: Siouxsie and the Banshees

Rouche Rumble: Sonic Youth
Ghost Rider: Suicide
Down at the Rock and Roll Club: Richard Hell and the Voidoids

All This and More: Dead Boys
Al Pacino's Speech About God from The Devil's Advocate
See You In The Boneyard: The Flesh Eaters
Year of the Spider: Shannon and the Clams
N's Are Scared of Revolution: The Last Poets

When You Feel It, Grunt If You Can: The JBs
People Get Ready: Aretha Franklin

Right On For The Darkness: Curtis Mayfield
Telephone Girl: Assagai

See Emily Play (rare acetate): Pink Floyd
The Special Trip: Embryo

Megaherz: Kraftwerk
Thank You: Led Zeppelin (Original Robert Ludwig Pressing 1969)

Life on Mars (2016 Mix): David Bowie
Lexicon Devil: Melvins
Know Your Rights: The Clash (2022 Remastered)
What A Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong

Someone told me the other day they really don't have any time to listen to music, and there's nothing worth listening to anyhow. I cried. Is this true for some people? For you? I can't imagine life without music. And honestly, as much as I enjoy the "classics" of my youth, including a few go-to bands, at least 50% of my music listening is music from the past couple of years, and always looking to get turned onto some fresh new artist or release.

How is this not more common? Do you not have the time? Are you stuck in what you were listening to in high school? I guess it's more common than I thought. If that's you then I really encourage you to tune into my show Monday's 8-10PM PDST, where I mix it up by era and genre. Take a look at my playlist below and you'll see everything from proto-punk, dub, 60s-psychedelic, boogie-woogie blues, stoney rock, and much much more.

One thing I will always love about Radio Valencia and stations like ours, is the risk our DJs take in pushing past the edges of what is acceptable to the commercial radio programmers. We will never insult you. We yearn to turn you on.

Enjoy and please share.

jh

Hell's Kitchen Radio with John Hell
Mondays 8-10PM
Radio Valencia in SF
https://radiovalencia.fm

Heroin: Roky Erickson and the Explosives
Run Run Run: White Fence

I'm Waiting For My Man: Velvet Underground
TV Eye: The Stooges

Death Train: The Bobby Lees
Mexican Radio: Wall of Voodoo
Bye Bye Baby: Janis Joplin
Anemone: The Brian Jonestown Massacre

Presumptuous: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Curly Dub: Lee Scratch Perry and the Upsetters

Playin' In The Band: Bob Weir
Sugar Magnolia: Joe Pop-O-Pie
Il Eut un Silence Dans le Ciel: Population II

Dominoes: Syd Barrett
Blaze In: Acid King
The Sky Is Crying: Dave Alexander

Willie Poor Boy: Mance Lipscomb
Chicken: Scott H. Biram
20th Century Boy: Siouxsie and the Banshees

Rats in Ruin: All Them Witches

What A Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong

What in the world is going to take for you to get it through that thick skull of yours that you are worth so much more than you give yourself credit for, Why do you keep listening to that dreck on the commercial radio knowing as you do that they only deliver content to the lowest common denominator? You are more special than this. They do not deserve your ears!

Radio Valencia on the other had prides itself on pushing the limit of acceptable audio. Yeah, yeah, we'll play tunes you'll recognize from time to time, from artists you love. But we're also going to play you artists that you're going to really fall in love with, leaving all others in the dust.

And isn't that why you tune in to radio? I mean really. You're not the same person you were in high school, so why should your musical choice be the same?

Check out last Monday's show. So much to make you go "hmmmmmm".

Enjoy and please share.

jh

Nick the Dick: Three Day Stubble
Hey Brother, Roll A Joint: Three Stoned Men
Low Spark of High Heeled Boys: The Space Lady

Heavy Road: Slift
Brainded Warrior: Zig Zags

Reaper Invert: WAND
Mirror of Illusion: Hawkwind

California Love: Sly5thAve
There Is A Mountain: Jo Jones

You Are Beautiful: Helen Money
In Every Dream Home A Heartache: Roxy Music
Mind Daze: Psychic Ills

Gaia: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Ruins: Wooden Shjips

Harold of the Rocks: Primus
Do You Like To Eat A Cow: Paul Leary

Perm Act: Osees
St. James Infirmary: Cab Calloway
Travelin' Riverside Blues: Robert Johnson

Three Women Blues: Blind Willie McTell
Mr. Soul: Neil Young + The Promise of the Real
In That Great Getting Up In The Morning: The New Gospel Keys

You got yourself a HiFi, do ya? You think you're all ooh la la? I bet you got some of that wall-to-wall shag carpeting all the kids are raving about, hmm?

We actually had wall-ON-wall carpeting in the basement rec-room of one of my childhood homes. There were some interesting square-cut mirrors with gold veins running through them for some odd effect. That house also had a built in bar. But it was the deep shag carpeting that not only ran across the floor, but literally up the wall to the ceiling that really stood out. Whose idea was that???

