Please Shop Amazon Until I Can Get Back to This Blog, Tomorrow, or the Next Day

I'm heading out to Fresno/Clovis in a bit, so here's the link to Amazon, if you'd like to do some shopping, which is appreciated. 

And for some reason, I woke up with Elvis Costello's "Alison" on my brain, and I was singing the song in my head while taking my morning piss, heh.

I'll be back up blogging again as soon as I can. Have a great Easter holiday!

I Forgot Maxine Nightingale!

Well, following-up on my post the other day, "Ooh Woo ... I Feel It Still (VIDEO)."

It turns out I'd forgotten about Maxine Nightingale, whose song, "Right Back Where We Started From," used to come on all the time at K-EARTH 101 Los Angeles. 

(And the same goes for Junior Walker and the All Stars, "What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)?," which I've posted to this blog more than once; and that's not to mention the Bellamy Brothers, and a few other "oldies buy goodies" kind of folks.)

In any case, here she is, and looking good too. She's apparently still active, according to her Wikipedia entry.

Ooh Woo ... I Feel It Still (VIDEO)

So, I'm just back from Cerritos, where I came from visiting my young son, who was hospitalized this last week (due to a psyche breakdown dealing with his A.S.D.). He's coming home tomorrow, so I don't need to say too much more about that, other than, "Thank God," because working with these numbskull so-called "professionals" at such places is a nightmare.

Okay, in any case, driving back down the 91 freeway to I-5 South, I did have on 93.1 Jack FM Los Angeles, and it turns out they've screwed up their website, and I can't find the "playlist" of recent songs just aired, like I used to post back in the days of my regular "drive-time" musical updates. (I guess the station had to "consolidate" with some others on "radio.com," or some such bull, but no matter, at least it's still on, shoot.) 

I mean, 95.5 KLOS Los Angeles is still going strong, since back in the day when I was in high school, and K-EARTH 101 Los Angeles, which 20 years ago was an "oldies but goodies" station, playing everything from the Beach Boys to the Beatles to Sam Cooke to Dobie Gray to Elvis to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons to Smokey Robinson and the Miracles to the Temptations, and more. Now it's just, basically, another "classic rock" channel, with a few 80s "new wave" hits thrown in, which is okay, but I miss KKLQ 100.3 FM "The Sound" Los Angeles, which, frankly, was just as good, and even better, when you figure in the nostalgia, as the old KMET Los Angeles, a.k.a., the "Might Met," which used to have D.J.s like Jim Ladd, who used to smoke "doobies" while on air, as well as Cynthia Fox, who years later, was back "spinning" the classics, at "The Sound."

The one other radio station I really miss was the Long Beach-based "Pure Rock" 105.5 KNAC, which used to have the most hilarious morning D.J., Norm McBride, who after I'd had a couple of "tokes" in the morning, my eyes would be watering and my stomach aching, non-stop, because I'd get the "lolz" bad. 

In any case, it's all iTunes and whatever the f*ck nowadays, so who really gives a rat's ass? Most of the old "classic rockers" are starting to kick the bucket now anyway (R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen), so I know I'm getting too old for this stuff anyway.

But I like Portugal. The Man, so I guess I should count my blessings that I'm still here, and I never O.D.'d on some damn stupid coke-cocktail, or some such dumb sh*t (heroin, f*ck, hated the "junk" myself, holy motherf*cker, and I only tried it once, and that was once too many, jeez), that some of my long lost buddies, from back in the day, succumbed to. 

And pfft, don't even get me going about "KROQ," as, frankly, with folks like "Darby Crash," former alcoholic lead singer of the "Germs," now also dead, I don't need to relive the experience; and Rodney Bingenheimer, the stuck up old c*nt, used to spin records at the "Starwood" punk nightclub, in West Hollywood, at the time, when I wasn't so smart as I am now. No need to relive that sh*t, sheesh.

Thanks for checking back in at this old fart's old blog.

Can't keep my hands to myself

Think I'll dust 'em off, put 'em back up on the shelf

In case my little baby girl is in need

Am I coming out of left field?

Ooh woo, I'm a rebel just for kicks, now

I been feeling it since 1966, now

Might be over now, but I feel it still

Ooh woo, I'm a rebel just for kicks, now

Let me kick it like it's 1986, now

Might be over now, but I feel it still

Got another mouth to feed

Leave her with a baby sitter, mama, call the grave digger

Gone with the fallen leaves

Am I coming out of left field?

