Radio Free California Episode 2418, radio station notes, cheap shots and more

 

New music this week from Owen, CHERYM, Linn Koch-Emmery, Liquid Mike, David Gilmour, The Hold Steady, Queen of Jeans, St. Vincent, Ringo Starr, Six by Six and much more! Enjoy!

ROTATING OUT: SONGS LEAVING RADIO FREE CALIFORNIA

This means the music that is aging out is from Radio Free California Episode 2318. This includes music from phil broikos, Yes, Benjamin Russell, Brenda Mtambo, Annahstasia, Stewart Copeland, The National, Smokey Robinson and much more..

We celebrate these songs with a new show that will play on Saturdays at 11am and again at 5pm PST. We will say goodbye to the songs that are now a year on the playlist with one last broadcast, which will be repeated a couple of times during the day.

You can of course still listen to this music - my playlists are still on spotify and you can find them here. They're all searchable as well.

ALBUM SHOW NOTES

The second I heard the first few bars of the song "Alpha Beta Sigma" from the first full album by the British band CHERYM I know that this was a band to be reckoned with. They've released a few singles and have toured rather extensively, including multiple appearences at SXSW and tours around Europe supporting The Beths and Nova Twins. They describe themselves on their Spotify bio as serving up a zingy, fearless new recipe for pop rock, CHERYM are a three-piece band of muckers from Derry with some seriously infectious songwriting credentials. Taking influence from Charly Bliss, Bikini Kill, Sløtface, PUP and Pixies. To me I also hear early Green Day - this is a solid band with great songs and this first full album, called "Take It Or Leave It", is a powerful statement on music, sexuality, and in your face defiance and optimism and we're playing it in full on The Album Show. I also recommend checking them out on YouTube. They have great videos.

The Album Show will run this Thursday May 2nd at 9am and 9pm Pacific Standard Time.

RFC 2418

For those of you who stay away from Spotify this playlist will be played this Wednesday May 1st at 2am, 6am, 10am, 2pm and 6pm PST. All of the songs I feature on Radio Free California are played as part of the regular rotation. .If you want to hear the songs we've added to the station this week you can use the Spotify playlist above or you can listen to this show.

10 at 10

One last programming note: Every Saturday at 10pm and again on Sunday at 10am and 10pm we will feature our show "10 at 10", where we play 10 (and sometimes 11 or even 12!) songs from a year we pick at random. Again, all times are PST. Last week we featured a selection of songs from 1992 and for next Sunday's show we're going to feature a small selection of songs from.. well you'll have to tune in to find out! We also run the show at a "secret" time on Saturdays.

As always, you can go to https://global.citrus3.com:2020/public/radiofreecalifornia to listen to the station, and there is an imbed below. And did you know the station is available as an app? It's only for Google Play (sorry iphone users - Apples terms and conditions were too restrictive for me) but you can listen on your phone at your convenience too.

Cheap Shots:

They Foxed the law and the law won.

Doonesbury goes there. Also, Doonesbury is still here.

I seem to recall that every TV Police proceedural, when they profile a serial killer, look for early warning signs like the killing of pets and other small animals.

I am often reminded of an old Bloom County cartoon when stories like this appear.

Hillary was right. Still is.

"...Jimmy Carter is out there thinking I could maybe win this thing."

It ain't he said/she said. It's he said vs. facts.

Just what in the bleeding bagpipes is going on in Scotland?

And seriously, what the everloving FUCK is wrong with these people?

Oh hey, I know what the plan is. It's to lie.

Credit where credit isn't due.

I have never, not once, found this man to be funny.

Fake it until you make it?

And because I love you, here is the video for that first CHERYM song I heard.

And just for fun, check out the "Making of" videos two. They're hilarious.

Radio Free California Episode 2417, programming notes for the radio station, cheap shots and more

 

New music this week from Lucy Rose, Pearl Jam, Kaiser Chiefs, Cigarettes After Sex, Newmoon, Bnny, Sloe Noon, Ride, and someone named... let me see... Taylor Something? And much more. Enjoy!

