Playlist for December 11th...

Velvet Underground - Beginning to See The Light

Groundhogs - Rich Man, Poor Man

Strawberry Alarm Clock - Black Butter, Present

Status Quo - Green Tambourine

The Koobas - The First Cut Is The Deepest

Break 

Led Zeppelin - Candy Store Rock

Hot Tuna - Sunny Day Strut

Humble Pie - Big George 

The Electric Prunes - Train For Tomorrow

The Faces - On The Beach

The Rolling Stones - Bye Bye Johnnie

Break

Fireman - Light From Your Lighthouse 

Fireman - Lovers In A Dream

Fireman - Universal Here, Everlasting

Jimi Hendrix - Gypsy Eyes

Ophiucus - Au Hasard

Beau Brummels - Painter Of Women

Break

John Lennon - Cleanup Time

The Beatles - Old Brown Shoe

Eire Apparent - Got To Get Away

Vince Guaraldi - Linus and Lucy

Elephants Memory - Super Heep

Break

Chi Coltrane - Thunder and Lightning

The Animals - River Deep, Mountain High 

Rare Earth - In Bed

Vince Guaraldi - Skating

CWT - Mephistophales

Clear Light - Street Singer

Break

Yes - Yours Is No Disgrace

Os Mutantes - Jogo de Calcada

John Lennon - God 

Taj Mahal - Give Your Woman What She Wants

Simon and Garfunkel - America

Joni Mitchell - Blue
Wings - Tomorrow

Playlist for Dec. 4th...

Remember that 6 hour show I did a little while back? Well, here's the playlist, as promised:

Blue Oyster Cult - Before The Kiss, A Redcap

Max Frost & The Troopers - Shape Of Things To Come

Little Feat - Two Trains

Break

Cream - The Coffee Song

The Thoughts - All Night Stand

The Koobas - The First Cut Is The Deepest

Paul McCartney - Simply Having A Wonderful Christmas Time     

Fleetwood Mac - I Don't Want To Know

Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced

Break 

Stone The Crows - Love

The Frost - Sweet Lady Love

The Joint - No Sweat

Rolling Stones - Out Of Time

Velvet Underground - Foggy Notion

Break 

The Beatles - Dear Prudence

Dave Dee, Dizzy, Beaky, Mick & Titch - Hold Tight

Eire Apparent - The Clown

Elastik Band - Fire and Desire

The Yardbirds - Over Under Sideways Down

Beau Brummels - Stick Like Glue

Elephants Memory - Takin' A Walk

CWT - Mind Cage

Genesis - Reconfortame 

Golden Earring - I Am A Fool

The Nazz - Some People

Break

Blind Faith - Well All Right

Captain Beefheart - The Dust Blows Forward 'n' the Dust Blows Back

Bloodrock - Gotta Find A Way

Status Quo - Pictures of Matchstick Men

Mad Dog - The Fast Song

Break 

Odyssey - Church Yard

Blue Cheer - When It All Gets Old

Jeff Beck Group - All Shook Up

Ten Years After - Tomorrow I'll Be Out Of Town

Savoy Brown - Sitting An' Thinking

The Who - It's Not True

 John Lennon - Crippled Inside

Break

Wings - Another Day

Moby Grape - Seeing

Iron Butterfly - Seeing

Los Mockers - Make Up Your Mind

Crack The Sky - Lighten Up McGraw

Novos Baianos - Um Bilhete Para Didi

Break

The Kinks - Big Sky

Mahogany Rush - Makin' My Wave

Frank Zappa - Cosmik Debris

Funkadelic - Who Says A Funk Band Can't Play Rock n' Roll?

Deep Purple - The Shield

Break 

Captain Beyond - Dancing Madly Backwards (On A Sea Of Air)

Captain Beyond - Armworth

Captain Beyond - Myopic Void

Yes - Siberian Khatru

Break

Zephyr - Cross The River

Zephyr - St. James Infirmary

Joni Mitchell - A Case Of You

Aphrodite's Child - the Four Horsemen

Erkin Koray - Cemalim

Break

Uriah Heep - All My Life

George Harrison - Thanks For The Pepperoni

Led Zeppein - Going To California

Break 

The Factory - Path Through The Forest

The Red Squares - You Can Be My Baby

The Dovers - What Am I Going To Do

Strawberry Alarm Clock - Tomorrow

Bob Dylan - It Ain't Me, Babe

Byrds - 5D

Groundhogs - Split, Pt. 1

Graham Central Station - Boogie Witcha, Baby

The Hollies - Dear Eloise

Traffic - Empty Pages

Lords - Sweet Words

Chamber Brothers - All Strung Out Over You

The Beatles - Good Night 

Don McLean - Castles In The Air

The Beatles White Album Tribute Show...

