Fool for Love

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It's not every year I do a Valentine's Day show, but since my show happened to land on the holiday, I thought I'd give love a chance. So here's just an hour of the show at soundcloud. You can always grab the airchecks for two weeks at kfjc.org/broadcast_archives.

for your listening pleasure, download or listen to the whole show in four parts:
pt. 1



pt.2



pt. 3



pt 4.

FM - BX Tape Society 001

FM-BX Society Tape 001
S.S. Records

This was originally released in a 200 copy run on tape for radio promotion out of Belgium. This vinyl issuing is limited to 500 unnumbered copies. Isolation Ward and Unit 4 are from Belgium and the Scottish band the Topplers are the three bands featured. Alan Henry of the Topplers runs Toppler Records now, but during the time of this recording played some straight forward garage punk. They might not Topple(r) you over, but if it weren’t one of the band memebers, Alan Henry, we may not have seen this release. Both Isolation Ward and Unit 4 feature females and similar sounds. Isolation Ward releases cold wave post punk and continued to record and release after this comp. As the notes read, the Topplers thought that they were the cutting edge band on this comp, but as you listen it is obvious that Unit 4 is the stand outs. Four females who have seemed to disappear made post punk no wave sounds that were far ahead of it’s time, at least in Belgium. This begs the question that is printed on the note from Alan Henry, WHERE ARE YOU UNIT FOUR???

Garden of Morming

Click the link above for the complete list of tracks. check out the show here

Yole Boys - “Megakut #1″ - [Megakut Records]

This cassette release is limited to 250 copies. It’s a mega mix from your faves DJ Quest(SF) on cuts and “records” alongside Fatees(OAK) with his “Bay”ami Bass style. These two hold it down with samples and beats that make you want to whip your hair back and forth. Keep a lookout for Megakut Records. They are taking back cassette culture by releasing mixtapes and local side projects from Hip Hop greats; including a slice of pulp fiction. Don’t sleep on this!

Peanut Butter Wolf - Straight to Tape (the 4-track years 1990-1992)

These recordings were made during a 3 year period when PB Wolf was living with his mom in the east foothills of San Jose. It was between 1990-1992 that PB Wolf made these tracks with the vocals recorded straight into headphones ran through a mixer and into the 4-track. All tracks are produced by PB Wolf but feature several emcees. There is a distinct rap style from this era. that one must be mindful of when indulging into this release. This is post Lyrical Prophecy and you hear Quiz One and Deshee on this release. Charizma makes a few appearances here and transcends the style he was to become known for, as these tracks are a bit rougher. Or maybe it's just that this whole release is a bit rougher. In the east coast New Jack swing was the style of the moment that was making it's way to the west. You can hear that on Quiz One's & Charizma's tracks. There is a bit of early gangster rap styles on N.O.T.U.'s tracks. Peace Maker has a ragga style that also came to the forefront in the early 90s rap scene. PB Wolf made beats from samples and loops and he details this in the liner notes. That said, PB Wolf didn't remix or taint these tracks for this release. There is a trajectory that PB Wolf and all west coast hip hop is affected by after these recordings. In 1993, Charizma was murdered while stopped at a light in East Palo Alto. Shortly after, PB Wolf started Stones Throw and put out "My World Premier" honoring Charizma. After Charizma's passing, PBW had no intention of working with any other emcees. Consider this an archive of an era that had little national attention and spawned the direction of what was to become of Peanut Butter Wolf.

Rakaa - Crown Of Thorns [Decon]

Rakaa (Taylor) aka Iriscience is one third of Dilated Peoples. This is his debut solo album. Although this is his debut solo attempt, it is full of guest producers and vocalists. The tracks themes and styles are equally diverse yet cohesive. Rakaa is not only an emcee, but a graff artist and advertising student. He shows his roots sharing the mic with Hip Hop's finest. He keeps his cadence solid and forceful, "calling it how he sees it". He touches on subjects like big business, love, survival, art, & hip hop subculture.



Producers include King Jahzzy[2], Evidence[3], Exile[4], DJ Babu[5,8], Oh No[6], DJ Honda [7], Eric Bobo & DJ Rhettmatic [10], the Alchemist [11,13], El-P [12]. Vocal guests include Aloe Blacc [1], Mad Lion[2], KRS-One [4], Krondon [8], Noelle Scaggs [10], Evidence, Fshawn, Defari [11], Chali 2na[12], and a whole lineup of players on track 7.

Lang 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 11

The Psychadelic Aliens

This Academy release is bound to please fans of blues, funk, and garage. It's less psychadelic but to the Lebanese and Ghanian's that made up the band and the time they emerged, it was this era of music that impacted their sound and success. In Accra, Ghana; they played with visiting bands and solo gigs as often as they could. They shared bills with big players, but early in their it was the Heartbeats who would change their path when they shared their equipment with the band. The Psychadelic Aliens began to purchase their amps and PA from touring bands whose contracts had ended and this is how they acquired their Vox Continental organ which you hear throughout this release. The booklet enlightens you to the depth of this equipment endeavor (fuzz and wah wah pedals) as well as their influences. Tracks 2 & 8 are instrumental, and track 3 is heavily influenced by Jimmy Hendrix vox. Enjoy this one with a bit of nostalgia for the times and you will not be let down.