Hell's Kitchen Radio #483: Internationally Known

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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

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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 #469: Where You Goin'?

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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

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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 #446: Captain Crunchdown

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I just bet I can multitask with the best of them. And when I say I can multitask, what I mean is I can't. And neither can you. Really, you can't, so stop putting on your resume as a skill. I was training a new DJ on Monday night, which takes some real direct attention. You need to be present if you're showing a new host how the system works, as well as the Radio Valencia philosophy. I don't want to play all ten minute songs throughout my show, so the training was happening in fits and starts. I think if you are paying attention you can hear the fits. ugh.

Some of the segues are less than pristine. I'm not proud.

I am however proud of the music I chose tonight. Brand spankin' new music from Butthole Surfers/Melvins bassist Jeff Pinkus and Daddy Longhead. Also new music from Black Midi, David McMurray, and Henry Kaiser. There's also a tribute to ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill who passed away unexpectedly last week following a short illness. 

If you're into ZZ Top (and who isn't???) then be sure to check out my two hour Live Bootleg Bonanza tribute from Monday night. It's two complete shows from 1980 and 1983.

Check out the playlist below for all the treats, and ignore the DJ error as I was training the next great Radio Valencia DJ. 

I thank you in advance.

Enjoy and please share.

jh 

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Paranoid: Ty Segall
Sunken City: Zig Zags
You're Going To Die: Destroy All Monsters

Captain Sunshine: Country Joe and the Fish with John Cippolina
Ascending Forth: Black Midi
Silver Current: White Heaven

Plano: Daddy Longhead
Captain Comedown: Melvins

Backdoor Medley: ZZ Top
Grinder Man: John Lee Hooker

Loser: David McMurray with Betty LaVette and Bob Weir
Brotherman Pt. 1: Mancefield and Brother Man Band
Captain Crunch: Czar Face and MF Doom

The Father, The Son, and the Holy Ghost Reprise: A Love Supreme Electric
Johnny: Suicide
The Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly: Flipper

Take Me Back To The Void: WAND
Original Sin: Peach Kelli Pop
Bird Like Monkey Part 2: Melt Banana
Love Song: The Mutants
Insect Lounge: The Mutants

Teeth Grinder: Mike Krol
Punk Rock Ist Nicht Tot!: Thee Headcoats
Disguises: Minutemen
Garbage on Glue: Blind Shake

Hell's Kitchen Radio #441: My Minimum Opus

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The illist villain to strike to turntable crew is coming straight at you once again, for your face, and your earholes. Better get ready, better get set, 'cause you thought you saw something, YET, Hell is in the hizzzhouse!!!

OK, I got that out of my system. Thanks.

Another Monday back in our new studio, and I'm getting used to the groove. This show is a wee bit different where the mic breaks are concerned. You'll have to give it a listen and let me know what you think. Don't be shy about leaving a comment. 

Lots of new music, and almost all on vinyl this week. I realized that over the past 18 months, streaming from home, where I couldn't access my vinyl, that I have a heap load of great music on my hard drives. I wasn't about to keep that to myself. 

I'm looking forward to getting some guests in the studio to interview soon. I already have my wish list, so stay tuned.

Enjoy.

jh

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Mandalay: Amyl and the Sniffers
Don't Try To Lay No Boogie Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll: John Baldy

I'm So Happy I Cry: Fantastic Negrito
The Green Manalishi: The Flesh Eaters

Marlene Dietrich: Black Midi
No Backrub: Bikini Kill
Be Bop Boogie: Hilton Felton

At Det Som Vaxer: Dungen
KGLW/Automation: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
John Henry: Leadbelly

Opus 40: Mercury Rev
Radar Love: The Space Lady
Street Waves: Pere Ubu
Linda Blair: Redd Kross

Come On Back: Purple Wizard
Mr. Highway Man: Howlin' Wolf
Like Food, It Feeds: The Coachwhips

Drive Fast, Take Chances: Acid King
Shadow of Skull: Boris

Born Stupid: Paul Leary
Glow In The Dark: Death Valley Girls
Love Canal: Flipper with David Yow

Fascists Eat Donuts: Pop O Pies

Hell's Kitchen Radio #392: Speedway To My Bed

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Another week another show from my bed. It's a great bed, really. I can't say enough good things about the comfort. You should really try it out with me. Perhaps when all of this hullabaloo is past us, I can have a contest and host the winner in my bed for my show. It wouldn't be the first time.

When I was a DJ at 89.7FM KFJC (88-97), our late, great engineer Eric Weaver liked to use me as a guinea pig when it came to live remotes. I hosted a number of live morning shows from local cafes, when we had the idea of hosting a show from my bedroom. It was fundraiser time and we figured someone would want a chance of having spending the morning in bed with a dashing young DJ and a crew of engineers, all cramped in my little bedroom. And we were right! We called it "Breakfast in Bed with the Rev! I went by the Reverend Dah Wave back in those days. Truth be told John Hell was born in late August 1994. But that story is for another time.

I can't recall much about the couple that donated for the chance to spend their morning in bed with me. They were in their 20s, and thought it would be a hoot to spend 6-10am in the San Mateo bedroom with a long haired non-commercial radio DJ, his three roommates, and three staff members of KFJC. Actually one of my roommates was a KFJC staffer (RIP Spiderman). I made everyone pancakes, eggs and bacon for breakfast, and for the mic breaks I made them jump into my bed with me. It had to feel real, so every 10-20 minutes for four hours they had snuggle up with me in my queen-sized bed...with my engineer and another staffer sitting around too.