ROTATING OUT: SONGS LEAVING RADIO FREE CALIFORNIA

This means the music that is aging out is from Radio Free California Episode 2317. This includes music from Foo Fighters, Monna Lisa Blackout, The Damned, Everything But the Girl, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Pearl & The Oysters, Lucinda Williams and much more.

We celebrate these songs with a new show that will play on Saturdays at 11am and again at 5pm PST. We will say goodbye to the songs that are now a year on the playlist with one last broadcast, which will be repeated a couple of times during the day.

You can of course still listen to this music - my playlists are still on spotify and you can find them here. They're all searchable as well.

ALBUM SHOW NOTES

For their third full studio album Australian band Middle Kids decided to bring in Jonathan Gilmore (The 1975) to co-produce the album and have crafted a pop/rock treasure full of catchy hooks and singable songs. Although it's been only 3 years since they won best Rock album at the ARIA awards they knew they would have to go big this time, and thay have done just that. It's a quick and catchy batch of 13 songs and we're going to feature this new album, "Faith Crisis Pt 1" on this week's album show.

The Album Show will run this Thursday April 25th at 9am and 9pm Pacific Standard Time.

RFC 2417

For those of you who stay away from Spotify this playlist will be played this Wednesday April 24th at 2am, 6am, 10am, 2pm and 6pm PST. All of the songs I feature on Radio Free California are played as part of the regular rotation. .If you want to hear the songs we've added to the station this week you can use the Spotify playlist above or you can listen to this show.

10 at 10

One last programming note: Every Sunday at 10am and again at 10pm we will feature our show "10 at 10", where we play 10 (and sometimes 11 or even 12!) songs from a year we pick at random. Again, all times are PST. Last week we featured a selection of songs from 2005 and for next Sunday's show we're going to feature a small selection of songs from.. well you'll have to tune in to find out! We also run the show at a "secret" time on Saturdays.

As always, you can go to https://global.citrus3.com:2020/public/radiofreecalifornia to listen to the station, and there is an imbed below. And did you know the station is available as an app? It's only for Google Play (sorry iphone users - Apples terms and conditions were too restrictive for me) but you can listen on your phone at your convenience too.

One thing before I get to insulting people: now that the trial is underway I will not be commenting on the election interference (it's not about paying off a porn star - it's about doing what he accuses his enimies of doing) trial underway in New York. You all know the one I'm talking about. I am a firm believer that because I am not in the courtroom myself I cannot under any stretch accurately comment on anything happening in there. This is a lesson I've learned the hard way. 

I will comment once there is a verdict. This is the line I won't cross: I'll insult and make fun of just about anyone, including myself, but I'm not in the courtroom. Do I have opinions? Yes. Could I make comments like I do with everything below? Yes. Do I stand even the most remote chance of swaying a juror with my blog with its tens of readers? Nope.

Even so, this matters to me. Every thing that happens outside the courtroom I may comment on, and I have real opinions about whether or not the gag order has been violated (it has) and if he should be punished (lock him up), but that's not the trial itself.

I do find it interesting though (and just a touch psychotic) that in the same breath the defendant will say he's immune from prosecution because he has full immunity and proclaim that another person who would have the same immunity by his logic is breaking the law by having him tried.

Cheap shots:

Nick Fuentes must be single.

He broke the law and the law won.

I kinda feel bad that the man's name makes me snigger like a 12 year-old boy, but the headlines really do write themselves. (Note: making fun of a terrible person's name - not commenting on the trial).

If you want to pray for anything, how about praying that this newborn doesn't get killed as things go on

There is a branch of the Christo-Fascist wing of this nation that honestly believes that Jews can be Nazis. Fuck them.

I honestly believe that Gavin is aiming for a cabinet position in the next administration.

And because I love you, meet Lucy Rose:

Radio Free California Episode 2416, radio station notes, cheap shots and more!

 

Quite the list of new music this week, including English Teacher, Avi Kaplan, Bridget Kearney, Mark Knopfler, Airbag, Sikane, Nia ARchive, Metz, Bad Bad Hats, Orville Peck with Willie Nelson and much more. Enjoy!

