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RockRoll360 #108 Golden Age of Underground Radio Vol. 2 (Part 2)

above photo :::  B.Mitchell Reed

KMET was a Los Angeles radio station originally owned by Metromedia that first took to the air in June 1968 at 94.7 MHz. The station, nicknamed “The Mighty Met,” was the pioneering station of the “underground” progressive rock format.

KMET stood in direct contrast to other music stations of the era. Rather than the tight, high-energy Top 40 sound of popular AM stations such as KHJ, KMET and other progressive rock stations played more eclectic artists with much longer songs and more socially-conscious lyrics. The disc jockeys talked much less, and in a more personal, relaxed manner. They were also not afraid to voice their opinions on controversial topics, such as politics, the Vietnam War and civil rights, and most importantly, they chose the music that they played on the air. There was no playlist. Evident of this approach is longtime KMET late night host Jim Ladd (currently at onetime rival KLOS-FM), whose laid-back philosophical ruminations usually led into a song, from artists such as Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Pink Floyd, The Doors or Led Zeppelin - that underscored his point.KMET often mixed counterculture comedy skits by Firesign Theatre and The Credibility Gap with the music. The Credibility Gap broadcast satirical skits during the Pasadena Rose Bowl Parade in the 1970s.^[1] Another KMET staple at the time was Dr. Demento, whose show began on KPPC-FM. The “Dr. Demento Show” moved to KMET-FM in 1972 and soon became the most listened-to Sunday evening radio program in Los Angeles. Following Dr. Demento on Sunday nights, Mike Harrison hosted a phone-in talk show called Harrison’s Mike.The adventurous KMET was a member of a fraternity of widely respected progressive rock stations that emerged across the country in the late 1960s and early 1970s, along with KSAN, WNEW in New York, WBCN in Boston, WMMS in Cleveland, KQRS-FM in Minneapolis, and others.The 1978 movie FM was reportedly loosely based on KMET. Much of the history of the salad days of KMET is documented in Jim Ladd’s book Radio Waves, where the station is referred to as Radio KAOS and many of the DJs are given pseudonyms ^[2].   From  ( Wikipedia )

Show Listings :::

ALONE AGAIN OR  /  LOVE
B. Mitchell Reed   ( Drug Songs )   /  Sound bite from KMET FM’s B. Mitchell Reed
PUSHER   /  STEPPENWOLF
B. Mitchell Reed  ( Station I.D. )   /  Sound bite from KMET FM’s B. Mitchell Reed
Music Odyssey Commercial   /  Sound bite from KMET FM
B. Mitchell Reed  [Fat Bernie’s Waterbeds]  /  Sound bite from KMET FM’s B. Mitchell Reed
KMET  News   /  Sound bite from KMET FM
NATURE’S WAY   /  SPIRIT
WOODEN SHIPS  /  JEFFERSON AIRPLANE
B. Mitchell Reed    ( Wooden Ships )  /  Sound bite from KMET FM’s B. Mitchell Reed
Grateful Dead Concert Commercial  /  Sound bite from KMET FM
B. Mitchell Reed  ( New York Radio)  /  Sound bite from KMET FM’s B. Mitchell Reed
WITCHI-TAI-TO  /  BREWER AND SHIPLEY
B. Mitchell Reed’s Sign-Off  /  Sound bite from KMET FM’s B. Mitchell Reed
CITY   /  MARK-ALMOND

Tags: aaa radio, b.mitchell reed, brewer and shipley, Classic Rock, eclectic, free mp3, freeform, Jefferson Airplane, kmet, Love, mark-almond, mp3, music, progressive album rock, Rock, RockRoll360, Spirit, steppenwolf, wbcn, WLSO

ROCKOLLECTIONS: THE CYCLE OF LIFE PT.7

Getting near the end of The Cycle Of Life, as we reach and take a musical look at Old Age.
That pretty much is how it works in real life, right?
One song about growing old I was not familiar with was suggested by a listener named Eve.
And it does fit in here nicely, done by quite the collection of ladies- Janis Ian, Phoebe Snow and Odetta.
So thank you Eve, for thinking like I do.
Also included is a song I always play for my birthday, been doing it for decades now.
And I will close this next-to-last-episode out with 3 of the finest songs I know about Old Age.
All brilliant, all gems!
Two of them done by guys who were close friends in Chicago, John Prine and Steve Goodman.
Prine’s masterpiece about that bane of Old Age, loneliness.
And Goodman doing Michael Smith’s classic about senility and love.
Leading into maybe the most poignant of all, with that fear we all share.
After all, you should be able to guess what’s coming next.
But first let’s have some fun and Grow Old Together! 

