Hell's Kitchen Radio #438: Happy 80th Birthday, Bob Dylan (Part 2: Studio and Covers)

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I was about 12 or 13, laying in my bed on a weekend morning, listening to my clock radio, set to KFOG 104.5FM, when it was worth listening to. This song came on that hypnotized me; it's the only way to describe it, really. I was paralyzed. I could not move, and my ears did not want that song to release me from its spell. When the song ended, I knew I had stumbled across some kind of magic. I had to know what that was? Who that was? And what else awaited me? 

The song, "Stuck Inside of Mobile (with the Memphis Blues Again) took me on a journey that keeps showing itself in greater and more dynamic ways over 35 years later. Bob Dylan showed me that there is more to music than what shows up on the music directors list of approved songs. It's possible this was the song that propelled me deeper into my love of the art of radio?

I think I had my dad take me to Rasputin Records in Pleasant Hill so I could buy whatever record that song is on. I couldn't locate Blond on Blond that day, but I did come home with the next best thing, Highway 61 Revisited. I swear I wore that copy out in a matter of months. I felt that I had discovered this deep secret: brilliant music can be longer than 2:50 long. 

Mind. Blown.

Along my musical journey, discovering the joy of so many great artists across numerous genres, I have

always gravitated back to Dylan. How many people have said this? How many essays have been written about the man and his lyrics, not to mention the myth of BOB DYLAN? I like not being able to separate fact from fiction when it comes to his persona. I don't care to know the "real" Bob Dylan, when the shaman is much more interesting. And isn't that really what he's going for anyway?

Now, if I could just travel back to that innocent 12 year old version of me laying in bed being woken by the brilliance of Dylan, just for one moment. 

I've been asked countless time what my favorite Dylan album is, and I have to go with "Blood on the Tracks". It's a summation of everything that came before, in terms of his prose. And it's filled with emotion regarding the end of his marriage. You can feel his heart in every beat. All of his albums come close, but this one really does it for me.

What's your favorite Dylan album? Leave a comment, and please share this with all of your Dylan-loving friends. 

I merely scratched the surface with this show. 

If you missed my 6-8PM live bootleg show, you can catch it by going here. I played the 90 minute "Judas" show from May 17, 1966, followed up with a few tracks from the 1975/1976 Rolling Thunder tour, and a track from the 1986 Dylan/Petty tour. 

So much Bob Dylan for your earholes!!!

If you're looking for some reading material that'll fill up an afternoon, Rolling Stone has opened up their archives of many (all?) their Bob Dylan reviews and interviews.

Enjoy.

jh

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See That My Grave is Kept Clean
Girl From North Country
Boots of Spanish Leather
Spanish Harlem Incident

It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding
Sitting on a Barbed Wire Fence (Killing Me Alive)

Meet Me In The Morning (New York Sessions)
Stuck Inside of Mobile (with the Memphis Blues Again)
I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine

Million Dollar Bash
Romance in Durango
It Ain't Me, Babe, with George Harrison

Covers Set:

I Shall Be Released: The Band
Just Like A Woman: Nina Simone

Political World: Bob Dylan
I'm Not There: Sonic Youth
I Wanna Be Your Lover: Yo La Tengo

Goin' To Acapulco: Jim James and Calexico
Señor: Willie Nelson and Calexico

Tombstone Blues: Richie Havens
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue: Grateful Dead (10-10-1982)

Here's some brilliant footage from the Rolling Thunder tour from May 23, 1976, Fort Collins, Colorado.

A Season in Hell #132: Kalri$$ian Makes Me Feel Dirty

I don't think you're getting enough nasty in your life. Therefore, I believe it's up to me, John Hell, to bring more of the dirty into your far-too-clean existence. How to do this most effectively? Well that's an easy one, it's all about Kalri$$ian baby! 

Kalri$$ian is back with a new full-length CD: Star Magic, and they're in the studio talking up the music, the hype, the nasty, and the CD release party at the Supper Club this Saturday night, April 27th. This is the PERFECT location to see this debaucherous crew in all their glory.

I'll post pictures on my Facebook page soon. They are so hot, that my pants literally melted off of me. I'm not joking. I was a puddle on the studio floor. 

I want to thank Smooth Rick, Chachi, Kitty and Bernie for taking the time to come into the studio, turn me on, and leave me breathless.

It was Record Store Day last Saturday, and I got a few tasty treats. The second hour I play some of my new favorites as well as some live cuts to get your booty moving. 

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Up in Smoke: Cheech and Chong
Freedom: Richie Havens

Do It In The Dirt: Enrique
Throw Your Tits Out: Kalri$$ian

"Interview" with Kalri$$isan

Spell your Love: Kalri$$ian

"Interview" with Kalri$$isan

Inside Us Is A Place: Kalri$$ian
Porno: Limbomaniacs
Bitches Ain't Shit: Ben Folds

"Interview" with Kalri$$isan

Star Magic: Kalri$$ian
Earth People: Dr. Octogon
Big Little Baby: Reverend Horton Heat

Country Roads: Toots and the Maytals (04-22-78 - Toronto, Canada
The Only Son of the Widow Nain: Mudhoney
Tangled North: Lori Goldston
A Victory for Polio: Iron Lung

Grown in a Graveyard: Thee Oh Sees
Nothing Hurts Worse: Father John Misty
Bloody Hammer: Roky Erickson
Und Jetzt Die Sportschau: Global Unity 75
I'm So Bored with the USA: The Clash

Get It On: Grinderman (07-26-2007 Great American Music Hall, SF, CA)
Fuck the Police: NWA (03-24-1989 Celebrity Theater, Anaheim, CA)

A couple of weeks ago, my dear friend Pepe Ozan passed away, after a short battle with an undetermined illness. Pepe was an amazing artist, who is well known to the Burning Man community for his annual Opera, which he co-wrote, and where were performed on playa-covered steel of his own creation. His work was like him: larger than life. He also fell in love with the people and the country of India, having spent a lot of time there, and filming a few films about his experiences and the colorful people. There was no containing Pepe, and he lived his life unapologetically.  He will be missed.

This is Pepe and myself on the Cyberbuss, during the first Artcar West Fest in 1997.

Here's a taste of one of his operas from 1996. This one features Justin Credible as Mistress Zoe.

This may or may not be NSFW. You decide.