This Thursday, December 4th, I will be doing a tribute show for the White Album, in celebration of the 40th year anniversary of its release. FIU Beatles professor, Doctor Tranquilino, will be joining me as I play every song from the album and discuss its creation.

Tune in at 7pm.

Beatles Thanksgiving Playlist...

Hello everyone!

I would like to mark this entry as the return of me updating this thing on a regular basis (hopefully), but we'll get to that after the holidays. For now, I'll give you the real reason why you're visiting, the playlist for the Beatles Thanksgiving program.

First airplay: Thanksgiving, 10am - 6:10pm

Second airplay: Thanksgiving, 6:10pm - 2:20am

I'll be updating the playlist every hour after each set has been played, so consider the first hour a sneak preview.

The Playlist:

Hour 1
The Beatles - That'll Be the Day (2:07)
The Beatles - In Spite of All the Danger (2:44)
The Beatles - My Bonnie (2:42)
The Beatles - Ain't She Sweet (2:13)
The Beatles - Cry for a Shadow (2:22)
The Beatles - Searchin' (2:59)
The Beatles - Three Cool Cats (2:25)
The Beatles - Like Dreamers Do (2:35)
The Beatles - Besame Mucho (2:37)
The Beatles - Love Me Do (2:31)
The Beatles - Lend Me Your Comb (1:49)
The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There (2:48)
The Beatles - Speech: Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise (2:05)
The Beatles - Moonlight Bay (0:49)
The Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love (2:10)
The Beatles - All My Loving (2:19)
The Beatles - You Can't Do That (2:42)
The Beatles - I Wanna Be Your Man (2:01)
The Beatles - Boys (1:49)
The Beatles - I'll Be Back (Take 2) (1:12)
The Beatles - Misery (1:50)
The Beatles - Anna (Go To Him) (2:57)
The Beatles - Don't Bother Me (2:29)
The Beatles - Little Child (1:48)
The Beatles - Hold Me Tight (2:32)

Hour 2
The Beatles - Baby It's You (2:38)
The Beatles - Do You Want To Know A Secret (1:59)
The Beatles - A Taste Of Honey (2:05)
The Beatles - Devil In Her Heart (2:27)
The Beatles - Not A Second Time (2:08)
The Beatles - There's A Place (1:52)
The Beatles - Too Much Monkey Business (2:05)
The Beatles - I'll Follow The Sun (1:51)
The Beatles - Medley (Kansas City / Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey) (2:33)
The Beatles - Every Little Thing (2:04)
The Beatles - What You're Doing (2:34)
The Beatles - To Know Her Is To Love Her (2:49)
The Beatles - She's A Woman (3:14)
The Beatles - Lonesome Tears In My Eyes (2:36)
The Beatles - Matchbox (1:57)
The Beatles - I Got To Find My Baby (1:55)
The Beatles - Don´t Ever Change (2:02)
The Beatles - Slow Down (2:36)
The Beatles - Honey Don't (2:11)
The Beatles - Yes It Is (1:50)
The Beatles - The Night Before (2:36)
The Beatles - I'm Down (2:53)
The Beatles - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away (2:44)
The Beatles - I Need You (2:31)
The Beatles - Another Girl (2:08)

