I know a good band when I hear them, and Rin Tin Tiger is one great alt folk trio from SF! I first saw them playing during Sunday Streets in the Mission earlier this year. I couldn’t step away. I’m excited to have them in the studio tonight at 8PM talking about their upcoming CD release party for their latest feature-length “Toxic Pocketbook” at Great American Music Hall, this Thursday, July 26th. You can purchase the CD here.
John and Ron are huge live bootleg collectors, and twice a year they pit their collections against one another to find out who has the superior sonic sorcery of sound. You be the judge.
Tonight’s show will feature: *One-on-one battles *Rock Blocks *Local Hero Tributes *Ronnie Montrose Tribute *Summer Theme Rock *Premier of an AWESOME, never before heard Led Zeppelin show from 1975!!! *Special Guests at 7 and 9 *Silkscreen poster prizes
*….and MORE…much MUCH MORE
How do we do it? Volume, volume, TURN UP THE VOLUME!
Tune in tonight, 6-10PM (PDST) to what promises to be a battle to end all ROCK FIGHT battles (until the Rock Fight 9 in December).
The return of the Ragi da Lawyer show on A Season in Hell with John Hell. Ragi is an active attorney here in San Francisco, and when he’s not helping clients he’s telling his friends not to take complete advantage of him. So, tonight and tonight only Ragi welcomes you all to take total and complete advantage of his services. Call in 415-875-4091, or hit us up on the chat box on the homepage. No question too irrelevant or lame. Ragi is here to save you from the woes of legal pitfalls.
What a great night for radio!!! 8-10PM (PDST) tonight, I’ll be featuring some of the finest James Brown in celebration of his upcoming birthday, in the first hour. In hour numero dos, it’s week for of eight (read: 4/8) of my tribute to the 40th anniversary of the Grateful Dead’s 1972 European tour which culminated in a fine triple-LP set, “Europe 72”. I have all of the shows and I thought “Hey, let’s make this happen”. Therefore the second hour tonight and the following four Monday nights is all live Dead from the Europe 72 tour.
Also, this Thursday, May 3rd, from 6-10pm I’ll be co-hosting the annual 24 hour “Doin’ it to Death” James Brown birthday special on KFJC, 89.7FM in the Bay Area, http://kfjc.org
WOW, what an amazing Record Store Day that was. Did you all get out and purchase some tasty vinyl? I know I did. I spent the day broadcasting at Vinyl Solution Records in San Mateo on Saturday with M. Dung and Jack Champion. Juan Rapido and the Cheap Hooch gals showed up later in the afternoon to throw down as well. There was so much fine vinyl to choose from, that I had a very hard time deciding, so I just bought it all. Ha! I wish. I’ll be playing so of the exclusive releases tonight in the first hour of my show, 8-9pm (PDST).
In hour 2, at 9PM I’ll be featuring week three of eight (3/8) of my celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Grateful Dead’s Europe 72 tour. Tonight it’ll be cuts from the 04/17/21 Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark and 04/21/72 Beat Club in Bremen, Germany. The 4/21 show was a short, jaunt for the band in a small theater. Oh, to have been there.
Tune in and enjoy some exclusive sweet sounds, 8-10pm (PDST) tonight.
Tonight on A Season in Hell with John Hell, I bring you week 2 of 8 of my celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Grateful Dead’s amazing 1972 European tour. Last week I played a stellar Dark Star from 04/08/72. Tonight I’ve got some brilliance from 04/14 and 04/16/72. I’m not going to give it away, but Pigpen is on FIRE!!! All of this in the 9pm hour.
In the 8pm hour it’s all new music. So many great releases in the past few weeks, it’s hard to choose what to share.
Tune in 8-10pm (PDST) every Monday to A Season in Hell with John Hell.
Forty years ago this week the Grateful Dead embarked upon a great tour of Europe. So great that they redefined themselves during it. The band was a mere eight years old, but they were playing like they had surpassed the cosmos in musical interactivity.
This month and next on A Season in Hell with John Hell, I’ll be playing some of my favorite tunes from this tour. That’s eight weeks of some supreme jams mixed in with some of the finest new music happening right now.
I just grabbed the new Wooden Shjips Remixes LP, and some real tasty Afro-Funk from 1975. Expect two hours of both Afro-Funk and Psychedelia tonight on A Season in Hell with John Hell. 8-10PM (PST) tonight!!!
Valentines day is tomorrow and my love is 3200 miles away. She’s been gone for two weeks. Her sweet, loving father just passed away from colon cancer. He was diagnosed two weeks ago. Get a colonoscopy everyone. It’ll save your life.
Anyway, I’m lonely and feeling a bit annoyed with the fact that the Hallmark LOVE holiday is here. So, I thought I would annoy you for two hours with loud “music”.
Also, what the hell is the deal with the Grammy’s? The only point to this show is for Clive Davis to sell more music. Really, that’s it. The best selling music of the year, as pushed by music promoters that do not live in the same town as the radio stations they are programming, is awarded, which then leads to more sales. I’m sure the artists can make a lot of money off of this, but most of it goes to the industry execs.
Did Adelle deserve all the awards she won? I don’t know. As far as the Grammy’s are concerned, sure. Why not? Who cares?
I do have a lot of respect for best new artist of the year, Bon Iver, as he told an excited audience that there are a lot of musicians out there that are more deserving than him. Amen, brother. Amen.
From the Washington Post article: “Those who did know the band praised frontman Justin Vernon for his humble acceptance speech. “It’s hard to accept because when I started to make songs, I did it for the inherent reward of making songs, so I’m a little bit uncomfortable up here,” he said. “I want to say thank you to all of the nominees, to all of the non-nominees that have never been here and never will be here, all the bands I toured with, all of the bands that inspired me.” ”
And KFOG sucks ass. Have you noticed how they’ve gotten worse and worse all the time? I mean how much worse can they get? They haven’t been good since they had Em Dung on doing the mornings with Scoop Nisker and Kevin the Rat, back in the 80s. for those of you who love Em, he’s on Radio Valencia, Sundays 10-midnight now. HA!!!!
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Born to be Wild: Steppenwolf (In tribute to Paul Goerz. RIP)
Revolve: Melvins
Afterburner: Boris
Book 1, Page 15: Fantomas
Disgraceland: Zeni Geva
Concert Outlook
Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict: Pink Floyd
Hurry up and Wait: R.U.O.K.?
1: Porn~Merzbow
Feral: Tchkung
Liquorball Live
Snuff: Slayer
D. Popylepis: John Zorn’s Cobra
Snagglepuss: Naked City
Om: John Coltrane
Feedback: Grateful Dead (02-14-68)
So it’s come to this, everything Karen Carpenter has been saying about me is apparently true. So, true to my word about being annoying, I’ll be playing very annoying free jazz, and experimental noise and feedback-style metal tonight. Don’t tune in, it’ll only cause you misery. 8-10pm Monday.
I know a good band when I hear them, and Rin Tin Tiger is one great alt folk trio from SF! I first saw them playing during Sunday Streets in the Mission earlier this year. I couldn’t step away. I’m excited to have them in the studio tonight at 8PM talking about their upcoming CD release party for their latest feature-length “Toxic Pocketbook” at Great American Music Hall, this Thursday, July 26th. You can purchase the CD here.