ROTATING OUT: SONGS LEAVING RADIO FREE CALIFORNIA

This means the music that is aging out is from Radio Free California Episode 2316. This includes music from what was then the new album from Metallica, along with The Linda Lindas, Temples, Magaziine, Geoff Castellucci, GoGo Penguin, The Tallest Man on Earth, Fruit Bats and much more.

We celebrate these songs with a new show that will play on Saturdays at 11am and again at 5pm PST. We will say goodbye to the songs that are now a year on the playlist with one last broadcast, which will be repeated a couple of times during the day.

You can of course still listen to this music - my playlists are still on spotify and you can find them here. They're all searchable as well.

ALBUM SHOW NOTES

I have known for weeks now that English Teacher finally released their new album that I'd feature it, but they have some real competition this week, including Morgan Harper-Jones' new album "Up to the Glass", Maggie Rogers' "Don't Forget Me", Sikane's "We Belong" and damn it there's a new album from Mark Knopfler too!.  But English Teacher's album "This Could Be Texas" (thier first full-length album after a ton of singles and a couple of EPs) is a near masterpiece and you should hear it from start to finish. This is one of England's most exciting new bands in a long long time and they cover topics that only the young, brave, and unfairly stereotyped could do.

The Album Show will run this Thursday April 18th at 9am and 9pm Pacific Standard Time.

RFC 2416

For those of you who stay away from Spotify this playlist will be played this Wednesday April 17th at 2am, 6am, 10am, 2pm and 6pm PST. All of the songs I feature on Radio Free California are played as part of the regular rotation. .If you want to hear the songs we've added to the station this week you can use the Spotify playlist above or you can listen to this show.

However! This week we are adding an extra song that is not available on Spotify or practically anywhere else for that matter. It's a live recording of Joni Mitchell performing "I'm Still Standing", originally released by Elton John and co-written by Bernie Taupin. LIke last week's Jacob Collier addition, the performance is so good that I have to add it to the rotation. I seriously doubt it will be released as a single and she changed up the song considerably, turning into a slow-burn jazz number. It was part of the Gerishwin Honors and is a one off, although you can find bootleg performances on YouTube. I took the best one of those I could find and remastered it for you, my listeners at Radio Free California.

10 at 10

One last programming note: Every Sunday at 10am and again at 10pm we will feature our show "10 at 10", where we play 10 (and sometimes 11 or even 12!) songs from a year we pick at random. Again, all times are PST. Last week we featured a selection of songs from 1982 and for next Sunday's show we're going to feature a small selection of songs from.. well you'll have to tune in to find out! We also run the show at a "secret" time on Saturdays.

As always, you can go to https://global.citrus3.com:2020/public/radiofreecalifornia to listen to the station, and there is an imbed below. And did you know the station is available as an app? It's only for Google Play (sorry iphone users - Apples terms and conditions were too restrictive for me) but you can listen on your phone at your convenience too.

Cheap Shots:

No, the Arizona Ruling on abortion did not reset the age of consent to 10 years of age. However, back in the territory days that really was the age of consent. The man who came up with all this was a Pedophile.

I have to wonder, did the brokest millionaire in New York (or Florida) want revenge for Maggie shooting Mr. Burns?

Russia should really zip its pants back up.

Quite frankly I haven't paid any attention to anything done by The New York Times this century.

That little boy in the CD art (remember when we bought stuff and it came with art?) steps into his father's shoes.

No Mr. "Noun-vewrb-nine-eleven", he would have sold them more weapons. The receipts.

I hate to break it to you everyone but Bibi has a very poor record of just "Taking the Win."

I wasn't watching so I missed this: “It was a beautiful song but it ran too long; If you're gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit, so we cut it down to 3:05”

Yeah, I know I know, I'm one of the people who foisted Court TV on the world, but I really don't need this.

The Good Liars are very good at this.

Funny how he keeps committing Election Interference while complaining about others doing it.

Dude, your legacy is that Dewar's Ice Cream sells sandwiches now. If they still do - I haven't been there in 40 years.