Hour 3
The Beatles - If You've Got Trouble (2:48)
The Beatles - That Means A Lot (2:26)
The Beatles - Yesterday (2:33)
The Beatles - Act Naturally (2:33)
The Beatles - I Feel Fine (2:15)
The Beatles - It's Only Love (1:58)
The Beatles - Tell Me What You See (2:39)
The Beatles - I've Just Seen A Face (2:07)
The Beatles - Dizzy Miss Lizzie (2:54)
The Beatles - 12-Bar Original (2:55)
The Beatles - You Won't See Me (3:22)
The Beatles - Nowhere Man (2:44)
The Beatles - Think For Yourself (2:19)
The Beatles - The Word (2:43)
The Beatles - Michelle (2:42)
The Beatles - What Goes On (2:50)
The Beatles - Girl (2:33)
The Beatles - I'm Looking Through You (2:27)
The Beatles - In My Life (2:28)
The Beatles - Wait (2:17)
The Beatles - If I Needed Someone (2:23)
The Beatles - Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (1:59)
The Beatles - Run For Your Life (2:18)

Hour 4
The Beatles - I'm Only Sleeping (3:01)
The Beatles - Love You To (3:01)
The Beatles - She Said She Said (2:37)
The Beatles - For No One (2:01)
The Beatles - I Want To Tell You (2:29)
The Beatles - Got To Get You Into My Life (2:30)
The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows (2:57)
The Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing (2:13)
The Beatles - Taxman (2:32)
The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby (Strings Only) (2:06)
The Beatles - I'm Only Sleeping (Rehearsal) (0:40)
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (2:02)
The Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends (2:44)
The Beatles - Getting Better (2:47)
The Beatles - Fixing A Hole (2:36)
The Beatles - Good Morning Good Morning (2:40)
The Beatles - She's Leaving Home (3:35)
The Beatles - Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! (2:37)
The Beatles - Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite! (Takes 1 And 2) (1:05)
The Beatles - Within You Without You (5:05)
The Beatles - When I'm Sixty-Four (2:37)
The Beatles - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (3:05)
The Beatles - Lovely Rita (2:42)

Hour 5
The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (Outtake) (1:27)
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (1:18)
The Beatles - You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) (5:43)
The Beatles - A Day In The Life (5:33)
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour (2:51)
The Beatles - The Fool On The Hill (3:00)
The Beatles - Flying (2:17)
The Beatles - Penny Lane (3:12)
The Beatles - Blue Jay Way (3:56)
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever (Demo Sequence) (1:42)
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever (4:10)
The Beatles - I Am The Walrus (4:01)
The Beatles - Your Mother Should Know (3:02)
The Beatles - Hello, Goodbye (3:17)
The Beatles - Lady Madonna (2:22)
The Beatles - Hey Bulldog (3:11)
The Beatles - All Together Now (2:10)
The Beatles - Only A Northern Song (3:24)

Hour 6
The Beatles - It's All Too Much (6:25)
The Beatles - Wild Honey Pie (1:01)
The Beatles - The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill (3:05)
The Beatles - Happiness Is A Warm Gun (2:43)
The Beatles - Martha My Dear (2:28)
The Beatles - I'm So Tired (2:03)
The Beatles - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (2:56)
The Beatles - Blackbird (2:18)
The Beatles - Rocky Raccoon (3:41)
The Beatles - Don't Pass Me By (3:42)
The Beatles - I Will (1:46)
The Beatles - Yer Blues (4:01)
The Beatles - Helter Skelter (4:37)
The Beatles - Mother Nature's Son (2:48)
The Beatles - Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey (2:24)
The Beatles - Junk (2:24)
The Beatles - Piggies (2:01)
The Beatles - Julia (2:54)
The Beatles - Not Guilty (3:22)
The Beatles - What's the New Mary Jane (6:12)

Hour 7
The Beatles - Step Inside Love / Los Paranoias (2:30)
The Beatles - Long, Long, Long (3:04)
The Beatles - Revolution 1 (4:15)
The Beatles - Honey Pie (2:41)
The Beatles - Savoy Truffle (2:54)
The Beatles - Cry Baby Cry (3:10)
The Beatles - Good Night (2:37)
The Beatles - Mean Mr. Mustard (1:57)
The Beatles - Polythene Pam (1:26)
The Beatles - I've Got A Feeling (3:30)
The Beatles - She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (3:36)
The Beatles - For You Blue (2:27)
The Beatles - Two Of Us (3:21)
The Beatles - Medley: Rip It Up - Shake, Rattle And Roll - Blue Suede Shoes (3:10)
The Beatles - Maggie Mae (0:40)
The Beatles - I Me Mine (2:21)
The Beatles - Across The Universe (3:38)
The Beatles - Get Back (3:08)
The Beatles - Old Brown Shoe (3:02)
The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (3:27)
The Beatles - The End (2:50)

