Hell's Kitchen Radio #531: Sophomore Success

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Ever in search of a special that I can curate for you all, an idea hit me last winter to research great second releases. It can take a band years to craft a first record. It's pretty simple to name a dozen debut "masterpieces". What you may not notice is the pressure placed on a band, or artist, by the record label, to reproduce that magic quickly. This often leads to the sophomore jinx. Many of these bands are considered "one-offs", never to be heard from again; tossed on the scrapheap of musical history.

Then there are the artists who appear to have untold magic dripping from their fretboards, leading to dynamic second records, and perhaps more! 

I put out the word to friends and listeners to share what they considered epic second records, and I was not disappointed. Much of what you hear on this six hour show is a culmination of almost six months of research.

Yes, much of this music comes from the "golden age" of the major label era of the 60s and 70s. But there is so much more. 

I only planned on doing four hours, but the show that follows mine kindly stepped aside allowing me to round out this show with six solid hours of truly impressive fare. 

Yes, there are countless releases I did not share. I often started a set with a specific song and allowed that to inspire what followed. That's often how I choose my sets.

Check out the playlist below, which includes the album title and the year it was released.

Enjoy and please share.

jh

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She Watch Channel Zero: Public Enemy (It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back 1988)
Shadrach: Beastie Boys (Paul's Boutique 1989)

Millie Pulled A Pistol on Santa: De La Soul (De La Soul in Dead 1991)

Funky Dollar Bill: Funkadelic (Free your Mind... and your Ass will Follow 1970)

He Was A Big Freak: Betty Davis (They Say I'm Different 1974)

Thirty Dirty Birds/Yertle The Turtle: Red Hot Chili Peppers (Freaky Styley 1985)

Mr. Pitiful: Otis Redding (The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads 1965)
Tommy The Cat: Primus ft. Tom Waits (Sailing the Seas of Cheese 1991)
Depot Depot: Tom Waits (The Heart of Saturday Night 1974)
California: Joni Mitchell (Blue 1971)

Memory of a Free Festival: David Bowie (David Bowie 1969)

Territorial Pissings: Nirvana (Nevermind 1991)

Dirt: Iggy and the Stooges (Fun House 1971)

Bring on Home: Led Zeppelin (II 1968)

Don't Keep Me Wonderin': Allman Brothers (Idlewild South 1970)

Workin' For The MCA: Lynyrd Skynyrd (Second Helping 1974)

Levitation: 13th Floor Elevators (Easter Everywhere 1967)

New Potato Caboose: Grateful Dead (Anthem of the Sun 1968)

Call Any Vegetable: Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention (Absolutely Free 1967)

Marie Marie: The Blasters (s/t 1981)

The Devil's Chasing Me: Reverend Horton Heat (Full Custom Gospel Sounds of... 1993)

Hare Krishna: Hüsker Dü (Zen Arcade 1984)

50ft Queenie: PJ Harvey (Rid of Me 1993)

Tupelo: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (The Firstborn Is Dead 1985)

Snake Mountain Blues: Townes Van Zandt (Our Mother The Mountain 1969) 

Dirty Old Town: The Pogues (Rum, Sodomy and the Lash 1985)

Tommy Gun: The Clash (Give 'em Enough Rope 1978)

Private Idaho: B52s (Wild Planet 1980)

Addicted: Amy Winehouse (Back to Black 2006)

Here She Comes Now: Velvet Underground (White Light/White Heat 1968)

Vicious: Lou Reed (Transformer 1972)

Pissing in a River: Patti Smith (Horses 1975)

Rosalita (Come Out Tonight): Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (The Wild, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle 1973)

Parasite: Kiss (Hotter Than Hell 1974)

The Ripper: Judas Priest (Sad Wings of Destiny 1976)

My Lighter: Zig Zags (Running Out Of Red 2016)

Creeping Death: Metallica (Ride the Lightning 1984)

Disco: Death Valley Girls (Glow in the Dark 2016)

At A Crawl: Melvins (Ozma 1989)

My Eyes Have Seen You: The Doors (Strange Days 1967)

