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Hell's Kitchen Radio #484: Hell Is Cuh-Ray-Zee
August 8, 2022 8:00pm
Having a chance to play these tunes for you brings great joy to Hell. There's a lot of blues in the first hour, and the blues always lifts me up! Give your ears a chance to get used to something new. I read another article recently that spoke about how people get set in their musical ways by the age of 32, and most of that music is what they were listening to in high school and immediately after.
I'm about to turn 52, and ten of the tunes I played tonight were new to me over the past six months or so. I mean seriously now. I get that we're busy. I understand that for many music just runs in the background (I actually don't understand this at all, but I know not everyone can be as obsessed with music as I am), and I get that life keeps on keepin' on. I guess that's why I will always be a strong proponent for the power and magic of non-commercial radio.
It's DJs, who have the power to program their own shows, that give you a chance to sit back and enjoy the aural ride. Let us do the driving, so to speak. That's ok. I don't mind that. As a matter of fact I get really excited about that. Just listen to my mic breaks!
A few notes about this show: Tom Waits is celebrating the 20th anniversary of both "Blood Money" and "Alice", so you get a taste of that. Some new music from Spain's Podium, new sounds from Ty Segall and Fantastic Negrito, as well as a premier from local guitarist/producer/engineer Myles Boisen, who will be on my show in two weeks, on Monday, August 22nd. Tune in.
You are also going to want to tune in next Monday, August 13th, 8PM PDST for my guest, rock photographer Jay Blakesberg, who will be in the studio talking up his latest book. I cannot wait for this interview. I have been a fan of Jay's for many years. Check out his stuff and tune in.
Time now to sit back and enjoy two hours of aural delights.
jh
Down In The Street: The Stooges
Grinder Man: John Lee Hooker
Misery Is The River of the World: Tom Waits
Hole in the Wall: Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
Black Rat: Big Mama Thornton
I Don't Know: Blues Brothers
Go To Satan: Rube Waddell
Introspection: Population II
Dear Doctor: Rolling Stones
Saturday Pt. 2: Ty Segall
Podium: Podium
Nabbadip: Fantastic Negrito
Master Pretender: First Aid Kit
English is Cuh-Ray-Zee: Peet Seeger
Hot Cha: Roland Kirk
Wild and Free: Curtis Mayfield
Get Up, Stand Up: Bob Marley with The Chineke Orchestra
Iron Man: Brownout
Toulon Pedro: The Toulon-Pedro Connect
Returning Summer: Myles Boisen
Tomorrow Never Knows: 801
Just Got Paid: ZZ Top
I'm about to turn 52, and ten of the tunes I played tonight were new to me over the past six months or so. I mean seriously now. I get that we're busy. I understand that for many music just runs in the background (I actually don't understand this at all, but I know not everyone can be as obsessed with music as I am), and I get that life keeps on keepin' on. I guess that's why I will always be a strong proponent for the power and magic of non-commercial radio.
It's DJs, who have the power to program their own shows, that give you a chance to sit back and enjoy the aural ride. Let us do the driving, so to speak. That's ok. I don't mind that. As a matter of fact I get really excited about that. Just listen to my mic breaks!
A few notes about this show: Tom Waits is celebrating the 20th anniversary of both "Blood Money" and "Alice", so you get a taste of that. Some new music from Spain's Podium, new sounds from Ty Segall and Fantastic Negrito, as well as a premier from local guitarist/producer/engineer Myles Boisen, who will be on my show in two weeks, on Monday, August 22nd. Tune in.
You are also going to want to tune in next Monday, August 13th, 8PM PDST for my guest, rock photographer Jay Blakesberg, who will be in the studio talking up his latest book. I cannot wait for this interview. I have been a fan of Jay's for many years. Check out his stuff and tune in.
Time now to sit back and enjoy two hours of aural delights.
jh
Down In The Street: The Stooges
Grinder Man: John Lee Hooker
Misery Is The River of the World: Tom Waits
Hole in the Wall: Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
Black Rat: Big Mama Thornton
I Don't Know: Blues Brothers
Go To Satan: Rube Waddell
Introspection: Population II
Dear Doctor: Rolling Stones
Saturday Pt. 2: Ty Segall
Podium: Podium
Nabbadip: Fantastic Negrito
Master Pretender: First Aid Kit
English is Cuh-Ray-Zee: Peet Seeger
Hot Cha: Roland Kirk
Wild and Free: Curtis Mayfield
Get Up, Stand Up: Bob Marley with The Chineke Orchestra
Iron Man: Brownout
Toulon Pedro: The Toulon-Pedro Connect
Returning Summer: Myles Boisen
Tomorrow Never Knows: 801
Just Got Paid: ZZ Top
Hell's Kitchen Radio #483: Internationally Known
July 25, 2022 8:00pm
What do you get when your host has one kid on vacation and the other in daycare all day? You get a very well-prepared program, that's what you get. I normally have a vague idea of how I want my show to go. I listen to music all of the time, so I always know about 25% of the songs I really want to share with you, leading into a show. I bring plenty with me, so it's all about having the experience of what artist or genre may match up with what I am currently playing (let's see Spotify really do that well!). This past week I've had a lot more time on my hands to listen to a bunch of vinyl that has needed my attention.
I also went to see Melvins last week, with Helms Alee opening. What an inspiring show that was! This program is more loud than normal. You get some fine sludge and doom, but you're also going to get some fine angular post-punk, psych, jazz, and more. New music from Helms Alee, Othered, and Ty Segall. That's why you tune in, and I thank you for that. I really do.
Take a look at the playlist below, click the link above to stream, and share with your music-loving friends.
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.
Enjoy.
jh
Hag Me: Melvins
Dragonaut: Sleep
Tripping Up The Stairs: Helms Alee
Matazoa: Boris
Focus Pocus: Big Business
Kill The Badger!: William S. Burroughs
Redless: Otherered
Mars for the Rich: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Looking At You: Ty Segall
I Shot All The Birds: Blind Shake
Teenage Riot: Sonic Youth
Hands: Lithics
Gut The Quantifier: The Fall
Marlene Dietrich: black midi
Ce n'est Rēve: Population II
N.I.B.: Jazz Sabbath
I've Got The Death Energy: Nudity
Bloody Hammer: Roky Erickson
Hell Broke Luce: Tom Waits
Holiday: The Kinks
I also went to see Melvins last week, with Helms Alee opening. What an inspiring show that was! This program is more loud than normal. You get some fine sludge and doom, but you're also going to get some fine angular post-punk, psych, jazz, and more. New music from Helms Alee, Othered, and Ty Segall. That's why you tune in, and I thank you for that. I really do.
Take a look at the playlist below, click the link above to stream, and share with your music-loving friends.
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.
Enjoy.
jh
Hag Me: Melvins
Dragonaut: Sleep
Tripping Up The Stairs: Helms Alee
Matazoa: Boris
Focus Pocus: Big Business
Kill The Badger!: William S. Burroughs
Redless: Otherered
Mars for the Rich: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Looking At You: Ty Segall
I Shot All The Birds: Blind Shake
Teenage Riot: Sonic Youth
Hands: Lithics
Gut The Quantifier: The Fall
Marlene Dietrich: black midi
Ce n'est Rēve: Population II
N.I.B.: Jazz Sabbath
I've Got The Death Energy: Nudity
Bloody Hammer: Roky Erickson
Hell Broke Luce: Tom Waits
Holiday: The Kinks
Hell's Kitchen Radio #482: You Had Me At Love Whip
July 18, 2022 8:00pm
A very inspired show tonight. Maybe it's the great music I've been listening to that I couldn't wait to share with you? Maybe it's the fact that I had a lot of time to choose my music before my show? Maybe it was the many people who came in and out of the studio and I really wanted to play some great music for them as well? Whatever the reason, this was a great show to host.
There's some psychabilly, psychedelia, funk, soul, folk, retro, goth, prog, jazz, classic rock, and even a dirty old one man band!
Hot damn, there's a lot for everyone here. Try that, Spotify! And you know what, they can't. Even Shazam gets stumped by some of what I play. That's what's so great about non-commercial community radio! You have hosts that know the music, not some algorithm that is programmed to tell you what to like. Do you know that program directors at commercial radio stations are now using Spotify to help them program their stations? Where's the human touch?
Radio Valencia brings the human touch in spades!
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. You can find the PayPal link on the right side of the homepage.
Enjoy and please share.
jh
Hell's Kitchen Radio with John Hell
Mondays 8-10PM
Radio Valencia in SF
Love Whip: Reverend Horton Heat
Some Velvet Morning: Vanilla Fudge
Move Your Hand: Lonnie Smith
I Wanna Be Free: New York Underground Funk Band
Venomous Dogma: Fantastic Negrito
Only Son Of The Ladiesman: Father John Misty
Cold Pillows: Shannon Shaw
Said Goodbye To That Car: Marissa Nadler
Fever Dreams: Scott H Biram
Man's World: Crow Jane
Odd Octubree: brandUn DeShay (ft. Tyler the Creator, Casey Veggies, MF Doom)
Blue Jay Way: The Beatles
Les Vents: Population II
Friday Morning: Khruangbin
Loran's Dance: Idris Muhammad
Darkest Light: Lafayette Afro Rock Band
Madman Across The Water (Piano Demo): Elton John
The Creole Love Call: Roland Kirk
Zombie: CW Stoneking
What A Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong
There's some psychabilly, psychedelia, funk, soul, folk, retro, goth, prog, jazz, classic rock, and even a dirty old one man band!
Hot damn, there's a lot for everyone here. Try that, Spotify! And you know what, they can't. Even Shazam gets stumped by some of what I play. That's what's so great about non-commercial community radio! You have hosts that know the music, not some algorithm that is programmed to tell you what to like. Do you know that program directors at commercial radio stations are now using Spotify to help them program their stations? Where's the human touch?
Radio Valencia brings the human touch in spades!
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. You can find the PayPal link on the right side of the homepage.
