Also , the press has been keen to call this the first - ever Elevators reunion , when , besides the '84 shows (Doing mostly Roky's solo material.) , the band played a one  - off gig in '77 (Minus Roky and Tommy.) , and several gigs in '73 (With Roky , Ronnie , John Ike and Stacy, but , not Tommy.). 

THIS TIME , HELL HAS REALLY FROZEN OVER....I'd heard loose talk about this a few months back , but , it was only just confirmed . i'm not sure how I feel about it. John ike and Ronnie tried to get Roky to perform with them in the Early 90's ., and the three of them did two gigs in 1984.  But , not only is Roky's heart more into playing out , his sets tend to consist of at least half Elevators songs , whereas , for decades , he only did "You're Gonna Miss Me" and "Splash One". If you saw the other article , this week , Tommy Hall rambles at length about mathematics ,drugs , and other topics , but has little to say about THE eLEVATORS' MUSIC , EXCEPT THAT HE'S ANXIOUS TO DO THE SHOW , AND WILL HAVE TO START PRACTICING THE JUG , As he claims he has'nt been in a band of any kind in eons (Roky said he was in a traditional jug band in the 70's...).So , how they're all going to get along personally , as well as musically , remains to be seen.

IT'LL ALSO BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHO THEY GET TO PLAY LEAD GUITAR....while Stacy Sutherland can't be replaced , I'm sure they can find someone who'd give their left nut to play tehse songs , AND do 'em justice......It's looking very much like a Hippie camping fest , to me , but , the impossible is happening. We should all be glad , whether we can go , or not. 

... and will be playing the Austin's Levitation Festival (Psych Fest) this year!

Read more:

http://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/music/2015-02-12/13th-floor-elevators-to-reunite-at-levitation-festival/

Details: http://www.austinpsychfest.com/

I love the podcasts on GRGPNK and I've been inspired to learn how to make one. However, I really have no idea where to start. What program and/or app is best/easiest to use (I have a Mac)? Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Playlist 02/14/15

Damned - Love Song
Fabulous Miss Wendy - Love Song
Portugal Japan - Love You Baby
Caroline and the Treats - Rock and Roll Love Affair
Agent Orange - Somebody to Love
Gentleman Jack Grisham - Someone To Love?
Fluid - Our Love Will Still Be There
Charms - Gimme Your Love
Screaming Tribesmen - Ice
Silver Chalice - (I Wanna Hear Some) Lies
Flies - Say You Love Me
St Phillip's Escalator - Elevation
Harmonica Lewinski - Titty City
Harmonica Lewinski - Black Pussy Blues
Harmonica Lewinski - Har Har Bizarre
Saffron Sect - A Pinch of Chalk
Galileo 7 - One Lie At A Time
Thee Jezabelles - Black Book
Death By Unga Bunga - Love Itch
Captain Bedderz - Running
Audio Kings of the Third World - You're The Only Woman
Rancid - Malfunction
OBN III's - Running On Fumes
Thee Wylde Fuzz Show - Thinking
Improbables - Bad Vibrations
Jam - I've Changed My Address
D Generation - She Stands There
Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers - I Wanna Be Loved
Ramones - Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World
Stupidity - King Midas
Social Distortion - Let It Be Me
Gorilla - Stuck On You
Shadows of Knight - I'm Gonna Make You Mine
AJ Davila Y Terror Amor - Vamonos Lejos
Arrogants - Mr. Devil
Methadones - Gary Glitter
Godfathers - Gone To Texas

The Jeff of the Future Radio Show will be on the air and the web on Saturday 14th from 1:00-3:00PM EST. In addition to loads of garage-punk love songs in honor of Valentine’s Day, I will be joined in the studio by Harmonica Lewinski. They will be talking about their new record release and tonight’s show at the Skylark Lounge. You can listen at 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or streaming live at http://witr.rit.edu.