Ooh woo, I'm a rebel just for kicks, now

I been feeling it since 1966, now

Might've had your fill, but you feel it still

Ooh woo, I'm a rebel just for kicks, now

I been feeling it since 1966, now

Might've had your fill, but you feel it still

We could fight a war for peace

Is it coming?

Is it coming?

'Can't Stop'

 RHCP, from my errand-run early this morning, at 93.1 Jack FM Los Angeles.

"Can't Stop."

Suddenly Last Summer

The Motels

12:00pm

Runaway

Bon Jovi

11:56am

Down Under

Men At Work

11:46am

Thats All

Genesis

11:41am

The Distance

CAKE

11:38am

Sunday Bloody Sunday

U2

11:34am

Highway To Hell

AC/DC

11:30am

Time Of Your Life

Green Day

11:28am

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

11:22am

Just Another Day

Oingo Boingo

11:17am

 

Rock The Casbah

Clash

11:13am

Hey Jealousy

Gin Blossoms

11:10am

Hotel California

Eagles/Don Henley

11:03am

Bizarre Love Triangle

New Order

11:00am

Use Somebody

Kings Of Leon

10:56am

Rio

Duran Duran

10:45am

Centerfold

J. Geils Band

10:41am

Loser

BECK

10:38am

I Need To Know

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

10:35am

Enjoy The Silence

Depeche Mode

10:31am

Cant Stop

Red Hot Chili Peppers

10:26am

Talking In Your Sleep

Romantics

10:15am

No One Like You

Scorpions

10:12am

'Everylong'

From my drive-time this morning, while out running errands.

The Foo Fighters, "Everylong," at Jack FM 93.1 Los Angeles.

Rio
Duran Duran
11:50am

Give It Away
Red Hot Chili Peppers
11:45am

What's on Your Mind?
Information Society
11:41am

Lights
JOURNEY
11:38am

Only Happy When It Rains
Garbage
11:34am

Rock The Casbah
Clash
11:31am

Blasphemous Rumours
Depeche Mode
11:21am

Unforgiven
Metallica
11:15am

Don't You Want Me
Human League
11:11am

You're My Best Friend
Queen
11:08am

Radioactive
Imagine Dragons
11:05am

Panama
Van Halen
11:01am

I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)
Daryl Hall & John Oates
10:52am

Everlong (Acoustic)
Foo Fighters
10:47am

Take On Me
A-HA
10:44am

Margaritaville
Jimmy Buffett
10:39am

It Ain't Over 'til It's Over

Heard just now while out for a newspaper run (I buy a daily copy of the New York Times at Gelson's market nearby).

At 93.1 Jack FM Los Angeles, Lenny Kravitz, "It Aint Over 'til Its Over."

It Aint Over Til Its Over
Lenny Kravitz
11:33am

Danger Zone
Kenny Loggins
11:30am

Obsession
ANIMOTION
11:20am

All Apologies
NIRVANA
11:16am

I Ran (So Far Away)
A Flock OF Seagulls
11:12am

Sweet Home Alabama
Lynyrd Skynyrd
11:07am

Get Lucky
Daft Punk Feat. Pharrell Williams
11:03am

No One Like You
Scorpions
11:00am

Hungry Like The Wolf
Duran Duran
10:50am

Self Esteem
OFFSPRING
10:45am

Hey Hey What Can I Do
Led Zeppelin
10:41am

Dont Stand So Close To Me
Police
10:38am

Just A Girl
NO Doubt
10:34am

Walk This Way
Run D.M.C./Aerosmith
10:31am

Words
Missing Persons
10:20am

Unforgiven
Metallica
10:14am

'Brain Stew'

From yesterday's drive-time, Green Day, via Jack F.M.

Thats All
Genesis
9:55am

Broken
lovelytheband
9:51am

Desire
U2
9:48am

American Girl
Tom Petty
9:45am

Brain Stew
Green Day
9:41am

Sweet Dreams
EURYTHMICS
9:38am

Legs
ZZ Top
9:34am

Jumper
Third Eye Blind
9:21am

Sweet Emotion
Aerosmith
9:17am

'Interstate Love Song'

I haven't posted this one in a while.

Heard during yesterday morning's drive-time at 93.1 Jack FM, Stone Temple Pilots.