Enjoy and please share.
jh
Hell's Kitchen Radio with John Hell
Mondays 8-10PM
Radio Valencia in SF
Love Whip: Reverend Horton Heat
Some Velvet Morning: Vanilla Fudge
Move Your Hand: Lonnie Smith
I Wanna Be Free: New York Underground Funk Band
Venomous Dogma: Fantastic Negrito
Only Son Of The Ladiesman: Father John Misty
Cold Pillows: Shannon Shaw
Said Goodbye To That Car: Marissa Nadler
Fever Dreams: Scott H Biram
Man's World: Crow Jane
Odd Octubree: brandUn DeShay (ft. Tyler the Creator, Casey Veggies, MF Doom)
Blue Jay Way: The Beatles
Les Vents: Population II
Friday Morning: Khruangbin
Loran's Dance: Idris Muhammad
Darkest Light: Lafayette Afro Rock Band
Madman Across The Water (Piano Demo): Elton John
The Creole Love Call: Roland Kirk
Zombie: CW Stoneking
What A Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong
Hell's Kitchen Radio #481: Take The High Road
July 11, 2022 8:00pm
Wow, this radio thing is kinda fun. Since I attended Mosswood Meltdown, July 2nd and 3rd, I decided to take last week off. Did you miss me? What do you mean no?
Taking a week off means that I have even more new music to share with you this week!
If you tune in regularly, then you know my show is all over the place. I play what moves me, hoping it moves you too. New music from Podium, Shannon Shaw, and Ty Segall. There's a lot that's new to you, including a Neil Young Archives release, "Toast" from 2001. I also had tickets to give away for an upcoming Bottom of the Hill show. I played music from the three acts performing that night.
Tune in regularly for your chance to win tickets to local shows.
The Radio Valencia studio is looking better each week: new paint job and soundproofing. And now we have our equipment in tip-top shape. 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.
Now, go check out the playlist below, click on the link above and enjoy the show.
jh
This Is Madness: The Last Poets
Take Your Medicine/Meddle with Metal: Czarface and MF Doom
I Wish You Would: Billy Boy Arnold
She Left Me With A Mule To Ride: Big Joe Williams
Centrate: Podium
Blues Theme: Davie Allen and the Arrows
She's A Woman: Jeff Beck
Broke My Own: Shannon Shaw
Silent Season: Golden Void
One Step Ahead: Big John Patton
Goin' Home: Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Poptones: PIL
Don't Lie: Ty Segall
Gyre: Meatbodies
Carnival: Bikini Kill
No Fair: Wipers
Mad Moth: The Bobby Lees
United States of Chemicals: The Criticals
Don't Let It Be Me: VEERS
Zombie: Weekend Youth
GFY: Amyl and the Sniffers
Teengenerate: The Dictators
Amazona: Roxy Music
In That Great Getting Up In The Morning: The New Gospel Keys
Taking a week off means that I have even more new music to share with you this week!
If you tune in regularly, then you know my show is all over the place. I play what moves me, hoping it moves you too. New music from Podium, Shannon Shaw, and Ty Segall. There's a lot that's new to you, including a Neil Young Archives release, "Toast" from 2001. I also had tickets to give away for an upcoming Bottom of the Hill show. I played music from the three acts performing that night.
Tune in regularly for your chance to win tickets to local shows.
The Radio Valencia studio is looking better each week: new paint job and soundproofing. And now we have our equipment in tip-top shape. 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.
Now, go check out the playlist below, click on the link above and enjoy the show.
jh
This Is Madness: The Last Poets
Take Your Medicine/Meddle with Metal: Czarface and MF Doom
I Wish You Would: Billy Boy Arnold
She Left Me With A Mule To Ride: Big Joe Williams
Centrate: Podium
Blues Theme: Davie Allen and the Arrows
She's A Woman: Jeff Beck
Broke My Own: Shannon Shaw
Silent Season: Golden Void
One Step Ahead: Big John Patton
Goin' Home: Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Poptones: PIL
Don't Lie: Ty Segall
Gyre: Meatbodies
Carnival: Bikini Kill
No Fair: Wipers
Mad Moth: The Bobby Lees
United States of Chemicals: The Criticals
Don't Let It Be Me: VEERS
Zombie: Weekend Youth
GFY: Amyl and the Sniffers
Teengenerate: The Dictators
Amazona: Roxy Music
In That Great Getting Up In The Morning: The New Gospel Keys
Hell's Kitchen Radio #480: Miniature American Flags For All
June 27, 2022 8:00pm
Standing in the newly painted Radio Valencia studio really fills me with pride, and inspires me to put on a quality show for you all. That's not saying the other weeks were phoned in, it just feels like I walked into a brand new studio and I'm really jazzed about it.
Radio Valencia is a collection of jocks who have come together to play our favorite music for you. Some of us have been at this radio game a few decades now. RV has been going strong-ish since 2010. Having a storefront location this last year has been a huge boon for us, and we're now in a position to make the most of it; hence the facelift. Big thanks to the Tuesday night crew, Culturefest's Lilly and Joe. These two really went all out. When I walked in Monday night I could have sworn the studio was actually bigger than before!
Sunday Streets on Valencia is July 10th. If you're in the area drop by and check out the studio. We're at 3227 22nd Street, between Mission and Valencia, next door to Make Out Room.
Tonight's show had a lot of emotion throughout it. New music from Emily Clark and Fanstastic Negrito. There's a 45th anniversary expanded edition Bob Marley, and a build up to this weekend's Mosswood Meltdown in the second hour. And George Carlin speaks about a timely issue beyond the grave.
How do I pack so much in? You'll just have to tune in Monday's 8-10PM PDST and find out.
Enjoy and please share.
jh
Do It: Rollins Band
The Man With The X-Ray Eyes: Bauhaus
A Change Is Gonna Come: Baby Huey
Moth Tongue: Crystal Fairy
Nasty Girl: Betty Davis
Life Goes On: Big Mama Thornton
You Better Have A Gun: Fantastic Negrito
Let Me Roll It: Paul McCartney and Wings
Amazing Grace: Aretha Franklin
Big Sky: Emily Clark and the Passing Fancy
Chismiten: Mdou Moctar
Suck My Left One: Bikini Kill
Love Canal: Flipper
Crawl: Shannon and the Clams
Racist, Sexist Boy: The Linda Lindas
AirBnB: Kim Gordon
Lovers Lane: Hunx and His Punx
George Carlin Pro Life, Abortion, and the Sanctity of Life
Fisherman Dub: Lee Perry
Natural Mystic (Alternative version): Bob Marley
In The Great Getting Up In The Morning: The New Gospel Keys
Radio Valencia is a collection of jocks who have come together to play our favorite music for you. Some of us have been at this radio game a few decades now. RV has been going strong-ish since 2010. Having a storefront location this last year has been a huge boon for us, and we're now in a position to make the most of it; hence the facelift. Big thanks to the Tuesday night crew, Culturefest's Lilly and Joe. These two really went all out. When I walked in Monday night I could have sworn the studio was actually bigger than before!
Sunday Streets on Valencia is July 10th. If you're in the area drop by and check out the studio. We're at 3227 22nd Street, between Mission and Valencia, next door to Make Out Room.
Tonight's show had a lot of emotion throughout it. New music from Emily Clark and Fanstastic Negrito. There's a 45th anniversary expanded edition Bob Marley, and a build up to this weekend's Mosswood Meltdown in the second hour. And George Carlin speaks about a timely issue beyond the grave.
How do I pack so much in? You'll just have to tune in Monday's 8-10PM PDST and find out.
Enjoy and please share.
jh
Do It: Rollins Band
The Man With The X-Ray Eyes: Bauhaus
A Change Is Gonna Come: Baby Huey
Moth Tongue: Crystal Fairy
Nasty Girl: Betty Davis
Life Goes On: Big Mama Thornton
You Better Have A Gun: Fantastic Negrito
Let Me Roll It: Paul McCartney and Wings
Amazing Grace: Aretha Franklin
Big Sky: Emily Clark and the Passing Fancy
Chismiten: Mdou Moctar
Suck My Left One: Bikini Kill
Love Canal: Flipper
Crawl: Shannon and the Clams
Racist, Sexist Boy: The Linda Lindas
AirBnB: Kim Gordon
Lovers Lane: Hunx and His Punx
George Carlin Pro Life, Abortion, and the Sanctity of Life
Fisherman Dub: Lee Perry
Natural Mystic (Alternative version): Bob Marley
In The Great Getting Up In The Morning: The New Gospel Keys
Hell's Kitchen Radio #479: Golden Psych And Roll
June 13, 2022 8:00pm
I don't know what got into me but whatever it was I just had to get it out during this show. It's almost exclusively from the golden era of psych and rock and roll from the late 60s until about 1974. And it's a mix of European, Middle Eastern, and Latin American bands. Thee Oh Sees and Dungen are both in there so you can hear their influences. This was such a fun show to put together, I think you'll enjoy each tune.
I'm guessing you haven't heard of most of these bands. I talk them up between sets, so if you're looking for any info, listen up! It's a safe bet I haven't played 85% of these artists on my show, ever. And I'm talking since my start in 1988. OK, maybe 75%. Oh wait, 65%?
I also gave tickets away to another epic upcoming show at the Bottom of the Hill in SF. If you live in the Bay Area and you want to go see a show, you should be tuned into Radio Valencia regularly. Many of our shows have tickets to give to you! Or you! Or maybe even you!
Everyday Monday: Laghonia
Gelatinous Cube: Thee Oh Sees
Burning Sister: Amon Duul II
Stadsvandringar Del 2: Dungen
Haliç'te Güneşin Batışı: Mogollar
Thlah Cinta Berlalu: Koes Barat
Church of Anthrax: John Cale and Terry Riley
Canim Kurban: 3 Hur-El
Little Hands: Skip Spence
Psychedelic Weapons: Alejandro Jodorwsky
Transparent Radiation: Red Crayola
No Good Trying: Syd Barrett
Kobaia: Magma
The Good Mr. Square/She Was Tall, She Was High: The Pretty Things
I Hate You: The Monks
The Whip: Frantics
Flameout: 101 Strings Orchestra
A Million Grains of Sand: Freak Scene
Two Sisters: The Kinks
Poor Moon: Canned Heat
Apocalipsis: Vox Dei
Love Is A Feeling: Public Nuisance
Magica: Os Mutantes
Egyptian Kings: Brainticket
What A Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong
I'm guessing you haven't heard of most of these bands. I talk them up between sets, so if you're looking for any info, listen up! It's a safe bet I haven't played 85% of these artists on my show, ever. And I'm talking since my start in 1988. OK, maybe 75%. Oh wait, 65%?
