State Controlled Radio #219-221

State Controlled Radio, Weekly Blast

08.25.10

Hello friends and neighbors…this is my last day [in this lifetime at least] as a 45 year old.  Onward and upward I say…

As I wrote in my last missive, this summer has been filled with unexpected twists and turns, especially regarding the production of my radio program, State Controlled Radio.  I have had an unplanned hiatus of sorts and it has given me the time to sort out which kinds of projects that I wish to invest my time in the coming new [solar] year.  I feel inspired to concoct, compile and evoke a book out of my various musical endeavors throughout the years [with a working title of Turning On At Forty-Five Revolutions Per Minute & Coming Down At Thirty-Three-And-A-Third] and as that vision continues to come into focus I will keep you posted on the development of that project.

Anyhow, I will resume production of SCR here in the next couple of weeks but in the meantime I want to let you know that State Controlled Radio will not be airing any longer on BZoO Worldwide Radio.  It has been a great four-and-a-half year run creating programs for RG and his audience but both he and I feel that it is time for a change and I feel that the eclectic nature of my program no longer fits into the Dance/House format that RG has moved onto.  Many (if not all) of my previous programs will soon be archived over at Babble Radio.com and I am excited about creating fresh content for the folks over at Babble Radio come September.

In the meantime, I highly recommend the last three SCR programs to be found below; episode #219 Ffity-Nine/Pearls Before Swine, #220 Ode To LS.d and I especially encourage you to check out episode #221 entitled Flipping Your Wig! A Conversation With Peter Case.  This interview with Peter may be my favorite show yet in the SCR series.

http://www.petercase.com/

I have been enjoying a number of books this summer including The Masked Rider by Neil Peart, a 1996 autobiographical account by the Rush lyricist and drummer about his travels and travails of riding a bicycle through Africa in November of 1988. I picked up a copy of the book after seeing Rush in concert with my daughter Emily at the Verizon Ampitheater in Irvine, CA on 08.13.10.  I devored the story in less than two days and now I’m on to his most recent memoir Traveling Music.  I highly recommend Peart’s prose.  I found The Masked Rider to be exhilarating and I can’t wait to read his other three books.

http://www.jonkanis.com/blog/2010/08/13/rush-verizon-ampitheater-irvine-ca-081310/

Another book that I have been enjoying immensely this past week is Richie Unterberger’s White Light/White Heat:  The Velvet Underground Day-By-Day.  A native of Philadelphia, Unterberger has called San Francisco his home for the past 27 years and I was able to pick up a copy of the Velvet Underground tome this past weekend when Unterberger came down to San Diego to give a lecture and screen a couple of hours of obscure video clips from groups of the British Invasion (starting with The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show in February 1964 and ending with their Our World performance of “All You Need Is Love” on June 25th of 1967). [By the way, props to Kurtis Strange, Mike Stax and others for their hand in organizing the event.]  I’ve read many of Richie’s essays in the past, being a regular contributor to Mojo and Ugly Things magazine, but this is the first book of his that I have owned and it is a thing of beauty.  The photos and layout are awesome (reminding me quite favorably of Keith Badham’s excellent day-by-day diary of The Beach Boys), the text is well written and it is superbly researched.  You can check out this and several other of Richie Unterberger’s books at his website:

http://www.richieunterberger.com/

I have no concerts scheduled at the moment but I am investigating the possibility of playing some house concerts in the fall.  I will, of course, be sure to keep you posted.

Stay cool everybody and enjoy the rest of your summer.  Happy birthday to my fellow Virgos.

In peace & harmony,

Jon

P.S.  Download links expire, so seize the day.

State Controlled Radio Episode #219
August 1-2, 2010
Fifty-Nine/Pearls Before Swine

1) Pigs On The Wing 1/Pink Floyd (from Animals) (01.23.77)
2) Meditation # C.O.B./Etienne de Rocher (from Etienne de Rocher) (02.06)
3) Heart Beat, Pig Meat/Pink Floyd (from Zabriskie Point) (01.70)
4) War Pigs/Luke’s Wall/Black Sabbath (from Paranoid) (09.18.70)
5) Compassion/David Baerwald (from Here Comes The New Folk Underground) (2002)
6) Pimp/The Tubes (from Young And Rich) (04.76)
7) Swine/Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet (from The Juliet Letters) (01.19.93)
8) Piggies/The Beatles (from The Beatles) (11.22.68)
9) Respect/Aretha Franklin (from I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You) (03.10.67)
10) Pigs (Three Different Ones)/Pink Floyd (from Animals) (01.23.77)
11) “The Pigs’ Music”/Frank Zappa (from Civilization Phaze III) (12.94)
12) Looking For My Pig/Haran Griffin (from The Last Soul Company) (1999)
13) Respect Yourself/The Staple Singers (from Be Altitude: Respect Yourself) (02.72)
14) The Pig Worker/The Soft Boys (from A Can Of Bees) (1979)
15) That Claim-Jumping Swine, O’Bannon/Mike Keneally (from Boil That Dust Speck) (1994)
16) The Dirty Jobs/The Who (from Quadrophenia) (10.19.73)
17) Générique/Miles Davis (from Jazz Track) (10.19.59)
18) Trust Yourself/Bob Dylan (from Empire Burlesque) (06.08.85)
19) Before You Accuse Me/The 13th Floor Elevators (b-side of I’ve Got Levitation single) (1967)
20) No Compassion/Talking Heads (from Talking Heads: 77) (09.16.77)
21) The Wise Guy And Lucky/pat mAcdonald (from In The Red Room) (2004)
22) Wise Up/Aimee Mann (from Magnolia) (12.07.99)
23) You Never Give Me Your Money, Sun King, Mean Mr. Mustard, Her Majesty, Polythene Pam, She Came In Through The Bathroom Window/The Beatles (from Abbey Road) (09.26.69)
24) Piggy In The Middle/The Rutles (from All You Need Is Cash) (03.22.78)
25) Smash The Mirror/The Who (from Tommy) (05.23.69)
26) Mad The Swine/Queen (outtake from Queen) (1972)
27) Pearly/Radiohead (b-side of Paranoid Android CD single 1) (05.26.97)
28) Pigs In Zen/Jane’s Addiction (from Nothing’s Shocking) (08.23.88)
29) Hit The Road Jack/Ray Charles (single A-side) (08.61)
30) The Pearls/Jelly Roll Morton (single A-side) (04.20.26)
31) Pigs On The Wing 2/Pink Floyd (from Animals) (01.23.77)
32) Take Care/Big Star (from Third/Sister Lovers) (1975) 

State Controlled Radio Episode #220
August 8-9, 2010
Ode To LS.d [layne sterling • dragon]  [take two] 

1) Where Were You/Jeff Beck with Terry Bozzio and Tony Hymas) (from Jeff Beck’s Guitar Shop) (10.89)
2) But Not In My Realm/John Barry (from Mary, Queen Of Scots Original Soundtrack) (02.02.72)
3) The James Bond Theme/John Barry Orchestra (from Dr. No Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1962)
4) Evening Raga/Peter Case (from Beeline) (2002)
5) Blue, Red & Grey/The Who (from The Who By Numbers) (10.03.75)
6) This Is Love/PJ Harvey (from Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea) (10.23.00)
7) Better Late Than Never/The Assumptions (from The Assumptions) (2008)
8) Stranger In A Strange Land/Leon Russell (from Leon Russell And The Shelter People) (1971)
9) We’re Gonna Live In The Trees/Robyn Hitchcock (from Spooked) (10.05.04)
10) The Word/Bettye LaVette (from Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook) (2010)
11) And I Moved/Pete Townshend (from Empty Glass) (04.21.80)
12) Blue Spark/X (from Under The Big Black Sun) (07.82)
13) Baby’s On Fire/Peter Laughner (from Take The Guitar Player For A Ride) (1994)
14) Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow/Brian Wilson (from Smile) (09.28.04)
15) Asylum On A Sunny Day/Will Sexton (from Bus Stop Gossip, Other Lies & Respected Crimes) (06.09)
16) Leo – The Lord Of Lights/The Zodiac (from Cosmic Sounds) (1967) (Fire/Fixed/Sun)
17) Thumper Song/Vonnair Sisters, Robie Lester, Thurl Ravenscroft (from Peter Cottontail plus other funny bunnies and their friends) (1972)
18) Marwa Blues/George Harrison (from Brainwashed) (11.18.02)
19) The Last Time I Saw Paris/Hildegarde (from What I Did For Love…) (1976)
20) Mary’s Theme/John Barry (from Mary, Queen Of Scots Original Soundtrack) (02.02.72)
21) Goldfinger/Shirley Bassey (from Goldfinger Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1964)
22) Subterranean Homesick Alien/Radiohead (from OK Computer) (06.16.97)
23) Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird Of Paradox)/John Lennon (from Walls And Bridges) (09.26.74)
24) The Back Seat Of My Car/Paul & Linda McCartney (from Ram) (05.17.71)
25) Black Cat/Steve Kobashigawa (home recording) (2006)
26) Lips Like Sugar/Echo & The Bunnymen (from Echo & The Bunnymen) (07.14.87)
27) Young And Rich/The Tubes (from Young And Rich) (04.76)
28) Flavour Of Night/Robyn Hitchcock (from I Often Dream Of Trains) (09.84)
29) Why Are You/The Assumptions (from The Assumptions) (2008)
30) Sparks/The Who (from Tommy) (05.23.69)
31) Nobody’s Fault But My Own/Beck (from Mutations) (11.03.98)
32) Up In Smoke/Cheech & Chong (from Up In Smoke Original Soundtrack) (11.78)
33) Once In A While/The Assumptions (from The Assumptions) (2008)
34) The Return Of The Edmund Fitzgerald/Jon Kanis (from Cabalistic Dispatch) (07.17.05)
35) Motion Picture Soundtrack/Radiohead (from Kid A) (10.02.00)
36) Darling Ja Vous Aime Beaucoup/Hildegarde (from What I Did For Love…) (1976) 

State Controlled Radio Episode #221
August 15-16, 2010
Flipping Yer Wig!  A Conversation With Peter Case

1) Banks Of The River/Peter Case (from Wig!) (06.29.10)
2) Dig What You’re Putting Down/Peter Case (from Wig!) (06.29.10)
3) House Rent Jump/Peter Case (from Wig!) (06.29.10)
4) ‘New’ Old Blue Car/Peter Case (from Wig!) (06.29.10)
5) Bangin’ The Piano/Peter Case (demo recording) (2006)
6) One More Mile/Peter Case (from Thank You St. Jude) (2001)
7) House On The Hill/The Breakaways (from Walking Out On Love [The Lost Sessions]) (1978)
8) Little Suzy/The Breakaways (from Walking Out On Love [The Lost Sessions]) (1978)
9) Walking Out On Love/The Breakaways (from Walking Out On Love [The Lost Sessions]) (1978)
10) Hanging On The Telephone/The Nerves (from The Nerves EP) (1976)
11) When You Find Out/The Nerves (from The Nerves EP) (1976)
12) How Long Will It Take?/The Plimsouls (from Zero Hour EP) (02.08.80)
13) Zero Hour/The Plimsouls (from Zero Hour EP) (02.08.80)
14) A Million Miles Away/The Plimsouls (from Everywhere At Once LP) (1983)
15) Underneath The Stars/Peter Case (from Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John) (08.07.07)
16) Somebody Told The Truth/Peter Case (from Wig!) (06.29.10)
17) One Way Ticket/The Nerves (from One Way Ticket) (1977)
18) Words In Red/Peter Case (from Wig!) (06.29.10)
19) Indianapolis/Gasoline Silver (from Gasoline Silver) (09.10)
20) Colors Of Night/Peter Case (from Wig!) (06.29.10)
21) House Rent Party/Peter Case (from Wig!) (06.29.10) 

Here are the links for SCR #219 & 220:
http://rcpt.yousendit.com/930490833/9675a4d8458802399841b1b0e4b30734

Here are the links for SCR #221:
http://rcpt.yousendit.com/930515343/b1b44ed303ad443a28f7422e9d50e101

State Controlled Radio encourages you to promote Independent Music, Progressive Free Thought & to create PEACE! (War Is Over If You Want It).

jon kanis * musician, producer, writer, artist & disc jockey
p.o. box 84653, san diego, ca 92138 619.544.1584
www.jonkanis.com/blog

Rush, Verizon Ampitheater, Irvine, CA 08.13.10

The Gig List

Rush at Irvine Meadows Ampitheater, Irvine, CA 08.13.10

1) The Spirit Of Radio
2) Time Stand Still
3) Presto
4) Stick It Out
5) Workin’ Them Angels
6) Leave That Thing Alone
7) Faithless
8) BU2B
9) Freewill
10) Marathon
11) Subdivisions

12) Tom Sawyer
13) Red Barchetta
14) YYZ
15) Limelight
16) The Camera Eye
17) Witch Hunt (Part III of Fear)
18) Vital Signs
19) Caravan
20) Drum Solo [10:12 pm to 10:20 pm]
21) Closer To The Heart
22) 2112 Overture/The Temples Of Syrinx
23) Far Cry

24) La Villa Strangiato
25) Working Man

Well well well, RUSH in 2010…I would have never believed that I would be seeing this trio of musicians ever again in my lifetime…for a variety of reasons, but most of all because I thought that I had grown past a contemporary appreciation of Rush.  Or that I had at least grown out of my adolescent passion for a group that I basically stopped listening to back in 1982.

But my interest in this ultimate of power trios was re-ignited when I chanced upon an article back in 2009 relating the tragedies that befell drummer and lyricist Neil Peart when his teenaged daughter was killed in a car accident swiftly to be followed six month later by his wife of twenty years dying of cancer.  At that point [1997] Rush essentially disbanded and  Peart dealt with his devastating loss by embarking upon a 50,000 mile trek on his BMW motorcycle and eventually found his way through those experiences to slowly rebuild his life.  Much of this is recounted in the excellent 2010 feature length documentary on Rush entitled Beyond The Lighted Stage and even though I had long admired Rush’s music I was unaware that they had such a tremendous sense of humor until seeing this film.  Seeing the band in concert this summer also helped to fill in some of the gaps of my perception.

A lot has changed in the world of rock and roll since I first witnessed this band back in 1980 and 1982 (on the Permanent Waves and Signals tours respectively) and when I graduated from high school in ‘82 and moved from Northern Virginia to San Diego, California I made a lot of changes in my listening habits and many of the bands that I enjoyed as a teenager in high school no longer fascinated me in the same manner as they used to.  I’m sorry to say that Rush unfortunately fell into this category.  I still enjoyed their earlier albums (all the way back to their self-titled debut in 1974) but as they mutated into a more keyboard-oriented approach with their music they basically lost me after a series of albums (Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows and Hold Your Fire) that were at odds with my developing interest of music from the 1940s, 50s and 60s.  It appears that as they moved forward that I went backward and as a consequence I lost track of them for a couple of decades.  A similar thing happened to me recently with several of my closest friends from high school and after 25 years we got back in touch again.  A lot has happened and it was cool to get caught up.

