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I had to go out tonight to get some DVD-R discs and VHS tapes so I can burn my footage of Baby Hoagie’s first year for my folks back in Maine. On my way I saw lots of Christmas lights, and I got to thinking about what a celebration of Electricity Christmas has become. We surround our houses with strings of lights, buy all kinds of gizmos, TVs, computers, cell phones, video games and battery powered toys for our family and children. We even cut down and drag trees into our homes and cover them in electric lights. If there is one thing that does not need an electronic gadget, it’s gotta be a tree, but some how they become the very victim of this brightly lit holiday.

So here is my set devoted to the mysterious powers of electricity. First it’s The Gorehounds with, Tune In To My Love. Then mixed right in comes Brent Clifford and The Unknown Rule with, Central Central. A spooky techno bizarre sound scape thing that may have broken my four-track. Next up is Richard McGhee Star Vocalist practicing the song, Thomas Edison from a musical movie we were trying to make at the time. Allen Frost and Dan Hanrahan rings us up with Telephone Joe, Philadelphia’s Brother Eye whips out Hey Sunshine, and The All Mighty Senators finish today’s image enhanced podcast for iTunes with, Solar Power. So there you have it, and it’s all brought to you by Electricity. Plug it in!

IMAGE ENHANCED PODCAST – December 17, 2005

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So I tried to put together a set of winter time Christmas music, but it was tougher than I thought it’d be. After I put it all together, I sat back, and it was a little bleak. Cold, lonely… jeepers heck. It was wintry indeed.

We start off in New York City, a great place to spend the holidays. Mitchell Vaillant tells us all about driving a yellow cab during the holidays in Manhattan in his tune titled, Hackin’. Next up is a bizarre treat, it’s everyone’s favorite terrible band, The Pilots. These kids are all about 14, and the best part is the arguments at the beginning and end of each recording. This tune is from 1979 and titled, Wise Man. I figure all Christmas celebrations have a wise man or two, or three.

A song with a dreamy quiet winter feel is mopehead’s This Boy’s Life. Lazy as a cold day all snuggled up on the couch with a blanket. Frank’s Depression recites Jesus Christ Has Come And Gone. Rain Station warms us up with (Earth Don’t) Fade Away. This Can Free completes the set with Isn’t Life Wonderful? – which sounds like the name of a Christmas movie, so there you go. Happy Holidays Everyone!

IMAGE ENHANCED PODCAST – December 7, 2005

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Every once in a while it’s nice to sit back and listen to some non-vocal instrumental music. Today’s image enhanced podcast starts off with Welcome by Dan Hanarahan, which then turns into The Gorehounds freaking us all out with their sci-fi horror movie inspired instrumental punk rock.

Next up is one of my favorite instrumental bands, Bo Grumpus with Craig Ventresco and Pete Devine. Craig and Petey are often seen in the Haight near Golden Gate Park playing thier amazing Rag Time music on the street. Craig is best known for playing the guitar on the Crumbmovie soundtrack. Craig is an amazing musician, and when you listen to this 4-track recording from 1991, just remember there is only one person playing guitar, although at times it sounds like three or more.

To end the set is The Jesus Knievel doing an instrumental cover of Frankenstein, or is it Smoke On The Water? I’m just not sure, maybe it’s both… all I know is I hear a Tuba in there somewhere, and I just love Tuba.

IMAGE ENHANCED PODCAST – November 20, 2005

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It’s cold and it’s raining again. Ahh November. Today’s rainy day podcast starts off with Mitchell Vaillant on piano and Steve Berson on bass. The song, It’s Been Raining For 55 Days is from a rehearsal tape recorded way back in 1986. Rain Station whips out Against The Knife with all it’s talk of thunder and lightning and such. Blueberry shares Tears with our listeners, and Allen Frost and Dan Hanrahan tell us that The Dogfish Are Dying For Love in a strange spoken word piece from the Planet Fishing cassette. Baltimore band This Can Free ends the set with Content Warm Smiles (drizzle drazzle). Bring your umbrella.

IMAGE ENHANCED PODCAST – November 11, 2005

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Hey it’s Halloween weekend, so I thought it’s time to let out the monsters. Everyone loves monsters. My favorite is Godzilla and all the Toho rubber suited creatures from Japan. Who’s your favorite monster? Plus I have the seasonal croup, so I totally sound like a monster during this image enhanced podcast, so look out, I’m a little groggy sounding.

First up it’s MITCH from the NobodyRecords.com collection performing a tune appropriately titled, Monsters – Creatures. Then after that Mitchell Vaillant tells us all about King Kong’s life after the movie when he’s a washed up Hollywood nobody selling Amway door to door. So sad. This song can also be seen as an animation at Mitchell’s web site, This Can Free.

Rain Station whips out Monster Hunter from their Dark Ride CD. Be sure to check out all the nifty Halloween songs from this disc at JackOLantern.org which has a lot of the tunes as Flash Animations. Ya gotta love Flash Animation. I know I do.

The Jesus Knievel whips out a nifty live version of Gremlin. Ya gotta love any band with a tuba, and I love Jesus Knievel. Last up is Jordan Kratz and The Gorehounds doing a self titled song all about being a Gorehound.

