Monday, March 01, 2021

Hell's Kitchen Radio #428: Sold To Hell

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Well damn if that wasn't fun. During the week I'm always listening to music; my own collection and a lot of non-commercial radio: Radio Valencia, KALC and KFJC mostly. Thankfully the Shazam app exists. I cannot tell you how often I use that app. Personally I believe it to be the greatest app ever made in the history of app-kind. Quite possibly it's the greatest invention since the printing press! OK maybe since radio. What do I know? 

My point: many of the artists I still get turned onto come from listening to quality radio stations, with hosts who really know their music. 

What a time to be quarantined! 

I'm hoping we're allowed into our new studio soon. I miss having people to interview from week to week. And we've got these great new digs on 22nd street, right next door to the Make Out Room. I really hope they're able to survive this pandemic. Word came today that the iconic Revolution Cafe has closed their doors, permanently. I would fly my flag at half mast if I had one. 

Carrying on, here's a bunch of music that will sweep away the ennui, unless you get off on that kind of sensation? I will never yuck your yum. 

Brand new Melvins and Mr. Bungle are in the show, along with a lot of artists I don't think I have ever played on here before. Also some new Iggy Pop where he channels the spirit of a dead Welsh poet. Iggy can gargle salt water and I would still love how it sounds. 

I want to start featuring more local independent artists who I know have suffered through COVID-19. I've got some Kate Vargas and her man, Eric McFadden in the second hour. They could always use your love. 

See you next Monday starting at 6pm Pacific for my live bootleg bonanza, where I play full live shows from my live bootleg library. This blog has posts from the previous shows so you can take a look at what you missed. Then stick around from 8-10PM Pacific for my two hour music mix Hell's Kitchen Radio.

Enjoy.

jh

Fuck Around: Melvins
Gaze the Haze: Watchout!

Fascists Eat Donuts: Pop O Pies
Dead Man Walking: Praxis
Break Your Mind: The Darts

Kicker Conspiracy: The Fall
Colossal Youth: Young Marble Giants
Pool On A Plate: Naked Lights
Son of Mustang Ford: Swervedriver

Loss For Words: Mr. Bungle
Tippi Toes: Primus
The Sun and its Horizon: Bill Orcutt
Chik Chikka: Mulatu Astake and the Heliocentrics

The Partisan: Electrelane
Sold America: Damaged Bug
Kolbasti: Altin Gun
Lonesome Cowboy Bill: Velvet Underground
Panik: Bratmobile
Westgate: Amyl and the Sniffers

Shocks Almighty: Lee Scratch Perry
There's A Party: N.A.S.A. (feat. George Clinton and Chali 2na)
What A Man: Linda Lyndell
Got My Mojo Working: Ann Cole

7 Inches: Kate Vargas
Babydoll: Eric McFadden
Done Got Old: Heartless Bastards
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night: Iggy Pop

Certain Men: Negativland
Talkin' New York: Bob Dylan
Good Night, Sleep Tight: Lawrence Welk Singers

And because you need to watch Iggy deliver this classic Dylan Thomas poem, here it is:


John Hell's Live Bootleg Bonanza - Monday, March 1st, 2021 - 6-8PM Pacific - The Doors 09/20/68 Stockholm & X 10-01-83 Chicago

 

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Tonight I'm featuring two bands who have more in common than you may have realized. Los Angeles psychedelic rock band The Doors lived a short, but very hot career, carried by three brilliant and talented musicians, and fronted by a madman, who probably had to be mad to evoke the imagery brought forth in his lyrics. The show you'll be hearing tonight has been widely traded in bootleg circle and for good reason. The 68 Stockholm shows are legendary for the quality of the performance as well as the availability of the bootlegs, which first made their way into the hands of the public in 1988 thanks to the infamous bootleg label Swingin' Pig. 

The boys are in top form.


A few short years following the disillusion of The Doors, the LA punk scene was in full force. One of the bands leading the charge was X, led by John Doe and his girlfriend, poet Exene Cervenka, along with guitarist Billy Zoom, and drummer DJ Bonebrake. During their long career they crossed over from punk, to americana, to folk rock. 

The LA connection is only part of what these two seminal bands have in common. X wouldn't have received the attention they did had it not been for Doors keyboardist/vocalist Ray Manzarek, who produced their first four albums, making X a force to be reckoned with. 

The show I have for you tonight from October 1983, comes just one month following the release of their fourth LP: "More Fun in the New World". You can feel the energy in the crowd as the band rips through their classics and classics-to-be, and closes with a Doors cover!

I know you're going to dig this. 

If you have any requests for shows, I strongly encourage you to check out my bootleg database, which can be found here. I have been busy updating the list, but I can safely say that I have at least 500 shows that still need to get up on there. 

Please leave a comment letting me know which shows you're interested in me playing on an upcoming Bootleg Bonanza.