Death Letter: The White Stripes (De Stijl 2000)

Death Train: The Bobby Lees (Bellevue 2022)

Just Got Paid: ZZ Top (Rio Grande Mud 1972)

Bomber/Closet Queen/Cast Your Fate to the Wind: James Gang (Rides Again 1970)

The Motivator: T Rex (Electric Warrior 1971)

Don't Blame the Buzzard: Sgt. Splendor (Death of the Hoochie Koo 2023)

Who You Driving Now?: Mudhoney (Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge 1991)

Self Hypnosis in 3 Days: WAND (Golem 2015)

Freaks to the Front: Amyl and the Sniffers (Comfort to Me 2021)

Rice Pudding: Jeff Beck (Beck Ola 1969)

Morning Theft: Jeff Buckley (Sketches (For My Sweetheart the Drunk) 1998)

Girl From North Country: Bob Dylan (Freewheelin' Bob Dylan 1963)

Helplessness Blues: Fleet Foxes (Helplessness Blues 2011)

Willow Weep for Me: Nina Simone (The Amazing Nina Simone 1959)

Devil in Her Heart: The Beatles (With the Beatles 1963)

Roscoe: Midlake (Trials of Van Occupanther 2006)

Electric Funeral: Black Sabbath (Paranoid 1970)

Love Canal: Flipper (Blow’n Chunks 1984)

Lake of Fire: Meat Puppets (II 1984)

Motorbike: Wooden Shjips (Dos 2009)

If 6 Was 9: Jimi Hendrix (Axis: Bold As Love 1967)

Forty Thousand Headmen: Traffic (Traffic 1968)

The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil: Jefferson Airplane (After Bathing At Baxters 1967)

Saucerful of Secrets: Pink Floyd (Saucerful of Secrets 1968)

Cody, Cody: Flying Burrito Brothers (Burrito Deluxe 1970)

Across the Great Divide: The Band (The Band 1969)

Oh Caroline: Cheap Trick (In Color 1977)

Pinhead: The Ramones (Leave Home 1977)

Beat My Head Against The Wall: Black Flag (My War 1984)

White Girl: X (Wild Gift 1984)

Distinct Complicity: Bikini Kill (Reject All American 1996)

Cat Food: King Crimson (In The Wake of Poseidon 1970)

About a Girl: Sex Mob (Solid Sender 2000)

Funky Miracle: The Meters (Look-Ka Py Py 1969)

Harmonika: Kraftwerk (2 1972)

The White Rider: Camel (Mirage 1974)

Long Division: Fugazi (Steady Diet of Nothing 1991)

Hell's Kitchen Radio #529: From The First Hello

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No guests. No training. Just you and me and a whole hell of a lotta music. Musically speaking this may be my best show of the year so far. There are some inspired sets I think you're gonna love. And these are some of my longest sets too!

In my early radio days at KFJC we had to follow the clock and break at :10, :20, :40, and :50, as well as play a legal ID at top of the hour. Each break we had business to attend to: announcing other shows , public service announcements, ticket giveaways, and other bits and bobs. This gave us a 20 minute sweep at the bottom of the hour, and one at the top (except for that pesky legal ID).

I've kept to that clock pretty much throughout the years. I like the idea of stopping often enough for you to know who I played, while also having a few longer sets where I can stretch out some. I often get a bit more dissonant during these sweeps.

I wasn't strict with the clock tonight. 

I also went shopping at Stranded Records on Sunday. New music from Goat, Melvins (best album since the Big Business days IMHO), and Meatbodies. Lots of music to drop your panties to. A brief tribute to Steve Albini (more to come on that loss). And so much more. Take a look at the playlist below. Click the link above to listen in.