And of course our home stereo was down there too. My parents went out of town for a few days, leaving my two older sisters in charge. They were in high school and I was in elementary school at the time. I always looked up to my oldest sister, Julie. She's about eight and a half years older than me, and would always look after me when my folks were at work. My middle sister, Tracy, is about seven years older than me. She and I often butted heads when I was young, even though she was super excited about my mom giving birth to her little brother, me. We're all thick as thieves today. That party though! I was super excited they were having all of their friends over. This would have been around 1979 or 1980. And I can tell you whatever you have seen in movies about the teen fashions of that time were all over my basement that night. I stayed down there as long as they let me stay. I also have a memory of them setting everything up in the early evening, and me watching CHIPS on TV. HA!

This reminds me of the time my dad and his then girlfriend (now wife of 30+ years) went to Lake Tahoe, leaving me at home during my junior year of high school. I lived with my dad throughout high school; my parents divorced when I completed 8th grade. My best friend at the time, Kevin, decided to print up flyers for a kegger at my house, which he passed out to the local high schools, in and around San Mateo. Thanks Kevin. This was in late 1986, or early 1987. We had one hell of a party that night. About 300 people arrived. We had four kegs full of beer. My mom phoned, knowing my dad was out of town, and asked who that nice young lady was who answered the phone? I had no clue. She could hear lots of voices. My sister Tracy got on the phone and confronted me about having a party, letting me know that she was going to drive across the Bay right then and there. GULP.

Tracy arrived and alerted everyone "THIS IS MY FATHER'S HOUSE AND NONE OF YOU ARE INVITED!". She then told me the police are sitting outside in their squad car and want to talk with me. I proceeded outside and they told me that when the beer runs out these kids are going to get angry. "Why don't you choose who you want to have stay and we'll take care of the rest?". That's mighty kind of you officers. I selected about 30 people, and then the cops came through and escorted everyone off my property. They never even knew we were taking money at the door! HA!

My dad arrived home the next night to a mostly cleaned house. The carpet was pretty well trampled upon. I stopped him at the front door and told him about the party. He was none too pleased, but this was my dad we're talking about. There was no grounding. There wasn't much of anything. Thanks dad? I guess. I had no leash growing up. I went to shows all the time, up and down the Peninsula, and in the East Bay. I drove down to Monterey to see the Grateful Dead for the May 9th and 10th 1987 shows all by myself. I was 16. I never got myself in any serious trouble. I was never arrested, I never drove while high, I never liked alcohol, and I never was an asshole to people. Somehow I learned if I took "healthy risks" then the only person I could really have harmed was myself. That, and the "it's better to ask forgiveness than permission" thing. I've grown out of that, thankfully.

I have no idea what prompted me to share all of that with you, but there ya go.

Ummmmm music. Yeah, music. I have a few 2022 remasters and box sets here tonight. David Bowie, Blondie, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Ella Fitzgerald all have remasters out this year. There's some garage punk, jazz, Japanese Folk Psych, British shoe gaze, stoner metal, ambient doom, hip hop, grunge, post-punk, and William Shatner.

With this you can't go wrong.

Enjoy and please share.

jh

Hell's Kitchen Radio with John Hell
Mondays 8-10PM
Radio Valencia in SF


You Ass Is Next In Line: The Mummies
All Night Long: The Headcoatees
Louie Louie: The Headcoats

Do Not Expose To The Burning Sun: Helms Alee
Blood of the Serpent: Glitter Wizard

Sound and Vision: David Bowie
Sunshine of Your Love: Ella Fitzgerald
Let's Spend the Night Together: Muddy Waters

Blue Train (Take 8): John Coltrane
Hood Politics: Kendrick Lamar

Dancing Blue: Kikagaku Moyo
Rave Down: Swervedriver

That's What Happened: Miles Davis
Trailer Trash: MV and EE

Moonlight Drive: Blondie
Raid: MF Doom and Madlib
King Henry V/Elegy for the Brave: William Shatner
IV: Aluk Todolo

New Face In Hell: The Fall
Stereo: Pavement
What A Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong

Here it is Saturday evening and I have yet to share my most recent show from last Monday. How is that possible?!?!?!? Oh right, I have job and a family. Yeah, that'll do it. I'm a high school teacher by day, and the weeks fly by, so no wonder it's already Saturday.

As for this show, hot damn, it's a good one. I mixed it up quite a bit as usual, but there are a few artists I don't think I have ever played on my show, including Otyken and Useless Eaters. Speaking of Useless Eaters, I took their track from a Live in San Francisco LP, produced by John Dwyer of the Oh Sees. He did a series of Live in San Francisco records for Castle Face Records. I own about eight of them and played a bunch in the second hour. If you are as Punk as me (and I know you are ;)) then you are really going to dig this!