The music was being played back in the KFJC studios. We would "hand off" to the board op when we were done talking, and coordinate when to come back live to my bedroom.

Why am I telling you all of this? Oh right, I have been doing my shows from my bed ever since this pandemic has started. At least I'm lucky enough to be able to do this. Trust me, I do not take it for granted. I will not just phone in a show. I really love being able to share two hours a week with you. I'm thinking about taking on a second slot where I can play my live show in full. I have thousands. Don't believe me? Take a look for yourself. I still have a few hundred to add to that list, and it just keeps on growing.

I'll keep playing the music. You keep listening, and we'll get through all of this together.

Enjoy.

jh

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Long Tall Sally: Little Richard
Lucille: Little Richard

Kansas City: Little Richard
Heeby-Jeebies: Little Richard

Rip It Up: Little Richard
Ready Teddy: Little Richard
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On: Little Richard

Everything I Say Just Goes Right Through Her Heart: Peter Laughner
I Heard Her Call My Name: Mr Elevator and The Brain Hotel
Sucker Punch: The Mandatory Eight

Speedway: Black Midi
A4: Dungen

Control: Amyl and the Sniffers
Shitbeard: Cows
Boris: Melvins
The Moon Shines: Ensemble of the Bulgarian Republic

Isolation: Ty Segall
I Never Loved A Man The Way I Loved You: Aretha Franklin
I Got My Mojo Working: Ann Cole
Papa, Won't You Let Me Go To Town With You: Bobby Gentry

Je T'Aime, Moi Non Plus: Cibo Matto
Bang, Bang: Nancy Sinatra
The Lady Loves Me: Elvis Presley and Anne Margaret

Queen Bitch: Green River
Nothing in this World Can Stop Me Worrying About That Girl: The Kinks
The Mayor: Melle Mel

False Prophet: Bob Dylan
Diamond In Your Mind: Tom Waits
Happy Boy: The Beat Farmers

Hell's Kitchen Radio #389: Little Hell Strikes Again

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Sheltering at home means you're around your roommates a lot. It's one thing when you're not related to your roommate and you can be courteous and spend most of your time in your room, out of there way. It's another thing when your roommates are your family, including your spouse and children. I fall into the latter category.

I have a household which consists of my wonderful and supportive bride, Saucy Hell, our two year old son Bodhi Hell, and my 15 year old daughter from my first marriage, and the one you have come to know through her many visits to Hell's Kitchen Radio, Little Lauson Hell. Lauson has been on my show at least a dozen times now, starting when she was seven years old. The links to all of her visits are at the bottom of this post.

We've been home almost six weeks now, and I've been asking her to come back on the air with me for a while. She finally acquiesced and we broadcast last Monday night from her own room! And it was clean! It's actually the cleanest I've seen it in a few years. See, there is an upside to the shelter at home thing.

And for this show it was also 4-20. I really thought hard if I was going to play a bunch of pro-dope smoking songs. What kind of message would I be sending my daughter if her father was playing a bunch of Snoop Dogg and Cypress Hill? Not the best message, I agree. So I played Cheech and Chong instead! HA!

There are a few pro-cannabis songs in the mix, but I ain't no prude. Just because I support the use of the all-natural leaf doesn't mean I use it. And I certainly do not condone my underage child using it. She is well aware of that. But the music is just too good not to share.

Lauson had some great choices in there as well, and as usual a few a bit more mainstream than I would play. But who cares! It's my show, and Little Lauson Hell can play whatever she chooses, as long as it isn't misogynistic or pro-drugs. Oops.

I stuck around following my show for two hours and played seven tunes. That was fun. I don't have that posted here. You can go on the Radio Valencia Time Machine and hear it though. It starts up at the 4:48 mark. Here's the second hour.

Want to hear more shows featuring Little Lauson Hell?

First show in 2012
Second show in 2014
Third show also in 2014
Fourth show in spring of 2015
Fifth show in the summer of 2015
Sixth show in summer 2016 along with Saucy!
Seventh show was also during summer 2016
Eight show was December 2016
Ninth show was July 2017
Tenth show was in August 2017
Eleventh show was July 2018
Twelfth show was April 2019

Enjoy.

jh

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Up In Smoke: Cheech and Chong
Lady Grinning Soul: David Bowie - L
Smoke Two Joints: The Toyes

It's My Life: The Animals - L
Kaya: Bob Marley and the Wailers
Doin' Time: Sublime - L

Suzy Q: Creedence Clearwater Revival
Shadow Boxer: Fiona Apple - L
The Wedge: The JBs

Addicted: Amy Winehouse - L
Donovan Said: The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Girls: Beastie Boys - L
We Are Doomed: Melvins

Paul: Big Thief - L
This Is Not Normal: Negativland
Truth: Alexander Ebert
Atheists Have Songs: Rykarda Parasol

Japanese Denim: Daniel Caesar - L
Ducter: Black Midi
Sweet Leaf: Black Sabbath

Dead Flowers: Townes Van Zandt
What A Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong