There are a few tracks that have always found the back of a music lover's mind. They are the so called Epic Trax, more than 10 minutes long and packed with meaning. This show is a showcase of those songs that you love, but have not thought about in a while. Enjoy.
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen Paradise By The Dashboard Light - Meat Loaf
Three Days - Jane's Addiction Rosetta Stoned - Tool
Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Iron Maiden The Decline - NOFX
R u mad? Not after you listen to this. Recorded above is some of the most awesome speed metal every recorded by humans and I'm looking for the alien metal as you read. Ace of Spades - Motorhead Highway Star - Deep Purple Communication Breakdown - Led Zepplin
Angel of Death - Slayer Antisocial - Anthrax Jump in the Fire - Metallica
Lesson in Violence - Exodus Of Unsound Mind - Metal Church Pleasure to Kill - Kreator
Practice what you Preach - Testement Ravenous Medicine - Voivod Territory - Sepultura
Gears of War - Megadeth Give A Little - Overkill Through the Fire and Flames - Dragonforce
****End of Recording****
Walk - Pantera Stone the Crow - Down In this River - Black Label Society
Any Means Nessicary - Hammerfall Far Away - Powerquest Paid in Full - Sonata Arctica
Jim Ladd was let go when L.A. rock radio station KLOS-FM was bought by Cumulus Media (think Clear Channel)
On October 26, 2011 Jim got the boot and you should care. If you haven't unplugged your mp3 player from your car in a while you have noticed that Cumulus, Clear Channel and other large media conglomerates play generic top 40 and put little effort into appealing to the musical tastes of people that love music.
"Ladd was doing late nights at the station and was considered the last truly freeform DJ in the country. Ladd joined KLOS in 1997,"
"There's no room for, or understanding of, what I do on the air," Ladd said of his nightly shows, on which he wove together songs to reflect or illuminate a particular theme. "They want a tight format, but that's not what rock 'n' roll is all about. Rock 'n' roll is about freedom."
Rush drummer Neil Peart describes as being "about guys like Jim Ladd … one of the last renegades who believes that broadcasting can be art."
"Radio should be ashamed," Ladd said, "that TV is now hipper [to new music] than rock radio is."
Lets all hope he puts out a podcast, or gets on Satellite Radio. We're going to need him.
I did my damndest to give you a sort of Live Club Mix tonight, however, my software bombed. It's called iMixxx and it's very free. I've done one show with it. It was a bit difficult to deal with that time. This time, it overcame me. Anyway....listen to the fun songs.
Easy to Remember - St. Germain
Midnight Request Line - Skream
Da Funk - Daft Punk
Some Chords - Deadmau5
DVNO - Justice
Robot Rock - Daft Punk
This Is The Hook - BSOD
Santeria - Sublime remixed by JPod
Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz remixed by DNB
Sick Bubblegum - Rob Zombie remixed by Skrillex
White Satin - Zeds Dead Dubstep Remix
Ghosts 'n Stuff - Deadmau5
I Can't Stop - Flux Pravilion
Cinema - Benni Benassi remixed by Skrillex
Everyday - Rusko remixed by Netsky
One - Swedish House Mafia - The Prototype Remix
Feel Good - Modestep
Seek and Destroy - Metalica remixed by BassNectar
Next time I'm going to use CDs to beatmatch.....probably not for next show though
With all of the obvious tour packaging to make large profits but not great experiences for fans going on, I didn't think that the Sex Cult tour was going to be that much fun. I just sort of assumed that the artists that showed up would be a collection of people that some pencil pusher put together to make lots of money. It was not the case during the Sex Cult Tour at 2720 Cherokee.
Playing on the Sex Cult Tour is: Skitsnygg, Your Dirty Habit, Black Matter, Nick Eng & DL, Coreyography, Designer Drugs. On stage, they all seemed to be good friends and helped each other out during sets. It was the sixth day of their tour and they seemed to be having a great time.
It had a real radio/club feel because the beat didn't stop the whole time as they switched out MacBooks for the next artist.
All the artists, especially Designer Drugs, had great stage presence and were into the music that they played.
When Designer Drugs came on the show hit it's apex. Everyone was on the dance floor having a great time. At one point he played Beautiful People by Marylin Manson. My friends and I sang the whole thing. Then he asked me if I wanted to hear anything specific and I blanked. I should have asked for Shut Me Up by Mindless Self Indulgence.
I went home spent from dancing for four hours and happy that I had such a good time with friends.
The double bass thumped and the surfin guitar wailed this week in PPR's Psychobilly JamFest. Read on to see the playlist.
Life is a Grave and I dig it - Nekromantix Switchblade 327 - The Brian Setzer Orchestra Big Red Rocket of Love - Reverend Horton Heat
Angels to Some - The Silver Shine Hell Bop - 13 Cats Heading for the Disco - HorrorPops
Hellbilly Storm - Demented are Go How Brave You Are - The Quakes Let's Go Somewhere - Frantic Flintstones V8 Nightmare - Koffin Cats Hauling Hearse - The Ghastly Ones Go Satan Go - Batmobile
I've noticed that some very strange combinations of bands have been touring together as of late. The last was Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie, although they are both admittedly Shock Rock, their crowds are different. The stoned dad who still listens to Cooper does not listen to Zombie and the angsty soul that listens to Zombie doesn't much like Cooper. It does sound good on paper.
Just like the WWIII tour sounds good on paper. Hollywood Undead, Asking Alexandria, Borgore, We Came as Romans, DRUGS, and Strych 9 Hollow. "Look at all of the teens this will draw in" says the crazy pencil pusher.
First up was Strych 9 Hollow. I've seen them twice now, they are a local Metal act, one of the few St.L local acts left. They are good, their guitarist rocks and they generally have a great time. They might have not had as much fun this time because the sound guys didn't agree to give them any kind of sound check. The PAs made them sound like crap and it was clear that they were thrown in at the last minute. However, I like their stage presence and I and several other metal heads had a good time listening. Next up: D.R.U.G.S That stands for Destroy. Rebuild. Until. God. Shows. They were an awesome opener. They really pushed the crowd participation and got everyone into a frenzy. Moshing started and no one came to stop it. We were home free. Craig Owens, the lead vocalist, created a platform of fan's hands to sing from for a song.
We Came As Romans. The hardcore dancing really picked up. Hardcore fans through kicks and punches, girls screamed, they kept going. As a metal head myself, my natural enemy is the hardcore kid. However, we seemed to understand each other: you punch me, I'll bury you. So we stayed out of each others way. I didn't exactly know the lyrics so it was hard to understand the lyrics, but the breakdowns....oh...the breakdowns were heavy.
Borgore. Before this I had never seen a dubstep artist play live. I am an avid dubstep fan and I've done three shows on the subject. Borgore came in strong. His signature pole dancers to the right and left and bass bombing from the subs. The mix was good and I hadn't heard it before, then, not even five minutes in, covers started. I enjoyed the remixes: Skrillex, System of a Down....then he jumped off stage...and left. Borgore was on for all of 15 minutes. He was obviously hungover and pulling a leaf from Kings of Leon's book Asking Alexandria. The moment we all were waiting for. The crowd went nuts, I went nuts. There were two separate pits. One for moshing and one for hardcore dancing. I stayed in my metal head area until someone had the idea to bash through the slim wall separating the pits. Then chaos exploded. Asking Alexandria called for a wall of death, we obliged. Then, the second Kings of Leon. The lead singer,Danny Worsnop, said his voice was out. He was hungover too and Asking Alexandria ended early.
I didn't stay for Hollywood Undead to prove that they could show up on stage hungover too.
This review might sound bitter, and it is a little bit. However, I had fun. The crowd was generally great and I moshed with a lot of great people.
If your interested in Dubstep, I've got three shows for you to listen to.
If you've never lived on a college campus, you might not understand what a cappella is (yes, it's spelled that way). It's almost a known fact that any respectable college with a active campus has at least two a cappella groups. SLU just happens to have four, and everywhere there is an open mic night, they will be there.
I am by no stretch of imagination, an a cappella aficionado, but I really enjoyed this concert. It included five a cappella groups from both St. Louis University and Washington University.
It opened by Astha with the most appropriate song, Thriller by Michael Jackson. An excellent performance by soloist Julianna parker and and through the hall there was not a solemn face after Zach Strehlau belted out the thriller laugh. The Green Leafs then made their appearance on stage. Greenleafs are an all-female a cappella group from Washington University founded in 1988. They sang Landslide by Fleetwood Mac and You and I by Lady GaGa. our collective childhoods walked on stage when the Aristocats, Wash U's all-Disney group, hopped up on the wobbly platform . A fairly new group started in 2006, they still rocked out with the rest of them singing Son of Man by Phil Collins featured in Tarzan and Zero to Hero by Alan Menken featured in Hercules.
Astha made another appearance on stage and melted our faces with The Chain by Ingrid Michaelson and a remix piece that included Dil Me Jag, I Want You - Sur, and Savage Garden. I have been to my share of a cappella concerts and I have never seen three songs switched between during one performance. An excellent remix arranged by our own Courtney Koger.
A SLU a capella concert would not be complete with out the Bare Naked Statues, an all-male group founded in 2000. They covered Roxanne by the Police and Outside Villanova by Erik Hutchinson.
Right before the fiery finale, The Amateurs literally rocked the rickety stage in their red and black glory. They are a co-ed group in their 20th year and have many grand performances to their name.
Astha made their final appearance on stage with four beautiful songs: Settle Down by Kimbra, Jab Mila Tu/I'm Loving You - I Hate Love Stories/John Mayer, Fix You/If I Die Young - Coldplay/The Band Perry and Aahista - Bachna Ae Haseeno.
Astha A Cappella has been working on it's EP release for quite sometime in coordination with the KSLU Production Team: Jason Swierk and Raphael Knaub. It contains 7 mastered tracks and is quite an accomplishment for a bunch of volunteers
The EP will be on sale at future Astha Concerts that can be found through their Facebook Site.
Time to unleash your darkness upon the world...while listening to PPR of course! The playlist is below!
The Monster Mash - The Misfits This is Halloween - Marylin Manson The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash
Fashion Zombies - The Aquabats Boogie Man - Hellfreaks Horny in a Hearse - Nekromantix Werewolf Woman of the SS - Rob Zombie Feuer Frei - Rammstein Straight to Video - Mindless Self Indulgence
My Love Forevermore-Hillbilly Moon Explosion Bride of the Monster - Kitty in a Casket Hot Topic Woman - The Company Band
The Brainwasher - Daft Punk Moar Ghosts n Stuff - Deadmau5 Ghosts n Stuff - Deadmau5
Living Dead Girl - Rob Zombie 1989 - Mindless Self Indulgence Skatanic - Reel Big Fish
Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400 For Whom the Bell Tolls - Metallica Frankenstein - Clutch
Thanks for listening everybody!....I hope you liked it.
Today is my Happy Fun Time Show. I'll be exploring and mixing genres like someone who has been doing so for about a year. I hope you like it.
Jazz Selections - Miles Davis and John Coltrane The Thrill is Gone - BB King 5446 That's My Number - Toots and the Maytals
Rocket 88 - Bill Haley House of the Rising Sun - The Animals Red House - Jimi Hendrix
On My Radio - The Selector This Town - Green River Bikini Girls with Machine Guns - The Cramps
Lean on Shena - Bouncing Souls Stray Cat Strut - The Stray Cats Rocky Road to Dublin - Dropkick Murphys Those Damn Blue Collar Tweekers - Primus (sucks)
Skank by Numbers - Mustard Plug This Year - The Mountain Goats My Love for Evermore - HillBilly Moon Explosion
Amerika - Ramstein Maria - Scooter Leave you Far Behind - Lunatic Calm
Sick Bubblegum - Rob Zombie Seek and Destroy - Metalica remixed by BassNectar First of the Year - Skrillex
A brilliant maker on the instructables site made a Infrasonic Subwoofer with well done instructions.