Dead or Alive
9:13am

WALK THIS WAY
AEROSMITH
9:09am


The Impression That I Get
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
9:06am

In The Air Tonight
Phil Collins/Genesis
8:53am

It's Time
Imagine Dragons
8:50am


Old Time Rock & Roll
Bob Seger
8:46am

True Faith
New Order
8:42am

Interstate Love Song
Stone Temple Pilots
8:39am


Broken Wings
Mr. Mister
8:26am

The Warrior
SCANDAL
8:23am

Walking on a Dream
Empire of the Sun
8:19am

Hotel California
Eagles/Don Henley
8:13am

Enjoy The Silence
Depeche Mode
8:09am

'Jumper'

From yesterday's drive-time, at 93.1 Jack F.M. Los Angeles.

Third Eye Blind.

Pretty Woman
Van Halen
8:43am

Don't You Want Me
Human League
8:39am

Starlight
Muse
8:34am

Life In The Fast Lane
Eagles
8:22am

Vacation
The Go-Gos
8:19am

In Bloom
Nirvana
8:15am

Just Like Heaven
Cure
8:11am

Paradise City
Guns N Roses
8:05am

PARADISE CITY
GUNS N ROSES
8:04am

Jumper
Third Eye Blind

She's Gone

Hall & Oates, heard yesterday while out with my wife, in my wife's car, on satellite radio's "70s on 7."

She's Gone:

'99 Luftballons'

It's Nena, from yesterday's drive-time, at 93.1 Jack FM Los Angles, "99 Luftballons."

Starlight
Muse
6:43am

St. Elmo's Fire
John Parr
6:39am

It's My Life
Talk Talk
6:36am

Basketcase
Green Day
6:25am

99 Luftballoons
Nena
6:21am

Wishing You Were Here
Pink Floyd
6:17am

The Middle
Jimmy Eat World
6:14am

Welcome To The Jungle
Guns N Roses
6:10am

People Are People
Depeche Mode
6:06am

Comedown
BUSH
5:53am

'Stray Cat Strut'

I haven't posted the Stray Cats for six years. See, "'Storm the Embassy'."

And I was just thinking about it after hearing "Stray Cat Strut" at 93.1 Jack FM while out to the bank.

Rocket Man
Elton John
2:04pm

Seven Nation Army
The White Stripes
1:54pm

You Shook Me All Night Long
AC/DC
1:50pm

Words
Missing Persons
1:46pm

November Rain
Guns N' Roses
1:40pm

Sweet Dreams
EURYTHMICS
1:37pm

Fat Bottomed Girls
Queen
1:32pm

Something Just Like This
Coldplay / The Chainsmokers
1:22pm

Tom Sawyer
Rush
1:17pm

I Will Die 4 U / Baby You're A Star
Prince
1:11pm

Comedown
Bush
1:06pm

If You Leave
O M D
1:01pm

Iron Man
Black Sabbath
12:51pm

Stressed Out
Twenty One Pilots
12:48pm

The Waiting
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
12:44pm.

"Stray Cat Strut" came on just before Tom Petty, but I'm just now checking the website and the playlist.

I saw the band twice at the Roxy in Hollywood back in the day.

The Stray Cats are the only band I can ever remember that botched a song on stage and had to start over. Brian Setzer forgot the lyrics --- it was probably "Rock This Town," now that I think about it --- and drummer Slim Jim Phantom banged his snare drum --- twap, twap!! --- stopped and looked over at Setzer with a look saying, "WTF man" (plus an eye-roll lol).

'Self-Esteem'

From Thursday morning's drive-time, the Offspring, at 93.1 Jack FM Los Angeles.

Under The Bridge
Red Hot Chili Peppers
6:45am

The Chain
Fleetwood Mac
6:41am

Send Me An Angel
Real Life
6:37am

Daughter
Pearl Jam
6:33am

When Doves Cry
PRINCE
6:22am

White Wedding
Billy Idol
6:18am

I Need To Know
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
6:15am

Demons
Imagine Dragons
6:12am

Animal
Def Leppard
6:08am

Lovesong
Cure
6:05am

Self Esteem
OFFSPRING
5:53am

'Semi-Charmed Life'

From yesterday morning's drive-time, at 93.1 Jack FM Los Angeles, Third Eye Blind:

Let's Dance
David Bowie
6:51am

Fat Bottomed Girls
Queen
6:47am

Semi-Charmed Life
Third Eye Blind
6:42am

You Shook Me All Night Long
AC/DC
6:39am

Tainted Love
Soft Cell
6:35am

Come Out And Play
Offspring
6:24am

Something Just Like This
Coldplay / The Chainsmokers
6:20am

Limelight
Rush
6:15am

99 Luftballoons
Nena
6:12am

What's My Age Again
Blink 182
6:09am

Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Tears For Fears
6:05am

American Girl
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
5:54am

'Under the Bridge'