Enjoy and please share.

jh   

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Fight the Power: Brownout

Louder Than A Bomb: Public Enemy

Munaye: Mulatu Astatke

Behind the Wall of Sleep: Jazz Sabbath

Timeless Awareness: Goat

30 Seconds Over Tokyo: Pere Ubu

America's Most Blunted: MF Doom and Madlib

She's Got Weird Arms: Melvins

The Pharmacy: Crow Jane

Bulldog Front: Fugazi

Heartattack and Vine: Lydia Lunch and Nels Cline

Tupelo Blues: John Lee Hooker

Golden Hair: Hope Sandoval and Warm Inventions

Mind Daze: Psychic Ills

Radio Friendly Unit Shifter: Nirvana

Pink: Boris

Anlatmam Derdimi: Altin Gün

Slip It To The Android: Chrome

Float Along - Fill Your Lungs: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

Gate: Meatbodies

Moonage Daydream: David Bowie

From the First Hello to the Last Goodbye: Jane Morgan

Hell's Kitchen Radio #520: Hellage Nightmare

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New year, new Hell! You know what I mean? Raise your hand if you are just loathing what this year is going to bring? I'm talking about November 2024. I know. I know. I'm not going to get too far ahead of myself. Seriously though, we need to place our attention on local, national and global issues, along with our own day-to-day existence. How are we supposed to juggle all of this? 

Make time for the things that bring you the most joy. Can you play an instrument? Play it for 30 minutes a day. Do you love to paint? Pull out those brushes and get at it! Mediate? Read? Exercise? Do whatever brings you joy. We need the balance or we'll go nuts.

And turn off the damn phone!

Hi, my name is John and I'm addicted to my phone.

I've made it a habit for many years now to plug my phone in at 8PM in the kitchen. It's so nice to set that thing down. I also read an interesting study recently that said people who get at least six hours sleep a night and have a routine sleep schedule are healthier than those who get eight hours or more a night but have no sleep schedule. I'm in bed by 10:30 every work night. 

I don't ever have new year's resolutions, but I do have the intention of maintaining my sleep routine, which includes turning the phone off by 8.

My biggest intention for this coming year is to turn you on to the best music I can find...and fight to keep the orange buffoon out of office, and for a permanent ceasefire in Palestine.

Check out my first show of the year, below, which includes music I purchased in 2023. New music from Iggy Pop, Bobby Lees, OSees, King Gizzard, Lucinda Williams, Lukas Nelson, Cory Hanson, Death Valley Girls, and The Darts. New finds from Gram Parsons, Neil Young, Fela Kuti, Sun Ra, and Sonic Youth. I close out the show with some classic San Francisco Punk. I'm reading a great new book on the history of Bay Area Punk: "Who Cares Anyway", by Will York. Holy Hell is this a great book.

Enjoy and please share.

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Frenzy: Iggy Pop

Be My Enemy: The Bobby Lees

Intercepted Message: OSees

Barmy: The Fall

Gilgamesh: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

Perambulator: Fela Kuti and Africa 70

Last Call for the Truth: Lucinda Williams

Every Time I Drink: Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real

Drugstore Truck Driving Man: Gram Parsons and the Fallen Angels

Powderfinger: Neil Young

Persuasion Architect: Cory Hanson

Journey To Dog Star: Death Valley Girls

Eric's Trip; Sonic Youth

Makeup: Sun Ra and His Outer Space Arkestra

Love Song: The Darts

Moonage Daydream: David Bowie (for his 77th birthday today)

19th Nervous Breakdown: Tuxedomoon

Cheap Tragedies: Avengers

Murder By Guitar: Crime

I Kill Children: Dead Kennedys

Hell's Kitchen Radio #519: Satan's Commode with Spawn

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I was really really looking forward to this show and it paid off in spades! My fabulous daughter, once known as Little Lauson Kai, told me that she was going to take over my show Monday night for two hours of musical whiplash. 

Now known as Spawn, she put together a really fine program, including interviewing me during the breaks! I was not prepared for that part. 

Lauson has been coming into the studio with me since she was seven years old. Now 19, she's got wonderful musical taste, and a gift for gab. I wonder where all that came from? 

As for her selections, I could not be more impressed. Seriously, there were a few tunes I was not aware even existed. I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of this show. I think you will too.

I only chose three songs tonight, noted with "jh" next to the tracks.