Hour 8
The Beatles - Teddy Boy (3:18)
The Beatles - All Things Must Pass (3:05)
The Beatles - Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues (1:55)
The Beatles - Something (3:18)
The Beatles - Come Together (3:40)
The Beatles - Because (2:23)
The Beatles - Let It Be (4:05)
The Beatles - Free as a Bird (4:24)
The Beatles - Real Love (3:54)
The Beatles - Maxwell's Silver Hammer (3:27)
The Beatles - Octopus's Garden (2:51)
The Beatles - I Want You (She's So Heavy) (7:47)
The Beatles - You Never Give Me Your Money (4:02)
The Beatles - Sun King (2:26)
The Beatles - Mean Mr Mustard (1:06)
The Beatles - Polythene Pam (1:12)
The Beatles - She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (1:57)
The Beatles - Golden Slumbers (1:31)
The Beatles - Carry That Weight (1:36)
The Beatles - The End (2:19)
The Beatles - Her Majesty (0:23)

Playlist Oct. 30th, 2008...

The Faces - Bad N' Ruin

Rari Shakar - Dhun

The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows

Third Rail - Run, Run, Run

Kim Fowley - The Trip

The Third Bardo - I'm Five Years Ahead of Myself

The Masters Apprentices - War Or Hands of Time

Gonn - Blackout of Gretely

Chamber Brothers - Time Has Come Today

Quicksilver Messenger Service - Pride of Man

Blue Magoos - Gloria

Clear Light - They Who Have Nothing

Jefferson Airplane - It's No Secret

Osibisa - Move On

Led Zeppelin - Hots On For Nowhere

Rainbow - Run With The Wolf

Golden Earring - Time's Up

George Harrison - Dark Horse

Kaleidoscope - Egyptian Gardens

Kaleidoscope - If The Night

The Who - My Generation

Savoy Brown - Master Hare

Frank Zappa - Montana

The Clefs of Lavender Hill - Stop-Get A Ticket

Status Quo - Pictures Of Matchstick Men

Moby Grape - Indifference

Faust - Picnic On A Frozen River, Deuxieme Tableaux

Erkin Koray - Turku
King Crimson - One More Red Nightmare
The Joint - Dinosaur

Pink Floyd - Bring The Boys Back Home Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd - The Show Must Go On
New York Rock & Roll Ensemble - You Know Just What It's Like
The Groundhogs - Groundhog

Taj Mahal - Stagger Lee
Joni Mitchell - River
Ten Years After - Me And My Baby
The Electric Flag - Wine
Traffic - Paper Sun
The Velvet Underground - Train Round The Bend
Grateful Dead - Friend of The Devil

Simon and Garfunkel - America

The Beatles - Got To Get You Into My Life

Manfred Mann - Poison Ivy
Os Mutantes - Ave Genghis Khan
Electromagnets - Blackhole

Playlist For Sept. 25th...

Captain Beyond - Dancing Madly Backwards
Captain Beyond - Armworth
Captain Beyond - Myopic Void

Faust - Picnic On A Frozen River
Gentle Giant - A Cry For Everyone
Golden Earring - I Hate Saying These Words
Status Quo - Ice In The Sun
The Groundhogs - Split, Pt. 1
Velvet Underground - Head Held High

Yes - Yours Is No Disgrace
Van Halen - Ice Cream Man
Novos Baianos - America Tropical
Led Zeppelin - That's The Way
John Lennon - Oh Yoko!
Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young - Helplessly Hoping

The Beatles - For You Blue
The Beatles - She Said She Said
ELO - Mr. Blue Sky
Electromagnets - Dry Ice
King Crimson - Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Pt. 2

Genesis - Dancing With The Moonlight Knight
Pink Floyd - See Saw
Joni Mitchell - Little Green
Wings - Every Night
Wings - Junk
Taj Mahal - Light Rain Blues

The Hollies - King Midas In Reverse
John Lennon - God
Traffic - John Barleycorn
Other Side - Writing On The Wall
The Zombies - Beechwood Park
Electric Prunes - Luvin'
Beau Brummels - I Want More Loving

Playlist For Sept. 4th...

Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile
Mountain - Crossroader
Iron Butterfly - Are You Happy
Canned Heat - So Sad
Blue Oyster Cult - Hot Rails To Hell
Clear Light - Night Sounds Loud

Electromagnets - Blackhole
Gente Giant - A Cry For Everyone
Humble Pie - Sweet Peace and Time
Odyssey - You're Not There

Santana - Mother's Daughter
Ten Years After - I Woke Up This Morning
Groundhogs - Thank Christ For The Bomb
John Mayall - Room To Move
The Joint - No Sweat

John Mayall - Nature's Disappearing
The Young Rascals - You Better Run
The Velvet Underground - Oh Gin
Los Mockers - Empty Harem
Genesis - Vasija De Barro
Blood, Sweat, & Tears - And When I Die
Strawberry Alarm Clock - Bird Man of Alkatrash
Savoy Brown - Needle And Spoon
Steppenwolf - Who Needs Ya?

The Beatles - Chains
The Beatles - Hey Bulldog
Velvet Underground - Head Held High
Led Zeppelin - Custard Pie

King Crimson - Fallen Angel
Rolling Stones - 2000 Light Years From Home
Pink Floyd - A Pillow Of Winds
Ophiucus - Universe

Out Of Town...

Hello all,

I've been out of town since early last week, hence why there was no show. I'm going to be out of town for the remainder of the week, so I won't be in the studio.

I'm currently trying to upload a prerecorded show so that you guys have something to get by, but I can't promise my internet connection will cooperate. I'll post any updates if I'm able to upload a show.

I'll be back live next week.

Prerecorded Show Tonight...

I'll be at the Ringo Starr concert tonight, which means I won't be in the studio doing my show. I've left a delicious recorded show for you all to enjoy, including plenty of Ringo tracks.

See you guys next week.

Ringo Starr In Concert At Hard Rock Live...

The least-famous and least-talented of the Beatles will be performing at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, FL this Thursday, July 3rd. The All Starr Band this time will be comprised of Colin Hay, Billy Squier, Hamish Stuart, Edgar Winter, Gary Wright, and Gregg Bissonette.

What you can expect is for performances of each artist's more popular songs, with some more obscure tracks thrown in here and there. I saw Ringo the last time he was here back in 2006. It was a good show, despite getting completely drenched by torrential rainfall.

I'll be there this Thursday. If you've never seen a Beatle in real life and have always wanted to, you should go. It's not like getting tickets for Paul McCartney is a simple task, anyway...

Playlist for June 26th, 2008...

The Velvet Underground - Rock and Roll
Monkees - Words
George Harrison - I Remember Jeep
Doors - Five to One
Jefferson Airplane - 3/5 of A Mile in 10 Seconds

Jethro Tull - Fat Man
Santana - Se A Cabo
Steppenwolf - Move Over
The Elastik Band - I Would Still Love You
The Groundhogs - Junkman
Tomorrow - Revolution
Yes - America
Traffic - Paper Sun

Chamber Brothers - I Can't Stand It
Strawberry Alarm Clock - Soft Skies, No Lies
Mahogany Rush -
Erkin Koray - Karli Daglar
ELO - Mr. Blue Sky

USA - The Garden of Earthly Delights
USA - I Won't Leave My Wooden Wife For You Sugar
Faust - It's A Bit Of A Pain
Led Zeppelin - Royal Orleans
Los Mockers - Can't Be A Lie
Moby Grape - Going Nowhere
The Bees - Voices Green And Purple
Bob Seger - Turn The Page

Deep Purple - Speed King
Deep Purple - Bloodsucker
The Joint - Freak St.
Eire Apparent - Mr. Guy Farkes (sp?)
Ophiucus - Dabourka
Graham Central Station - Pow

Funkadelic - One Nation Under A Groove
Bob Dylan - Obviously 5 Believers
ELO - Tightrope
ELO - Telephone Line
ELO -Rockaria!


Sorry about all the ELO at the end...I couldn't help myself.

Playlist for June 19th, 2008...