Monday, February 22, 2021

Hell's Kitchen Radio #427: Psychoanalyze Me!

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Well that was fun. Did you have fun too? No? Then you need to listen to this show again.

I may need to bring back the "set of the week". I am always interested in knowing what you're listening to? What should I be listening to? Turn me on! I don't use Spotify, but I am always happy to go in search of good music. 

Are you an artist looking to get played? Send me your music and I'll give it a listen. mrjohnhell@gmail.com

This show has plenty of gems to entertain the most cynical of you all. Most of this recent show sits in the punk and blues genres, but I throw a few other nibblets in there for good measure. Is "nibblet" even a word? It's coming up with the red dashed lines under it, indicating that I have just made up a new word! Good for me!

At this point I'm just filling space. Go away now and enjoy two hours of music you didn't know you needed.

Enjoy.

jh

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1921: The Who
Black Temptation: The Flesh Eaters
TV Eye: Wylde Ratttz

Starship: MC5
Amphetamine: Rocket from the Tombs

Hare Krsna: Husker Du
Dirt: Iggy and the Stooges
My Generation: Patti Smith Group

Why Can't I Touch It: Buzzcocks
Cherry Bomb: Bratmobile
(You Must Fight To Live) On The Planet of the Apes: The Mummies
Diddy Wah Diddy: Bo Diddley
Evil: Howlin' Wolf

Right Right Hand: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Disaster (Is What We're After): Death Valley Girls
Set It On Fire: The Scientists
Devil Got My Woman: Jimmy "Duck" Holmes

Canopnr '74: Oh Sees
Floating Head: Wand
Returning: FUZZ
Open Water: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

Motorbike: Wooden Shjips
Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite! (featuring Maynard James Keenan, Puscifer & Sunbears!): Flaming Lips
Anaconda: Melvins

Auf Wiedersehen: Cheap Trick
Goodnight Sleep Tight: Lawrence Welk Singers

John Hell's Live Bootleg Bonanza - Monday, February 22nd, 2021 - 6-8PM Pacific - Black Crowes June 15, 1991 - Rolling Stones March, 13, 1971

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Hot damn it's time for some southern harmony tonight with the Black Crowes! This amazing show from the end of the first national tour in 1991 will blow the doors off your Cadillac! As well it should. What a brilliant back the Black Crowes were in the early 90s. I thought they rivaled the Stones when they were at the top of their game. I'm certain if Duane Allman were alive he would have been nodding in agreement to the power of this band. 

Speaking of the Allman Brothers, they deserve two hours to themselves, so I'm going to grab a real treat for you in the weeks to come. 

I have enough time to slip in a 30 minute live taste for you following this BC show. So hold onto your hats as I slide in a kick ass Live at Leeds show from the Rolling Stones March 13, 1971. Can you imagine seeing the Black Crowes opening up for the Stones when both of these bands were at the top of their game? 

DAYUUUUUUUUUUM!!!!

Both bands are still around, so who knows what the future holds?

Enjoy.

Stick around for my two hour music mix, Hell's Kitchen Radio, right after the Bootleg Bonanza, 8-10PM Monday night. 

Monday, February 15, 2021

Hell's Kitchen Radio #426: Let There Be Songs!


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Well this is embarrassing. I should have had this up for you days ago. I really have no excuse. It's not like I go anywhere. I don't commute anymore. I don't go see people. I don't go to shows, or out to restaurants, or even for many walks. I'm mostly in front of this damnable machine for too many hours a day. Maybe that's why it didn't get done: the lack of motivation? 

Maybe.

I love hosting my show every week. I would host a daily show if I had the time to do so. Work and family does take precedent, don't ya know.

But for Monday night I'm all yours. So what do you want to do with me? I'm a glutton for your punishment.

Here's what I have for you.

Enjoy.

jh

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Radio Valencia in SF
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Bungle Grind: Mr. Bungle
Politician Man: Betty Davis
School Boy Crush: US Army Band

I Have Changed: HP Riot
A Time To Rebuild: Robert Hood
P.I.M.P.: Bacao Rhythm and Steel Band

The Romantic Warrior: Return to Forever
Shake Sugaree: Elizabeth Cotton
I've Been All Around This World: Grateful Dead (October 6, 1980, Warfield Theater, SF, CA)

Porno (for Larry Flint): Limbomaniacs
Respect Yourself: The Staple Singers
Gallows Pole: Led Zeppelin
Long Black Veil: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

I Must Have Been Out Of My Mind: Peter Laughner
Poor Georgia: The Low Lows
Hey Joe: Carl Smith
X Offender: Blondie

Future Bomb: Ninja Racers
Fight Back: Midnight Snaxxx
Ravening Trip: Bazooka
That's Not My Name: The Ting Tings

Love Comes In Spurts: Richard Hell and the Voidoids
Ca Plane Pour Moi: Plastic Betrand
I Bid You Goodnight: Joseph Spence and the Pinder Family