From yesterday morning's drive-time, at 93.1 Jack FM Los Angeles, the Red Hot Chili Peppers:


The Chain
Fleetwood Mac
8:50am

Been Caught Stealing
Jane's Addiction
8:47am

Don't You Forget About Me
Simple Minds
8:42am

Jump
Van Halen
8:38am

867-5309 Jenny
Tommy Tutone
8:35am

Hey Ya!
Outkast
8:24am

Eyes Without a Face
Billy Idol
8:19am

Walk This Way
AEROSMITH
8:15am

Under The Bridge
Red Hot Chili Peppers
8:11am

Whip It
Devo
8:08am

'What I Like About You'

From Thursday morning's drive-time, the Romantics, "What I Like About You," at 93.1 Jack FM Los Angeles:

Livin' On A Prayer
Bon Jovi
7:03am

She Blinded Me With Science
Thomas Dolby
6:52am

My Hero
Foo Fighters
6:48am

What I Like About You
Romantics
6:45am

Open Arms
JOURNEY
6:42am

Beat It
Michael Jackson
6:37am

Vaseline
Stone Temple Pilots
6:35am

Surrender
Cheap Trick
6:31am

Girls On Film
Duran Duran
6:21am

Better Man
Pearl Jam
6:17am

Go Your Own Way
Fleetwood Mac
6:13am

Pride
U2
6:09am

'Drive'

From this morning's break-time, where I listen to the radio in my car in the parking lot and have a vape (which is prohibited on campus).

At 93.1 Jack FM Los Angeles, Incubus, "Drive":

Modern Love
David Bowie
9:10am

Buddy Holly
Weezer
9:07am

Another Brick In The Wall
Pink Floyd
9:04am

Beat It
Michael Jackson
8:53am

Drive
INCUBUS
8:49am

Drive
Incubus
8:49am

Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
Clash
8:46am

Barracuda
Heart
8:41am

Enjoy The Silence
Depeche Mode
8:37am

'Beast of Burden'

From Tuesday morning's drive-time, at 93.1 Jack FM Los Angeles, the Rolling Stones, "Beast of Burden."

Dancing With Myself
Billy Idol
6:49am

Beast Of Burden
Rolling Stones
6:45am

By the way
Red Hot Chili Peppers
6:41am

Hungry Like The Wolf
Duran Duran
6:38am

Wanted Dead Or Alive
Bon Jovi
6:33am

What I Got
Sublime
6:23am

You Make Lovin' Fun
Fleetwood Mac
6:19am

It's The End of the World As We Know It
R.E.M.
6:15am

Feel Good Inc.
Gorillaz
6:12am

Crazy Train
Ozzy Osbourne
6:07am

Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Tears For Fears
6:03am

Better Man
Pearl Jam
5:53am

Anything Anything
Dramarama
5:50am

Somebody To Love
Queen
5:46am

'Feel It Still'

From Thursday morning's drive-time, at 93.1 Jack FM Los Angeles, Portugal. The Man, "Feel It Still."

New Year's Day
U2
7:17am

Dani California
Red Hot Chili Peppers
7:13am

Down Under
Men At Work
7:09am

We Belong
Pat Benatar
7:06am

Plush
Stone Temple Pilots
6:54am

Africa
Toto
6:50am

Eye Of The Tiger
Survivor
6:46am

Feel It Still
Portugal The Man
6:44am

Cold As Ice
FOREIGNER
6:40am

Rio
Duran Duran
6:36am

Lithium
NIRVANA
6:23am

Don't You Forget About Me
Simple Minds
6:19am

Edge Of Seventeen
Stevie Nicks
6:19am

'Don't You Want Me'

From yesterday's drive-time, at 93.1 Jack FM Los Angeles, the Human League, "Don't You Want Me."



People Are People
Depeche Mode
8:51am

Learn To Fly
Foo Fighters
8:47am

Paranoid
Black Sabbath
8:45am

Paranoid
Black Sabbath
8:45am

Don't You Want Me
Human League
8:41am

Brain Stew
Green Day
8:38am
You Spin Me Round
Dead or Alive
8:34am

The Boys Of Summer
Don Henley
8:22am

Island In The Sun
WEEZER
8:19am