Episode 50: THE LAST STRAW (Season Finale)

Oh lawd!

Finally getting the playlist and pictures up from our season finale a week ago. What a night! We ran from 8pm to almost 1:30am and had over 50 guests in the studio, and various others tuning in from near and far. There were several newcomers (including my best&most-clever frand Brady, the notorious “Whalevo Rob”, and Jim Smith of Checkpoint Charlie’s Acoustic Open Mic), a bunch of old-comers, one dog, one child, a lot of delicious food, a lot of gas station food, Hair-on-the-Air (victim: me), Amber bringing a SPOCK candle (!!!) and Patrick Cooper announcing he was going to play “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go” seconds after I’d cued up that album on my laptop.

We heard tons of local tunes (mostly live, a few …un-live? dead? undead? ) in the company of an ever-charmingly-diverse crew dear friends, sworn enemies, and neighbors. Our pals at United Bakery Records came in to announce the fabulous shows they’re putting together this holiday season, and we even got a surprise visit at the very end from our illustrious leader, MarkAlain Dery! (emojis) It’s been a great year, and I’ll miss y’all like the dickens. See ya on the flip side! Semi-accurate playlist etc. below… there was a rough draft, then people started shouting requests… you know how it is.

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Episode #39: Irresistible Saloon Hair

Thank you to Renard Boissiere, Andre Lovett, and Nervous Duane for playing/reading live, big thanks always to Pizza Mike and his plethora of gas station snacks, hurray for Stacey Leigh Bridewell (Stacey Kelly Vintage Styling and her hot rollers for getting me back to my roots being a widowed saloon owner during the last gold rush (“widowed” as in, “hip and unattached”), my fave Brandy Roden for schlepping over from Arabi, and congrats to Corey Collins for working a fourteen hour day then running a great second show! (“Under the Influence”, 11p-1a.) Playlist below.

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Episode #22: R.I.P. Ooh Poo Pah Doo :(

Tune in tonight folks, we’re reminiscing fondly about the Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar and discussing plans for the future at a different location. I’ll be joined in the studio by some combination of fellow WHIV deejay Martha Alguera and her beautiful kiddo Lola, Big Chief Alfred Doucette, Michael Connor, Nooie Man, Reynard Green, and any other bar regulars that may or may not show up (holler at us if you’re in Mid-City and you have some bar stories you want to share  ) Expect tunes from James Andrews, Jessie Hill, Fantasia, Ernie K-Doe, Prince, Allen Toussaint, TUCKA, and spotify’s most lackluster karoake version of “La Bamba”.

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