Tune into Hell's Kitchen Radio, with John Hell, every Monday night 8-10PM (Pacific), on Radio Valencia (https://radiovalencia.fm) in San Francisco. You can find my playlists and links to the podcasts right here.
The new Radio Valencia studios are built for speed. And when I say speed I mean bands performing live. Tonight I've got local Folksters: Down in Front, featuring Japa and Julie coming down. They're playing some fine, original folk for you. They are beautiful and hilarious in so many ways. It's the witty banter between the tunes that keeps me coming back for more.
New music and some sweet live boots in the second hour.
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Enjoy.
jh
Do It: Rollins Band
Psychotic Reaction: The Murlocs
Sweet Home Chicago: The Blues Brothers
Plethysmograph: Jello Biafra and the Melvins
Noriega: Down in Front
Bible Smells Like Whiskey: Down in Front
Fallen For You: Down in Front
The Train Song: Down in Front
Diamond:Down in Front
The Moth: Down in Front
Subterranean Homesick Blues: Down in Front
Halfway to a Threeway: Jim O'Rourke
Drop Dead Baby: Ty Segall and Mikal Cronin
Southern Comfort: Aeges
Needle Boy: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Peliyot: John Zorn's Electric Masada (July 18th, 2003 La Palma, Roma)
Every Many Needs a Companion: Father John Misty (January 9, 2013, Headliners Music Hall, Louisville, KY)
To The Moon: Denim Wedding
Then you Smile at Me: Bill Withers
What a week. You know, I'm never sick, EVER, but over the weekend I attended Wisdom 2.0, a conference that brings Mindfulness and business together. I wanted to see what they had to say about education. I'm a teacher by day, you know. Anyway, I'm at the Concourse Exhibition Center with about 1400 people, and you would think that these adults are all super healthy, with their yoga, and their kombucha. I got sick. WTF? I'm never sick, so I'm not taking this very well. One nostril gets clogged and it's all over for me. Hmm... I don't think I've ever actually typed the word nostril before, let alone written it out. Interesting. Nostril.
In the studio tonight I was super excited to had local alt-country-rockers Vandella stop by to share music from the recent release Fire in the Desert. They're one swell four piece. We talked about their influences, the writing process, who they like to play with, and what they have in store. The playlist that follows will show you the tunes we played. I'm loving "Mother Mississippi", by the way.
Noise Pop is this week, and I totally planned to have a show about it tonight, except I went to this conference over the weekend, and I GOT SICK! I ended up playing a few songs anyway. Enjoy them, and then go see some shows.
The second hour is a miss-mash, but it's totally worth your time. There's some old-school rap, soulful jazz, live prog-rock and some new Nick Cave.
It doesn't get any better than this. Really? Then shoot me. See you next week.
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Tonight on the show I'm excited to host local folk-rocksters, Rin Tin Tiger! If you've spent any time at Sunday Streets in San Francisco, then you know them as the original folk rock trip that lights up the street. They always have a crowd around them, and they're starting to blow up the club circuit on the west coast.
With their first full-release, Toxic Pocketbook, from 2012, RTT has been making a lot of heads turn. I had the Sullivan brothers, Kevin (vox/guitar) and Sean (vox/bass) play guest DJ with me tonight. They played a lot of their own music, some of their contemporary favorites, and told some great road stories.
They're headlining at Cafe DuNord this Wednesday, and it's the MUST SEE show of the week.
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jh
Border Radio: Blasters
Universal Corner: X
Long White Cadillac: Dave Alvin
Rock out of Line: The Knitters (04-28-07)
Teardrops from my Eyes: Ray Condo
Orange Blossom Special: Hot Club of Cowtown
Love in Vain: Patsy Cline
Rin Tin Tiger in the studio
Radley: The French Cassettes
Let 'em Roll: Guy Clark
Thirty Bars He's Back: D-Lo
Rin Tin Tiger in the studio
The Move Apart Parcel: Rin Tin Tiger
Pretty Looks: Rin Tin Tiger
Rin Tin Tiger in the studio
My Saddle is Waiting. Come On, Jump On It: Des Ark
Ashley's Song: Des Ark
Rin Tin Tiger in the studio
Birds Throat: Rin Tin Tiger
Loud Man: Rin Tin Tiger
Funeral: Rin Tin Tiger
I'm without my computer tonight and to be honest, I'm scared.
Hold me.
So I played all vinyl tonight. And damn, that was fun. I have a lot of music to choose from, so if i don't have my iTunes to keep me warm, the smooth, scratchy sounds emanating from my LPs will keep me toasty indeed.
As always lots of genres to enjoy. Some themes as well, including a set of ROCK that the Melvins have covered, but by the original bands! How amazing is that?
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Enjoy.
Tour de France: Kratwerk
Ballad of Bilbo Baggins: Leonard Nemoy
The Only Son of the Laidesman: Father John Misty
Summertime: Big Brother and the Holding Company
Baby, Please Don't Go: Muddy Waters
Mona Lisa Please: Leon Russell
There is a Mountain: Joe Jones
Driving South: Jimi Hendrix
Tears Won't Soften Steel: Wizard Rifle
Freedom Day: Max Roach and Abbey Lincoln
Farewell to Ibusa: Afro Funk
Communist Eyes: The Germs
Love Canal: Flipper
Momma's Little Jewel: Mott the Hoople
Hellnation: Dead Kennedy's
I Wanted Everything: The Ramones
God of Thunder: The Melvins
Careful with that Axe, Eugene: Pink Floyd
Whaling Stories: Procol Harum