I also gave tickets away to another epic upcoming show at the Bottom of the Hill in SF. If you live in the Bay Area and you want to go see a show, you should be tuned into Radio Valencia regularly. Many of our shows have tickets to give to you! Or you! Or maybe even you!
Everyday Monday: Laghonia
Gelatinous Cube: Thee Oh Sees
Burning Sister: Amon Duul II
Stadsvandringar Del 2: Dungen
Haliç'te Güneşin Batışı: Mogollar
Thlah Cinta Berlalu: Koes Barat
Church of Anthrax: John Cale and Terry Riley
Canim Kurban: 3 Hur-El
Little Hands: Skip Spence
Psychedelic Weapons: Alejandro Jodorwsky
Transparent Radiation: Red Crayola
No Good Trying: Syd Barrett
Kobaia: Magma
The Good Mr. Square/She Was Tall, She Was High: The Pretty Things
I Hate You: The Monks
The Whip: Frantics
Flameout: 101 Strings Orchestra
A Million Grains of Sand: Freak Scene
Two Sisters: The Kinks
Poor Moon: Canned Heat
Apocalipsis: Vox Dei
Love Is A Feeling: Public Nuisance
Magica: Os Mutantes
Egyptian Kings: Brainticket
What A Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong
Hell's Kitchen Radio #478: My Mouth, Your Ears
June 6, 2022 8:00pm
Following that live Black Sabbath from 1970 I played during my Live Bootleg Bonanza, I just had to keep the feeling moving. This show is mostly loud and in your gut, with a couple of tunes in there to let you catch your breath.
Check out new music from The Bobby Lees ( I love this band), Ty Segall (you already know how I feel about him), Iggy Pop (the greatest love of all), Kikagaku Moyo (they're coming back to the Bay!!!), and Le Butcherettes (when will Teri Genderbender return???).
I feel you feelin' me, so we've got that goin' on, which is good.
In the meantime, sit back relax, open your mind, and get ready to be punched in the earholes the way you like it.
Tune in each Monday, 8-10PM PDST. I always have tickets to give away to a local show. You really need to get out more often.
Enjoy and please share.
jh
Black Sabbath: Flower Travelin' Band
Love You To Death: The Darts
Dig Your Hips: The Bobby Lees
Broken Hands: Mudhoney
Shakey Jake: Joe McPhee
Bodies: Sex Pistols
Hello, Hi: Ty Segall
Trouble In Mind: Mavis Staples and Levon Helm
Gettin' Hard: Death Valley Girls
Dirty Sanchez: Iggy Pop
Reach For The Sunn: Meatbodies
Yayoi Iyayoi: Kikagaku Moyo
No Time For The Blues: OBN IIIs
Never Look Back: Night Beats
Full Reverse: Acid King
Fuck Bobby: Buzzed Lightbeer
Garbageman: The Cramps
The Universe: Le Butcherettes
Memories are for Losers: Dark Carnival
Coma Girl: Joe Strummer
Check out new music from The Bobby Lees ( I love this band), Ty Segall (you already know how I feel about him), Iggy Pop (the greatest love of all), Kikagaku Moyo (they're coming back to the Bay!!!), and Le Butcherettes (when will Teri Genderbender return???).
I feel you feelin' me, so we've got that goin' on, which is good.
In the meantime, sit back relax, open your mind, and get ready to be punched in the earholes the way you like it.
Tune in each Monday, 8-10PM PDST. I always have tickets to give away to a local show. You really need to get out more often.
Enjoy and please share.
jh
Black Sabbath: Flower Travelin' Band
Love You To Death: The Darts
Dig Your Hips: The Bobby Lees
Broken Hands: Mudhoney
Shakey Jake: Joe McPhee
Bodies: Sex Pistols
Hello, Hi: Ty Segall
Trouble In Mind: Mavis Staples and Levon Helm
Gettin' Hard: Death Valley Girls
Dirty Sanchez: Iggy Pop
Reach For The Sunn: Meatbodies
Yayoi Iyayoi: Kikagaku Moyo
No Time For The Blues: OBN IIIs
Never Look Back: Night Beats
Full Reverse: Acid King
Fuck Bobby: Buzzed Lightbeer
Garbageman: The Cramps
The Universe: Le Butcherettes
Memories are for Losers: Dark Carnival
Coma Girl: Joe Strummer
Hell's Kitchen Radio #477: Surf The Mutant Fish
May 23, 2022 8:00pm
I was thrilled to host Steve DePace of Flipper, once again, in the Radio Valencia studio recently. This time he brought along with him Brendan Earley of the legendary SF art/punk band The Mutants. They were in to talk up the Great American Music Hall show, Thursday, May 26 in celebration of the latest installation at the Tenderloin Museum: Sounds of the Tenderloin.
These two have quite a few stories to share. I even surprised them both with a few classic, out of print 45s. You can hear all of this by clicking on the link above. See the playlist below.
I just saw Mudhoney recently, so opening this particular show with an Angry Samoans cover sounded perfect. This show is good and loud. New music from The Bobby Lees, Dumb Numbers (featuring Melvins), Willie Nelson, and Boris. Reissues from The Clash and The Fall.
I know you're going to dig this.
Enjoy and please share.
jh
You Stupid Asshole: Mudhoney
Burning Bush: Mono Men
Linda Blair: Redd Kross
Doin' The Kirk: The Mummies
Interview with Brendan Earley (The Mutants) and Steve DePace (Flipper)
Love Song: The Mutants
Get Away: Flipper
Interview with Brendan (The Mutants) and Steve (Flipper)
Supermarket Nightmare: Victims Family
Pre-Strike Sweep: Googs
I Come From the Mountain: Thee Oh Sees
Fishing: PIL
Interview with Brendan (The Mutants) and Steve (Flipper)
We've Got Bigger Problems Now: Dead Kennedys
I Wanna Wanna Wanna Wanna Get Rid Of You: Psychotic Pineapple
Roadrunner: Thee Headcoatees
This Is Radio Clash (Different Lyrics - 40th Anniversary release): The Clash
Hip Priest: The Fall
Hollywood Junkyard: The Bobby Lees
Sonic Reducer: Dead Boys
So-Called Solid Objects: Dumb Numbers with The Melvins
What Do I Get: Destroy All Monsters
Painkiller: Boris + Endon
Sunken City: Mike Watt and the Secondmen
Deep Elem Blues: Good Old Boys
With A Little Help From My Friends: Willie Nelson
These two have quite a few stories to share. I even surprised them both with a few classic, out of print 45s. You can hear all of this by clicking on the link above. See the playlist below.
I just saw Mudhoney recently, so opening this particular show with an Angry Samoans cover sounded perfect. This show is good and loud. New music from The Bobby Lees, Dumb Numbers (featuring Melvins), Willie Nelson, and Boris. Reissues from The Clash and The Fall.
I know you're going to dig this.
Enjoy and please share.
jh
You Stupid Asshole: Mudhoney
Burning Bush: Mono Men
Linda Blair: Redd Kross
Doin' The Kirk: The Mummies
Interview with Brendan Earley (The Mutants) and Steve DePace (Flipper)
Love Song: The Mutants
Get Away: Flipper
Interview with Brendan (The Mutants) and Steve (Flipper)
Supermarket Nightmare: Victims Family
Pre-Strike Sweep: Googs
I Come From the Mountain: Thee Oh Sees
Fishing: PIL
Interview with Brendan (The Mutants) and Steve (Flipper)
We've Got Bigger Problems Now: Dead Kennedys
I Wanna Wanna Wanna Wanna Get Rid Of You: Psychotic Pineapple
Roadrunner: Thee Headcoatees
This Is Radio Clash (Different Lyrics - 40th Anniversary release): The Clash
Hip Priest: The Fall
Hollywood Junkyard: The Bobby Lees
Sonic Reducer: Dead Boys
So-Called Solid Objects: Dumb Numbers with The Melvins
What Do I Get: Destroy All Monsters
Painkiller: Boris + Endon
Sunken City: Mike Watt and the Secondmen
Deep Elem Blues: Good Old Boys
With A Little Help From My Friends: Willie Nelson
Hell's Kitchen Radio #476: No Reward Without Hell
May 16, 2022 8:00pm
How many ways am I supposed to say it, you do not get nearly enough good music in your diet. I want you to promise that if I drop off the face of this Earth, that you are going to commit to listening to quality music on the daily. And you need to mix it up. You can't just stay with the same genre, you know? My suggestion, when you go record shopping and you purchase three or more records make at least one from a genre you aren't used to. Trust me, it's a great way to build your collection while broadening your horizons.
I know that my international collection was built in this way. And I never would have discovered the richness of African Funk if I didn't stick to this method. And one artist leads to another, and one unheard of genre leads to another. My dad always said there's no reward in life without risk. I have always taken that to heart, in ways I'm not ready to discuss on this blog. I can attest to the fact that taking a risk on music is always a good thing. Except that hair metal band, Cinderella. There was no redeeming qualities in that band, none. Winger either. Nope. Sorry. None.
As for this show right here, I think the sets speak for themselves. I was in a real dance mood in the first few sets; really funky. If you haven't heard Mdou Moctar, then you haven't heard one of the all-time greatest guitarist there is, alive or dead. Seriously, he's up there with Hendrix and Van Halen. There's new music from Japan's Kikagaku Moyo, who are on their final tour right now. A show I cannot attend because I'm going to be in Yosemite. Lucky me. I gave tickets away in the second hour to Diane Coffee. You really need to check them out. The entire lineup is in the last half hour.
Lots of new music for you that isn't much of a risk. Perhaps I need to get a bit more edgy next week? Tune in.
Enjoy.
jh
Give It Up Or Turn It Loose (Remix): James Brown
The Hands of Time: The Perfect Circle
Funeral Solution: Oh Sees
See You In The Boneyard: The Flesh Eaters
Gnekelhe Mohi: Orchestre Massako
Lungs: John Abercrombie
Chrismiten: Mdou Moctar
Over and Out: Sex Mob
Monaka: Kikagaku Moyo
Fulton Street: Eddie Gale
Salt Peanuts: Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Max Roach, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus
Do Not Go Gentle Into the Good Night: Iggy Pop
When My Day of the Crone Comes: Brigid Dawson
Before I Ask: Negativland
Secrets: King Crimson
Forecast: Diane Coffee
Get Out: Jackie Cohen
Chestburster: Mary Claire
Pick A Bale of Cotton: Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder
In That Great Getting Up In The Morning: The New Gospel Keys
I know that my international collection was built in this way. And I never would have discovered the richness of African Funk if I didn't stick to this method. And one artist leads to another, and one unheard of genre leads to another. My dad always said there's no reward in life without risk. I have always taken that to heart, in ways I'm not ready to discuss on this blog. I can attest to the fact that taking a risk on music is always a good thing. Except that hair metal band, Cinderella. There was no redeeming qualities in that band, none. Winger either. Nope. Sorry. None.
