Transmission 6015 - Bye-Bye, So Long, Farewell

How could this have happened so quickly? Answers to this and other mysteries of life are supplied by The Happenings, Jane's Addiction, Love Sculpture, Sly & The Family Stone, The Who, David Bowie, Primal Scream, Julian Cope, Roxy Music, The Stompers, Joe Elliot's Down And Outz, Nutz, Fad Gadget and Primus!

T6015 is 1:06:36 mp3 that you can download here!

"sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna' do"

RFW

* The Stompers, led by my old East Boston High School pisan Sal Baglio, is a Boston institution. Find one of the lps (the debut is a fave) or see them live if you get the chance - "oh-oh-oh oh"!

Transmission 5915 - Thank Christ

The RFW 10th Anniversary radiates with a dangerous dose of Queen, The Libertines, The Stone Foxes, Barrence Whitfield & The Savages, David Bowie, Captain Beyond, David Gilmour, Mike Oldfield, Crack The Sky and Groundhogs!

T5915 is 1:13:49 mp3 that you can download here!

"So it seems for peace we can thank the bomb" 

RFW

*Special thanks to my radio brother and rock historian Carter Alan for Dates & Sympathy.

** CJ Wohlman is my 16 year old (punk) son who I rent out a small space in the archives to in return for child labor. His teenage ears, endless creativity and warped sense of humor continues to amaze and impress me! Today's Curtis' Corner is explosive! 

Transmission 5815 - Unfold And Emerge

Like Buddah, we take seven steps in ten directions (obligatory Anniversary reference) and blossom with Julia Lee &  Her Boyfriends, Santana, Radio Head, Emerson/Lake & Palmer, Argent, Medeski/Martin/Wood & Scofield, The Yardbirds, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Savoy Brown!

T5815 is a 1:02:20 mp3 that you can download here!

"you alone can bring my lover back to me" 

RFW

*Pianist and singer Julia Lee (1902-1958) recorded a lot of songs about sinful substances, from pie and cake to alcohol, most of which originated with the Kansas City blues tradition that Lee herself grew up in. However, her most overt song about unsavory habits did not, surprisingly, originate as part of the blues tradition, but was in fact a number from a Hollywood musical. In 1934, the lyricist and later producer Sam Coslow wrote "Marihuana" (as it was then spelled) for the film Murder At The Vanities. Cannabis was then still legal in many states, but it was already a taboo and risque subject for a mainstream pop song. Coslow later changed the title, and some of the lyrics with it, to "Lotus Blossom."

Excerpt courtesy of Jazz.Com.

Woodkid Fourviere!

For one of the first Curtis' Corner segments, my son CJ turned us on to the wonder of Woodkid. Most of us missed the lavish tour featuring an orchestra and impressive multi-media accompaniment. 

As a part of out 10th Anniversary celebration, RFW remedies that with the full show!

Woodkid = magnifique!

Transmission 5715 - The World Has Not Yet Awake

Early morning lurid dreams mingle with music by Bob Mazurek & The Exploding Star Orchestra, Beck, John Cale, Lou Reed, Prince, King FiFi and Queen Elizabeth!

T5715 is a 59:11 mp3 that you can download here! 

"Remove your helmet of poisonous thoughts"

RFW  

Transmission 5615 ~ Beginning The Ending

The RFW 10th Anniversary Opposite Of Go Show comes to a grinding halt with Grateful Dead, Aerosmith, The Black Crowes, Albert King, Van Morrison, The Black Keys, Foxboro Hot Tubs, Adrian Belew, Jeff Beck, The Clash, The Pretenders, The Kinks, Jane's Addiction, The Eric Burdon Band and The James Gang!

T5615 is a 1:09:50 mp3 that you can download here! 

"I've been half a million places,

I've seen half a million people who stare,

I've been a star and down and out,

I've been put on, sat on, punched and spat on,

They've called me a faggot, a spiv and a fake,

They can knock me down and tread on my face,

They can't stop the music playing on"

RFW