The Kinks have released a 2022 remaster of Muswell Hillbillies, so there's some of that thrown in; Butthole Surfers cover Roky Erickson; Elvis Costello covers Neil Young; under appreciated Frank Sinatra; classic Mr. Bungle and so much more.

Sorry again for the delay. I think the wait was worth it. Let me know.

Enjoy and please share.

jh

Hell's Kitchen Radio with John Hell
Mondays 8-10PM
Radio Valencia in SF
http://hellskitchenradio.blogspot.com/

Happiness is Drumming: Diga Rhythm Band
Placebo Effect: Siouxsie and the Banshees

Squeeze Me Macaroni: Mr. Bungle
Watertown: Frank Sinatra

20th Century Man: The Kinks
KGLW/Automation: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Just Coolin: Art Blakey and His Jazz Messengers

Earthquake: Butthole Surfers
Legend: Otyken

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere/Dance Dance Dance: Elvis Costello (Rusty)
Virgo: Harvey Sid Fisher
Iron Swan: The Sword

Sticky Hulks: Thee Oh Sees
Feel: Ty Segall Band

Chairs in the Dark: White Fence
No Time For The Blues: OBN IIIs
Garbage on Glue: The Blind Shake
Dungeon: Useless Eaters

This Time I've Got A Reason: FUZZ
Dancing Barefoot: Patti Smith

You Better Have A Gun: Fantastic Negrito
Earache My Eye: Henry Rollins Band

Take care of your back. Seriously, you really need to watch how you're treating it. And your head. And stay hydrated. You're getting older. This is the only life you have. You only die once. You need to keep this vessel of yours moving for a few more years. Take care of it.

I lost 30 pounds between April and September 2021. I really needed to. I had hit about 205 and knew that my body wasn't happy. My spirit was pretty solid, since I do my best to focus on things that bring me joy, but my body wasn't having it. I was packing away the calories. This isn't some commercial. I'm not going to talk about the program I used. You can comment here and I'll respond, but I'm just talking here about how important it is to maintain physical health, especially as the climate continues to worsen. We are going to need our bodies to be in the best shape as possible.

As for music, there's always music. And here's some really great music! I start out the show with some brand spankin' new King Gizzard. This 18+ minute track is a real barn-burner. Throughout the show I pepper in songs in celebration of Labor Day, which I also celebrate on May 1st, since that's the real Labor Day, as created here in the good ol' USofA!

There are a lot of "classics" during these two hours. Once you hear them you're going to be digging for more, and I can't blame you!

As of this writing, Queen Elizabeth II has died, and I could not care less! God Save the Queen my ass. Fuck Imperialism, and Fuck Colonialism. I don't believe in an afterlife, but if I did...

Enjoy and please share!

jh

Hell's Kitchen Radio with John Hell
Mondays 8-10PM
Radio Valencia in SF

The Dripping Tap: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

T For Texas: Toshio Hirano
Bales of Cocaine: Reverend Horton Heat
The Ballad of El Goodo: Big Star
My Soul is Tired: Betty Davis

Career Opportunities: The Clash
This Is Love: Eric McFadden
Beautiful Feeling: PJ Harvey
I've Been Working: Van Morrison

There Is Power in a Union: Billy Bragg
Do You Take This Man?: Diamanda Galas with John Paul Jones
Now, Ah Lissen: Texas Preacher
What Do You Want From Life?: The Tubes

Fire: Robert Gordon with Link Wray
Jump: Mary Lou Lord
Dogs: Pink Floyd

Fight the Power: Brownout
The White Man's Got A God Complex: The Last Poets
I Had A Talk With My Woman: Tim Buckley
The Conversion Experience: Bill Orcutt

uzume: Boris

No guests, new music, you, me, these turntables, this microphone. Tonight I was feeling a bit peckish and chose a variety that has moved me lately. New releases from Kikagaku Moyo, Mavis Staples and Levon Helm, and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard.

I just want to let the music do the talking here. It was also the 50th anniversary of what I consider to be one of the top five all-time great Grateful Dead shows: August 27, 1972. There is a lot I can say about this amazing show, but I think you should just go listen the very well produced Deadcast and let Jesse Jarnow tell you all about it. I shared the 18 minute "Playin' in the Band".

I was going to follow up the epic Dead jam with a new 18 minute King Gizzard track, but I was running out of time. Dang. I would have done it too. And the story of the new KGLW track "The Dripping Tap" is really one to read about. I look forward to sharing the track with you soon.

Check out the playlist below and click the link above to check out the show.

Don't forget to tune in starting Mondays at 6PM for my weekly Live Bootleg Bonanza, where I share full live shows from my vast live bootleg library. I have thousands of shows from hundreds of artists, across dozens of genres. So much good stuff to check out on Radio Valencia Monday nights.