Playlist 01/31/15

Monster Magnet - Negasonic Teenage Warhead
Mudhoney - Revolution
Priests - More
Narco States - Lost In Time
Lunachicks - Jerk of All Trades
Muffs - Brand New Chevy
Avengers - We Are The One
Legal Weapon - No Sorrow
Cool Ghouls - And it Grows
Los Straitjackets - Pipeline
Oil Boom - 45 Revolutions Per Minute
Supersnazz - Hardcore
Gitogito Hustler - Wonderful
Gore Gore Girls - Hunt You Down
Fur - Blondi
Captain Bedderz - Sick Of It All
Gang Of Four - Damaged Goods
Thee Wylde Fuzz Show - Thinking
Mekons - Millionaire
Double Date With Death - Ride
El Cine - Laundromat
Jagged Lines - Kickin' The Habit
Occult Tofu Soup - Rude
Rancid - Malfunction
Meatbodies - Disorder
OBN III's - Off The Grid
Dictators - Stay With Me
MC5 - Looking At You
Smithereens - White Castle Blues
Zero Boys - New Generation
Bad Brains - Pay To Cum
False Prophets - Good Clean Fun
Even Worse - Illusion Won Again
Love Me Nots - No Myth
Audio Kings of the Third World - You're The Only Woman
Mojo Nixon - Not As Much As Football
Godfathers - Gone To Texas

The Jeff of the Future Radio Show will be on the air and the web on Saturday January 31st from 1:00-3:00PM EST. The usual punk and garage tunes can be heard at 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or streaming live at http://witr.rit.edu

Radio What Wave Playlist Feb /12 2015. The Last Pogo Jumps Again Part 4. The London Ontario Years

As the title suggests, this is the story of London Ontario punk/new wave from before ground zero, right up till 7:30 PM when we run out of time. This show covers the very early years, further shows will carry on from where we end on this one.

1. Nihilst Spasm Band....No Canada...from their very first record in 1967. Home made instruments, no musical experience, no talent and 50 years later these artists are still playing every now and then! Proof there is life in London Ontario.

2. Peter Tangredi....Life Is A Crazy Passion....from the Demics Tribute CD. Pete was in a band called Crash 80's whom we'll hear on the next part in this series. His outlook, as expressed by the lyrics in this song, summed up what life was like for us when punk started!! A breath of fresh air!!

3. Eddie And The Hot Rods....Ignore Them....recorded live at Fryfogles Tavern, London Ontario 11/7/1977. Part of a 3 night residency, and the very first 'punk' band from out of the country to play here.  These guys instructed us in how it was done. "Get outta your chairs and dance and stop watching your 21" colour television" Barry Masters shouted at the crowd. People listened and we started to get it! For those that aren't aware, the change to punk from mainstream was monumental in every way! Fashion, art, music, clothing, outlook, ideology. One of the biggest movements of the 20th century and overlooked for so many years by mainstream.

4. Eddie and The Hot Rods....Beginning Of The End....as above. Got an email from someone who was at the show and was blown away as he remembered the Hot Rods doing this song!! Only on Radio What Wave!

5. The Curse....Killer Bees....recorded live at Forest City Gallery, 11/25/1977. The first all female punk band to play London....in fact one of the very first all female punk bands. From Toronto, lots of attitude and a 7 song set. Unfortunatly The Ugly (also from Toronto) didn't arrive at the gig and The Curse had to play their same set 3 times. They changed the order of the songs for some variety. Watch out for that raw meat aimed at the band!!

6. The Demics....Get Me To The World On Time....recorded live at The Cedar Lounge fall 1978. Our first ever punk rock band here in London.  One of the few elements of London Ontario punk rock that all seem to remember. There was a lot more to see/hear/remember of the local scene and that's why we're doing these specials. Should mention, this is a cover of the Electric Prunes, a so called 60's garage band. Most of the 70's punk bands were influenced by the 60's garage sounds a decade prior.