Infrasound is sound that is below your hearing threshold which general drops off at 20-30hz, i.e. lower than big booty bass. It can have a profound effect on your body, and should be experimented with carefully! Infrasound is used by the military as a weapon, or science to monitor earthquakes, whales ect..
This guy is making the speaker to study sound as a weapon. I was just thinking about it's possibilities with Dubstep. Imagine if you could feel Dubstep on the Infrasound level....
This show was very experimental for me. It's the first time that I've attempted to use Mixxx to do radio. I've played with it in the past. This is really a trial by fire for me. I'm starting to understand beatmaching and how show creation needs to be more dictated by BPM than I'm used to....anyway...here is the playlist.
Crescendolls - Daft Punk Beadumægen - Wisp Ants - ediT
Let the Funk Ride - AIM Sunday Smoking - Martin Dawson Big - Donald Glaude Fingerpaint - Digital Witches Gift - Way Out West Fast Life - Bad Boy Bill
Love will find you - Paul Anthony and Zxx Southside - David Clarke Bat Box - Miss Kittin
Hi Friend - Deadmau5 The Grid - Daft Punk (TCM Remix) Satisfaction - Deadmau5
Next week will be Industrial...emphasizing EBM...or Electric Body Music....Also...more beatmatching...I'll master it one day.
As always, I had a great time doing this show for you. I just installed a 6" sub in my home stereo. It made these Dubstep songs so much fun to find and listen to.
Here is the playlist.
"The Unstoppable" - Substep Infrabass Guided Relaxation - Borgore Dubstep Tutorial - Dubba Johnny
Dear Listeners, I just finished my Frisco Bay Area Punk show. It's the first show I've made that was based on a book rather than the Internet. Hopefully the quality of research shows. The book is called Gimme Something Better by Jack Boulware and Silke Tudor. I would recommend reading it if you are into punk. Now for the playlist.
Now I want to Sniff some glue - The Ramones I Gave my Punk Jacket to Rickie - Mary Monday Maserati - Crime
We are the One - The Avengers Man From Omicron - The Mutants I can laugh about it now - Negitive Trend
Holiday in Cambodia - Dead Kennedys Oi! To The World - The Vandals Ha ha ha - Flipper
I'm Not Pretty - The Lewd Prejudice - Crucifix Wild in the Streets - The Circle Jerks
6-pack - Black Flag I wanna burn my parents - Sick Pleasure If the Kids are United - Sham 69
I don't need society - DRI Falling Down - The F-ups Making Room for the Youth - Social Unrest Fun with acid - Fang dan with the mellow hair - NAKED LADY WRESTLERS American Psycho - The Misfits
Free Money - Verbal Abuse The Dicks hate the police - The Dicks World Peace - The Cromags
American Psycho - The Misfits Verbal Abuse - Free Money The Dicks Hate the Police - The Dicks
Now for some show news.
I am looking into getting a show on KDHX. The physical, community radio station on 88.1 FM. I'm planning on having a Dubstep show called Depth Charges. I'll be working on this for the next 6 months and hopefully you can hear your favorite show on 88.1 FM.
Dear Listeners, On the evening of the 26th of September an enthusiastic bunch of people showed up at the Firebird for a show the likes of which you have (probably) never seen.
Two bands belted lyrics, shredded guitar, and slapped double bass like the world was going to end in 2012.
The Psychobilly scene was in full force on the night of the 26th. Many guys had their hair shaved into high wedge-shaped pompedorn quiffs and mohawks. The mens style seemed to be more punk that 50's fashion. The females in the scene tended to dress exactly like women in the 50's with a punk or goth twist. They also gave death stares to anyone who broke uniform.
The Howlers were up first. They hail from San Gabriel Valley, CA and their sound was more punk than what is usually considered gothabilly, but it was not mixed very well. However, it was still alot of fun, and the lead singer, Eli Misery (excellent stage name), got a mosh or two from the otherwise sleepy St. Louis crowd. Peter Panic (also an excellent name) really rocked the hell out of his phosphorescent double bass. Click HERE to hear what I thought was their best song. After the Howlers ended their set the Nekromantix made an impressive entrance under the blast of creepy, ambient Halloween sounds. Kim Nekroman (I love stage names) ,who used to be a damn submarine radio operator for the Danish army, slapped some big ass strings on stage with his custom coffinbass. Francisco Mesa shredded his hollow-bodied electric like a champ and Lux, a mysterious woman in goth attire, rocked on the drums. Lux became a part of the band after she put drum covers out on the Internet. Kim has a great stage presence and made us believe that he might have dumped a dead body out of that coffin before he made it into a double bass. He also said....and I quote "We're the F@#king Walmart of Psychobilly!" after he realized they had been playing for the length of two albums but we only paid $13 to get into the show.....I enjoyed that throughly.
It was a great show and I had a great time. There were between 80 to 100 people there and the Firebird makes for a very intimate show. I made a bunch of friends and moshed my share. When the Nekromantix come back into town, I would suggest going. The best part might have been seeing two hearses outside the Firebird after the show.
Interested in Rockabilly or Psychobilly. Listen through this playlist.
I will be altering the time of the show for next week. Instead of the usual time (9:30 to 11pm on Mon) the show will be 2:30 to 4pm on Wednesday. The theme will be Bay Area Punk.
This is because I'm going to see the Nekromantics at the Firebird on Monday.
I had alot of fun researching and playing the Dubstep Fieldtrip show. There is a lot of music on this list that I will throw on my workout playlist. In particular, I loved Beast Mode by River Accorsi. Up next is the playlist:
Beast Mode - River Accorsi Coming Closer - Sub Focus Turk Mex - The GasLamp Killer
Cheat I - Appleblim Gold - Darkstar Trouble in the West - Koan Sound
Beautiful Lies - Mt Eden Gargoyle - Doctor P 28 Hours Later - 12th Planet
REQUESTS
Take Me To The Hospital - The Prodigy (Rusko Remix): Jason 'In For The Kill' - La Roux (Skrillex remix): Mika White Satin - The Moody Blules (Zeds Dead Dubstep Remix): Jason Sunlight - Modestep: Bryant Harry Potter Death Eater Dubstep: Luke
See, if you make requests. I will play them
My good friend Bryan and I enjoyed playing music for you....I hope you enjoyed hearing it.
This is my first excursion into the grand land of blues. As always, I had a lot of fun learning about the genre and I hope you learned some too......below is the playlist.
Black Snake Moan - Blind Lemon Jefferson Booze and Blues - Ma Rainey Maybe it's the Blues - Georgia Tom Baby Please Don't Go - Big Bill Broonzy
Champagne & Reefer - Muddy Waters smokestack lightnin' - HOWLIN WOLF I can't quit you baby - Willie Dixon
Wang Dang Doodle-Koko Taylor Hold that Train - Otis Rush I'm a man - Bo Diddly
Pile Driver Blues - Kansas Joe McCoy I smell a Rat - Buddy Guy Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
Queen Bee - Taj Mahal The Thrill is Gone - BB King Aint No Love in the Heart of the City - Bobby Blue Bland
I'm Walking to New Orleans - Fats Domino
I'm thinking about doing Tribal House for the next show....if you think I should do something else....I would love to hear your suggestion.