Want more from the Spawn of 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
Lucky Thirteen was April 2020

Fourteenth Show from July 2021

Fifteenth show from January 2022

Enjoy and please share.

Dad of Spawn

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Let's Have a Satanic Orgy: Twin Temple

Por Que: Grupo Fantasma

La Seine: Vanessa Paradis

Brand New City: Mitski

Bsslama Hbibti: Fadoul

Paint It Black (Tutto Nero): Caterina Caselli

The American In Me: The Avengers - jh

Ragazzo Solo, Ragazzo Sola (Space Oddity): David Bowie

Llàmame (Call Me): Blondie

What Is It About Men?: Amy Winehouse

You Never Can Tell: Chuck Berry

Money (That's What I Want): Barrett Strong

Control: Amyl and the Sniffers

Lust for Life: Iggy Pop

Clockwork: Lime Garden

Girls: Beastie Boys

Start Wearing Purple: Gogol Bordello

Savoy Truffle: The Beatles

Kidnap the Sandy Claus: Korn

Merry Christmas From The Family: Robert Earl Keen - jh

I'm Writing A Novel: Father John Misty

Rainy Night in Soho: The Pogues - jh

California Dreaming: Eddie Hazel

Superiority Complex (Big Noise): Illuminati Hotties

Hell's Kitchen Radio #507: Sgt Splendor In The Halls of Hell

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There are good times and then there are really good times.

Guess what this night was about?

Eric McFadden and Kate Vargas stopped in Monday night to talk all about their latest project: Sgt. Splendor!

I've been friends with Eric McFadden since the late, great Rotten Ron Donovan introduced us back in 2007. He's been on my show countless times. We've spent many a fine night at clubs and ice cream shops. And then there was New Orleans. Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit.

That all being said, I was introduced to one Adam Mackintosh, singer/songwriter extraordinaire in New Orleans in 2017 for an extra special event, which you can read about here. It was at this event week that I met Adam. We were to be roommates for the few nights we were in town, and he met up with me at a club. It was your run of the mill extremely hot New Orleans night in May, when he walked in wearing a brown three piece suit, ascot and sunglasses, carrying a brown leather suitcase and brown Italian sunglasses, standing 6'5". We were introduced and the first thing I asked him was his thoughts about cockroaches? The place was hot. New Orleans in May, hot. 

Adam and I have been best friends ever since. 

Eric and Adam haven't seen one another in a few years, and Adam was in town visiting family, so I naturally had him come into the studio. I purposely didn't tell Eric about this, because I like a good reveal. Another great thing about this night was that Eric's partner-in-crime Kate Vargas was along for the ride. I was planning on interviewing them about their great act, Sgt. Splendor, who is on tour right now, and will be playing Bottle Rock in a few months.

You have just got to be listening when I'm talking on mic and there's a knock at the door. I ask Eric to open it. The rest is radio history.

All three of my guests were very vocal tonight about songwriting and performing. I really appreciate them coming down. Give it a listen and I think their enthusiasm will rub off on you.

Radio Valencia has a fundraiser coming up Sunday, February 26th from noon-5pm at our next door neighbors place: Make Out Room. All proceeds go to help us pay for upkeep and new equipment, among many other things. Come check out super nova rock trio Star Decay and the headliners, R50 the premier Rush Cover band. Come on down and support your favorite Bay Area internet radio station and help keep us going into 2023.

Enjoy and please share.

jh

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Down The Street: The Stooges
Bang: Dark Carnival
More Dead: Death Valley Girls

Shapes of Things: Jeff Beck Group
She Shook Me Cold: David Bowie

Fairies Wear Boots: Brownout
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath: Black Sabbath
Magic: Zig Zags

All Dead To Me: Sgt. Splendor
Miss Judy's Farm: The Faces
Nibbadip: Fantaastic Negrito

Crash Dancing: Sgt. Splendor
Everybody's Talking: Bongwater
Strange Days: The Bobby Lees
Red Right Hand: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Whoopie Chateau: Sgt. Splendor
Do It For Love: The Last Dancers

Teenage Phase: Adam MacKintosh
What A Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong

Hell's Kitchen Radio #501: I Think It's Gonna Rain

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

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

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

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

Enjoy and please share.

jh

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What A Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong

Hell's Kitchen Radio #500: No, You're the Special One

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Check out these milestone episodes:

Show 400

Show 300

Show 200

Show 100

Enjoy and please share this treat.