7. Uranus....Cruisin'....recorded live off CFNY 1980. Our other major local band and the band that started it all! Uranus, the name is a piss take on the band names of the day, was a band with not only a sense of humour, but really good musical taste. They were around prior to the so called punk/new wave thing, playing real rock'n'roll when that was NOT the cool thing to do! Playing covers of Johnny Burnette, Ricky Nelson, Dave Edmunds, Nick Lowe, Flamin' Groovies and so much more, they had crowds up and dancing when this wasn't supposed to happen! They were the first band to play the Blue Boot, which became the Cedar Lounge and brought The Demics into this place. Ground Zero!!!  Believe it or not, they made the top 10 in Canada in 1980, a fact that is forgotten in London, except on Radio WW! I confess, this is THE BAND that did it for me!!! And they were the choice band of the bikers! The gangs, not the wannabees!

8. Uranus....Shake Some Action.... as above. One of my all time fave songs and in the top 10 lists of many music geeks!! Sometimes i indulge....

9. The Regulators....Bar Room Bore....recorded live at The Cedar Lounge 1979. Once the gates were opened, bands formed and this was one of the first. Heavily influenced by Velvet Underground and Lou Reed in look and sound these guys (and gal) released one 7" that didn't live up to their live sound. That's why we played a live track!

10. The Regulators....Sherry Share-It.... as above. Enjoy the live sound!

11. The Stoves...Look Through Any Window....recorded live at the Cedar Lounge. Another one of the first local combos. These guys had 3 part harmonies, tight instrumentation, could write great songs and then broke apart. One of the bands that could have and should have. As Demic singer Keith used to say when intro-ing them 'THIS IS THE BEST FUCKING BAND IN LONDON". And Keith was right!!

12. The Stoves....Roller Coaster... as above. Just couldn't get enough of these guys, and after The Hollies cover above, had to prove to you they could write great songs!!!

13. Nihilst Spasm Band....This Is A Test....from a CD whose title is hieroglyphics.  And this was the end of the show test.

Here's some books on the local scene well worth picking up, if you're interested:

1. At The York.....Wayne A Johnston    This is an oral history of The York Hotel, which is now Call The Office.

2. Treat Me Like Dirt.....Liz Worth....This is an oral history of the Toronto and area punk rising. There are many references to London and the story of The Demics forming is included.

3. Graphic Underground: London 1977-1990.....Brian Lambert. This was the book that accompanied our art display of the same name in Oct/Nov 2012. It covers the posters, zines, epherma of the mentioned time period.

4. What Wave 24.....O'Halloran....This is the band history of London Ontario from about 1976 up to about 1992. There are band trees, history, band members, look at the venues etc. Also comes with a 90m cassette of unreleased music from London  Ontario during the above time period.  Highly recommended, although i could be slightly biased on this one.

Huge Huge thanx for all the crazies that phoned in during this show!!! What a load of memories we all shared!! Who woulda thunk over 35 years later, we'd still be digging these sounds!!
And a HUGE thanx for all the emails,  facebook messages etc......we were overwhelmed and still are. Radio What Wave listeners are the ABSOLUTE BEST!!!!

Not on next week, our good pal, Ryan In The Red will be filling in and doing a bang up job as he always does!! Thanx Ryan!!
In 2 weeks, Feb 26th we've got a special guest on for the entire show....Mr Dave Rave!!!   Former member of The Shakes, Teenage Head, Dave Rave Conspiracy, Angelii and Rave and so many more!  We've had Dave on before, almost 2 years ago and that was one of our most highly listened to shows!!! So we're gonna do it again and Dave promises to bring his guitar along, so just about anything can and will happen.

In 3 weeks, Mar 5th, we'll be bringing the next part of the London Years to your ears. On that show, we hope to be playing; The Hippies, Crash 80's, Radio 4, Generics and so many more great local bands from that era!! Facebook event has been set up.

You can hear the archives here:

http://chrwradio.ca/programs/radio-what-wave

Radio What Wave Playlist Feb 5 2015: Lionel Lodge and The Cheekies Live To Air

This show was a special live to air, featuring Lionel Lodge and The Cheekies. Lionel is a former Londoner who played in such outfits as The Catch, Nosmo King Jr, The Corndogs and many others while in London. He also ran a small afterhours club, coincidentally called Lionels back in the early 80's. You can hear the interview with Lionel towards the end of the show, and there's TONS of interesting info about London's musical history in there.
The Cheekies consist of Jeffy B, the man of 1000 bands, another long time veteran on London's music scene. 2 of his current combos, The Rumblebees and Dustbin Flowers have been played many times on Radio WW. We'd need a full book to list all the bands that Jeffy's been involved with over the years and he's a big part of London's musical history. On drums, Dave Gervais who plays with Jeffy in Dustbin Flowers. Should mention they are recording a live CD in a coupla weeks, and you too can partake in the live recording. And finally, on bass is Geoff Squire, another veteran of countless London Ontario bands. Should mention, The Cheekies are Lionel's London Ontario based band, his other band is back at his current home base of Vienna, Austria.