Mike

Tags: chicago, Janis Ian, John Prine, Loneliness, Love, Michael Smith, Odetta, Old Age, Phoebe Snow, Senility, Steve Goodman

Longtown Sound 453 Pancake Wednesday Flour Hour of Power Hoopla! Featuring- Bryan Adams, Nickelback, Mike Whitney, Gerry Lane, Reid Maclean, Living Proof, Jimmy Catlett, Rich Hopkins and Lisa Novak, Carrie Rodriguez, Josh Woodward, Preacher Stone, Ryan Huston, Kelly Richey

Pancake Wednesday! Timeless Tuneage to tittilate, trifle, try the tinnitus. To take the team, tightning, tackling, tumbling through the tunnel through time to timeless time - through turns that take them to their tinkling tomorrow! Can you get Blood From a Stone? Ask Preacher Stone! You can right here on the Longtown Sound 453 Pancake Wednesday Flour Hour of Power Hoopla!
-unc.

Today’s Featured Artists-
Bryan Adams - She’s Got a Way
Nickelback - Gotta Be Somebody
Mike Whitney - Friends Now
Gerry Lane - Hip Grinding Blues
Reid Maclean - Millie
Living Proof - One Man Falls Behind the Other
Jimmy Catlett - To the Rain
Rich Hopkins &  Lisa Novak - What Am I Supposed To Do
Carrie Rodriguez - Rag Doll
Josh Woodward - Fit For A King
Preacher Stone - Blood From A Stone
Ryan Huston - Love You Forever
Kelly Richey - Time For a Change

Tags: backgrounds, best friends, comedy, funny, happy birthday, Hearts, humor, i love you, kiss, lil wayne, Love, music, peace, photography, tattoos

Longtown Sound 432 Sean Chambers Band, Ryan Shupe and the Rubber Band, Sheila Swift, Voxan, Jamie Marshall, Marina V

Tuesday’s storms across Southeast USA  justify the glorious resurrection of LTS 129 - a great show from July of ‘07. Stored for this past year on a dead server and on this day breathing anew for the Longtown Listeners.
Just great music! Enjoy the all “new” tunage today and comment when you can. I’ll be in the kitchen, experimenting flapjack-wise for the morning comes soon enough!
-unc.

Todays Featured Artists-
Sean Chambers Band - Love Can Find a Way
Ryan Shupe and the Rubber Band - Simplify
Jamie Marshall - The Tricks That Time Can Play
Sheila Swift - Something Borrowed
Voxan - Toldya!
Marina V - Father 

Tags: Borrowed, Father, Love, Marshall, Rubber Band, Simplify, Tricks

Longtown Sound 377 Jon Adamson, Truly Blessed, Martha Munizzi, Marty Robbins, Jake Hess, Joshua Lindsey, The Beach Boys

Longtown Sound 377 - The Sunday Edition
First Thessalonians
1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;
3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.
5 For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
6 And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost.
7 So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.

Today’s featured Artists-
Jon Adamson - Give Thanks
Truly Blessed - I Will Rise
Martha Munizzi - Jesus Medley
Marty Robbins - A Little Spot In Heaven
Jake Hess - Prayer is the Key to Heaven
Joshua Lindsey - Let Him Rise
The Beach Boys - The Lord’s Prayer

Tags: God, holy spirit, Jesus, joy, Love, peace, prayers, song, Southern Gospel, thanksgiving, Thessalonica

IF YOU’RE NOT IN LOVE WITH A SOLDIER

IF YOU’RE NOT IN LOVE WITH A SOLDIER

If you’re not in love with a soldier, you can’t know adventure. You don’t know smelly gray PT uniforms that require a daily washing. You can’t understand green and brown camouflaged bags flooding your bedroom floor.

If you’re not in love with a soldier, you can’t understand the meaning of the phrase “going to the field” and the weeks you spend away from each other.

If you’re not in love with a soldier, you can never imagine the hole in your heart when that phone call comes? “Honey, I am leaving tomorrow to go overseas. I don’t know how long I will be gone or exactly where I am going, but I want you to know that I love you - always!”

If you’re not in love with a soldier, you don’t know what it’s like to say that final good-bye. You don’t know what it really means to be glued to the television. You don’t understand fear and you can’t possibly understand the sleepless nights of endless crying wondering if you will ever see the love of your life alive again.

If you’re not in love with a soldier, you can’t know the immense joy, the uncontrollable smile, or the butterflies in your stomach when you see your soldier march into the family waiting area upon redeployment. You can’t understand the self-control it takes to stand on the other side of the room as some higher-up gives a seemingly endless welcome home speech while all the soldiers stand in formation. You don’t know what it’s like to have that second first kiss or what it’s like to experience puppy love all over.

If you’re not in love with a soldier, you can’t truly understand how to make every moment count because you never know when that phone call may come again.

If you’re not in love with a soldier, you can never really understand how very delicate life is!

