17 August 2008
When that old folk song, “Hallelujah I’m A Bum” meets Bo Diddley(R.I.P) (and that ain’t no Johnny Otis whistlin’ “Willie and The Hand Jive”
I heard a Bo Diddley tribute on local college station KALX (and they played songs influenced by him, and hardley ANY Bo-Diddley. Ugh. That’s not what we need. We need more BO DIDDLEY (at least they played The Animals “The Story Of Bo Diddley” alongside “I Want Candy” and The Smiths policies (threatening to become law as so many elected officials remain ignorant of the political, democratic, stakes involved in this issue) is to contact www. savenetradio.org
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“The Swim”, Bobby Freeman
It seems that most of the national dance crazes back in the days came from the east coast (or Detroit or New Orleans), but here’s one that actually came from San Francisco
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Marc Bolan, “San Francisco Poet”
Yes, the T. Rex frontman, the b-side to his second single before he joined John’s Children juxtaposing it with rockets and strippers
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Louis Jordan “Caledonia” etcJoe Jackson maybe turned a lot of white people onto Jordan back in the early 1980s, covering “Is You is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby” which DJ_Schmeejay on KUSF just played (Because July 8, 1908 is Louis Jordan’s birthday).
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Dixie Chicks, “Goodbye Earl”
pleasure to hear it again, on a country show hosted by Nick Swisher and sponsored by Bank of America and the voice of The Oakland Athletics
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Isaac Hayes, “Hold On I’m Coming”
He also died this week. the 60s stuff before he became the overblown “Black Moses” in Wattstax is still his best stuff, even if his last words were not, “I”m a soul, man”!
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Ken Emerson, Always Magic In The Air: The Bomp and Brilliance of The Brill Building
More on this book later…
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George Strait, “Old Troubadour”
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Nick Cave, DIG LAZARUS DIG
I think Mr. Cave may very well be defying many prejudices about music and getting better and better
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Bart Davenport, “Really Into Music”blog comments powered by Disqus
The winner of my “Songs that are like
Will Hermes - Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever (Faber and Faber, 2011)
21 January 2012
Hermes’ lengthy and detailed tome reads a bit like the proto-punk diary From the Velvets to the Voidoids except that it covers virtually all of New York City’s then burgeoning musical styles between 1973 and 1977.
The Rabid In The Kennel Top 10 Farewell Countdown!
14 December 2011
All good things must come to an end, and Rabid In The Kennel is no exception. And so it is with sadness and pride that we present our final episode today, Wednesday, December 14, 2011. As a special treat to our loyal listeners, we present the very best, most memorable performances from our two-and-a-half years of monthly shows on BreakThruRadio.com!
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