And this show was dedicated to Rose Pigott (nee Vasti) who passed away the morning of the show. Rose and her good pal Donna Parker, did the London Ontario based zine called Fringe Benefits starting in 1990. The zine lasted several years and came out at an extremely fast pace, sometimes monthly! If you've ever done a fanzine, you know how much work, time and sweat that would be!! Fringe Benefits put on many shows in London and the surrounding area, eventually releasing a CD compilation that featured many of the bands they loved! And they loved many local bands, often the only press for many at the time. Rose was also a huge fan of local combo, 63 Monroe and she would be there along with her husband Mark at all their shows! A huge supporter of local music that will be missed by all!!!  Rose's enormous smile and encouraging words will not be forgotten!!! RIP Rose!!

1. The Ramones....Do You Remember Rock'n'Roll Radio....from the End Of The Century LP and goes out to Rose.

2. The Ramones....We Want The Airwaves....from the Pleasant Dreams LP and for Rose.

3. Hiroshima Hearts....The Well...demo from this local combo that will be playing saturday night at Call The Office. More on HH in a future show.

4. catl....Save Myself....from This Shakin' House LP and they will be at Call The Office saturday night.

5. Lionel Lodge and The Cheekies.....Resurrection of NV....live to air here on Radio What Wave. This song is also featured on Lionel's The Agitator CD.

6. Lionel Lodge and The Cheekies....Smile....as above.

7. Lionel Lodge and The Cheekies....Where Will They Go....as above.

8. Lionel Lodge and The Cheekies....1 2 3...as above.
Quick station break for some commercials and some background technical issues.

9. Lionel Lodge and The Cheekies....If...as above

10. Lionel Lodge and the Cheekies...Little Row Boat...as above.

11. Lionel Lodge and The Cheekies...The In Between....as above

12. Lionel Lodge and The Cheekies....Dancing With The Moon...as above.

13. Lionel Lodge and The Cheekies....Over and Into Life....as above.

It was around this time, Lionel came into the onair studio and we had a bit of a yammerfest talking about the old times. There was a lot of London history here for you younguns.

12. Lionel Lodge.....The Resurrection of NV...from The Agitator CD....I messed up and played the wrong track as Lionel was running back into the studio to finish the set. On live radio anything can and will happen!

13. Lionel Lodge and The Cheekies....The Agitator....

14. Lionel Lodge and The Cheekies....Sheena/Rosie Is A Punk Rocker....this was a special song that went out to Rose Pigott. Jeffy B sang this one and it was a very last minute thing! Huge Thanx to the band for doing this!!

15. Lionel Lodge and  The Cheekies... Hold On. Another last minute addition as we had a tiny bit of extra time for the live to air.

16. Bo Diddley....Elephant Man....from the Drive By Bo CD and we faded this one out to end the show.

Big Thanx to Lionel Lodge and The Cheekies for taking the time to play live to air on Radio WW! There's pics posted on the Radio WW page to show how much effort it takes to do one of these things! And a big thanx to Alex and Taylor for working the sound and arranging for everything to happen!! And thanx to you, the listener for digging this and tuning in weekly for the madness that is Radio What Wave!!

And here's a link to the archived show, it will only be up 2 weeks from air time:

http://chrwradio.ca/programs/radio-what-wave

Next week, it's an all local show featuring the early years of punk/new wave in London Ontario. Lots of yammering as the history will be revealed between lots of unaired and unreleased music from the era as well as some records you may have heard prior. We'll be digging deep into the WW Archives for this one!

