Episode 22
9/30/2006
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Fuck this fucking war. Songs of protest from CSNY fresh off their Freedom of Speech Tour,
Megadeth, The Rolling Stones and Cream. Also our one year anniversary. 43 minutes. Bring
the boys back home.
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Episode 21
8/7/2006
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Sing A Song Of Summer. Tonight, an ode to my least favorite season. A soundtrack for this
godforsaken heat wave. Fiction from Rod Serling and music from Mungo Jerry, The Lovin'
Spoonful, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder, Janis Joplin and much more. 42 minutes. It's hot.
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Episode 20
7/12/2006
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Sienko...very much. Tonight, we're dedicated to the musical devil in my ear, my dear friend
Chris Sienko from Chicago. Music from Television, Public Enemy, Kris Kristofferson, Ellen
McIlwaine, Sun-Ra, Minutemen and plenty more. 50 minutes. "There is no dearer friend of
mine that I know in this life."
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Episode 19
5/25/2006
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Battle Royale: Power Trio Edition. I pit Cream and The Jimi Hendrix Experience against each
other to settle for good and all who was the superior power trio. Only rare live tracks and DEEP
album cuts are used. And this time, we keep score. 57 minutes. Every trio has its day.
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Episode 18
5/5/2006
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As winter thaws, the music gets muddy. A strange brew from Warren Zevon, Willie Nelson,
The Mills Brothers, Lou Reed, Jane's Addiction, new stuff from Neil Young, even Miles Davis
doing rap. 42 Minutes. A witch of trouble.
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Episode 17
4/9/2006
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This is the music that killed Giles Corey. Heavy Music from Bob Seger, The Coup, John
Entwhistle, Neil Young, Pink Floyd, Chuck D, Common and muchmore. Is that an anvil? 35
minutes. MORE WEIGHT!
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Episode 16
4/2/2006
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To celebrate the occasion of the great Miles Davis getting inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame, we examine his career from the early days with Gil Evans through the Great Quartets
and wind up with the best rock and roll band the world has ever heard. Also featuring humor
by George Carlin peppered within. 54 minutes. Fuck Stanley Crouch.
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Episode 15
2/20/2006
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The Blues Of The Winter Olympiad. We exorcise these friggin' cold, doin' our taxes, Dick
Cheney shooting people, church burning blues with music from Marvin Gaye, Paul Simon,
Willie Dixon and more. 48 min. 'Cuz I'm the taxman.
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Episode 14
2/4/2006
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British Invasion: Who vs. Stones. In honor of The Rolling Stones playing the halftime show of
the Super Bowl, I pit them against The Who in an all-out mean Steel Cage Match. Find out who
wins. 55 minutes. God Save The Queen.
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Episode 13
1/20/2006
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Tonight we mourn the loss of Wilson Pickett plus things get a little punkier as we hear from
Ice-T, fIREHOSE, Beck, The Velvet Underground and a host of others. Keep those sunglasses
on and fight the power. 43 minutes.
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Episode 12
1/8/2006
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Rock and Soul Music to start off the year. A triple shot from the recently dead Lou Rawls plus
music from Miles Davis, Albert King, Muddy Waters and Ornette Coleman. You'll need
sunglasses for this one. 42 minutes. Happy New Year.
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Episode 11
12/30/2005
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Rest In Peace, Link Wray and Derek Bailey. The music world lost a couple of its biggest guitar
legends recently, and we mourn the loss by listening to their best recordings. You may not
recognize the names, but if you enjoy the guitar, you better pay your respects. 53 minutes.
Heaven just got noisier.
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Episode 10
12/17/2005
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The Best of 2005. I rattle off the top ten songs I heard this year. Some of them are merely new
to me, some are actual new songs that came out this year, but all of them beat anything else
played anywhere else this year. And I've got the research to prove it. All you have to do is
listen. 73 min. See you in 2006.
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Episode 9
12/7/2005
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A Uranium City Christmas. We celebrate the Northern way with Christmas hits from The Who,
Jimi Hendrix, John Fahey, Vince Gurauldi, Darlene Love, The Ronettes and much more. Grab
some egg nog, put on some sunglasses and chill out. Sincerely. 47 minutes. Merry merry.
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Episode 8
11/26/2005
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The Check Is In The Mayall. A special artist profile of master British bluesman and blues
guitar finishing school headmaster John Mayall. Music from the albums Bare Wires with Mick
Taylor, Hard Road with Peter Green, Empty Rooms with Jon Mark and much more. 41 min.
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Episode 7
11/19/2005
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A Bonehead Thanksgiving. We listen to some of the bonehead (and progressive) rock circling
the 60th parallel this Fall. Music from Blues Magoos, Black Sabbath, Funkadelic, Rick
Wakeman, Crazy Horse (with and without Neil Young), The Who and much more. 47 min.
Happy Thanksgiving.
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Episode 6
11/11/2005
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Post-Cream shenanigans. We examine what Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, and to a lesser extent
Eric Clapton have been up to since Cream broke up. A myriad of sounds, from jazz to Celtic
Pop to spoken word poems, plus Lady Godiva's elephant. 41 Minutes. Creamy.
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Episode 5
11/05/2005
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This one is all for Bubs. After getting an awesome phone call from the devil in my ear I'm
proud to call a dear friend, Groove Meister Bubba Groves, I dedicate tonight's show to him. All
the music that kicked ass in high school from Johnny Cash to Stevie Ray Vaughn, Jimi Hendrix
to The Guess Who, Roy Orbison to Cream and much more. Plus Dirty Harry. 43 Min. Eclectic.
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Episode 4
10/28/2005
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A maudlin affair exorcising the end of a great vacation, the pain of having to shop for a car but
also celebrating the beginning of autumn. Plus shipwrecks and Martian invasions. Music
from Rheostatics, Lou Reed, Jane's Addiction, Ornette Coleman, Orson Welles, Keith
Richards and more. 35 min. Grab a tissue.
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Episode 3
10/15/2005
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A mixed bag of killer blues from Albert Collins, Muddy Waters, Al Kooper, Byther Smith and
others. Probably new to you. 33 minutes. Kicks ass.
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Episode 2
10/08/2005
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We raze Neil Young's new album and listen to some rarely heard bluesier Neil songs. 35
minutes. Kind of blue.
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Episode 1
9/28/2005
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A celebration of Cream's reunion featuring rare early live tracks, unreleased cuts, and other
sundries. 36 minutes. Hot shit.
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