Bloodrock - D.O.A.
Frank Zappa - Cosmik Debris
Golden Earring - In My House
Led Zeppelin - Gallows Pole
Nazz - Rain Rider
The Frost - Black Train

The Yardbirds - Turn Into Earth
Them - Here Comes The Night
Van Halen - I'm The One
Jimi Hendrix - House Burning Down

Savoy Brown - Looking In
Savoy Brown - Sunday Night
Moby Grape - Sitting By The Window
Strawberry Alarm Clock - Sitting on A Star
The Rolling Stones - Sittin' On A Fence

Pink Floyd - Astronomy Domine
Status Quo - Pictures of Matchstick Men
The Electric Prunes - Train For Tomorrow
Joni Mitchell - A Case Of You
Joni Mitchell - This Flight Tonight

Los Chijuas - Changing The Colors Of Life
John's Children - A Midsummer's Night Scene
The Slaves - Slave Time
Ten Years After - Love Like A Man
The Hollies - Carrie-Anne
Simon and Garfunkel - America
Taj Mahal - Light Rain Blues
The Beatles - I'm Only Sleeping (Rehearsal)
The Beatles - I'm Only Sleeping (Take 1)
The Beatles - Polytheme Pam

Wings - Helen Wheels
The Beatles - Norweigan Wood
Wings - Heart Of The Country
Wings- I've Just Seen A Face
The Beatles - She's A Woman
The Beatles - The Fool On The Hill
The Beatles - Three Cool Cats
Wings - Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
Paul McCartney - Jenny Wren

Bit of a quiet show today. Thanks to everyone who called in. I was successfully able to get my car towed and taken to the shop.

Yes, I'm a badass and can play Pink Floyd and Joni Mitchell in the same set.

Dallas Rock Radio: A Review Of The Passerby...

While in Texas, I got a chance to flip through the radio dial and see what the Dallas/Fort Worth area has to offer. As expected, there was way more country/southern rock stations than I care for. Then again, just one country station in any given radio market is too much.

Rather than suffering from a lack of rock stations altogether, which is the case for Miami, Dallas suffers from insane redundancy.

Basically, all rock stations in the Dallas/Forth Worth area have the same format. They all play a random hodgepodge rock format, ranging in both time era and subgenre. For the most part it's all crap, with crappy bands like Evanescence, Incubus, and Linkin Park. Occasionally you'll hear some gems like the Clash, the Smiths, and other fun alternative rock.

While it's a bit of a step up from Miami rock radio, it's by no means a rock oasis.

Zeta Returns on HD Radio

Zeta has returned to the Miami radio dial, this time on Big 105.9's HD-2 channel. If you have an HD radio, just tune in to Big 105.9 and flip over to the HD-2 channel. I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, but I'm told it sounds pretty good.

Out Of Town For A Few Weeks...

As you may have noticed, I haven't been doing my show the past couple of weeks because I've been out of town. I'll be back next week to host the show. For now, DJ DeeLeet is filling in for me, so make sure to give him some love.

Playlist For April 17, 2008

The Who - Summertime Blues (Live from the Montery Pop Music Festival)
Steppenwolf - Move Over
The Wheels - Bad Little Woman
Humble Pie - Sweet Peace and Time
Golden Earring - Don't Stay Away
Elephants Memory - Brief Encounter
David Bowie - Cygnet Committee
Bloodrock - Fancy Space Odyssey
Black Sabbath - Supernaut
Canned Heat - Sugar Bee
Cream - Toad
Jefferson Airplane - My Best Friend
Blind Faith - Sea of Joy
Quiksilver Messenger Service - Three or Four Feet from home
Blue Cheer - Doctor Please
Led Zeppelin - Thank You
Electromagnets - Dry Ice
Deep Purple - The Shield
Genesis - Manos de Hombre
Frank Zappa - Montana
Jimi Hendrix - Lover Man
Yes - Heart of the Sunrise
Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon
The Beatles - Michelle
The Hollies - Just One Look
The Litter - Action Woman
Status Quo - Pictures of Matchstick Men
Black Sabbath - The Wizard
Nazz - Featherbedding Lover
Jimi Hendrix - 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)
Joan Baez - Saigon Bride
The Beatles - In My Life
Bobby Goldsboro - Honey

There may have been one or two more songs I played that were on vinyl, but that's the playlist for the most part.

Make sure to tune in next week. It'll be my last live show for several weeks.