Violent Love (OTIS rush) Dr. Feelgood.    Homework ( Otis Rush) Fleetwood Mac , Dr. Feelgood.

Boogie Chillun (John Lee Hooker) - John Fred and The Playboy Band.   The Hunter (Albert King) Blue Cheer .

Catfish Blues (Muddy Waters) Groundhogs.     Reconsider Baby (Lowell Fulsom) - Elvis Presley , Rockin' Johnny Band. 

When I was a Cowboy (Leadbelly)  Standells.

Plain Spoken - The Seeds as The Sky Saxon Blues Band  (  Written for them by Muddy Waters , who , apparently , never recorded a version of his own.).

Cocksucker Blues ( Rolling Stones ) Pork Dukes (It IS a Blues.).

I Can't Be Satisfied (Muddy Waters ) Billy Hancock , Rolling Stones.

Cadiilac Jack (Andre Williams ) Cub Koda.... I can think of more.

Bands - Gibson Bros. , '68 Comeback , Gories , Knoxville Girls , Jack O' Fire ,  (Count) Bishops , Dr. Feelgood , Little Bob Story , Cub Koda and The Points ,  Stack Waddy , Pretty Things , Downliners Sect , and especially Hound Dog Taylor and The House Rockers.

What are your favorite garage-blues bands or songs? What old blues songs covered by garage/R&R bands (of ANY era), or original songs done by garage acts, are at the top of your lists?

I'll start with one by Poison 13:

January 31st Play List:

1. The Raevins - The Edge Of Time
2. The Nocturnals - Detroit
3. The Black Angels - Waterloo Waltz
4. The Go-Betweens - Lee Remick
5. Reverend Horton Heat - Bales Of Cocaine
6. Run Coyote - Stranger (In My Own Home)
7. Peter Doherty - Broken Love Song
8. Muelkik - Savage Company
9. Energy Slime - Bustin’ Up
10. Nocturnal Projectors - Moving Forward
11. Five Pound Snap - I Tell Myself
12. Buzzcocks - Don’t Mess Me Around
13. Guided By Voices - Fly Into Ashes
14. REM - Pretty Persuasion
15. Reigning Sound - Falling Rain
16. The Prehistoric Cave Strokers - Make You Mine
17. The Velvet Underground - There She Goes Again (Live)
18. The Pointed Sticks - My Little Red Book (Live 1980)
19. The Gruesomes - Cry In The Night
20. Johnny & The Canadians - A Million Tears Ago
21. Light Bulb Alley - Roll Over Hang Over
22. The Bell Peppers - Rhinestone Rock
23. The Unusuals - Saving My Best
24. Jets - Original Terminal
25. The Dark - John Wayne
26. Subway Sect - Watching The Devil (BBC Session)
27. The Cramps - Beautiful Gardens
28. The Damned - Melody Lee
29. Richard Hell - You Gotta Lose (Live at CBGB 1978 with Elvis Costello)

Download/listen to the podcast here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20150131-1900-t1422730801.mp3

Check out my blog post on The Black Angels and R.E.M. here:  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2015/01/waterloo-persuasion-show-545.html

Here is the most recent podcast of Revolution Rock.  It features some rare music from Iggy & The Stooges Heavy Liquid box set, a single from Dee Dee Ramone in 2000, new music from Calgary's Viet Cong, The Adverts, new Sleater-Kinney and more!

1. Dee Dee Ramone - Bad Little Go-Go Girl
2. The Jam - Set The House Ablaze
3. The Fall - Mr.Pharmacist
4. Blitzen Trapper - To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High)
5. The New Pornographers - Another Drug Deal Of The Heart
6. Mike Watt & The Missingmen - Up To My Neck In This
7. Manic Street Preachers - Revol
8. Paul Jacobs - Sharp Dress
9. The Missing Lynx With Lloyd J - 13 Reasons
10. Crododiles - Picture My Face
11. James O-L & The Villains - The Old And The New
12. Silent Movie Type - Souvenirs
13. Orphan Choir - Gene Tierney
14. The Lemonheads - Pittsburgh
16. Viet Cong - Silhouettes
17. Women - Locust Valley
18. Chad Vangaalen - Leaning On Bells
19. Viet Cong - Newspaper Spoons
20. The Government - Portrait
21. The Radiators - Contact
22. The Adverts - My Place
23. Sleater-Kinney - No Anthems
24. Iggy & The Stooges - Till The End Of The Nigh (Detroit Rehearsals Spring 1973)