So there you have it. Be sure to play this podcast really loud as you get into your Halloween costume this year. When me and Baby Hoagie show up at your door, be sure to give us lots of candy! Trick or Treat!!!

IMAGE ENHANCED PODCAST – October 28, 2005

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I remember the days when there were no “smoking sections”. The reason for this is that everything was a smoking section. People everywhere were smoking cigarettes all the time.

It was some kind of Sacred Rite that united many people. For instance at work there is always two groups. The smokers and the non-smokers. Now a days these groups often clash. Non-smokers are vocal about the quality of their air these days, but not so in the recent past.

Back when I was a kid in the 60’s and 70’s I remember being a second-hand chain smoker. Literally. Every place I went people were there smoking. My grandma smoked Benson & Hedges, my uncle Tim smoked Camels. Other friends and family smoked Lucky Strike and Marlboros in the home I grew up in. People didn’t think about all that health stuff back then. Kids just grew up in the smoky environment.

I never became too interested in smoking tobacco. I didn’t like the smell, and it bothered me to be inside breathing thick cigarette smoke, so I did not ever start smoking tobacco. I still think it’s people’s personal right to smoke if they want, but I’m glad when they all do it outside these days. Thanks to all you smokers that go outside to smoke. Thanks for the air.

Restaurants and Airplanes were the worst places to be trapped in a wall of smoke. Can you imagine being on an 8 hour east coast to west coast non-stop flight sucking a whole plane’s worth of exhaled stale cigarette smoke? It is a torture of it’s own kind.

The only thing that bugs me about cigarette smokers now a days stems from the good thing that smokers are now going out doors to smoke. It’s when they put their butts out everywhere, and I hate to see the trash. I don’t care what you do to your own lung, but leave the side walks clean, is what I say.

So here is an image enhanced podcast for all you iTunes listeners that is truly Smokin’! Thanks to Brother Eye, Miles Partridge, Frank’s Depression and Mitchel Vallaint/Carlos Car for providing us with such Smokin’ Tunes.

IMAGE ENHANCED PODCAST – October 21, 2005

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OK OK I know I’m a Halloween Nut, but I’m not alone. Once again I bring you some more Halloween themed songs to get everyone in the proper creepy mood. Baby Hoagie was born Halloween night, and will be having a first birthday party soon, so grab your mask and pillow case, and let’s all go out Trick or Treatin’ together to celebrate.

First up is another song from Rain Station’s CD, Dark Ride, and this is my favorite song on the disc, it’s called, Candy, and I love it. You can see fun Flash Animations of this and several other songs from Dark Ride at the nifty web site JackOLantern.ORG – so be sure to check out the goofy Halloween Flash Animations, (kids love ’em). You can hear the entire Dark Ride CD as well as many others at Mark Harvey’s 13thTrack.com – so be sure to get over there for a Halloween-O-Licious time.

Baltimore is a great place to experience Halloween. It has a very old european feel that only the old east coast cities have. The 3 Pigs Cafe come from Baltimore, and today are performing a song titled: Playing Gravestone.

Then, just when you thought it was safe, The Gorehounds tear the place up with a tribute to the Masters of The Macabre. Jordan and the band pays homage to H.P. Lovecraft and the 1930’s horror comic, Weird Tales. Jordan reads while the band flips out behind him. A great way to open up any live show indeed. Recorded LIVE in Portland Maine at Geno’s Pub.

So strap on your head phones, kick back, and get ready for some spooky Halloween music to rock your night right. Happy Halloween everybody!

IMAGE ENHANCED PODCAST – October 14, 2005

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Ahhh, what makes a beautiful woman? I don’t know about you, but I don’t have a specific physical type, it all seems to be completely based on personality. I just fall in love with amazing creative outgoing spirits, and female musicians have a special place in my heart. Music touches the soul, and when I’m out enjoying a band or performance I just melt when there is a beautiful woman on stage doing what she does best.

In college at the Maryland Institute of Art, I met a grad student whose paintings and sculpture blew my mind. This artist is Elizabeth Downing. Later on when she formed several art-rock bands, I totally fell in love. I mean, I had the biggest crush on this gal, and continue to watch her career. Today’s tune by Liz is Dark Winter Years, performed by her Baltimore based band, The 3 Pigs Cafe.

Next up is the amazingly talented and beautiful Gwen Snyder with her way cool lounge band, Blueberry. She sings the sweetest song for us titled: Hunny Bee. I first heard this song as a sample from her website, and I just knew I had to get the entire Have Another Pillow CD. You should get it too, as it’s a great disc by a truely beautiful woman.

Michelle Damato and Portland Maine based band Huckaloogie whip out a fun retro tune about JFK and Jackie titled: Jelly Donut. Michelle has the sweetest voice, and a great sense of humor. This song was written by her and Mark Bishop recorded on my Tascam 4 track, and I like it a lot.

No show on beautiful women would be complete without a tune by May Ling Su and her band, Strip Karaoke. We wrap up our image enhanced podcast with, The One That Got Away. Enjoy!

IMAGE ENHANCED PODCAST – October 1, 2005

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