During the 24 Hour broadcast I played a lot of music. The first show that I played was the REQUESTATHON LUNCH HOUR. This show spans 4 hours and is in two parts above, the first hour was from 11 to 12ish on the 9th of September. Then I was interupted by another show that had a slot when I wanted to play. After two shows played. I came back at 2pm and broadcasted till I ran out of requests....below is the playlist
The playlist for the Ska show is below the first playlist
Galaxie 500 - Reverend Horton Heat THE SILVER SHINE - ANGELS TO SOME : John * Cursed - Mad Sin : John *
Good Thing - Reel Big Fish : Nicki Johnny Quest thinks We're Selling Out - Less than Jake : Matt Gin and Juice - The Berlin Project : Kate
Heretic Pride - The Mountain Goats : Jason I'm Going To Hell For This One ~ NOFX : Bryan DIY Orgasam ~ Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains : Bryan
Dragula - Rob Zombie: Bryan and Nicki Generator - Bad Religion: Kate Santeria - Sublime remixed by jPod
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen : Sue * Sober - Tool: Jason One More Time - Daft Punk: Luke
Generator - Bad Religion - Kate * Fat Bottom Girls - Queen : Matt * Take On Me by Reel Big Fish : Matt *
This Year - The Mountain Goats: Thersa Modestep - Sunlight: Jillian Fat Bottom Girls - Queen: Matt
Ain't Nothin' But A G Thang - Dr. Dre & Snoop Dog : Gabe * Bloodmeat - Protest the hero : Wolf Harry Potter: Death Eater Dubstep : Me
She has a girlfriend now - Reel Big Fish: Dedicated to Wilson's ex If I ever leave this world alive - Flogging Molly: Kate Third Eye Blind - Blinded : Theresa
Dance Yourself Clean - LCD Soundsystem : Jen No Children - The Mountain Goats : Bryan A Better Place, A Better Time - Streetlight Manifesto: Wilson and Kate
Barroom Hero - Dropkick Murphies Some Chords - Deadmau5 Amerika - Rammstein
Alive - Pearl Jam Would - Alice in Chains Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden
This is also the hook - BSOD Maria I like it Loud - Scooter One - Swedish House Mafia
I played the Ska show between 2ish and 4ish in the morning during the 24 hour broadcast at KSLU. This is the playlist
Dateless Losers - Reel Big Fish Pizza Day - Aquabats 1234 1234 - Streetlight Manifesto
It's a Wonderful Life - Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution Point the Blame - Catch 22 Skank By Numbers - Mustard Plug
Drinking for 11 - Mad Caddies Kocking Down the Door - Buck O Nine Superman - Goldfinger
Never Going Back to New Jersey - Less than Jake Devil's Night Out - Mighty Mighty Bosstones KKK Highway - MU330
Walk Like an Egyptian - MXPX Ice Ice Baby - My Gay Uncle Ghostbusters - NOFX
I Wanna Riot - Rancid Last Kiss - Skamikazee A Message to you Rudy - The Specials
Hey DJ - Surburban Legends Blue Hawaii - Surburban Rhythm Guns of Navarone - The Skatalites
anyway...I'm sleepy now...I broadcasted 5 hours of radio....night
I just finished my Rockabilly Showcase Radioshow. I enjoyed researching it and playing it for you. I really discovered some new and awesome music. I hope you did as well.
PLAYLIST
Train Kept A Rollin - Johnny Burnette
That's Alright Mama - Elvis Presley Rocket 88 - Bill Haley Guitar Rock - Bill Flagg
Folsom Prison Blues Remix - Johnny Cash Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins Ooby Dooby - Roy Orbison
Be Bop A Lula - John Lennon Your 16 - Ringo Starr Not Fade Away - Rolling Stones
I knew the Bride - Rockpile Bikini Girls with Machine Guns - The Cramps Galaxie 500 - Reverend Horton Heat
Rockabilly Guy - The Polecats Stray Cat Strut - The Stray Cats Switchblade 327 - The Brian Setzer Orchestra
RIP - Zombie Ghost Train Devil Woman From Outerspace - Rezurex Horney in a Hearse - Nekromantix
Amor Psycho by Voodoo Zombie Bride of the Monster - Kitty in a Casket The Garden - The Creepshow
My Love for Evermore - Hillbilly Moon Explosion The Boogie Man - The Hellfreaks Ghosts of the Twilight Storm - Shaun Kama And The Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Remember....you can view this on the website. Or you can download it as a podcast. Just put the Podcast RSS feed into your audio player