I guess much of the impetus for going to see Rush once again came from my musically developing, 17-year-old daughter Emily.  As she herself is about to enter her senior year of high school she is exactly the same age that I was when I was a fervent Rush fan (in fact, there is a color photo of me in my ‘81 high school annual wearing my Permanent Waves tour shirt).  After her mother gave her a vinyl copy of Moving Pictures Emily has fallen in love with that album and when I found out that Rush was performing all of their 1981 masterpiece in its entirety on this 2010 Time Machine Tour it seemed like the time was ripe to check them out once more. Part of me always wished that I had seen them on the Moving Pictures tour and now, 30 years later with this Time Machine concept, I finally got the chance.

Neil Peart stated in the program accompanying this current tour (who prints tour programs any more?!?) that he was inspired by the current tours of Steely Dan and Todd Rundgren where they played classic LPs from their back catalog in their entirety [The Royal Scam, Aja, Gaucho and A Wizard, A True Star] and he suggested to his Rush band mates that they perform Moving Pictures in its entirety (Peart writes that the band had never played the ten-minute long “The Camera Eye” before live).  As an audience member who was there “back in the day” I have to say that it was better than seeing them in the 1980s, even as I viewed them from the very outer reaches of the lawn section at Irvine Meadows.  The technology for presenting this type of amplified multi-media experience is so much better than it was thirty years ago and quite simply all three members of Rush (bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee and guitarist Alex Lifeson included) are even more accomplished at their respective instruments than ever before.  As I commented to my daughter after the show “Geddy Lee is the worst musician of the group and he is absolutely amazing.”

And clearly it is Geddy Lee who is the driving force behind the visuals of the band as Rush created three unique short films (about five-to-six minutes in length each) that were played at the beginning of the concert, at the interval and as the very conclusion, after the band had left the stage.  These short films set up the evening’s construct of the Time Machine and created a context for how the band presented their music in two thousand and ten.  With no new album to promote the band decided to feature their most successful album of their career, but in addition to performing Moving Pictures they also provided a wide swath of songs from across their 36-year journey, without feeling the need to focus on their big hits or promote a new album.  But they did have a pair of excellent new songs (”Caravan” “and BU2B”) that they performed from a work in progress entitled Clockwork Angels and I thought that the new material sounded as good as anything else that they performed during the entire evening and I gotta say that I’m sorry that I let Rush slip out of my sight for so much time but I am glad to have them so strongly on my radar once again.  I look forward to their next long player and I just might have to check them out when they go out on the road next time to promote Clockwork Angels.  Probably with my daughter in tow.  Break a leg guys and I’ll see you in 2011.

4 Out Of 5 Doctors at Jammin’ Java, Vienna, VA [07.17.10]

The Gig List

4 Out Of 5 Doctors, Jammin’ Java, Vienna, VA [07.17.10]

1) Modern Man
2) Jeff Jeff
3) Waiting For A Change
4) Heart On A Chain
5) Young World
6) I Like You
7) Plastic Fad
8) Malpractice Suite
9) Elizabeth
10) Anna With Antennae
11) Opus 10
12) I Want Her

13) Good Pretender
14) Waiting For Roxanne
15) Danger Man
16) Mr. Cool Shoes
17) Sleepy Time
18) Girl With Smarts
19) Breaking Rocks
20) Call Me At Home
21) Hard Act To Follow
22) Mushroom Boy
23) Not From Her World
24) Red Blooded American Boy

25) Coliseum Rock

Billed as “The Last Waltz” I have a hard time believing that this is REALLY the last time that 4 Out Of 5 Doctors will ever perform before a live audience. This was, however, the third year in a row that all four original members (Jeff Severson, Cal Everett, George Pittaway & Tom Ballew) reformed to perform at the local Virginia venue Jammin’ Java and if they’ve worn out their welcome you wouldn’t have been able to guess considering the ecstatic reception that the near capacity crowd gave them on Saturday night.

In the previous two years the band performed their two LPs pretty much in their entirety; the first set consisting of their 1980 eponymous debut and the second set consisting of 1982’s Second Opinion.  This time around, in the wake of their retrospective CD Post Op (released in 2009, containing 21 unreleased songs from 1977 to 1983) the Doctors mixed it up quite a bit, nixing a few of their well known numbers to spotlight some of the obscure gems in their catalog.

Maybe you had to be there “back in the day,” but I find the Doctors brand of energenic rock and roll (some might call it Power Pop) pretty timeless and if you are a fan of well-crafted songs, awesome vocals and flawless musicianship then you are encouraged to check out the band’s music for yourself.

Check out the band’s music at:

www.4outof5drs.com/

Peter Case at McCabe’s, Santa Monica, CA [07.09.10]

The Gig List

Peter Case with Ron Franklin & D.J. Bonebrake at McCabe’s Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, CA [07.09.10]

1st set [8:00 PM]

1) Colors Of Night
2) ‘New’ Old Blue Car
3) I Shook His Hand
4) Two Angels
5) Nadine
6) House Rent Jump
7) Dig What You’re Puttin’ Down
8) Pledging My Time
9) Walking Home Late
10) Cold Trail Blues
11) Hidden Love
12) Banks Of The River
13) Words In Red
14) Thirty Days In The Workhouse
15) Somebody Told The Truth
16) Ain’t Go No Dough

17) House Rent Party

2nd set [10:00 PM]

Ron Franklin opening set of 5 songs

1) Colors Of Night
2) Help Yourself
3) ‘New’ Old Blue Car
4) I Shook His Hand
5) Two Angels
6) Nadine
7) Black Crow Blues
8) House Rent Jump
9) Dig What You’re Puttin’ Down
10) Pledging My Time
11) Walking Home Late
12) Every 24 Hours
13) [first song PC ever wrote]
14) Horse And Crow
15) Ice Water
16) Banks Of The River
17) Words In Red
18) Ain’t Go No Dough [with Stan Ridgeway on harp]

19) House Rent Party

July 9th was declared Peter Case Day in the City of Santa Monica and tonight Peter ably demonstrated why the community of Santa Monica would wish to honor him in the first place.  This was the first full performance that I have witnessed since Peter’s heart operation in January of 2009 and he looks and sounds like he is absolutely on top of his game.  Peter’s latest LP Wig! was released two weeks ago and many songs from the new album were featured in this evening’s performance. Accompanying Peter on both Wig! and his performance at McCabe’s was drummer D.J. Bonebrake (of X and Knitters fame) and guitarist Ron Franklin (of Gasoline Silver).  I would consider this evening a triumph in every way.

Congratulations Peter… Wig! may be the album of the year.  Check it out at www.petercase.com

State Controlled Radio #209-211 [Specs...The Jack Nitzsche CV Part 1 & 2/Zeitgeist Or Gestalt?]

State Controlled Radio, Weekly Blast

05.07.10

Hello everyone…

Tonight, on Friday, May 7th please come out to see Sunset Temples perform at the Casbah with our friends Behind The Wagon and Midnight Rivals.  It is going to be a fantastic evening of original homegrown high energy rock and roll.  Sunset Temples go on first at 9 PM.  Our drummer ‘Lil Bull will be fresh from performing with The Donkeys (who are currently on a short tour with The Hold Steady) and I’m sure that he & Blair will be bringing back some great energy from The Donkeys’ Thursday night performance at The Fillmore in San Francisco.  Hope to see you all at the Casbah…

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sunset-Temples/109393169093825?ref=ts

There is other cool stuff going on as well.  In the last blast I told you about the two-part SCR program that I produced in honor of Jack Nitzsche’s birthday.  I also produced a program entitled Zeitgeist Or Gestalt? that explores the notion of those two concepts.  If you happened to miss these programs on BZoO Worldwide Radio…well, you can check them out below.

The Neil Innes show at Acoustic Music San Diego was absolutely fantastic.  It is always great to see Neil and his lovely wife Yvonne.  Many thanks to Carey Driscoll for having the good sense (& taste) to bring Neil to San Diego.

http://www.jonkanis.com/blog

Hot on the heels of performing at the Casbah on Friday night we will continue to party by celebrating 2nd Saturday on May 8th at Hamilton’s Tavern where will be celebrating Blair and Karen’s birthdays (the 15th & 16th respectively) with a three-hour hand-picked program by Blair of The Black Crowes (his all-time fave group).  The featured beers on tap are by Stone Brewing Company (the 4th time that they have been featured for 2nd Saturday).  The fun begins at 5 to 8 PM.  1521 30th Street, San Diego, CA 92102

http://www.hamiltonstavern.com/

And, continuing on with the theme of Blair and Karen’s birthdays during the month of May I am continuing on with a recurring feature on SCR entitled The Time Machine where I pick a specific week of the Billboard Hot 100 and do a countdown ala Casey Kasem on the old American Top 40 syndicated radio programs.  Episode #213 will countdown the songs of May 15, 1971 in honor of Blair’s birthday and episode #214 will countdown the songs of May 16, 1980 in honor of Karen’s birthday.  Both of these shows will be a real trip back to what the radio was like the week that Blair and Karen were born.

Oh, while I’m at it I should mention that my extremely talented daughter Emily is performing with the San Diego School Of Rock in the new Women Who Rock program that is being performed on Sunday May 16th at Porter’s Pub and Saturday May 22nd at Queen Bee in North Park.  The kids (sans Emily) are also doing shows on the Police and King Crimson.  For more information go to:

http://www.schoolofrock.com/sandiego/concerts_school.php

Thanks for investing the time and I hope to see your smiling face soon.

Peace,
Jon

YOU ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE EVENTS:

05.07.10 Sunset Temples performs at the Casbah with Behind The Wagon & Midnight Rivals. 2501 Kettner Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92101, 619.232.4355 

http://www.casbahmusic.com/

05.08.10 SCR Episode #212 “Stone The Crowes [The Black Crowes on 2nd Saturday with Stone Brewery]” at Hamilton’s Tavern 2nd Saturday from 5 to 8 PM [www.hamiltonstavern.com]

05.09.10 & 05.10.10 SCR Episode #212 “Stone The Crowes [The Black Crowes on 2nd Saturday with Stone Brewery]” [www.bzoo.org] (11 PM PST)

05.16.10 & 05.17.10 SCR Episode #213 “The Time Machine [singles from Billboard’s Hot 100 for the week ending 05.15.71]” [www.bzoo.org] (11 PM PST)

05.22.10 Sunset Temples perform at private party. San Diego, CA 92115

05.23.10 & 05.24.10 SCR Episode #214 “The Time Machine [singles from Billboard’s Hot 100 for the week ending 05.17.80]” [www.bzoo.org] (11 PM PST)

State Controlled Radio Episode #209
April 18-19, 2010
Specs…The Jack Nitzsche CV Part 1

1) Porpoise Song [single edit]/The Monkees [arranger] (from Head Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (12.01.68)
2) Number Eleven/Jack Nitzsche [composer, producer] (from Three Piece Suite: The Reprise Recordings) (01.74)
3) Lower California/Jack Nitzsche [co-writer, producer] (from Three Piece Suite: The Reprise Recordings) (01.74)
4) The Lonely Surfer/Jack Nitzsche [writer, arranger, conductor] (single A-side) (08.63)
5) She’d Rather Be With Me/The Turtles [arranger horns] (from Happy Together) (04.67)
6) I’ll Bet She Knew It [demo]/Jack Nitzsche [writer, producer] (from Three Piece Suite: The Reprise Recordings) (04.29.71)
7) Be My Baby/The Ronettes [arranger] (single A-side) (07.63)
8) Don’t Touch Me There/The Tubes [arranger] (from Young And Rich) (04.76)
9) Needles And Pins/Jackie DeShannon [co-writer, arranger] (single A-side) (05.63)
10) He’s A Rebel/The Crystals [arranger] (single A-side) (07.62)
11) Play With Fire/The Rolling Stones [harpsichord] (b-side of The Last Time single) (02.26.65)
12) Photograph/Ringo Starr [arranger] (from Ringo) (11.02.73)
13) Do I Love You?/The Ronettes [arranger] (single A-side) (05.64)
14) Just Once In My Life/The Righteous Brothers [arranger] (single A-side) (01.65)
15) Why Do Lovers Break Each Other’s Hearts?/Bob B. Soxx And The Blue Jeans [arranger] (single A-side) (11.62)
16) Da Doo Ron Ron/The Crystals [arranger] (single A-side) (03.63)
17) Puddin’ N’ Tain/The Alley Cats [arranger] (single A-side) (11.62)
18) Then He Kissed Me/The Crystals [arranger] (single A-side) (07.63)
19) It’s In His Kiss/Merry Clayton [arranger, conductor] (single A-side) (07.63)
20) Ashes, The Rain And I/James Gang [arranger strings] (from Rides Again) (10.18.70)
21) You Know What I Mean/The Turtles [arranger orchestra] (single A-side) (07.67)
22) #4 (For Mori)/Jack Nitzsche [composer] (from St. Giles Cripplegate) (08.22.72)
23) River Deep – Mountain High/Ike & Tina Turner [arranger] (single A-side) (03.66)
24) Local Girls/Graham Parker And The Rumour [producer] (from Squeezing Out Sparks) (03.79)
25) Gone Dead Train/Randy Newman [co-writer, producer] (from Performance Original Soundtrack) (01.23.70)
26) Carolay/Crazy Horse [co-writer, co-producer, piano] (from Crazy Horse) (02.71)
27) Kick That Little Foot Sally Anne/Round Robin [arranger] (single A-side) (05.64)
28) Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?/The Rolling Stones [arranger vocals] (single A-side) (09.24.66)
29) Hard Workin’ Man/Jack Nitzsche [vocal by Captain Beefheart] [composer, arranger, producer] (from Blue Collar Music From The Original Motion Picture Score) (11.19.75)
30) There’s A World/Neil Young with The London Symphony Orchestra [arranger, producer] (from Harvest) (02.25.72)
31) A Man Needs A Maid/Neil Young with The London Symphony Orchestra [arranger, producer] (from Harvest) (02.25.72)
32) #6/Jack Nitzsche [composer] (from St. Giles Cripplegate) (08.22.72)
33) Who Say What To Who/Jack Nitzsche [co-writer, producer] (from Three Piece Suite: The Reprise Recordings) (01.74)
34) I’m The Loneliest Fool/Jack Nitzsche [co-writer, producer] (from Three Piece Suite: The Reprise Recordings) (01.74)
35) Walking In The Rain/The Ronettes [arranger] (single A-side) (09.64)
36) Baby, I Love You/The Ronettes [arranger] (single A-side) (11.63)
37) Sunshine, Lollipops And Rainbows/Lesley Gore [arranger] (single A-side) (06.65)
38) Expecting To Fly/Buffalo Springfield [arranger, co-producer] (from Buffalo Springfield Again) (11.67)
39) One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest/Jack Nitzsche [composer, arranger, producer] (from One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (11.19.75)
40) Crow Jane Lady/Crazy Horse [writer, co-producer, piano, vocal] (from Crazy Horse) (02.71)

State Controlled Radio Episode #210
April 25-26, 2010
Specs…The Jack Nitzsche CV Part 2

1) The Last Race/Jack Nitzsche [composer, conductor] (from Village Of The Giants) (10.20.65)
2) Venus Of Avenue D/Mink De Ville [producer] (from Cabretta) (1977)
3) You Can’t Always Get What You Want/The Rolling Stones [arranger] (from Let It Bleed) (12.05.69)
4) Rumble/Jack Nitzsche [arranger, conductor] (single A-side) (1963)
5) Let’s Burn Down The Cornfield/Randy Newman [co-prodcucer] (from 12 Songs) (02.70)
6) Baby That’s Me/The Cake [co-writer] (single A-side) (1967)
7) (The Best Part Of) Breakin ‘ Up/The Ronettes [arranger] (single A-side) (02.64)
8) Passion Is No Ordinary Word/Graham Parker And The Rumour [producer] (from Squeezing Out Sparks) (03.79)
9) Look At All The Things/Crazy Horse [co-producer, piano] (from Crazy Horse) (02.71)
10) Little Al/Jack Nitzsche [co-writer, producer] (from Three Piece Suite: The Reprise Recordings) (01.74)
11) Sleeping Daughter/Jack Nitzsche [co-writer, producer] (from Three Piece Suite: The Reprise Recordings) (01.74)
12) When You Dance I Can Really Love/Neil Young with Crazy Horse [piano] (from After The Gold Rush) (09.18.70)
13) Natural Magic/Jack Nitzsche [writer, producer] (from Performance Original Soundtrack) (09.19.70)
14) Memo From Turner/Mick Jagger [producer] (from Performance Original Soundtrack) (09.19.70)
15) New Mexico/Jack Nitzsche [writer, producer] (from Three Piece Suite: The Reprise Recordings) (01.74)
16) Southern Accents/Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers [arranger strings] (from Southern Accents) (04.11.85)
17) Indian Girl/The Rolling Stones [arranger horns] (from Emotional Rescue) (06.20.80)
18) String Quartet From Whiskey Boot Hill/Neil Young [co-producer, arranger strings] (from Neil Young) (01.22.69)
19) Stealin’ All Day/C. C. Adcock [producer] (from Lafayette Marquis) (2004)
20) You Can’t Be Too Strong/Graham Parker And The Rumour [producer] (from Squeezing Out Sparks) (03.79)
21) Hanging Around/Jack Nitzsche [co-writer, producer] (from Three Piece Suite: The Reprise Recordings) (01.74)
22) On The Moodus Run/Jack Nitzsche [co-writer, producer] (from Three Piece Suite: The Reprise Recordings) (01.74)
23) Sister Morphine/The Rolling Stones [piano] (from Sticky Fingers) (04.23.71)
24) We Have To Stay [demo]/Jack Nitzsche [writer, producer] (from Three Piece Suite: The Reprise Recordings) (04.29.71)
25) Just Your Friends/Mink De Ville [co-writer, co-producer] (from Return To Magenta) (1978)
26) Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah/Bob B. Soxx And The Blue Jeans [arranger] (single A-side) (08.62)
27) Wait Til My Bobby Gets Home/Darlene Love [arranger] (single A-side) (05.63)
28) All Grown Up/The Crystals [arranger] (single A-side) (05.63)
29) Should I Cry/The Concords [co-writer] (single A-side) (1964)
30) Up Where We Belong/Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes [co-writer, producer, arranger] (from An Officer And A Gentleman) (08.82)
31) Carly [demo]/Jack Nitzsche [writer, producer] (from Three Piece Suite: The Reprise Recordings) (02.07.72)
32) Brace/Jack Nitzsche [composer, producer] (from Three Piece Suite: The Reprise Recordings) (01.74)
33) Marie/Jack Nitzsche [writer, producer] (from Three Piece Suite: The Reprise Recordings) (01.74)
34) Number Eleven/Jack Nitzsche [composer, producer] (from Three Piece Suite: The Reprise Recordings) (01.74)
35) Just Like This/The Robins [co-writer, arranger] (single A-side) (1960)
36) Reno [demo]/Jack Nitzsche [writer, producer] (from Three Piece Suite: The Reprise Recordings) (02.07.72)

State Controlled Radio Episode #211
May 2-3, 2010
Zeitgeist Or Gestalt?

1) I Shall Be Released/Nina Simone (from To Love Somebody) (1969)
2) Don’t Worry Baby/Los Lobos (from How Will The Wolf Survive?) (10.29.84)
3) When I Get My Plane/Nazz (from Nazz) (10.68)
4) The Changeling/The Doors (from L.A. Woman) (04.71)
5) The Phantoms Of Ephemera/Mitch Easter (from Dynamico) (03.13.07)
6) Freedom Of Choice/Devo (from Freedom Of Choice) (05.14.80)
7) “Have you ever seen anyone like Cody Pomeray?…”/Robert Hunter (from Kerouac Kicks Joy Darkness) (04.08.97)
8) Momentary Introspection/Carter Burwell (from Being John Malkovich Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (10.22.99)
9) In A Moment/Ray Davies (from Working Man’s Café) (10.22.07)
10) Atoms For Peace/Thom Yorke (from The Eraser) (07.10.06)
11) Space For The Papa/Jeff Beck (from Who Else!) (03.16.99)
12) Theme from ‘Alice’/Linda Lavin (from Alice) (09.29.76)
13) Desperado/Alice Cooper (from Killer) (11.71)
14) I Shall Be Released/Jeff Buckley (from Live at Sin-e [Legacy Edition]) (08.93)
15) Fearless/Pink Floyd (from Meddle) (10.30.71)
16) Mama Tierra 4th Movement/Rusty Crutcher (from Machu Pichu Impressions) (1989)
17) One To One/The Joe Jackson Band (from Beat Crazy) (11.80)
18) Ladies And Gentlemen/Stephen Colbert (from Wig In A Box: Songs From & Inspired By Hedwig And The Angry Inch) (2003)
19) Let The Wind Blow/The Beach Boys (from Wild Honey) (12.18.67)
20) Never Alone/Neil Innes (from Works In Progress) (2005)
21) It’s All Good/Bob Dylan (from Together Through Life) (04.28.09)
22) Everybody’s Got Something To Hide (Except Me And My Monkey)/The Feelies (from Crazy Rhythms) (04.80)
23) Vanishing Girl/The Dukes Of Stratosphear (from Psonic Psunspot) (08.87)
24) I Want To Take You Higher/Sly & The Family Stone (from Stand!) (05.03.69)
25) Circle Of Hands/Uriah Heep (from Demons And Wizards) (05.72)
26) Indian Summer/The Doors (from Morrison Hotel) (02.01.70)
27) Funky Pretty/The Beach Boys (from Carl & The Passions “So Tough”) (05.15.72)
28) Prism Heaven II/Feral Children (from Feral Children EP) (1992)
29) Midnight Cowboy/Ferrante & Teicher (from Midnight Cowboy Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (05.25.69)
30) Number One/The Rutles (from All You Need Is Cash) (03.22.78)
31) Together Rap/Keith Moon & Ringo Starr (bonus track from Two Sides Of The Moon CD) (03.75)
32) The Owl/Mike Keneally (from The Scambot Holiday Special) (12.09)
33) I Shall Be Released/The Band (from Music From Big Pink) (07.01.68)

State Controlled Radio #206-208 [Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get/SMiLE It's Springtime!/Alex Chilton Is More Than A Big Star]

State Controlled Radio, Weekly Blast

04.23.10

Hello everybody and welcome to the weekend…

Yesterday, on April 22nd, it was the 73rd anniversary of Jack Nitzsche’s birthday.  If you don’t know his name (or his work) boy, are you in for a treat.  His work speaks for itself.  On April 18th I aired part 1 of Specs…The Jack Nitzsche CV and this weekend part 2 will air.  Check it out.  The man is amazing.

Of course, since my last e-blast there have been three new State Controlled Radio programs in the offering as well (episodes #206-208 entitled Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get, SMiLE It’s Springtime! and Alex Chilton Is More Than A Big Star) and if you missed any of them when they originally aired on BZoO Worldwide Radio and you would like to check them out they can be found below.

GIG ALERT GIG ALERT GIG ALERT:  coming up in exactly two weeks on Friday, May 7th Sunset Temples is performing at the Casbah with our friends Behind The Wagon and Midnight Rivals.  PLEASE come out and support us at this show.  Our debut on April 6th at the Radio Room was spectacular (THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT AND CHEERED US ON) and I suspect that this next gig will be even better.  Check out the attached poster…

I witnessed the incomparable Jeff Beck at 4th & B this past week with Narada Michael Walden on drums, Rhonda Smith on bass & vocals and Jason Rebello on keyboards.  Simply stunning.  There is a reason that I call him The World’s Greatest Living Guitarist.  The set list is up on my blog.  He is currently touring the United States.  Catch him if you can.

Be sure to join us in May at Hamilton’s Tavern where will be celebrating Blair and Karen’s birthdays (the 15th & 16th respectively) with a hand-picked program by Blair of The Black Crowes (his all-time fave group).  The featured beers on tap are by Stone Brewing Company (always a good time to be sure).  It goes down on Saturday, May 8th from 5 to 8 PM.  1521 30th Street, San Diego, CA 92102

http://www.hamiltonstavern.com/

On May 1st I suggest that you do yourself a favor and come out and hear Neil Innes perform at Acoustic Music San Diego.  Lord knows how many more opportunities you will be afforded to see and hear in person the genius who co-founded the Bonzo Dog Band, composed all of the classic Rutles songs, as well as crafting the indispensable classic How Sweet To Be An Idiot.  Miss him at your own peril…

Thanks everyone and enjoy the rest of April.  Hope to see you soon.

Peace,
Jon

P.S.  Download links will expire, so seize the day.

YOU ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE EVENTS:

04.25.10 & 04.26.10 SCR Episode #210 “Specs…The Jack Nitzsche CV Part 2″ [www.bzoo.org] (11 PM PST)
05.02.10 & 05.03.10 SCR Episode #211 “TBD” [www.bzoo.org] (11 PM PST)
05.08.10 SCR Episode #212 “The Black Crowes” at Hamilton’s Tavern 2nd Saturday from 5 to 8 PM [www.hamiltonstavern.com]
05.09.10 & 05.10.10 SCR Episode #213 “The Black Crowes” [www.bzoo.org] (11 PM PST)
05.07.10 Sunset Temples performs at the Casbah with Behind The Wagon & Midnight Rivals. 2501 Kettner Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92101, 619.232.4355 
http://www.casbahmusic.com/

State Controlled Radio Episode #206
March 28-29, 2010
Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get

1) I’ve Just Seen A Face/The Beatles (from Help!) (08.06.65)
2) Things We’ll Never See/The Sneeches (from Slow) (1990)
3) Whatcha You See Is Whatcha Get/The Dramatics (single A-side) (06.71)
4) Sunshine/Timbuk 3 (from Big Shot In The Dark) (08.27.91)
5) My Eyes Have Seen You/The Doors (from Strange Days) (10.07.67)
6) Can You See Me?/The Jimi Hendrix Experience (from Are You Experienced?) (05.12.67)
7) I Can See Clearly Now/Johnny Nash (from I Can See Clearly Now) (1972)
8) I Think I See The Light/Cat Stevens (from Mona Bone Jakon) (04.01.70)
9) What I See/Acetone (from If You Only Knew) (1996)
10) If You See What I Mean/P. P. Arnold (b-side of The Time Has Come single) (06.30.67)
11) Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You/Frankie Valli (from The 4 Seasons Present Frankie Valli Solo) (05.67)
12) I’m Coming Home To See About You/Otis Redding (b-side of The Glory Of Love single) (06.30.67)
13) See You Sometime/Joni Mitchell (from For The Roses) (11.72)
14) We’ll See/Buffalo Springfield (from Buffalo Springfield Box Set) (01.09.67)
15) When Will I See You Again/The Three Degrees (from The Three Degrees) (09.74)
16) Come Around And See Me/Raspberries (from Raspberries) (05.72)
17) I See You/The Byrds (from Fifth Dimension) (07.18.66)
18) I’ll See You In My Dreams/Joe Brown (from Concert For George) (11.29.02)
19) So Glad To See You Here/Wings & Rockestra (from Back To The Egg) (06.08.79)
20) See No Evil/Television (from Marquee Moon) (02.08.77)
21) In The Beginning/The Moody Blues (from On The Threshold Of A Dream) (04.25.69)
22) Lovely To See You/The Moody Blues (from On The Threshold Of A Dream) (04.25.69)
23) Make It/Jon Kanis (from Cabalistic Dispatch) (07.17.05)
24) Through These Eyes/Liv Mueller & Jon Kanis  (from the Holiday Motel sessions) (06.07.06)
25) Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)/The First Edition (from The First Edition) (1967)
26) See/The Rascals (from See) (12.69)
27) Come See About Me/The Supremes (single A-side) (10.27.64)
28) See You After The War/Jack The Original (from Why The Long Face?) (2006)
29) Plastic Fad/4 Out Of 5 Doctors (from Post Op) (1980)
30) Seeing Is Believin’/The Mad Lads (single A-side) (1970)
31) Long As I Can See The Light/Creedence Clearwater Revival (from Cosmo’s Factory) (07.25.70)
32) See How We Are/X (from See How We Are) (06.87)
33) Let Me See/Morcheeba (from Big Calm) (03.16.98)
34) Soul Kitchen/The Doors (from The Doors) (01.04.67)
35) So Good To See You/Cheap Trick (from In Color) (08.77)
36) I’ll Be Seeing You/Rickie Lee Jones (from Pop Pop) (1991)

Here is the link for SCR #206a Part One [Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get].mp3:
https://download.yousendit.com/RmNETGs2UEM0b0JjR0E9PQ

Here is the link for SCR #206b Part Two [Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get].mp3:
https://download.yousendit.com/RmNETGswNkdUME5jR0E9PQ

State Controlled Radio Episode #207
April 4-5, 2010
SMiLE It’s Springtime!

1) Child Is The Father Of The Man [Take 2]/The Beach Boys [unreleased] (10.07.66)
2) Good Vibrations [various sessions/early take]/The Beach Boys (from Smiley Smile/Wild Honey CD) (Spring 1966)
3) Surf’s Up [track only]/The Beach Boys (from Good Vibrations) (11.66)
4) Cabinessence [track only]/The Beach Boys (from Good Vibrations) (10.11.66)
5) Our Prayer/The Beach Boys (from 20/20) (09.19.66)
6) Heroes And Villains [stereo single version]/The Beach Boys (from Hawthorne, CA) (1966-1967)
7) Heroes And Villains [alternate take]/The Beach Boys (from Good Vibrations) (1966-1967)
8) Heroes And Villains [sections]/The Beach Boys (from Good Vibrations) (1966-1967)
9) Do You Like Worms?/The Beach Boys (from Good Vibrations) (10.18.66)
10) Barnyard/The Beach Boys [unreleased] (10.20.66)
11) The Old Master Painter/You Are My Sunshine/The Beach Boys [unreleased] (11.14.66)
12) Cabinessence/The Beach Boys (from 20/20) (10.03.66)
13) Wonderful/The Beach Boys (from Good Vibrations) (09.01.66)
14) Look [aka I Ran]/The Beach Boys [unreleased] (10.13.66)
15) I Wanna Be Around/Friday Night/Workshop/The Beach Boys [unreleased] (11.29.66)
16) George Fell Into His French Horn/The Beach Boys [unreleased] (11.07.66)
17) Vegetables [stereo extended mix]/The Beach Boys (from Hawthorne, CA) (Spring 1967)
18) Holidays/The Beach Boys [unreleased] (09.08.66)
19) Wind Chimes/The Beach Boys (from Good Vibrations) (08.03.66)
20) Heroes And Villains [intro]/The Beach Boys (from Good Vibrations) (03.01.67)
21) Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow [takes 1 & 2]/The Beach Boys [unreleased] (11.28.66)
22) I Love To Say Da Da/The Beach Boys (from Good Vibrations) (05.16.67)
23) Child Is The Father Of The Man [Take 1]/The Beach Boys [unreleased] (10.07.66)
24) Surf’s Up/The Beach Boys (from Good Vibrations) (12.15.66)
25) You’re Welcome/The Beach Boys (b-side of Heroes And Villains single) (07.31.67)
26) Little Pad/The Beach Boys (from Smiley Smile) (09.18.67)
27) Good Vibrations/The Beach Boys (single A-side) (10.10.66)
28) Springsville/Miles Davis (from Miles Ahead) (1957)
29) I Live In The Springtime/The Lemon Drops (single A-side) (05.67)
30) Botticelli Spring/Gregory Corso (from Howls, Raps & Roars) (1969)
31) Springtime/Donald Fagen (from Kamakiriad) (05.25.93)
32) Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most/Rickie Lee Jones (from Pop Pop) (1991)
33) Spring/The Caterpillar Book (from Maybe This Summer…) (2008)
34) Where Did My Spring Go?/The Kinks (from Where Was Spring?) (01.28.69)
35) Easter Everywhere/Julian Cope (from My Nation Underground) (1988)
36) Walking In The Rain/Flash And The Pan (from Flash And The Pan) (1979)
37) It’s Raining Again/Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (b-side of Refugee single) (1980)
38) Dry The Rain/The Beta Band (from Champion Versions EP) (1987)
39) Bright Fresh Flower/Robyn Hitchcock (from b-side of The Yip Song single) (1992)
40) Easter Parade/Rickie Lee Jones with The Blue Nile (single A-side) (1990)
41) Easter/The Patti Smith Group (from Easter) (03.03.78)
42) Watermelon In Easter Hay/Frank Zappa (from Joe’s Garage: Act III) (11.19.79)
43) Some Other Spring/Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra (single A-side) (07.05.39)
44) Thumper Song/Vonnair Sisters, Robie Lester, Thurl Ravenscroft (from Peter Cottontail plus other funny bunnies and their friends) (1972)

Here is the link for SCR #207a Part One [SMiLE It's Springtime].mp3:
https://download.yousendit.com/RmNETGsrUzdrWTgwTVE9PQ

Here is the link for SCR #207b Part Two [SMiLE It's Springtime].mp3:
https://download.yousendit.com/RmNETGsrZ2pVVGxFQlE9PQ

State Controlled Radio Episode #208
April 11-12, 2010
Alex Chilton Is More Than A Big Star

1) O My Soul/Big Star (from Radio City) (01.74)
2) Bangkok/Alex Chilton (single A-side) (1978)
3) Stroke It Noel/Big Star (from Third/Sister Lovers) (1975)
4) The Ballad Of El Goodo/Big Star (from #1 Record) (04.72)
5) The Letter/The Box Tops (single A-side; also from The Letter/Neon Rainbow) (08.67)
6) In The Street [alternate mix]/Big Star (from Keep An Eye On The Sky) (04.72)
7) Thirteen [alternate mix]/Big Star (from Keep An Eye On The Sky) (04.72)
8) Cry Like A Baby/The Box Tops (from Cry Like A Baby) (04.68)
9) Coca-Cola Commercial/The Box Tops (radio advertisement) (1968)
10) Let Me Get Close To You/Alex Chilton (from High Priest) (1987)
11) Dalai Lama/Alex Chilton (from High Priest) (1987)
12) Alex Chilton/The Replacements (from Pleased To Meet Me) (07.87)
13) September Gurls/Big Star (from Radio City) (01.74)
14) O, Dana/Big Star (from Third/Sister Lovers) (1975)
15) When My Baby’s Beside Me/Big Star (from #1 Record) (04.72)
16) Baby Strange/Big Star (from Columbia: Live At Missouri University) (04.25.93)
17) Mod Lang [alternate mix]/Big Star (from Keep An Eye On The Sky) (1973)
18) Back Of A Car [alternate mix]/Big Star (from Keep An Eye On The Sky) (1973)
19) You Get What You Deserve/Big Star (from Radio City) (01.74)
20) Free Again/Alex Chilton (from 1970) (1970)
21) Kizza Me/Big Star (from Third/Sister Lovers) (1975)
22) You Can’t Have Me/Big Star (from Third/Sister Lovers) (1975)
23) Lies/Alex Chilton (from A Man Called Destruction) (1995)
24) Neon Rainbow/The Box Tops (from The Letter/Neon Rainbow) (11.67)
25) Soul Deep/The Box Tops (from Dimensions) (09.69)
26) My Baby Just Cares For Me/Alex Chilton (from Cliches) (1994)
27) Something Deep Inside/Alex Chilton (from 1970) (1970)
28) What’s Going Ahn/Big Star (from Radio City) (01.74)
29) Thing For You/Alex Chilton (from High Priest) (1987)
30) Funky National/Alex Chilton (from 1970) (1970)
31) Can’t Seem To Make You Mine/Alex Chilton (b-side of Bangkok single) (1978)
32) My Life Is Right/Big Star (from #1 Record) (04.72)
33) Give Me Another Chance/Big Star (from #1 Record) (04.72)
34) Try Again/Big Star (from #1 Record) (04.72)
35) Watch The Sunrise [single mix]/Big Star (from Keep An Eye On The Sky) (04.72)
36) Daisy Glaze/Big Star (from Radio City) (01.74)
37) She’s A Mover/Big Star (from Radio City) (01.74)
38) I Am The Cosmos/Chris Bell (single A-side) (1978)
39) You And Your Sister/Chris Bell (b-side of I Am The Cosmos single) (1978)
40) No Sex/Alex Chilton (from No Sex EP) (1986)
41) Take It Off/Alex Chilton (from High Priest) (1987)
42) Tee Ni Nee Ni Noo/Tip On In/Alex Chilton (from Feudalist Tarts) (1985)
43) Hot Thing/Big Star (from Big Star Small World) (2006) (05.02.06)
44) Do You Wanna Make It/Big Star (from In Space) (09.27.05)
45) The Oogum Boogum Song/Alex Chilton (from Loose Shoes And Tight Pussy) (1999)
46) New Girl In School/Alex Chilton (from A Man Called Destruction) (1995)
47) Make A Little Love/Alex Chilton (from High Priest) (1987)
48) Nightime/Big Star (from Third/Sister Lovers) (1975)
49) Big Black Car/Big Star (from Third/Sister Lovers) (1975)
50) Take Care/Big Star (from Third/Sister Lovers) (1975)
51) Morpha Too/Big Star (from Radio City) (01.74)
52) Garbageman/The Cramps (from Songs The Lord Taught Us) (1980)
53) Lost My Job/Alex Chilton (from Feudalist Tarts) (1985)
54) Come By Here/Alex Chilton (from High Priest) (1987)
55) Manana/Big Star (from Keep An Eye On The Sky) (1975)
56) I’m In Love With A Girl/Big Star (from Radio City) (01.74)
57) Thank You Friends/Big Star (from Third/Sister Lovers) (1975)
58) ST 100/6/Big Star (from #1 Record) (04.72)

Here is the link for SCR #208a Part One [Alex Chilton Is More Than A Big Star].mp3:
https://download.yousendit.com/THE3c0×6Y1M1bmp2Wmc9PQ

Here is the link for SCR #208b Part Two [Alex Chilton Is More Than A Big Star].mp3:
https://download.yousendit.com/THE3c0wySytiR0pjR0E9PQ

Here is the link for SCR #208c Part Three [Alex Chilton Is More Than A Big Star].mp3:
https://download.yousendit.com/THE3c0wzQVN3TGl4dnc9PQ

Jeff Beck at 4th & B, San Diego, CA [04.19.10]

The Gig List

Jeff Beck at 4th & B, San Diego, CA [04.19.10]

1) Eternity’s Breath
2) Stratos
3) Led Boots
4) Corpus Christi Carol
5) JB/NMW Shred
6) MNA NA Eireann
7) Bass Solo
8) People Get Ready
9) Rollin’ & Tumblin’
10) Never Alone
11) Big Block
12) Over The Rainbow
13) Blast From The East
14) Angel (Footsteps)
15) Dirty Mind
16) Brush With The Blues
17) I Want To Take You Higher
18) A Day In The Life

19) How High The Moon
20) Nessun Dorma

Jeff Beck, the world’s Greatest Living Guitarist with Narada Michael Walden on drums, Rhonda Smith on bass & vocals and Jason Rebello on keyboards.  Opening the show was Gary Hoey.

Ray Davies, The 88 at The Grove, Anaheim, CA [03.24.10]

The Gig List

Ray Davies, The 88 at the Grove, Anaheim, CA [03.24.10]

1) This Is Where I Belong
2) I Need You
3) Where Have All The Good Times Gone?
4) In A Moment
5) Victoria
6) 20th Century Man
7) The Tourist
8) Apeman
9) Two Sisters
10) The Hard Way
11) See My Friends
12) I’m Not Like Everybody Else
13) Nothing In The World Can Stop Me From Worrying About That Girl
14) Too Much On My Mind
15) A Well Respected Man
16) Sunny Afternoon
17) Postcard From London
18) Tired Of Waiting
19) Set Me Free
20) All Day And All Night

21) You Really Got Me
22) David Watts
23) Celluloid Heroes
24) Low Budget
25) Lola

Ray Davies in Anaheim at The Grove, a fairly new venue.  This is third time that I have seen Mister Davies since July 2006…and for this concert he did not sport a band of his own.  The format was acoustic and intimate with second guitarist Bill Shanley (a superb musician who looks a lot like fellow Irishman Bill Murray by the way) and the program resembled the Storyteller format to a degree but a good deal of the performance resembled a good ‘ole knees up at the local pub with Ray falling back on his impeccable back catalog of endless classics to draw upon from his formidable Kinks days.  He performed only one song each from his two most recent solo LPs and performed a brief four song set that he dubbed Ray’s Songs That Were Made Into Movies, selecting four tracks (songs 12-15) that had been featured in The Sopranos, Rushmore, The American Friend and Juno respectively.  Before he performed The Tourist from the excellent Other People’s Lives album he spoke for a few minutes about a neighbor of his down in New Orleans “that used to bring him cakes and things, and occasionally a guitar to play” and he then lamented the passing of his friend and neighbor Alex Chilton.  Damn, Ray had to bring up Alex. Three songs later after performing The Hard Way he evoked Doug Fieger of The Knack who had covered The Hard Way on the second Knack LP …But The Little Girls Understand.  Fieger passed away on Valentine’s Day and Alex Chilton passed away on St. Patrick’s Day…

In spite of encroaching mortality it was all-in-all a fantastic performance by Ray and Bill Shanley. Opening act The 88s turned in a tough, tight, taut opening set and then had the privilege of backing up Ray for the last five numbers of the night; it was the best of both worlds:  Ray in pub sing-along mode with a nice, intimate set of stories and tunes and a rockin’ raucous ending to the show that was a nice dichotomy of fireworks after a candle lit dinner.  What a man.  What a songbook.  Is there any finer songwriter to come out of the 1960s who is still writing songs of the same caliber as their finest work?  Who?  Bob Dylan?  Maybe.  Paul McCartney?  I don’t think so.  Pete Townshend?  Probably.  Who else is there?

Thanks Ray.

State Controlled Radio #202-205 [Mission Statement/Arthur Lee & Love/Thin Lizzy/Viva la Revolución]

State Controlled Radio, Weekly Blast

03.23.10

Hello my friends and welcome to the first week of Spring 2010.

I seem to be getting out the word about once a month these days…

Legendary musician, songwriter & producer Alex Chilton has been heavily on my mind for the past week and I (like many other musicians and music fans) was shocked at the untimely nature of his death last Wednesday on St. Patrick’s Day at the age of 59.  In the past seven days there has been much written about Alex and what a singular inspiring presence he has been for rock and roll over the past five decades.  His death has hit me kinda hard and subsequently I have been focusing on organizing his recording career as an artist and as a producer into a three-hour tribute for next month’s 2nd Saturday celebration at Hamilton’s Tavern.  If anyone out there has any obscure recordings of Alex I would love to hear about it…the SCR tribute will have music from The Box Tops, Big Star, assorted solo projects, The Cramps and various other odds and ends.  It all goes down on Saturday, April 10th from 5 to 8 PM.  1521 30th Street, San Diego, CA 92102

http://www.hamiltonstavern.com/

In addition to Alex’s passing, in the past four weeks there have been four new State Controlled Radio programs.  Information on all four shows can be found below.

GIG ALERT GIG ALERT GIG ALERT:  coming up in less than two weeks is the public debut of Sunset Temples at the Radio Room on April 6th where we will be opening for Behind The Wagon.  Sunset Temples features Scot Blair on guitar & vocals, John “Feever” Cooper on lead guitar, Andrew Sprague on drums & vocals and yours truly on bass & vocals.  The band is really rockin’ and I’m looking forward to our upcoming gigs.  If you can’t make the Radio Room gig we are also playing on Friday, May 7th at The Casbah.  Hope to see you at one of the shows.  IT MIGHT GET LOUD…

In the last e-blast I told you that I had been invited to contribute to a Robyn Hitchcock tribute series of CDs entitled GLASS FLESH.  On March 1st I recorded the track 52 STATIONS and it will be included on Volume Four of the Glass Flesh series.  I also recorded a new original entitled Follow Up and if you want to hear it you can check it out in this week’s SCR program entitled Viva la Revolución.  Many, many thanks to Christopher Hoffee who helped me out on both songs.

And while I’m thanking people I want to send a BIG THANK YOU out to my childhood friend Robert Calkin who helped me out tremendously with my Johnny The Fox Meets Thin Lizzy tribute for the St. Patrick’s 2nd Saturday at Hamilton’s Tavern.  I had an amazing time both at 2nd Saturday and St. Patrick’s Day at Hammie’s and at Small Bar.  The two coolest bars in town these days…thank you friends…

Good luck keeping body and soul together and may your heart be singing with the first signs of Spring.

[at the last 2nd Saturday celebration I was told by one of the patrons that my emails were SO POSITIVE, they were almost obnoxiously so...]

Well, what can I say to that?  I look forward to seeing your smiling face soon.

Peace everyone,
Jon

YOU ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE EVENTS:

03.28.10 & 03.29.10 SCR Episode #206 “TBD” [www.bzoo.org] (11 PM PST)
04.04.10 & 04.05.10 SCR Episode #207 “TBD” [www.bzoo.org] (11 PM PST)
04.10.10 SCR Episode #208 “Alex Chilton Is A Big Star” at Hamilton’s Tavern 2nd Saturday from 5 to 8 PM [www.hamiltonstavern.com]
04.11.10 & 04.12.10 SCR Episode #208 “Alex Chilton Is A Big Star” [www.bzoo.org] (11 PM PST)
04.06.10 Sunset Temples performs at the Radio Room with Behind The Wagon.
3519 El Cajon Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92104, 619.284.3323 [www.theradioroom.com]
05.07.10 Sunset Temples performs at the Casbah with Midnight Rivals.
2501 Kettner Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92101, 619.232.4355 http://www.casbahmusic.com/

State Controlled Radio Episode #202
February 28-March 1, 2010
Mission Statement

State Controlled Radio Episode #203
March 7-8, 2010
Arthur Lee & Love

State Controlled Radio Episode #204
March 14-15, 2010
Johnny The Fox Meets Thin Lizzy

State Controlled Radio Episode #205
March 21-22, 2010
Viva la Revolución