And if you're wondering, the picture at the top is my face covering the faces of my parents, Harvey and Pat circa 1975. My dad had his hair permed, which was the style at the time. So did my mom. Such swingers. HA!

jh

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

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

Concrete Jungle: The Specials

The Biggest Blow: Sex Pistols with Ronnie Biggs

Looking For A Kiss: New York Dolls

White Riot: The Clash

Money (That's What I Want): The Flying Lizards

The Payback Mix: James Brown

Fairies Wear Boots: Brown Sabbath

Paranoid: Jazz Sabbath

Undertaker: Mark Growden

Redless: Othered

Hall of the Oyster King: Glitter Wizard

Attractive Target: Negativland

O Tannenbaum/Hava Nagilla: Phat Man Dee

Merry Christmas From The Family: Robert Earl Keen Jr.

A Christmas Song: Jethro Tull

Golden Frames: Shannon Shaw

Greta Van Fake: The Bobby Lees
You Better Have A Gun: Fantastic Negrito

Phantoms: Czarface and MF Doom

Portland, Oregon: Loretta Lynn

The Dripping Tap: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

Tommy in Seven Minutes: Vital on 45

Night Goat: Melvins

Plastic Plant: Thee Oh Sees

Cardboard Pile: Kikagaku Moyo

I'm Waiting For The Man: Lou Reed

Quicksand (2021 Early Mix): David Bowie

Telephone Call From Istanbul: Tom Waits

Free: Ty Segall

Bee Karma: WAND

Vera (2022): Roger Waters

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere: Neil Young and the Promise Real

I Bid You Goodnight: Joseph Spence & The Pinder Family

Hell's Kitchen Radio #493: Know Your Rights!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Enjoy and please share.

jh

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Linda Blair: Redd Kross

Die!: The Mummies

Halloween: Siouxsie and the Banshees

Rouche Rumble: Sonic Youth

Ghost Rider: Suicide

Down at the Rock and Roll Club: Richard Hell and the Voidoids

All This and More: Dead Boys

Al Pacino's Speech About God from The Devil's Advocate

See You In The Boneyard: The Flesh Eaters

Year of the Spider: Shannon and the Clams

N's Are Scared of Revolution: The Last Poets

When You Feel It, Grunt If You Can: The JBs

People Get Ready: Aretha Franklin

Right On For The Darkness: Curtis Mayfield

Telephone Girl: Assagai

See Emily Play (rare acetate): Pink Floyd

The Special Trip: Embryo

Megaherz: Kraftwerk

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

Life on Mars (2016 Mix): David Bowie

Lexicon Devil: Melvins

Know Your Rights: The Clash (2022 Remastered)

What A Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong

Hell's Kitchen Radio #459: The Finer Things In Life

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When's the last time you had a friend over to play guitar in your home? Hmmm? You can't recall because it's been two years of this COVID shit and no one is coming by your house, apartment, condo, storage locker, etc. even though you have been vaxxed since last spring. You really need to get the booster, you know?

Monday night I hosted my buddy Douglas Nelson, who brought his guitar and two jugs of Moss Beach Kobmucha, of which he's the founder and owner. I have never in my life enjoyed kombucha before I tried his stuff. Mind you, this is not a commercial and we didn't even talk much about the product during my show, but I would be remiss if I didn't say something about it. Good man, good kombucha.

Now that the holidays are upon us, I find that I really enjoy getting guests on the air talking about this past

year and what they have coming up. I have no guests in my upcoming show, but Steve Depace of Flipper will be on Monday, December 27th, and I have a bunch of really great interviews lined up for 2022.