Playlist For April 10, 2008

The Beatles - Helter Skelter
Bloodrock - Jessica
Velvet Underground - European Son
UFO - Space Child
Other Side - Writing On The Wall

The Who - The Good's Gone
The Flock - Store Bought, Store Though
Ten Years After - Love Like A Man
Osibisa - Rabiatu

Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets
Pink Floyd - See Saw
Ophiucus - Prenez, Donnez
King Crimson - One More Red Nightmare
Faust - Just A Second (Starts Like That)
Jimi Hendrix - 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)

Golden Earring - Dream
Hot Tuna - Corners Without Exits
Savoy Brown - A Little More Wine

David Bowie - Starman
Joni Mitchell - Judgement of the Moon and Stars
Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning
Neil Young - Tell Me Why
Neil Young - Old Man
John Lennon - Oh My Love
George Harrison - Behind That Locked Door
Paul McCartney - Yesterday

Lock Mockers - Empty Harem
The Balloon Farm - A Question of Temperature
The Turtles - Outside Chance
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Mr. Bojangles
George Harrison - Crackerbox Palace
Led Zeppelin - That's The Way
Blue Oyster Cult - Transmaniacon MC
Taj Mahal - Country Blues #1

Review: Ringo Starr - Liverpool 8

While the overwhelming majority of people are quick to pass over the musical talent and ever important influence Ringo has had on modern music, I'm one of the people who choose to love him unconditionally and defend him in any "best drummer ever" discussion.

Ringo's a solid musician. His drumming in The Beatles was amazing, despite the fact it may not have been technically extravagant as John Bonham or Ginger Baker. Ringo did one thing better than anyone else did, and that's drum to compliment a song, not to attract attention. Since this post isn't supposed to be just about Ringo, I guess I'll move on to his latest album, Liverpool 8.

I suppose we should start off with the title. While we all know where Liverpool comes from, I think the idea with "8" is that it's a continuous number in the way it is written, thus meaning he wanted to say how Liverpool will always be an important part of his life and never-ending.

His 2005 album, Choose Love, was great. Sadly, I can't say the same about Liverpool 8. It's essentially a watered-down version of Choose Love. There's the same general mood to it, but the tracks just don't match up, and while we all know Ringo is all about "peace and love," that's all he talks about in this album. Four of the tracks on the album have the word "love" in the title, and those that don't are still talking either about peace or love. There's a similar theme to Paul McCartney's Memory Almost Full in which Ringo covers the subject of his mortality and being happy with how his life has gone, but it's just not done with the same genius and grace as Paul did it, though the last track is amazing.

There's some really pleasant tracks in the tracks, and I do enjoy this album, but it just doesn't match up to Choose Love. There's still more to come from Ringo, and I do think he's capable of another epic album, and no, I don't mean Choose Love was epic, so we have an amazing album to look forward to, I think.

If you're a Beatles fan, then I recommend Liverpool 8 just because it's your duty to check it out. However, if you're interested in getting into Ringo's solo career for the first time, I recommend checking out one of his first four albums, or Time Takes Time.

Keep rocking, Ringo.

My rating: 3.5 / 5

No Show This Week, Sports Broadcast...

Sadly, there will be no Audio Fossils show this week due to being preempted by a sports broadcast. I'll be back next week at the regular time.

You can still tune in to the Living End with Lamppost at 10pm for your 80s and 90s underground rock.

Also, you can look forward to this thing being updated more often for more on...provided something noteworthy actually happens.

43-Year-Old Ban On The Beatles In Israel Has Been Lifted...

I thought bans on things like musical groups haven't existed since the 60s, but apparently there's been a ban on The Beatles in Israel since 1965 because of the Israeli government's worries about them "corrupting" the youth. The Israeli government is officially apologizing for the whole manner and is now inviting Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr to visit during their 60th anniversary celebrations.

Gigwise article

700MHz Auction Starts Today, Get Your Game Face On...

The almighty 700MHz auction begins today. For those of you completely out of the loop, TV stations are being forced to shut off their analog broadcasts and switching over to just broadcasting digital signals. When this happens, the 700MHz spectrum will clear out, so the FCC is bidding it out to be used for wireless broadband. Some of the big players hoping to get their hands on the spectrum are Google, Verizon, and Cox Communications. The 700MHz spectrum is essentially the most valuable spectrum that will be available for years. For those of you who want to keep up with it, choose Auction 73 on this page.