As for this show right here, I think the sets speak for themselves. I was in a real dance mood in the first few sets; really funky. If you haven't heard Mdou Moctar, then you haven't heard one of the all-time greatest guitarist there is, alive or dead. Seriously, he's up there with Hendrix and Van Halen. There's new music from Japan's Kikagaku Moyo, who are on their final tour right now. A show I cannot attend because I'm going to be in Yosemite. Lucky me. I gave tickets away in the second hour to Diane Coffee. You really need to check them out. The entire lineup is in the last half hour.
Lots of new music for you that isn't much of a risk. Perhaps I need to get a bit more edgy next week? Tune in.
Enjoy.
jh
Give It Up Or Turn It Loose (Remix): James Brown
The Hands of Time: The Perfect Circle
Funeral Solution: Oh Sees
See You In The Boneyard: The Flesh Eaters
Gnekelhe Mohi: Orchestre Massako
Lungs: John Abercrombie
Chrismiten: Mdou Moctar
Over and Out: Sex Mob
Monaka: Kikagaku Moyo
Fulton Street: Eddie Gale
Salt Peanuts: Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Max Roach, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus
Do Not Go Gentle Into the Good Night: Iggy Pop
When My Day of the Crone Comes: Brigid Dawson
Before I Ask: Negativland
Secrets: King Crimson
Forecast: Diane Coffee
Get Out: Jackie Cohen
Chestburster: Mary Claire
Pick A Bale of Cotton: Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder
In That Great Getting Up In The Morning: The New Gospel Keys
Hell's Kitchen Radio #475: Proto-Post-Perv-Punk
May 9, 2022 8:00pm
Oh wow that was really fun. There are those nights when everything just clicks. This was one of those nights. The tunes, the transitions, the mic breaks, and almost 100% of the equipment worked better than expected. That's saying something.
I've been doing this a long time, and others prepare their sets down to the minute, choosing just the right tracks days before their show, and it really shows. I've never been that way. Never. I bring a heap load of music with me, mostly vinyl, but I do have a small CD case I'll reload every so often, and then there's my external HD, loaded with my latest digital acquisitions. BTW, when I buy a new record, I love getting both the vinyl and the digital download. What a world we live in!
Lots of new music tonight, featuring Ty Segall, Kikagaku Moyo, The Bobby Lees, Dogbowl (thanks Jim!), Willie Nelson, Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder, and Boris. There's some Jazz, Punk, Blues, "Gospel", Psychedelic, Proto-Punk, British Prog, and much more.
Let's see your local commercial radio station even come close to what you get on Radio Valencia.
Enjoy and please share.
jh
Money: The Flying Lizards
Shot Down: Frisco
Hello - Hi: Ty Segall
Girlfriend: Death Valley Girls
Dancing Blue: Kikagaku Moyo
Venus in Furs: Velvet Underground
TV Eye: The Stooges
Hollywood Junkyard: The Bobby Lees
Original Faubus Fables: Charles Mingus
I See The Light/What's His Name: Scott H. Biram
On My Own: Dogbowl with Jim F
We're Not Happy (Til You're Not Happy): Willie Nelson
Diggin' My Potatoes: Sonny Terry
The Midnight Special: Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder
Tombstone Shadow: Creedence Clearwater Revival
Master of the Universe: Hawkwind
New Potato Caboose: Grateful Dead
Frontier Glitch: Strike Anywhere
Frail Bray: Western Addiction
Summer Trip: Decent Criminal
Give Me The Cure; Fugazi
Eros: Boris + Endon
I've been doing this a long time, and others prepare their sets down to the minute, choosing just the right tracks days before their show, and it really shows. I've never been that way. Never. I bring a heap load of music with me, mostly vinyl, but I do have a small CD case I'll reload every so often, and then there's my external HD, loaded with my latest digital acquisitions. BTW, when I buy a new record, I love getting both the vinyl and the digital download. What a world we live in!
Lots of new music tonight, featuring Ty Segall, Kikagaku Moyo, The Bobby Lees, Dogbowl (thanks Jim!), Willie Nelson, Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder, and Boris. There's some Jazz, Punk, Blues, "Gospel", Psychedelic, Proto-Punk, British Prog, and much more.
Let's see your local commercial radio station even come close to what you get on Radio Valencia.
Enjoy and please share.
jh
Money: The Flying Lizards
Shot Down: Frisco
Hello - Hi: Ty Segall
Girlfriend: Death Valley Girls
Dancing Blue: Kikagaku Moyo
Venus in Furs: Velvet Underground
TV Eye: The Stooges
Hollywood Junkyard: The Bobby Lees
Original Faubus Fables: Charles Mingus
I See The Light/What's His Name: Scott H. Biram
On My Own: Dogbowl with Jim F
We're Not Happy (Til You're Not Happy): Willie Nelson
Diggin' My Potatoes: Sonny Terry
The Midnight Special: Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder
Tombstone Shadow: Creedence Clearwater Revival
Master of the Universe: Hawkwind
New Potato Caboose: Grateful Dead
Frontier Glitch: Strike Anywhere
Frail Bray: Western Addiction
Summer Trip: Decent Criminal
Give Me The Cure; Fugazi
Eros: Boris + Endon
Hell's Kitchen Radio #473: Keeping Clever Pennies On Your Eyes
April 18, 2022 8:00pm
Holy Hell did tax day give me a swift kick in the pants. I really needed this show to distract from the pain. That being said, I'm not against paying taxes; not in the least. I want my children to have great parks, and schools and roads. I want water and air to be clean, and I do not trust the private one iota to care for any of this. So I'll pay the bill. And I won't complain about it.
And I won't tell you how to feel about it.
You came for the music. And so did I.
I saw the best show last weekend: Scott H. Biram along with JD Pinkus and Shovelman. I was a Radio Valencia co-presents, which I MCd with Ace from RV. We had the Geezer spinning tunes between acts. What a fabulous show filled three solo acts, each remarkable in their own way. Seeing Pinkus was great, since he and I chat it up a lot on Instagram. It was like visiting an old friend. Shovelman is a local boy, as far a Willits is concerned. But he also used to perform with the Vau de Vier Society, as have a number of friends of mine, so I felt kinship with him right away. And that damn shovel! Who knew?
If you haven't seen Scott H. Biram, then do yourself a fine favor and get out to the show when he's in town. He's got fire and brimstone burning in his soul, right along side the fire of the lord themselves. he can go from gospel blues to Slayer in the same stanza! What a treat!
I really enjoy the co-presents we've been doing at Bottom of the Hill. Come on out Tuesday. April 26th to see Jon Spencer and the HITmakers. It's sure to be a treat. I played some new Jon Spencer later in this here show.
What else did I play? I played music from both Pinkus and Biram, so you'll get a taste of what you missed. There's some African guitar wizardry from Mdou Moctar, new Pink Floyd (yes, I said NEW) featuring Ukranian singer Andriy Khlynyuk, Swedish psych from Dungen, schizophrenic rock from Wesley Willis, 25th anniversary tune from Sleater-Kinney, classic Primus, and re-released The Fall, live from 1981.
You just can't get this in too many places. Allow me to be your one stop musical shop.
See you at the next show. Speaking of next shows, Radio Valencia is gearing up for another live fundraiser at Make Out Room in late June. Stay tune for details.
Enjoy and please share.
jh
Tax Man: The Beatles
Wake Up The Sun: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Been Down Too Long: Scott H. Biram
He's Doing Time In Jail: Wesley Willis with Wesley Willis Fiasco
Is The Season For New Incarnations: Brigid Dawson and the Mother's Network
Tala Tannam: Mdou Moctar
Ljus In I Min Panna (Light in my pan): Dungen
Hey, Hey Rise Up: Pink Floyd ft. Andriy Khlyvnyuk
I Belong To The Beat Generation: Bob and Don
Kyiv Calling: Beton
You Look Funny When You Cry: JD Pinkus
Miss You: The Concretes
March of the Cicadas: Carlton Melton
Dig Me Out: Sleater-Kinney
John The Fisherman: Primus
Dawn of the Falconer: Hot Fog
Junk Man: Jon Spencer and the HITmakers
Enemy of My Enemy: All Them Witches
O.G.: Big Business
Totally Wired: The Fall
Boungoumoune: Orchestre Massako
What A Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong
And I won't tell you how to feel about it.
You came for the music. And so did I.
I saw the best show last weekend: Scott H. Biram along with JD Pinkus and Shovelman. I was a Radio Valencia co-presents, which I MCd with Ace from RV. We had the Geezer spinning tunes between acts. What a fabulous show filled three solo acts, each remarkable in their own way. Seeing Pinkus was great, since he and I chat it up a lot on Instagram. It was like visiting an old friend. Shovelman is a local boy, as far a Willits is concerned. But he also used to perform with the Vau de Vier Society, as have a number of friends of mine, so I felt kinship with him right away. And that damn shovel! Who knew?
If you haven't seen Scott H. Biram, then do yourself a fine favor and get out to the show when he's in town. He's got fire and brimstone burning in his soul, right along side the fire of the lord themselves. he can go from gospel blues to Slayer in the same stanza! What a treat!
I really enjoy the co-presents we've been doing at Bottom of the Hill. Come on out Tuesday. April 26th to see Jon Spencer and the HITmakers. It's sure to be a treat. I played some new Jon Spencer later in this here show.
What else did I play? I played music from both Pinkus and Biram, so you'll get a taste of what you missed. There's some African guitar wizardry from Mdou Moctar, new Pink Floyd (yes, I said NEW) featuring Ukranian singer Andriy Khlynyuk, Swedish psych from Dungen, schizophrenic rock from Wesley Willis, 25th anniversary tune from Sleater-Kinney, classic Primus, and re-released The Fall, live from 1981.
You just can't get this in too many places. Allow me to be your one stop musical shop.