What are your plans for New Years Eve? Whatever they are, I want you to get your booster shot. This Omicron variant is no joke. We need to get this thing gone, and the only way to do that is to get vaxxed, boosted and wear your damn mask! Once you get that done, join Radio Valencia at Bottom of the Hill, December 30th and 31st. I'll be your MC, and we'll have a table of freshly printed RV t-shirts for you to grab. 

Enjoy.

jh

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Can't Let Go: Robert Plant and Alison Krause
Song of the Season: Neil Young and Crazy Horse

When I Paint My Masterpiece: The Band (Cahoots 2021 Remaster)
Statesboro Blues: Rising Suns
Man of Constant Sorrow: Bob Dylan

Woodstock: Joni Mitchell (Ladies of the Canyon demo)
Laughing: David Crosby and P.E.R.R.O.

Silent Night: Douglas Nelson
Go Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen: Jerry Garcia and David Grisman (December 9, 1991)

Douglas Nelson live in the studio
Tower of Song (Leonard Cohen cover)

The Wedding/You've Been Around: David Bowie
Tiger Mountain Peasant Song: First Aid Kit

All Tomorrow's Parties: Lou Reed
By The Time I Get To Phoenix: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Douglas Nelson live in the studio
Reason to Believe (Bruce Springsteen cover)
Rise Up With Fists: Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins
Lilac Wine: Nina Simone
Crawlin' King Snake (LA Woman Sessions): The Doors

Your Time Is Gonna Come: Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
In That Great Getting Up In The Morning: The New Gospel Keys

Hell's Kitchen Radio #456: Your Favorite Hyphenated Radio Program

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What a pleasure it is to have talented artists in the studio. Monday night I was lucky to have my old buddy Joe Mangrum in town doing some work on a public art piece of his that the city asked him to come care for. It was either that or the city was going to tear it out and throw it away. Stay classy, San Francisco.

Joe is what we can a hyphenated artist. He's done it all. Since moving to New York a bit over a decade ago, he has been best known as the sand mandala artist of Washington Square Park. Since COVID he's been working on a couple of books on his history as an artist. These will be self published, so please look for them coming in 2022. These will make an excellent addition to any art book collection. He's also working on turning his work in NFTs, something that I am a true novice in. Joe believes NFTs are the future. Might want to jump on this while it's still young.

Musically, tonight has a lot to offer: "new" Nick Cave, King Gizzard, and Amyl. There's punk, some funk, and lots of junk. Take a look at the playlist below and jump right in. 

Radio Valencia is co-presenting Flipper, December 30th and 31st at Bottom of the Hill. This is going to be

two incredible shows. Yours truly is MCing December 30th, featuring comedian Neil Hamburger, and Mike Watt and the Missingmen. New Years Eve has Neil Hamburger and SF punk luminaries VKTMS!!! Go to the Bottom of the Hill website for tickets and more information. Radio Valencia will be in house with lots of freshly printed t-shirts just for you!

Happy Thankstaking to you and yours. Let's not forget who's non-seceded land we are all living on. And give thanks to all the farm laborers who work it took to get this food to our tables.

Next Monday, November 29th is my eleventh annual Annual Annual. Two hours featuring one year in music. What year will I choose? Tune in and find out!

Enjoy and please share.

jh

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Animal X: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Alaska: Artanker Convoy

Interview with Joe Mangrum

Butterfly 3000: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Rua Augusta: Os Mutantes

Interview with Joe Mangrum

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly: Flipper
New York Is Alright If You Like Saxophones: FEAR
Waiting Room: Fugazi
Egg Man: Beastie Boys

Interview with Joe Mangrum

Killing A Little Time: David Bowie
Don't Fence Me In: Amyl and the Sniffers
Comin' Round My Way: The Cynics

Hypnogogia: Death Valley Girls
Lucifer Sam: Pink Floyd
Bring The Noise: Brownout
Take Your Medicine/Meddle with Metal: Czarface and MF Doom
Black Sabbath: Flower Travelin' Band

Theme de Yoyo: Art Ensemble of Chicago 
God Bless The Child: Kenny Burrell