The Song Presentation- Girl in the War
Used with permission of Josh Ritter.
Visit Josh Ritter on MySpace

Tags: family, fear, final good-bye, Josh Ritter, Love, soldier

ROCKOLLECTIONS: GETTING TO THE “HEART” OF VALENTINE’S DAY 2008 PT.2 END

I am going to start off this last half of our Valentine’s Day celebration of the Heart with a song for the lovely Michelle, who sent me those terrific quotes on the subject of Love.
Not a mushy song, but one I know she likes…I have ways!
Got a couple of beauties after that- great Heart songs.
Then the very interesting matter of an Elvis Presley movie soundtrack from 1961.
On it was a song that a guy named Joe Dowell was smart enough to grab and record for himself.
The result, a worldwide # 1 smash hit for him!
We will play it, and I have to wonder when you heard it last. Probably been a while.
And for some of you, like NEVER!
I’ll play a couple more favorites of mine, followed by a rather obscure Heart song from our boys, the Rolling Stones, from an early album of theirs.
We will close things out with one last quote, this time from Helen Keller.
And a song about the one absolute requirement you must possess to have enjoyed this music and these quotes.
Again, I wish you all a Happy Valentine’s Day! Hope you enjoy our little contribution.

Tags: Hearts, Love, Love Quotes, Mike Pell, Rockollections, Valentine's Day

Valentine’s Day part 4

Part Four of Four- Valentine’s Day Podcast

 

Tags: heart, Love, music, Rockollections, romance, Valentine's Day

Valentine’s Day part 3

Part Three of Four- Valentine’s Day Podcast

 

Tags: heart, Love, music, Rockollections, romance, Valentine's Day

Valentine’s Day part 2

Part Two of Four- Valentine’s Day Podcast

 

Tags: heart, Love, music, Rockollections, romance, Valentine's Day

Valentine’s Day part 1

 

It’s that time of year again…A time of chocolate and roses, the colors- red and pink and hearts, hearts, everywhere- all playing a part in this universal “day of romance”.  I will also be celebrating since I have gotten bitten by the Love Bug- last April actually.

To me, he’s my angel and often I call him my “Music Man”, as I’m sure many of you do as well, since he is often our personal DJ, opening up brave new worlds, as he enhances our listening experience.  He brings to us sometimes never before heard lyrics and melodies, we otherwise would not have had the privilege of discovering.

It’s Mr. Rockollections himself, Mike Pell! To make a long story short, we met at WLSO. Miss Planet Music, was introduced to Mr. Rockollections by the infamous Uncle Shag and the rest is history.

I made this podcast for him a little while ago, and we thought it would be nice to share it with all of you. There are some great songs on this podcast- ones you may be inspired to share with the one you love.

Just a few notes- I utilized my Music Man’s approach with regards to presentation.  And this little puppy was originally 80 minutes long, so I split it into 4 segments. Yes it’s the same exact podcast I gave to him minus a few “ums” and “you knows” taken out just to clean it up a tad, nothing added or changed. Each part will be posted with no extra introductions, leading immediately into the next segment.  

I must warn you, there are some real beauties on this podcast, songs that you’ve probably never heard before- little treasures to discover. There may even be a song or two you find that says exactly what you want to say to your sweety, just like I found with all these messages from my heart!

Here’s to those who have found their special someone and to others who have yet to find him or her- May it be soon! I’m a firm believer there is indeed someone for everyone. And when it’s meant to be, they will find you- just like my Music Man found me.

Happy Valentines Day to you and yours and God bless!

 

Tags: heart, Love, music, Rockollections, romance, Valentine's Day

ROCKOLLECTIONS: GETTING TO THE “HEART” OF VALENTINE’S DAY 2008 PT.1

This show was broadcast Tuesday, and I was so into it I forgot it was Lincoln’s Birthday.
Happy Birthday, Abe! You had the toughest job of all our Presidents.
Now, on to the romantic side of this old heart of mine.
“Heart” will again, as two years ago, appear in the titles of all the songs played in this and the next episode.
Now that will include heartbeat, heartache and heartbreak. And we will talk about that.
Not that I am saying that any of the titles WILL include those words- you’ll have to listen to find out.
I think part of the fun is guessing what Heart songs I am going to pick out to play.
I will tell you this however, you will hear the Jefferson Airplane’s Marty Balin with a beautiful song from a solo album he did.
And I will play contrasting versions of an old song by the Searchers (from which Bob Dylan stole half the tune for Don’t Think Twice), and a very recent one by Robert Gordon from his latest album.
Scattered throughout all the much more music will be some wonderful, touching quotes about Love.
They were sent to me by the sweetest and loveliest girl- my Valentine sweetheart Michelle.
I invite you to join me for the words and music that say “I Love You”!

Tags: Hearts, Love, Love Quotes, Mike Pell, Rockollections, Valentine's Day