See you at the next show. Speaking of next shows, Radio Valencia is gearing up for another live fundraiser at Make Out Room in late June. Stay tune for details.
Enjoy and please share.
jh
Tax Man: The Beatles
Wake Up The Sun: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Been Down Too Long: Scott H. Biram
He's Doing Time In Jail: Wesley Willis with Wesley Willis Fiasco
Is The Season For New Incarnations: Brigid Dawson and the Mother's Network
Tala Tannam: Mdou Moctar
Ljus In I Min Panna (Light in my pan): Dungen
Hey, Hey Rise Up: Pink Floyd ft. Andriy Khlyvnyuk
I Belong To The Beat Generation: Bob and Don
Kyiv Calling: Beton
You Look Funny When You Cry: JD Pinkus
Miss You: The Concretes
March of the Cicadas: Carlton Melton
Dig Me Out: Sleater-Kinney
John The Fisherman: Primus
Dawn of the Falconer: Hot Fog
Junk Man: Jon Spencer and the HITmakers
Enemy of My Enemy: All Them Witches
O.G.: Big Business
Totally Wired: The Fall
Boungoumoune: Orchestre Massako
What A Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong
Hell's Kitchen Radio #472: Bringing On The KnightressM1
April 4, 2022 8:00pm
Tonight was a really special show. I was lucky enough to have Bay Area metal violinist Emily Palen of KnightressM1 on the program talking up her latest collaboration: Othered, as well as new KnightressM1 material.
I first witnesses the prowess that is Miss Emily Palen, when she graced the stage supporting Eric McFadden at Ivy Room back in 2019. Her mastery of the violin is evident, and how she shows this mastery in on entirely different level than any violinist I've ever seen. I was mesmerized.
Starting on the violin at the age of four, Emily dedicated herself to the instrument, K-12 and into college at the University of Michigan. Following the path of classical music is a strenuous commitment and Emily took some time off to reflect on her musical future. Finding herself living in the Bay Area, Emily took this opportunity to also change the direction of her music, choosing to break out of the confines that Classical keeps you in, and found musicians to jam with. Over time she found herself attracted to Metal (not too surprising considering many excellent Metal musicians have a penchant for Classical), and adding some effects to her violin, along with some powerful lyrics centered on her own life's journey and the world she sees around her, created the dynamic superhero that is KnightressM1.
Emily can tell the story much better than I. She was with me for most of the night sharing new music from her collaboration with Henry Austin Lannan, aka: H.A.L. under the Othered title, as well as new KnightressM1 and music from the 2020 release: "Dreams and Devastations".
Othered will have a rare performance at Eli's Mile High in Oakland on Friday, April 15th.
Enjoy and please share.
jh
The 7th Terror: FUZZ
Sentient Oona: Oh Sees
Interview with Emily Palen
Planets on the Rise: Othered
War: Othered
Interview with Emily Palen
Polarity Integrate: KnightressM1
Lost In The Shipwreck Of My Heart: KnightressM1
Interview with Emily Palen
Dead Americans: Othered
Deaf As A Lullaby: KnightressM1
Interview with Emily Palen
Die In Vain: KnightressM1
Sonic Titan: Sleep
In Every Dream Home A Heartache: Roxy Music
I first witnesses the prowess that is Miss Emily Palen, when she graced the stage supporting Eric McFadden at Ivy Room back in 2019. Her mastery of the violin is evident, and how she shows this mastery in on entirely different level than any violinist I've ever seen. I was mesmerized.
Starting on the violin at the age of four, Emily dedicated herself to the instrument, K-12 and into college at the University of Michigan. Following the path of classical music is a strenuous commitment and Emily took some time off to reflect on her musical future. Finding herself living in the Bay Area, Emily took this opportunity to also change the direction of her music, choosing to break out of the confines that Classical keeps you in, and found musicians to jam with. Over time she found herself attracted to Metal (not too surprising considering many excellent Metal musicians have a penchant for Classical), and adding some effects to her violin, along with some powerful lyrics centered on her own life's journey and the world she sees around her, created the dynamic superhero that is KnightressM1.
Emily can tell the story much better than I. She was with me for most of the night sharing new music from her collaboration with Henry Austin Lannan, aka: H.A.L. under the Othered title, as well as new KnightressM1 and music from the 2020 release: "Dreams and Devastations".
Othered will have a rare performance at Eli's Mile High in Oakland on Friday, April 15th.
Enjoy and please share.
jh
The 7th Terror: FUZZ
Sentient Oona: Oh Sees
Interview with Emily Palen
Planets on the Rise: Othered
War: Othered
Interview with Emily Palen
Polarity Integrate: KnightressM1
Lost In The Shipwreck Of My Heart: KnightressM1
Interview with Emily Palen
Dead Americans: Othered
Deaf As A Lullaby: KnightressM1
Interview with Emily Palen
Die In Vain: KnightressM1
Sonic Titan: Sleep
In Every Dream Home A Heartache: Roxy Music
Hell's Kitchen Radio #471: Coming Undone
March 21, 2022 8:00pm
What a fun night this was, and I think you can tell from the between set banter. I know, I know, you've come for the music, and the music you shall have. Though Spring is in the air, other than the first track, I wasn't thinking of producing a spring-themed show. You can think of this as one if that helps you sleep at night, but honestly it was just me throwing down.
New music from an Emily Palen side project: Othered. She'll be in the studio April 4th to talk up new KnightressM1 recordings. I have been dying to interview Emily, so this promises to be fun.
I've got some Jazz, 60s Psych, Funk, Metal, Garage, and Iggy Pop. What else could you ask for?
We have a fundraiser for Radio Valencia this Sunday, March 27th, 4-10PM at our next door neighbors house, Make Out Room, 3225 22nd Street, in the Mission District of San Francisco. We need money for new equipment and upkeep. We also desperately need to spruce up the new space.
Enjoy and please share.
jh
The Rite of Spring: Hubert Laws
Enlightenment: Sun Ra
Levitation: 13th Floor Elevators
Midnight Special: Harry Belafonte
Smokin' Cheeba Cheeba: George Benson
Journey To The Edge: Othered
Youth of America: Melvins
Melvin: The Belles
Been in the Storm So Long: Mark Growden
Strange Fruit (Tricky Remix): Billy Holiday
Earth People: Dr. Octagon
No Reason: Death Valley Girls
Sixteen: Iggy Pop
Come Undone: Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan
Cold Cold World: The Monkeywrench
I'll Cut You Down: Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats
Hellfudge: Lard
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out: Nina Simone
Can't Let Go: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
I Like Girls: Samantha Sidley
Let's Split: Syd Barrett
What A Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong
New music from an Emily Palen side project: Othered. She'll be in the studio April 4th to talk up new KnightressM1 recordings. I have been dying to interview Emily, so this promises to be fun.
I've got some Jazz, 60s Psych, Funk, Metal, Garage, and Iggy Pop. What else could you ask for?
We have a fundraiser for Radio Valencia this Sunday, March 27th, 4-10PM at our next door neighbors house, Make Out Room, 3225 22nd Street, in the Mission District of San Francisco. We need money for new equipment and upkeep. We also desperately need to spruce up the new space.
Enjoy and please share.
jh
The Rite of Spring: Hubert Laws
Enlightenment: Sun Ra
Levitation: 13th Floor Elevators
Midnight Special: Harry Belafonte
Smokin' Cheeba Cheeba: George Benson
Journey To The Edge: Othered
Youth of America: Melvins
Melvin: The Belles
Been in the Storm So Long: Mark Growden
Strange Fruit (Tricky Remix): Billy Holiday
Earth People: Dr. Octagon
No Reason: Death Valley Girls
Sixteen: Iggy Pop
Come Undone: Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan
Cold Cold World: The Monkeywrench
I'll Cut You Down: Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats
Hellfudge: Lard
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out: Nina Simone
Can't Let Go: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
I Like Girls: Samantha Sidley
Let's Split: Syd Barrett
What A Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong
Hell's Kitchen Radio #470: Let's Celebrate the TL
March 14, 2022 8:00pm
There are neighborhoods around San Francisco I get excited about, and then there are neighborhoods I'd just rather avoid all-together. I've spent countless days in rough hoods like Bayview, Hunters Point, Western Addition, and the like. I've seen some crazy things in these neighborhoods. I've participated in crazy things in these neighborhoods. And I have often asked myself if I felt safe? Trust me when I tell you there were plenty of times, walking in the middle of the night, deep in the heart of some neighborhood, where I knew the streets well during the day, but at night something else happens entirely.
I do not spend much time in the Tenderloin. Other than seeing shows at the Great American Music Hall, a few services at Glide, or taking my students on a field trip to the federal courthouse (which is more Civic Center than TL), this just isn't a place I like to find myself. It's not that it's crime-infested. It's junkie-infested. And why? This is where the treatment centers are located!
It's that energy I just can't be around.
So imagine my surprise when I got a call from Stephen DePace of Flipper, telling me about an upcoming exhibit at the Tenderloin Museum titled "Sounds of the Tenderloin"? The first words out of my mouth were "there's a museum in the TL?". There is indeed a museum in the TL. The Tenderloin Museum opened its doors in 2015.
And here I thought I knew (almost) everything about the history of music in San Francisco.
Stephen brought the exhibition curator Dale Hoyt over to the RV studios to talk about the show and some history of the TL that was music to my ears. There is a lot of information over at the museum website, and some great shows coming up in support of the exhibit, including our friends Flipper at Great American Music Hall, May 26th.
Let's all go on a field trip to the Tenderloin Museum to check out this exhibit together. Just watch out for the needles.
Enjoy.
jh
Radio Valencia is a self-funded endeavor. If you are enjoying our shows, I'd like to ask you to donate a few dollars our way. The link on the homepage will take you to our PayPal, which is hosted by SFIndyMedia, our non-profit benefactor. All donations go to Radio Valencia. Thank you in advance.
We have a fundraiser coming up, Sunday, March 27th, 4-10PM at Make Out Room, 3225 22nd Street, in SF. They're our next door neighbor! This is going to be a ton of fun. Come on out and celebrate your favorite freeform, non-commercial, streaming-only radio station: Radio Valencia. We'll have some merch on hand.