Enjoy.

jh

Hell's Kitchen Radio with John Hell
Mondays 8-10PM
Radio Valencia in SF

Nice, Nice, Very Nice: Ambrosia
I Will Not Be Your Fool: David Bromberg

Jubilee Train/Do Re Mi/Promised Land: Dave Alvin and the Guilty Men
Walk the Plank: The Scientists

The Universe: Death Valley Girls
Raisins: Dinosaur Jr (Electronic Anthology Project)

Cardboard Pile: Kikagaku Moyo
I Feel Good (1975): James Brown

Packing Up Getting Ready To Go: Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder
You Gotta Serve Somebody: Mavis Staples and Levon Helm
Knock It On The Head: Mudhoney
Carry Home: The Gun Club

Playin' in the Band: Grateful Dead (August 27, 1972)

Magenta Mountain: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Eyes of the Muse: King Tuff

Carletta's In Hats Again: Brigid Dawson and the Mothers Network
Spanish Fly: Boss Hog
What A Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong

I love having talented folks in the studio to interview. There's something about being able to ask those questions about their art that really gets me going. Monday night I was honored to have long time Bay Area guitarist, producer, engineer Myles Boisen drop in to talk about his latest project "No Accident", a mostly prepared piano collection. He was kind enough to bring a bunch of his other recordings, including solo efforts, and tracks produced with his former band, Splatter Trio. He's played on quite a few sessions over the years, including Tom Waits and David Lynch. We spoke about all of this and much more.

I neglected to ask him about his tunings! Dang. Just an excuse to have him on with me again!

What a treat!

Enjoy and please share.

jh

Rawhide: Dead Kennedys
Hey Good Lookin': The Residents
Get Me Religion: Scott H Biram
You Got To Move: Memphis Minnie

Interview with Myles Boisen

He Bade Her Farewell: Myles Boisen
Little Rootie Tootie: Myles Boisen

Interview with Myles Boisen

Just A Gigolo: Thelonious Monk
The Mumbler: Splatter Trio

Interview with Myles Boisen

Dark Spanish Symphony 50s Version: Wild At Heart OST with Myles Boisen
Knife Chase: Tom Waits
Ital Dub: Joseph's Bones
Travelin' In Dub: Lee Perry

Interview with Myles Boisen

The Hokey Locus: John Schott
I'm Your Man: Mark Growden
The Commuter: Myles Boisen
Life By Another Name: Fred Frith

Interview with Myles Boisen

Returning/Summer: Myles Boisen
Sliding Home: Crying Time
Bronze Puppet: Nubdug Ensemble

Crazy: Myles Boisen's Past, Present, Future

There are good interviews and then there are great interviews. Monday night's interview with photographer Jay Blakesberg falls into the latter category. That means it was GREAT, if you have issues with the whole "latter", "former" thing.

Jay has been taking pictures of live events since a teenager in the 1970s. His stories, starting with his youthful debauchery, taking his camera into shows, capturing bands in ways no one else was even considering, and leading onto a successful and exciting career as a photojournalist are really quite striking.

What I love about interviewing people like Jay, ask him a question and he can really spin a good yarn.

We spoke about his latest book: RETROBLAKESBERG: Vol. 1 The Film Years, which covers photos all taken on film (read: not digital) from his high school days in 1970 to 2008. This coffee table book is a real treasure, as is Jay.

Most of the music played tonight came from albums where Jay contributed photos. Gotta love that!

Next Monday night, August 22, join me when I interview Myles Boisen, guitarist, composer, improvisor, and record producer/engineer, best known around the Bay Area for his twin-necked twanging in The Splatter Trio. We'll be talking about his new release featuring him on piano. I'm really looking forward to this.

The Radio Valencia studio is looking better each week: new paint job and soundproofing. We're getting our logo on the awning out front next week! Thanks to our engineering team (aka: JazzNazz) we have the turntables and CD players working better than ever! But we still need you. This is an out-of-pocket venture. Bringing you great programming is our mission, and we can really use your help. Please consider donating to Radio Valencia by going to our PayPal (we are financially sponsored by SF IndieFest) and throwing a few bones our way. Every dime is spent on station needs (rent and equipment mostly). I thank you in advance.

Time now to sit back and enjoy two hours of aural delights.

jh

New Speedway Boogie: Bob Weir and the Wolf Brothers

Interview with Jay Blakesberg

The Way We Were: Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Victory Dance: My Morning Jacket

Interview with Jay Blakesberg

Singing Seems To Ease Me: The Mother Hips
When You Wake Up Feeling Old: Wilco
To Lay Me Down: Grateful Dead

Interview with Jay Blakesberg

Layla: Tedeschi Trucks Band

Interview with Jay Blakesberg

Lady Godiva's Operation: Velvet Underground
What A Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong