Your pal The Rock’N’Roll Nurse was a wee tyke of 12 in 1975, but was a voracious consumer of oddball pop/rock/whatever LPs.  Hear some of his more memorable polyvinyl chloride finds from back in the day on Part 2 of a 4-part tribute to the halfway point of the ’70s (featuring bands with names F-M in his meticulously alphabetized collection)!

Almost no lyrics at all on this episode of GE, save for “Jet Lag/It’s a drag” and the first part of PINK FLOYD’s “Echoes”.  Otherwise, no words to trap your imagination from going where it will go, with songs by GRYPHON, FOCUS, BO HANSON, NELSON RIDDLE, DAVID BYRNE, GATO BABIERI, JOHN FAHEY, and many more.  Time for a dry daydream, fellow music geeks!

Local SF pop hero ARI VAIS from THE CAMPBELL APARTMENT stopped by RV studios to play some live tunes and some new recorded hits from the upcoming CA vinyl(!) EP Sundogs. The unpredictable and freewheeling discussion that ensued ran the gamut from power-pop heroes from the ’70s to irascible Russian hospital patients.  Hear all this and a ton of great KINKS hits on this odd and endearing episode of GE.  Pop with the moderns, fellow music geeks!

The early 1980s were a great time for New Wave in San Francisco, with 415 Records promoting plenty of great local acts like TRANSLATOR, WIRE TRAIN, RED ROCKERS and ROMEO VOID.  They also were responsible for this stellar compilation of largely (criminally!) overlooked bands like The OFFS and The MUTANTS, among others.  Get on that local New Wave, fellow music geeks!