Friday, August 25, 2017

Transmission 6817 - Louder Please!


In the red!

Fastway
Motorhead
The Damned
MC5
The Stooges
Buick MacKane
Iggy Pop & James Williamson
Deep Purple
Whitesnake
Tommy Bolin


"I hope I get me some sleep tonight"

RFW

*The last-call selection and kiss was given by a crystalline Jim Morrison & The Doors.

Monday, August 21, 2017

Music To Watch The Sun Get Blotted Out From The Sky By


That's where the fun is!

Mike Patton
The Apples In Stereo
The Beatles
Gerry & The Pacemakers
BeeGees
The Beach Boys
The Vines
Audioslave
Pink Floyd
The Oimels
The Amorphous Adrogynous
The Prodigy
The Soundtrack Of Our Lives
Ten Years After


"I love you deeply with the sun in my eyes"

RFW







*NASA reports that 63 percent of the sun will be covered today in Boston, MA. 

The moon will begin passing in front of the sun at 1:28 p.m., the height of the eclipse will occur here at 2:47 p.m. and the sun will appear spherical again by 4 p.m.

One way to view the eclipse is with a pair of eclipse glasses. Without them, looking directly into the sun can cause permanent retina damage or even blindness.

Watching the eclipse without simultaneously listening to RFW could lead to severe depression and unsightly sun-spots!



Sunday, August 20, 2017

Transmission 6717 - Not Sucking In The Seventies

Or maybe I am old - but I got to see all the cool bands!

Faces
Raspberries
Humble Pie
Grand Funk Railroad


"do you feel alright?"

RFW

Saturday, August 19, 2017

Transmission 6617 - Why Wait?


Do not procrastinate!

Jef Lee Johnson
Jimi Hendrix Experience
Ray Gomez
Fleetwood Mac
Lindsay Buckingham & Christine McVie
 Stevie Nicks, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins & Rami Jaffee
The Young Rascals
Altona
The Cowboy Junkies
The Damned
Wolfmother
Los Lobos
Wolfgang Dauner Quintet


"Everything Starts Right Now"

RFW



Friday, August 18, 2017

Transmission 6517 - Free Of A Defect Scare


Boris
Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra
Brother Ah
Controlled Bleeding
Mystic Sunshine

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"the power of love can erase the oozing scars of suffering"

RFW

*The fitting coda inspired this Transmission's title and is provided by
the yellow Discipline era King Crimson featuring Robert, Adrian, Tony and Bill.

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Transmission 6417 - Sweet Seoul Music


Warning, Warning!

The Specials
Jeff & Jane Hudson
Fluke
The Future Sound Of London
Haruomi Hosono
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Jackie Doll & His Pickled Peppers
J.B. Lenoir
Willie Brown
TV On The Radio
William Onyeabor
Michael Franti & Spearhead


"boom shakalaka boom!"

RFW




*The geohistorically-appropriate coda is Song From M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless) by The Mash written by Johnny Mandel and Mike Altman (the director's 14 year-old son) and used by Robert Altman in the opening credits of his 1970 movie based on
Richard Hooker's MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors.

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Saturday, August 12, 2017

Transmission 6317 - A (Radio)active Heart


Willie "Loco" Alexander & The Boom Boom Band
The Yardbirds
Rush
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant
Gallagher & Lyle
Stephen Stills
Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane
The Rolling Stones
Otis Taylor
Wanda Jackson
Little Richard
Patti Smith
David Bowie
Joy Divison
Nirvana
Lou Reed
Peter Gabriel
The Stompers
David Sylvian

"I've got one, you've got one too'


RFW


*The coda is the wonderful If I Only Had a Heart wrtten by Harold Arlen (music) and E.Y. Harburg (lyrics) and sung by Jack Haley as the Tin Man in the 1939 MGM classic The Wizard Of Oz.

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**Thematic beat and blood thinning assistance courtesy of Dr. Vinny Boom-Ba.


Sunday, August 06, 2017

Transmission 6217 - More Nightmares From The Vinyl Jungle


Three new slabs of grooved splendor inspire and guide us through the Archives!

The Singing Nun
Soeur Sourire
Jim Carroll Band
The Dead Boys
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Catholic Girls
September Girls

The Incredible World Of James Bond
Tom Jones
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Madonna
Pizzacato Five
The John Barry Orchestra

Bongos Bongo Bongos
Los Admiradores
Joe Hall & The Corvettes
Lydia Lunch
Dillinger
Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart and The Mothers
Santana


"I've got confirmation"

RFW