Download/listen to the podcast/episode here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20150124-1900-t1422126000.mp3

Check out my blog post on Viet Cong here:  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2015/01/viet-cong-show-544.html 

The Trip! Feb. 08 2015

Listen to this week's show here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/381-The_Trip-20150208-0000-t1423353600.mp3

The setlist: 

THE SONICS - CINDERELLA 
LIPSTICK KILLERS - HINDU LOVE GODS 
KING LOUIE ONE MAN BAND- SUCKIN' ON THE GRAPEVINE 
ROD MCKUEN - REFLECTION ON A PLANE TRIP HOME 
FARON WARMER - CRUISIN' CENTRAL 
MARK MARKHAM & THE JESTERS - I DON'T NEED YOU 
WILD BILLY CHILDISH AND THE SPARTAN DREGGS - FORENSIC R N B 
ROD MCKUEN - BAK TO SAULSALITIO 
MR. QUINTRON - THE BEACH 
THE MONSTERS - IN AND OUT 
THE SWINGIN' NECKBREAKERS - I WANNA BE YOUR DRIVER 
THE CRAMPS - SHE SAID 
FRANK ZAPPA - DON'T EAT THE YELLOW SNOW 
JOHNATHAN RICHMAN & THE MODERN LOVERS - ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN IN THE MARKET 
ROD MCKUEN - CO-EXISTANCE 
KING KHAN & THE BBQ SHOW - INTO THE SNOW 
JAN DAVIS - SNOW SURFIN' MATADOR 
THE A-BONES - I'M SNOWED 
RON WINTERS - SNOW GIRL 
BELFAST GYPSIES - SKI STORM 
HASIL ADKINS - CHICKEN SHAKE 
ROD MCKUEN - LIFE IS LIFE 
THE TROGGS - FROM HOME 
THE GORIES - DETROIT BREAKDOWN 
THE KING BEEZZ- I GOTTA MOVE 
KID CONGO & THE PINK MONKEY BIRDS- BLACK BAG 
THE CHESTERFIELD KINGS - GREEN EYED WOMAN 
THE KINKS - MILK COW BLUES 

DAVE BARTHOLOMEW- SHRIMP & GUMBO 

WELL , JANUARY , 2015 , SAW THE RELEASE OF BACK FROM THE GRAVE VOLS.9 AND 10 , AS NOTED ELSEWHERE , AND THE STANDELLS' AND SHADOWS OF KNIGHT'S EXPANDED LIVE LPs on SUNDAZED (BOTH WERE RELEASED , YEARS AGO , BUT , THERE ARE MORE TRACKS ON BOTH OF THESE RELEASES.  THE SHADOWS OF KNIGHT SET COMES HIGHLY RECOMMENDED , BUT , BOTH ARE GOOD .).

Those are some of my favorites , too , and , of course , obvious ones like See Saw , Mercy Mercy, I WAS CHECKING out (She Was Checking In), but my for - real favorite is "Would You Believe" a good stomper about teh effects of LSD , with hilarious lyrics.

Thanx for posting Kopper!!!

Don Covay passed away on January 31. Details here. Here are a few of my favoritest that I used to spin on my radio show:

There's a new NYC garage archive that's worth checking out.  Shake Some Action!

http://www.shakesomeaction.nyc/index.html

Thanks, man! Indeed on Ramma Lamma! Yeah, the download/stream is a little indirect and confusing, but we have about five years worth of archives, so it makes up for it in quanity. Dig your show too - Jerry from Red Red Wine on a Sunday pointed me in your direction.

Damn..stupid me just now figured out how to download/listen to your show...as always great playlist and love your top picks...LONG LIVE RAMMA LAMMA!

One of my all-time favorites!