While Google is one of the big players, many are speculating that they're not really in it to win it, as they already got what they wanted when the FCC announced that the spectrum must be open, meaning devices supporting the future-Google Android platform will work on it. However, CEO Eric Schmidt has announced that they mean business, so we'll see.

Here's hoping Google wins on their continuing quest to take over the world!

If only this was televised and covered like the NFL Draft.

Ringo Walks Out Of Regis And Kelly, Song Performance Was Cut Too Much...

Ringo Starr was scheduled to perform on the Regis and Kelly show to promote his new Liverpool 8 album. After having his performance scheduled for months, the musical director insisted that Ringo cut his song short, which led to Ringo deciding to walk off the set. They asked for the song to be cut to 2 and a half minutes, or less. Ringo wasn't willing to cut his song that much, so he left the set saying "God bless and goodbye. We still love Regis."

How fucken thick do you have to be to cut a Beatle's performance, especially after months of planning? I give kudos to Ringo for standing up for himself and not taking any shit. You're a Beatle, sir. They're lucky you didn't demand they pleasure your manhood.

So to Regis and Kelly, and their abortion-of-a-musical-director who I can only assume is the offspring of a retarded donkey and Courtney Love, go fuck yourselves and die.

Rock on, Ringo.

CNN article.

Ringo Starr Releases New Album, Even Hardcore Beatles Fans Are Unaware Of It...

Now, I had originally heard Ringo's Liverpool 8 album a few days ago, but for some reason I just figured it was another compilation and shrugged it off.

Apparently, Liverpool 8 is Ringo's latest album. It could be because I don't follow the video blogs on his website anymore, but I find it ironic that after returning to a major label after 30 years of being on small and independent labels, I knew less of this album coming out than I did of 2005's Choose Love album, which I knew about months in advance.

According to Stephen Thomas Erlewinde of allmusic, Liverpool 8 isn't as good as Choose Love, but I have been known to curse his mother quite a few times.

Anyway, I'm ordering the CD and hope to have it some time next week for a full review.

FCC To Re-test Using "White Space"...

After initial prototypes fell flat on their face, it seems like the White Space Coalition has new prototypes to test being able to use the "white spaces" in television broadcast spectrum for wireless broadband uses.

The new prototypes, submitted by Microsoft, Adaptrum, Motorola, and Philips, will be tested in labs for several weeks, and then tested in the field.

ars technica article

Radiohead Coming To Miami...

Yeah, I know I'm late on posting about this, but Radiohead is apparently coming to Miami. There's no word yet on a venue or date, but so far it is promised that they'll be visiting the magic city.

Miami New Times Article

Playlist for Jan. 3

Playlist for January 3rd:

Ten Years After - I'm Coming On
Bloodrock - Gimme Your Head
George Harrison - Out of the Blue
Golden Earring - Nobody But You
Hot Tuna - Let us Get Together Right Down
Iron Butterfly - Are You Happy

Little Feat - Down the Road
The Joint - Freak St.
The Kinks - Halloway Jail
New York Rock and Roll Ensemble - Monkey
John Lennon - I Know (I Know)

Nazz - Kiddie Boy
Fire - Father's Name Was Dad
Rainbow - Starstruck
Chambers Brothers - Please Don't Leave Me
The Elastik Band - Turn Your Head
Wings - C Moon
UFO - Too Young To Know
Eire Apparent - The Clown

Simon and Garfunkel - America
Joni Mitchell - Let the Wind Carry Me
Ophiucus - Inachevee
Moby Grape - He
Savoy Brown - Sunday Night
Velvet Underground - I Found A Reason
Strawberry Alarm Clock - Tomorrow

Cream - I'm So Glad
Clear Light - With All In Mind
Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush - Look Outside
Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush - Thru the Milky Way
Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush - Talking Bout a Feelin'
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention - San Berdino

Steppenwolf - Hey Lawdy Mama
King Crimson - Pictures of a City
Led Zeppelin - Custard Pie
Jimi Hendrix - House of The Rising Sun
The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
Status Quo - Paradice Flats