You say Deminsion, I say Dementia.... Let's put your ass in jail. (If you've now got a song stuck in your hear you're a true friend).

How the day went, in case you were interested. Apparently I'm not the only one who thought it was a snooze-fest.

Yay! New crimes!

Inching just a little bit closer.

Does he even know that Baron is a high school Senior? As I've demonstrated before, he is what we used to refer to as a lyin' motherfuckin' cocksuckin' son of a bitch. (I betcha Melania had to remind him).

A whole different type of tampering.

And because I love you, have a live performance of Cory Wong with Alexander 23:

Radio Free California Episode 2415, radio station notes, a nearly exclusive song, cheap shots and more!

 

New music this week from Ukraine's The Sixsters, Hana Hope, Maxband, St. Vincent, Winemom, Cloud Nothings, Marcus King, Conan Gray, Sheila E., Kid Moon, Lola Young and much more. Enjoy!

ROTATING OUT: SONGS LEAVING RADIO FREE CALIFORNIA

This means the music that is aging out is from Radio Free California Episode 2315. This includes music from Peter Gabriel, Mudhoney, Morris Day (!), Greta Van Fleet, Rich Allen, Nick Waterhouse, The Jonas Brothers, Mouistule, Fear 2 Stop and much more.

We celebrate these songs with a new show that will play on Saturdays at 11am and again at 5pm PST. We will say goodbye to the songs that are now a year on the playlist with one last broadcast, which will be repeated a couple of times during the day.

You can of course still listen to this music - my playlists are still on spotify and you can find them here. They're all searchable as well.

ALBUM SHOW NOTES

The Sixsters is a Ukrainian rock band established in 2018 by Kateryna Kuziakina in a small town near Kyiv, Ukraine. Over a period of four years, the band participated in the Ukrainian rock scene. The band's name, The Sixsters, is a testament to the close bond shared among the five members. In 2022, the Russian invasion of Ukraine significantly impacted the band members' lives. Some members left the country early on, while others sought refuge in bomb shelters amidst the conflict. The band members found themselves dispersed across different countries. Now the members of The Sixsters managed to reunite in Essen, Germany, and have a new album out called "To Be Continued..." and we will play the entire album start to finish on this week's Album Show.

The Album Show will run this Thursday Aptil 11th at 9am and 9pm Pacific Standard Time.

RFC 2415

For those of you who stay away from Spotify this playlist will be played this Wednesday April 10th at 2am, 6am, 10am, 2pm and 6pm PST. All of the songs I feature on Radio Free California are played as part of the regular rotation. .If you want to hear the songs we've added to the station this week you can use the Spotify playlist above or you can listen to this show.

However! This week we are adding an extra song that is not available on Spotify or practically anywhere else for that matter. It's a live recording of Jacob Collier performing "Hyperballad", originally released by Bjork. The performance is so good that I have to add it to the rotation. Thing is, it hasn't been released as a single and is only available as a live performance on YouTube and of course, on Radio Free California.

10 at 10

One last programming note: Every Sunday at 10am and again at 10pm we will feature our show "10 at 10", where we play 10 (and sometimes 11 or even 12!) songs from a year we pick at random. Again, all times are PST. Last week we featured a selection of songs from 1981 and for next Sunday's show we're going to feature a small selection of songs from.. well you'll have to tune in to find out! We also run the show at a "secret" time on Saturdays.

As always, you can go to https://global.citrus3.com:2020/public/radiofreecalifornia to listen to the station, and there is an imbed below. And did you know the station is available as an app? It's only for Google Play (sorry iphone users - Apples terms and conditions were too restrictive for me) but you can listen on your phone at your convenience too.

Cheap shots:

Um, what emergency is this exactly?

Maybe you shouldn't have tried crime?

Even DJT knows where the support for RFK Jr. will come from.

Was there any conquering involved? (too soon?)

This dude is as Christian as the leader of Hamas.

Here's the general consensus about impeaching over a policy dispute.

Give whales the vote!

Let the games begin!

One gets the impression that this pastor was never spared the rod.

Do you have any idea how difficult it is to get a 100% deficiency rate?