Hell's Kitchen Radio with John Hell
Mondays 8-10PM
Radio Valencia in SF
Who Stole The Keishka: Polkacide
Double Dare Ya: Bikini Kill
Maggot: Amyl and the Sniffers
Dreaming: Cherubs
Beat Club: A/LPACA
Anger Management: ShitKid
Born To Go: Hawkwind
Interview with Dale Hoyt and Steve DePace
Rat King: Night Beats
Mad Moth: The Bobby Lees
Duende War: Triclops
I Died A Thousand Times: Dark Carnival
Ass, Gas, or Grass: Men's Club
Short Eyes: Altamont
Longhair: Monster Magnet
Religion: PIL
Uptown: Chambers Brothers
I Bid You Goodnight: Joseph Spence and the Pinder Family
I do not spend much time in the Tenderloin. Other than seeing shows at the Great American Music Hall, a few services at Glide, or taking my students on a field trip to the federal courthouse (which is more Civic Center than TL), this just isn't a place I like to find myself. It's not that it's crime-infested. It's junkie-infested. And why? This is where the treatment centers are located!
It's that energy I just can't be around.
So imagine my surprise when I got a call from Stephen DePace of Flipper, telling me about an upcoming exhibit at the Tenderloin Museum titled "Sounds of the Tenderloin"? The first words out of my mouth were "there's a museum in the TL?". There is indeed a museum in the TL. The Tenderloin Museum opened its doors in 2015.
And here I thought I knew (almost) everything about the history of music in San Francisco.
Stephen brought the exhibition curator Dale Hoyt over to the RV studios to talk about the show and some history of the TL that was music to my ears. There is a lot of information over at the museum website, and some great shows coming up in support of the exhibit, including our friends Flipper at Great American Music Hall, May 26th.
Let's all go on a field trip to the Tenderloin Museum to check out this exhibit together. Just watch out for the needles.
Enjoy.
jh
Radio Valencia is a self-funded endeavor. If you are enjoying our shows, I'd like to ask you to donate a few dollars our way. The link on the homepage will take you to our PayPal, which is hosted by SFIndyMedia, our non-profit benefactor. All donations go to Radio Valencia. Thank you in advance.
We have a fundraiser coming up, Sunday, March 27th, 4-10PM at Make Out Room, 3225 22nd Street, in SF. They're our next door neighbor! This is going to be a ton of fun. Come on out and celebrate your favorite freeform, non-commercial, streaming-only radio station: Radio Valencia. We'll have some merch on hand.
Hell's Kitchen Radio with John Hell
Mondays 8-10PM
Radio Valencia in SF
Who Stole The Keishka: Polkacide
Double Dare Ya: Bikini Kill
Maggot: Amyl and the Sniffers
Dreaming: Cherubs
Beat Club: A/LPACA
Anger Management: ShitKid
Born To Go: Hawkwind
Interview with Dale Hoyt and Steve DePace
Rat King: Night Beats
Mad Moth: The Bobby Lees
Duende War: Triclops
I Died A Thousand Times: Dark Carnival
Ass, Gas, or Grass: Men's Club
Short Eyes: Altamont
Longhair: Monster Magnet
Religion: PIL
Uptown: Chambers Brothers
I Bid You Goodnight: Joseph Spence and the Pinder Family
Hell's Kitchen Radio #469: Where You Goin'?
March 7, 2022 8:00pm
You inspire me. Thanks for that. I hear from listeners throughout the week, letting me know what they're listening to, and often turning me onto something that I should be playing for you!
Feel free to comment here and let me know how all this is working out for you. What else can I offer? Seriously, how much do I have to bleed for your love?!?!?!?!
In the meantime take a gander at what I served up last Monday night. Funk, dub, indie, spiritual free jazz, post-punk (and NOT The Fall!!!), folk, torch singer, Nashville, legendary punk, Japanese psych-ambient-metal, Satchmo and FUZZ. A little bit for everyone in the family.
Click the link at the top to stream or download this gem, and please feel free to share with music lovers who don't know what they're missing.
And leave a comment.
Enjoy.
jh
Hell's Kitchen Radio with John Hell
Mondays 8-10PM
Radio Valencia in SF
Give It Up Or Turn It Loose (Remix): James Brown
High Fashion: I-Roy with The Upsetters
Snakes Crawl: Shannon and the Clams
You Were Sleeping: Jay Reatard
Japan: The Darts
Blind to Vines: FUZZ
We Are Starzz: Angel Bat Dawid and Tha Brothahood
Futurist: HRVD
Dethroned: Black Midi
Enemy of My Enemy: All Them Witches
Awaken And Allow: Shannon Lay
Hands: Lithics
Kung Fu: Curtis Mayfield
Mercy-D: Sam and the Soul Machine
Nailing Honey To The Bee: Brian Jonestown Massacre
Tonight It Shows: Mercury Rev
Said Goodbye To That Car: Marissa Nadler
Portland, Oregon: Loretta Lynn
Junco Partner: Joe Strummer
The Whip: Psychic Hit
Afterburner: Boris
Pretty Bird: Jenny Lewis
What A Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong
Feel free to comment here and let me know how all this is working out for you. What else can I offer? Seriously, how much do I have to bleed for your love?!?!?!?!
In the meantime take a gander at what I served up last Monday night. Funk, dub, indie, spiritual free jazz, post-punk (and NOT The Fall!!!), folk, torch singer, Nashville, legendary punk, Japanese psych-ambient-metal, Satchmo and FUZZ. A little bit for everyone in the family.
Click the link at the top to stream or download this gem, and please feel free to share with music lovers who don't know what they're missing.
And leave a comment.
Enjoy.
jh
Hell's Kitchen Radio with John Hell
Mondays 8-10PM
Radio Valencia in SF
Give It Up Or Turn It Loose (Remix): James Brown
High Fashion: I-Roy with The Upsetters
Snakes Crawl: Shannon and the Clams
You Were Sleeping: Jay Reatard
Japan: The Darts
Blind to Vines: FUZZ
We Are Starzz: Angel Bat Dawid and Tha Brothahood
Futurist: HRVD
Dethroned: Black Midi
Enemy of My Enemy: All Them Witches
Awaken And Allow: Shannon Lay
Hands: Lithics
Kung Fu: Curtis Mayfield
Mercy-D: Sam and the Soul Machine
Nailing Honey To The Bee: Brian Jonestown Massacre
Tonight It Shows: Mercury Rev
Said Goodbye To That Car: Marissa Nadler
Portland, Oregon: Loretta Lynn
Junco Partner: Joe Strummer
The Whip: Psychic Hit
Afterburner: Boris
Pretty Bird: Jenny Lewis
What A Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong
Hell's Kitchen Radio #468: Who Do We Appreciate?
February 28, 2022 8:00pm
My mission in my radio life is to never insult you. Please let me know if you feel that I've done so. If so, you can fuck right off. HA! Just joking. I really love turning you on...to music. What were you thinking? Whatever it was, I like it. I really do.
I wax poetic about all the evil of commercial radio all the damn time, but it appears that my vitriol has hit new heights! I' just sickened by what I hear on the FM when I'm driving along. I admit, I'm a button pusher, but I may scald my fingertip by how quickly I'm hitting that button. Once you move past 94.1FM (in the Bay Area) there just isn't anything interesting on the dial.
How sad is that?
Of course, I will continue to sing the praises of all things noncommercial. And why not? Music should always be purpose driven. I never mind playing older artists for you, but when I do, I like it to be something you would not normally hear on any other station. You be the judge.
I also really appreciate your feedback. I can only improve when my listeners chime in. Don't be shy.
Lots of tasty treats in this episode. I went record shopping recently (SURPRISE!), and picked up a few Arhoolie Records releases. Check out the Big Mama Thornton track featuring the Muddy Waters Blues Band live in San Francisco in 1966. There's also the ridiculous piano playing of Dave Alexander. This guy is off the charts, good. Other than the Blues, there's 90s indie, 20's Psych, funk, punk, junk, hiphop, folk, and more more more!
Take a listen and share with your music-loving friends.
Enjoy.
jh
Radio Valencia is a self-funded endeavor. If you are enjoying our shows, I'd like to ask you to donate a few dollars our way. This link will take you to our PayPal, which is hosted by SFIndyMedia, our non-profit benefactor. All donations go to Radio Valencia. Thank you in advance.
Hell's Kitchen Radio with John Hell
Mondays 8-10PM
Radio Valencia in SF
Related To What: The Last Poets
Everything Gonna Be Alright: Big Mama Thornton
The Rattler: Dave Alexander
Television Man: Man Or Astroman
The Drama You've Been Craving: Sleeter-Kinney
Brother, Sister: Kevin Morby
Breathless: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
The Playground Twist: Siouxsie and the Banshees
Rhinestone Cowboy: MF Doom and Madlib
Cultivated Grass: John Dwyer and Crew (Gong Splat)
Ät Det Som Växer: Dungen
Green Rocky Road: Tim Buckley
The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat): The Doors
You've Got To Change: Brownout
Harm Joy: C.I.A.
The Universe: Le Butcherettes
Death's Not Your Friend: Wooden Shjips
Electric Fence: Califone
Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall: Bobby Weir and the Wolf Brothers
What A Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong
I wax poetic about all the evil of commercial radio all the damn time, but it appears that my vitriol has hit new heights! I' just sickened by what I hear on the FM when I'm driving along. I admit, I'm a button pusher, but I may scald my fingertip by how quickly I'm hitting that button. Once you move past 94.1FM (in the Bay Area) there just isn't anything interesting on the dial.
How sad is that?
Of course, I will continue to sing the praises of all things noncommercial. And why not? Music should always be purpose driven. I never mind playing older artists for you, but when I do, I like it to be something you would not normally hear on any other station. You be the judge.
I also really appreciate your feedback. I can only improve when my listeners chime in. Don't be shy.
Lots of tasty treats in this episode. I went record shopping recently (SURPRISE!), and picked up a few Arhoolie Records releases. Check out the Big Mama Thornton track featuring the Muddy Waters Blues Band live in San Francisco in 1966. There's also the ridiculous piano playing of Dave Alexander. This guy is off the charts, good. Other than the Blues, there's 90s indie, 20's Psych, funk, punk, junk, hiphop, folk, and more more more!
Take a listen and share with your music-loving friends.
