Live Set: I Left my Heart in San Francisco

 


Stream the Show

Download the Songs

Monica and I were listening to my favorite songs of the year that I featured on my Shlep Hates Music, Vol. 150, and Curtis Mayfield's live version of "We've Only Just Begun" came on. It was New Year's Eve, and Preslie was at her dad's, and Monica said: "This isn't a song I want to listen to in Denver... I want to listen to this in the Bay"... and while we have talked about moving back to the Bay Area over the years - once Preslie is grown - she stated that she wants to move back.

And while we have years here, and we will live in the present... I kind of can't wait. I miss the Bay!
So the set this Friday is all "Bay Area" bands... and the parentheses are because I define it loosely. If you would drive to it as opposed to flying, they count.

So, I will dwindle my 200 song list down to about 50 by next Friday and I look forward to seeing you there! They won't all be pretty, but let's be honest, is that a surprise?

Hope to see you.
Shlep


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Live Set: Proto-Punk (1963-1975)

Image
  Stream the Show Download the Songs With your host, Shlep. 1 Bo Diddley - 1963 - Road Runner (live) : You might not associate Bo Diddley with garage rock, but listen to that guitar. Not only that, this song was covered by the likes of The Pretty Things, The Zombies, The Animals and The Who. 2 The Kingsmen - 1963 - Louie Louie: Not many bands were investigated by the FBI for obscenity, but this Seattle band was.. And that’s about as punk as can be. The FBI didn’t catch it, but there is a “fuck” faintly yelled in the recording 3 The Surfaris - 1963 - Wipe Out: This was actually a b-side. Surf and garage weren’t just musically the forefathers of punk, but the lifestyle as well. A true don’t give a fuck attitude. I hope I come back in the next life as a surfer. 4 Link Wray and His Ray Men - 1963 - The Black Widow: Another b-side instrumental. Mark E. Smith of The Fall said “The only people I really looked up to were Link Wray and Iggy Pop.” Wray’s earlier hit “Rumble” holds the distin...
Read more

Live Set: Listen With Looch

Image
  Stream the Show Download the Music I am lucky enough to have a great radio station in my town: 89.3 The Current. It is a public radio "Adult Alternative" station, similar to KEXP Seattle. I listen several hours a day and the highlight was always the 2pm to 6pm shift, occupied (until recently) by Mary Lucia (The "Looch") One of the nice things about The Current is that they (unlike most radio stations) let their hosts choose some of their own music. After listening to Mary for a few years, I can always tell when a song is one that she added to the mix. She is a rocker and a 70s kid, like (most of) us. So for example, between songs by Billie Eilish and Father John Misty, she drops in AC/DC's "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" Those are the surprises that made her show so fun to listen to... I decided a few weeks ago to assemble an SMC music set made up of those songs. About a week later, in a sad twist of irony, Mary has decided to leave the station that sh...
Read more