I think his position is "I'll say whatever to get elected."

By the same token, this guy's position is crystal clear.

Looks like someone wants to break the seventh seal.

Ryan, the secret is alcohol. Lots and lots of alcohol.

Did no one ask The Indigo Girls?

Tacozilla? Tacozilla?

And it bears repeating: A vote for RFK Jr. is a vote to end Democracy as we know it.

I honestly don't understand why he keeps going to court. He always loses.

And because I love you, here is Jacob Collier performing that extra track I've added to the station:

Radio Free California Episode 2314, radio station notes, cheap shots, and this is an April Fools Day free zone.

 

Fantastic week for new music from artisis like Snarls, Peter Garrett, Jordan Rudess, Evangeline, Blues Pills, The Flints, gglum, Thunderpussy, A Short Walk To Pluto, Sum 41 and much more. Enjoy!

ROTATING OUT: SONGS LEAVING RADIO FREE CALIFORNIA

This means the music that is aging out is from Radio Free California Episode 2314. This includes music from Crown Lands, The No Ones, lovelytheband, The New Pornographers, Bully, Boy Genius, The Zombies (!), Pete Townshend, Fantastic Negrito, L.A. Guns and much more.

We celebrate these songs with a new show that will play on Saturdays at 11am and again at 5pm PST. We will say goodbye to the songs that are now a year on the playlist with one last broadcast, which will be repeated a couple of times during the day.

You can of course still listen to this music - my playlists are still on spotify and you can find them here. They're all searchable as well.

ALBUM SHOW NOTES

Emily Wolfe is a singer/songwriter/guitarist from Austin TX who has just put out her third album, "The Blowback". She might jsut be poised for a big breakthrough, having opened for a number of the greats of classic rock over the past few years, from The Pretenders to Heart to The Strutts to Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. To me she sounds like one hit single away from entering the lext level in this business, and I think that single is on this album - but I don't know which song so I'm going to play the full album for you. "The Blowback" is out this week at all the usual places and will be the featured release on this week's Album Show.

The Album Show will run this Thursday Aptil 4th at 9am and 9pm Pacific Standard Time.

RFC 2414

For those of you who stay away from Spotify this playlist will be played this Wednesday April 3rd at 2am, 6am, 10am, 2pm and 6pm PST. All of the songs I feature on Radio Free California are played as part of the regular rotation. .If you want to hear the songs we've added to the station this week you can use the Spotify playlist above or you can listen to this show.

10 at 10

One last programming note: Every Sunday at 10am and again at 10pm we will feature our show "10 at 10", where we play 10 (and sometimes 11 or even 12!) songs from a year we pick at random. Again, all times are PST. Last week we featured a selection of songs from 1970 and for next Sunday's show we're going to feature a small selection of songs from.. well you'll have to tune in to find out! We also run the show at a "secret" time on Saturdays.

As always, you can go to https://global.citrus3.com:2020/public/radiofreecalifornia to listen to the station, and there is an imbed below. And did you know the station is available as an app? It's only for Google Play (sorry iphone users - Apples terms and conditions were too restrictive for me) but you can listen on your phone at your convenience too.

Cheap Shots:

I fucking hate April Fools Day.

As if all of this wasn't awful enough already.

Seems to me that everyone can bitch about their job if they want.

Preach Senator, preach.

Is Lee Greenwood as much a shit musician as he is a shit Bible Salesman? I dislike Country as a general rule so I have no real idea what qualified as "good" country vs. "bad" country. To my hears, it's all bad.

She was a better singer in the days when she was with Dr. Teeth.

Bile has risen.

Seems to me that a guy who has a Master's Degree, even from an "Evangelical Christian University", should know what a metaphor actually is, and how to use it.

I did the math, and that $6 Billion that DJT earned on it's first day is now worth $2.6 Billion and cratering fast.

Racist fucks say what? 

Somebody needs to lay down the law.

Jesus dude, I haven't stepped into a church voluntarily in 4 decades and even I know this one.

אתה מגויס

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say... probably not.

And because I love you, here's a live-in-studio performance that people my age will find quite nostalgic.