Enjoy.
jh
Radio Valencia is a self-funded endeavor. If you are enjoying our shows, I'd like to ask you to donate a few dollars our way. This link will take you to our PayPal, which is hosted by SFIndyMedia, our non-profit benefactor. All donations go to Radio Valencia. Thank you in advance.
Hell's Kitchen Radio with John Hell
Mondays 8-10PM
Radio Valencia in SF
Related To What: The Last Poets
Everything Gonna Be Alright: Big Mama Thornton
The Rattler: Dave Alexander
Television Man: Man Or Astroman
The Drama You've Been Craving: Sleeter-Kinney
Brother, Sister: Kevin Morby
Breathless: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
The Playground Twist: Siouxsie and the Banshees
Rhinestone Cowboy: MF Doom and Madlib
Cultivated Grass: John Dwyer and Crew (Gong Splat)
Ät Det Som Växer: Dungen
Green Rocky Road: Tim Buckley
The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat): The Doors
You've Got To Change: Brownout
Harm Joy: C.I.A.
The Universe: Le Butcherettes
Death's Not Your Friend: Wooden Shjips
Electric Fence: Califone
Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall: Bobby Weir and the Wolf Brothers
What A Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong
Hell's Kitchen Radio #467: Blow Out Your Candles
February 21, 2022 8:00pm
I swear I am not phoning it in, but there are weeks that I think I could have done better by you. I think I did pretty well tonight. I'm mixing it up, I'm surprising even myself! And I love the comments some of you are throwing my way.
Yes, where else are you going to hear Jefferson Starship, Black Sabbath and Ice-T all in the same show? Where indeed? Certainly not in local commercial radio stations.
Full disclosure: from time to time I have been known to button push on the car stereo. I may even stop on commercial rock station, formerly known as KSAN, which now goes by the unfortunate moniker "The Bone". So sad. Recently I was noticing that of the ten songs I heard (I was driving for a while, OK?) not one of them was newer than 1978. 1978! What are they thinking? Who needs this? And then there's Dave-FM "Totally Random Radio". Yes. Random. From AOR all the way to MOR.
wow
I promise never to insult your ears. I also want you to take more risks with your music listening. Start by enjoying more Radio Valencia. Then stretch out to KFJC, KALX and WFMU. There are so many brilliant non-commercial music stations across the dial (terrestrial and otherwise).
Get listening.
jh
Radio Valencia is a self-funded endeavor. If you are enjoying our shows, I'd like to ask you to donate a few dollars our way. This link will take you to our PayPal, which is hosted by SFIndyMedia, our non-profit benefactor. All donations go to Radio Valencia. Thank you in advance.
Hell's Kitchen Radio with John Hell
Mondays 8-10PM
Radio Valencia in SF
Sugar is a Gateway Drug: Paul Leary
Just A Dream Away: Wipers
Meat: Idiot Flesh
Red Right Hand: Giant Sand
Do You Take This Man?: Diamanda Galas with John Paul Jones
When the Levee Breaks: John Paul Jones and Friends
Anarchy in Español: Storm and the Balls
Sinnerman: Nina Simone
Hardin Wouldn't Run: Johnny Cash
Himig Natin: Juan Dela Cruz
Rare To Wake: Shannon Lay
XM/Starship: Jefferson Starship
I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts: X
Dirty Sanchez: Iggy Pop
I'm Gonna Buy Me A Train Ticket: Carey Bell
Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath, Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath: Flower Travelin' Band
Things I've Said: Buzzed Lightbeer
Body Count: Ice T
Good Night, Sleep Tight: Lawrence Welk Singers
Yes, where else are you going to hear Jefferson Starship, Black Sabbath and Ice-T all in the same show? Where indeed? Certainly not in local commercial radio stations.
Full disclosure: from time to time I have been known to button push on the car stereo. I may even stop on commercial rock station, formerly known as KSAN, which now goes by the unfortunate moniker "The Bone". So sad. Recently I was noticing that of the ten songs I heard (I was driving for a while, OK?) not one of them was newer than 1978. 1978! What are they thinking? Who needs this? And then there's Dave-FM "Totally Random Radio". Yes. Random. From AOR all the way to MOR.
wow
I promise never to insult your ears. I also want you to take more risks with your music listening. Start by enjoying more Radio Valencia. Then stretch out to KFJC, KALX and WFMU. There are so many brilliant non-commercial music stations across the dial (terrestrial and otherwise).
Get listening.
jh
Radio Valencia is a self-funded endeavor. If you are enjoying our shows, I'd like to ask you to donate a few dollars our way. This link will take you to our PayPal, which is hosted by SFIndyMedia, our non-profit benefactor. All donations go to Radio Valencia. Thank you in advance.
Hell's Kitchen Radio with John Hell
Mondays 8-10PM
Radio Valencia in SF
Sugar is a Gateway Drug: Paul Leary
Just A Dream Away: Wipers
Meat: Idiot Flesh
Red Right Hand: Giant Sand
Do You Take This Man?: Diamanda Galas with John Paul Jones
When the Levee Breaks: John Paul Jones and Friends
Anarchy in Español: Storm and the Balls
Sinnerman: Nina Simone
Hardin Wouldn't Run: Johnny Cash
Himig Natin: Juan Dela Cruz
Rare To Wake: Shannon Lay
XM/Starship: Jefferson Starship
I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts: X
Dirty Sanchez: Iggy Pop
I'm Gonna Buy Me A Train Ticket: Carey Bell
Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath, Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath: Flower Travelin' Band
Things I've Said: Buzzed Lightbeer
Body Count: Ice T
Good Night, Sleep Tight: Lawrence Welk Singers
Hell's Kitchen Radio #466: We Put the Fun in Funds
February 14, 2022 8:00pm
I brought so much fabulous vinyl into the studio tonight, just to find the turntables were out of service. Ugh. No bueno. luckily I also brought a handful of CDs and a packed hard drive. Not to worry, I'm always prepared.
I'm reminded of my earliest days in radio, starting at KFJC in late 1988. I was trained by the magnificent and wacky Hell 'n' Hairspray. She alerted me to the need to always be prepared. Have a few CDs cued up, just in case what you want to play doesn't. Good advice.
On Monday night I still found a way to share lots of new music, including Iggy Pop, Death Valley Girls, Psi-Psonics, and Brigid Dawson. I also pay tribute to the Funk Goddess, Betty Davis, who passed away last week at the tender age of 77. Did you know she wrote a new tune back in 2019? This was news to me. Listen to it in the second hour.
I was also excited to find some music I haven't listened to in quite a while, as I was hunting through my CD collection for a few items. You'll really get a kick out of "Tommy In Seven Seconds" by the Vital Records gang. Thanks to Jim Fourniadis who ran the label and was also guitarist/singer for the New Jersey punk outfit Rats of Unusual Size. What a mench!
There's something here for everybody. You really do need Radio Valencia in your life. Turn off that commercial radio dreck. It'll take years off your life.
Radio Valencia gives tickets away to shows at Bottom of the Hill every week. Tune into my show and many others to get a chance to go see some great music at a great venue.
We're also hosting a live fundraiser at next door neighbor's place, Make Out Room on Sunday, March 27th. Details coming soon. We need your funds to keep up the fun.
Enjoy and please share.
jh
Radio Valencia is a self-funded endeavor. If you are enjoying our shows, I'd like to ask you to donate a few dollars our way. The link on the homepage will take you to our PayPal, which is hosted by SFIndyMedia, our non-profit benefactor. All donations go to Radio Valencia. Thank you in advance.
Hell's Kitchen Radio with John Hell
Mondays 8-10PM
Radio Valencia in SF
James Bond: Iggy Pop
When I'm Free: Death Valley Girls
Revolution: Night Beats
Money: The Flying Lizards
Mad Moth: The Bobby Lees
Tommy In Seven Minutes: Vital Records Comp
Can't Call You: Rats of Unusual Size
Teardrops From My Eyes: Ray Condo and His Ricochets
White Linen: Blüchunks
The Cradle: Psi-Psonics
Broadway Sam: Iceberg Slim
My Wild Love: The Doors
Saeta: Miles Davis
The Special Trip: Embryo
Uptown: The Chambers Brothers
Anti Love Song: Betty Davis
He Was A Big Freak: Betty Davis
Get Ready For Betty: Betty Mabry
Born on the Bayou: Betty Davis
Shut Off The Light: Betty Davis
A Little Bit Hot Tonight: Betty Davis/Danielle Maggio
Serenade to a Cuckoo: Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Trixxx: Brigid Dawson and the Mothers Network
In That Great Gettin' Up In The Morning: The New Gospel Keys
I'm reminded of my earliest days in radio, starting at KFJC in late 1988. I was trained by the magnificent and wacky Hell 'n' Hairspray. She alerted me to the need to always be prepared. Have a few CDs cued up, just in case what you want to play doesn't. Good advice.
On Monday night I still found a way to share lots of new music, including Iggy Pop, Death Valley Girls, Psi-Psonics, and Brigid Dawson. I also pay tribute to the Funk Goddess, Betty Davis, who passed away last week at the tender age of 77. Did you know she wrote a new tune back in 2019? This was news to me. Listen to it in the second hour.
I was also excited to find some music I haven't listened to in quite a while, as I was hunting through my CD collection for a few items. You'll really get a kick out of "Tommy In Seven Seconds" by the Vital Records gang. Thanks to Jim Fourniadis who ran the label and was also guitarist/singer for the New Jersey punk outfit Rats of Unusual Size. What a mench!
There's something here for everybody. You really do need Radio Valencia in your life. Turn off that commercial radio dreck. It'll take years off your life.
Radio Valencia gives tickets away to shows at Bottom of the Hill every week. Tune into my show and many others to get a chance to go see some great music at a great venue.
We're also hosting a live fundraiser at next door neighbor's place, Make Out Room on Sunday, March 27th. Details coming soon. We need your funds to keep up the fun.
Enjoy and please share.
jh
Radio Valencia is a self-funded endeavor. If you are enjoying our shows, I'd like to ask you to donate a few dollars our way. The link on the homepage will take you to our PayPal, which is hosted by SFIndyMedia, our non-profit benefactor. All donations go to Radio Valencia. Thank you in advance.
Hell's Kitchen Radio with John Hell
Mondays 8-10PM
Radio Valencia in SF
James Bond: Iggy Pop
When I'm Free: Death Valley Girls
Revolution: Night Beats
Money: The Flying Lizards
Mad Moth: The Bobby Lees
Tommy In Seven Minutes: Vital Records Comp
Can't Call You: Rats of Unusual Size
Teardrops From My Eyes: Ray Condo and His Ricochets
White Linen: Blüchunks
The Cradle: Psi-Psonics
Broadway Sam: Iceberg Slim
My Wild Love: The Doors
Saeta: Miles Davis
The Special Trip: Embryo
Uptown: The Chambers Brothers
Anti Love Song: Betty Davis
He Was A Big Freak: Betty Davis
Get Ready For Betty: Betty Mabry
Born on the Bayou: Betty Davis
Shut Off The Light: Betty Davis
A Little Bit Hot Tonight: Betty Davis/Danielle Maggio
Serenade to a Cuckoo: Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Trixxx: Brigid Dawson and the Mothers Network
In That Great Gettin' Up In The Morning: The New Gospel Keys
Hell's Kitchen Radio #465: We Love You EB
January 31, 2022 8:00pm
Well my dear friend Eric "EB" Brown passed away on Monday morning. What a dear man he was. Always ready with a smile and a quick retort. I appreciated him in more ways than I can count. I'll miss you, dear friend. My heart goes out to your wonderful wife, Cat, and your entire family. My heart also goes out to our large circle of friends, who have lost countless lives over the past decade.
Fuck cancer.
Do you ever think about how you're going to die? I think I'm going to be stabbed to death. Isn't that a lovely thought? I've thought about this more times than I care to admit; almost always when I'm walking in a compromised neighborhood, late at night. "Will I make it out of here alive" is usually the question I ask myself. So far, so good.
Don't be so nihilistic, Mr. Hell.
I have no death wish. I would love to be happy and healthy deep into my senior years. I want to see my kids grow up, reaching their dreams, or at least finding stability. That would be nice. And there's too much music to enjoy. I need to be spinning records for a few more decades, thank you very much.
But when I think about who we've lost, I fairly confident these very active and creative people also wanted to keep engaging and producing for many more years. They didn't ask for this. And they fought against it, tooth and nail.
Fuck cancer.
I think about what Jerry Garcia said about how he was going to live this life: "I choose fun". He died young, only 53. And he died with a smile on his face. Of course it was the drugs and diabetes that did him in. Luckily I have no drug addiction, and I'm healthier than I've been in many many years.
I'm reminded what Miles Davis said about drugs: "When you're rich, cocaine ain't a habit." Thanks Miles.
This show wasn't meant to turn into a memorial, but many of the songs have that flavor. New music from Eric McFadden, Death Valley Girls, Le Butcherettes, Brigid Dawson, JD Pinkus, Pedro Connect, and red Fang.
Thanks as always for your support. We honestly couldn't do what we do if it wasn't for the monthly dues from our station volunteers, and it's not enough to keep us afloat. We're going to start an online fundraiser soon, letting you know what we need and how much it's going to cost. Anything you can send our way is appreciated. Click on the PayPal link on the homepage to help out your favorite San Francisco community radio station.
Enjoy and please share.
Oh, and fuck cancer.
jh
Hell's Kitchen Radio with John Hell
Mondays 8-10PM
Radio Valencia in SF
https://hellskitchenradio.blogspot.com/
Eagles Over America: ShitKit
Ballad of Dwight Fry: Eric McFadden
Sun Goddess: Earth Wind and Fire (For EB)
Dread Lion: The Upsetters
When I'm Free: Death Valley Girls
Alone and Stoned: King Tuff
Ra Wah Wah: Psychic Ills
Heartbreak Jazz: Brigid Dawson and the Mother's Network
Hummingbird: Bob Seger
Fungus Shui: JD Pinkus
Across the Universe: The Space Lady
The Universe: Le Butcherettes
Pedro: The Toulon - Pedro Connect
Last Of His Kind: Neil Young
Parchman Farm: John Mayall with Eric Clapton
Kicked Out: Dead Moon
Unreal Estate: Red Fang
Fuck cancer.
Do you ever think about how you're going to die? I think I'm going to be stabbed to death. Isn't that a lovely thought? I've thought about this more times than I care to admit; almost always when I'm walking in a compromised neighborhood, late at night. "Will I make it out of here alive" is usually the question I ask myself. So far, so good.
Don't be so nihilistic, Mr. Hell.
I have no death wish. I would love to be happy and healthy deep into my senior years. I want to see my kids grow up, reaching their dreams, or at least finding stability. That would be nice. And there's too much music to enjoy. I need to be spinning records for a few more decades, thank you very much.
But when I think about who we've lost, I fairly confident these very active and creative people also wanted to keep engaging and producing for many more years. They didn't ask for this. And they fought against it, tooth and nail.
Fuck cancer.
I think about what Jerry Garcia said about how he was going to live this life: "I choose fun". He died young, only 53. And he died with a smile on his face. Of course it was the drugs and diabetes that did him in. Luckily I have no drug addiction, and I'm healthier than I've been in many many years.
I'm reminded what Miles Davis said about drugs: "When you're rich, cocaine ain't a habit." Thanks Miles.
This show wasn't meant to turn into a memorial, but many of the songs have that flavor. New music from Eric McFadden, Death Valley Girls, Le Butcherettes, Brigid Dawson, JD Pinkus, Pedro Connect, and red Fang.
Thanks as always for your support. We honestly couldn't do what we do if it wasn't for the monthly dues from our station volunteers, and it's not enough to keep us afloat. We're going to start an online fundraiser soon, letting you know what we need and how much it's going to cost. Anything you can send our way is appreciated. Click on the PayPal link on the homepage to help out your favorite San Francisco community radio station.
Enjoy and please share.
Oh, and fuck cancer.
jh
Hell's Kitchen Radio with John Hell
Mondays 8-10PM
Radio Valencia in SF
https://hellskitchenradio.blogspot.com/
Eagles Over America: ShitKit
Ballad of Dwight Fry: Eric McFadden
Sun Goddess: Earth Wind and Fire (For EB)
Dread Lion: The Upsetters
When I'm Free: Death Valley Girls
Alone and Stoned: King Tuff
Ra Wah Wah: Psychic Ills
Heartbreak Jazz: Brigid Dawson and the Mother's Network
Hummingbird: Bob Seger
Fungus Shui: JD Pinkus
Across the Universe: The Space Lady
The Universe: Le Butcherettes
Pedro: The Toulon - Pedro Connect
Last Of His Kind: Neil Young
Parchman Farm: John Mayall with Eric Clapton
Kicked Out: Dead Moon
Unreal Estate: Red Fang
January 24, 2022 8:00pm
Fun show, Fun and eclectic setlist. There are times when I blindly choose my records, and play the "how will this sound together" game. It's hit and miss. Tonight was hit! I really had a lot of fun and I think it shows.
Radio Valencia is promoting a lot of co-presents at Bottom of the Hill these days, and Saturday, January 29th is going to be a real winner. Join us for Dr. Madd Vibe, featuring Angelo Moore of Fishbone. Eric McFadden in in support and local rockers Dizzy Twin is opening. I saw Eric and Angelo on Friday night at Ivy Room, and I could not stop dancing and laughing. What an amazing show!!! Tickets are still available.
I'll be you MC for this show, and rumor has it Angelo is hosting a mask making contest! Or something like this. This is a 20+ only show, vaccine proof required, and you MUST keep your mask on throughout the show (other than while you're drinking).
Now, on with the show.
Enjoy and please share.
jh
Hell's Kitchen Radio with John Hell
Mondays 8-10PM
Radio Valencia in SF
https://hellskitchenradio.blogspot.com/
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Bee Karma: WAND
Verwandlung: Embryo
I Ain't Got A Home: Bob Dylan
Bird Animal: King Buzzo with Trevor Dunn
A Change is Gonna Come: The Gits
The N.W.R.A.: The Fall
Inner City Blues: Grover Washington Jr.
Tree Smoke: Kikagaku Moyo
Corpuscle Through Time: Heavy Blanket
The Circle Game: Joni Mitchell (with James Taylor)
Saviour Machine: Redd Kross
The Anti-Heroine: Towanda
Party At Ground Zero: Fishbone
Bales of Cocaine: Reverend Horton Heat
My Sick Mind: The Roches
Spoonman: Melvins with Matt Cameron
Canerican: Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Down At The Rock Club: Richard Hell and the Voidoids
Moral Majority: Circle Jerks
Bottle Up And Go: John Lee Hooker and Canned Heat
Beautiful Stranger: Kevin Morby
Radio Valencia is promoting a lot of co-presents at Bottom of the Hill these days, and Saturday, January 29th is going to be a real winner. Join us for Dr. Madd Vibe, featuring Angelo Moore of Fishbone. Eric McFadden in in support and local rockers Dizzy Twin is opening. I saw Eric and Angelo on Friday night at Ivy Room, and I could not stop dancing and laughing. What an amazing show!!! Tickets are still available.
I'll be you MC for this show, and rumor has it Angelo is hosting a mask making contest! Or something like this. This is a 20+ only show, vaccine proof required, and you MUST keep your mask on throughout the show (other than while you're drinking).
Now, on with the show.
Enjoy and please share.
jh
Hell's Kitchen Radio with John Hell
Mondays 8-10PM
Radio Valencia in SF
https://hellskitchenradio.blogspot.com/
Follow me on Twitter
Follow me on Facebook
Follow Radio Valencia on Twitter
Follow Radio Valencia on Facebook
Follow me on Instagram
Bee Karma: WAND
Verwandlung: Embryo
I Ain't Got A Home: Bob Dylan
Bird Animal: King Buzzo with Trevor Dunn
A Change is Gonna Come: The Gits
The N.W.R.A.: The Fall
Inner City Blues: Grover Washington Jr.
Tree Smoke: Kikagaku Moyo
Corpuscle Through Time: Heavy Blanket
The Circle Game: Joni Mitchell (with James Taylor)
Saviour Machine: Redd Kross
The Anti-Heroine: Towanda
Party At Ground Zero: Fishbone
Bales of Cocaine: Reverend Horton Heat
My Sick Mind: The Roches
Spoonman: Melvins with Matt Cameron
Canerican: Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Down At The Rock Club: Richard Hell and the Voidoids
Moral Majority: Circle Jerks
Bottle Up And Go: John Lee Hooker and Canned Heat
Beautiful Stranger: Kevin Morby