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Don't Touch That Dial! Rock Talk with MistyK The DJ

Join us as we deliciously dish with MixCloud royalty MistyK The DJ  https://www.mixcloud.com/Redgirl77/ for one rollicking good Rock N Roll gabfest.
Wrapping 2024 with a glittering sequin bow, we look back to salute the fallen and ahead to February 14th for MistyK's supercalifragilisticexpialidocious ROCK N ROLL VALENTINES SHOW!
With stops along the way, we visit B-52 Fred Schneider and his merry band of Superions,
The Alarm's Chris Carter and his Saturday afternoon British Invasion,
Kevin Junior and the Chamber Strings,
88 year old Rolling Stone bassist Bill Wyman and his latest album,
The Monkee's Micky Dolenz who covered fellow Monkee Michael Nesmith's songs, almost setting fire to the world with his sitar infused tabla-fest freak out Circle Sky,
Allentown, Pennsylvania, just like the Billy Joel song (one and the same),
Missouri's own Scott The Record Selector https://www.mixcloud.com/TheRecordSelector/
 
Six semi-naked sauna guys on Steam's Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Good Bye album cover,
New Age music inventor Dr. Steven Halpern,
Isaac Hayes,
Booker T. Jones,
The entire roster of Stax Records alumni,
Canada's K-tel Records,
MistyK's Mickey Mouse record player and the one with the disco light,
Winter driving,
Snow,
Greenwich Village,
Edie Sedgwick,
Guy Pearce as Andy Warhol,
Bob Dylan's infamous Factory screen test and much much more! 
With Special Guest appearances by show opener Chlorine Beach with their fabulous new song "You Get What You Deserve" from their latest album Monophobia https://music.apple.com/ca/album/monophobia/1784887391
And show closer, 88 year old Rolling Stone's bassist Bill Wyman with his Bob Dylan cover "Thunder On The Mountain" taken from his latest album Drive My Car https://music.apple.com/ca/album/drive-my-car/1750501484

What Is New Music?

We made it! 2025. What a trip. New Year. New Music. But what constitutes New Music nowadays? New Releases? Six months? Twelve months? Two years? Five years? 
Cool as Kim Deal. The Pixies, The Breeders, Belly and Kristin Hersh.
Dig! the document. Feuding 90s bands The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre.
That time Dolly Parton asked not to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.
Fab Factory 60s Society It Girl Edie Sedgwick and her alleged affair with Bob Dylan.
Patti Smith.
Remembering Jobriath and more!
Opening song "Lady Godiva" by Kristin Hersh from her 2018 album Possible Dust Clouds https://music.apple.com/ca/album/possible-dust-clouds/1668156665

Happy New Year Rock N Roll Fashionistas! December 31, 2024

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Ring in the NEW YEAR with:
Benj Rowland - Time Of Year https://benjrowland.com
Dan Wilson - What A Year For A New Year https://danwilsonmusic.com
Dismemberment Plan - The Ice Of Boson https://music.apple.com/ca/album/the-dismemberment-plan-is-terrified/6581621
HERE'S TO A JOYFUL AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR IN 2025!
 
 

Al Tuck & Bob Dylan Walk Into A Bar - Canada's Troubadour: A Story In Words & Music

The next chapter in the continuing saga of Canada's enduring troubadour, Al Tuck. Settle in nice and cozy by the woodstove and eavesdrop on our conversation with the living legend at his home in Prince Edward Island.
You'll hear how Allan became Al, the time he opened for Marilyn Manson, his chance meeting with a ghostly doppelganger in Ottawa, collaborations with Big Sugar, Blue Rodeo and so much more.
Al Tuck & Bob Dylan Walk Into A Bar - Canada's Troubadour: A Story In Words & Music contains the following songs:
Tips Of My Fingers https://altuckmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-new-high-road-of-song
Big o' Me https://altuckmusic.bandcamp.com/album/my-blues-away
In The Days When The People Were Small And Few https://altuckmusic.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-the-rebecca-cohn
Five-O https://altuckmusic.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-the-rebecca-cohn
Last Waltz At The El Strato https://altuckmusic.bandcamp.com/album/brave-last-days
Not I https://altuckmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-new-high-road-of-song
Eliminate Ya https://altuckmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-new-high-road-of-song
Stranger At The Wake https://altuckmusic.bandcamp.com/album/stranger-at-the-wake
Dolled Up https://altuckmusic.bandcamp.com/album/fair-country
Snowbird https://altuckmusic.bandcamp.com/album/food-for-the-moon
Stompin'TomConnors.com https://altuckmusic.bandcamp.com/album/fair-country
(Damn Near) Do Me Justice https://altuckmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-new-high-road-of-song
Buddah https://altuckmusic.bandcamp.com/album/brave-last-days
 

In Praise Of The Bob Dylan Bio Pic

The first ever Bob Dylan bio pic, A Complete Unknown, was released in movie theatres worldwide on Christmas Day. We were there and answer the burning question: "SHOULD I GO SEE IT?"
Audio segments for this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is aimed at an academic audience and does not serve as a substitute for the original.
The following songs were used in the making of this podcast:
"I Shall Be Free No. 10" by Bob Dylan from his 1964 Columbia Records Album Another Side Of Bob Dylan https://music.apple.com/ca/album/another-side-of-bob-dylan/198161466 
"Talkin' Woody, Bob, Bruce & Dan Blues" by Dan Bern from his DBHQ album Smartie Mine https://music.apple.com/ca/album/smartie-mine/262642282
Special thanks to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

A Visit From Saint Mitch 2024: Christmas Eve With Mitchell Kezin

A Visit From Saint Mitch 2024: Christmas Eve With Mitchell Kezin is an audio documentary presented by Rock N Roll Fashionistas in praise of the film Jingle Bell Rocks! and its maker, the late Mitchell Kezin. Audio portions of the film have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is aimed at an academic audience and does not serve as a substitute for the original.
 
Music from the following recording artists was used in the making of this podcast:
 
Boxer The Horse - "Material Christmas" https://13daysofxmas.bandcamp.com/track/material-xmas
 
Shannon & The Clams - "Fat Daddy" https://www.discogs.com/master/490821-Shannon-And-The-Clams-Ruin-Christmas
Shannon & The Clams official website: https://www.shannonandtheclams.com/
 
Randy Blazak - "Jump Around Santa" From "Soft-Spoken Beatnik Cousin Of The Flagpole Christmas Album" (1994), a rare cassette tape released by Flagpole Magazine in Athens, Georgia https://www.hipchristmas.com
 
The Free Design - "Close Your Mouth It's Christmas" from their 1968 album You Could Be Born Again https://music.apple.com/ca/album/you-could-be-born-again/663951712
 
Stompin Tom Connors - "Mr. Snowflake" from his 1970 album Merry Christmas Everybody https://music.apple.com/ca/album/merry-christmas-everybody-from-stompin-tom-connors/1443745726
 
Small Shake, Fur Trader - "Sometimes You Have To Work On Christmas" https://hitthenorthrecords.bandcamp.com/track/sometimes-you-have-to-work-on-christmas
 
Three Day Threshold & Friends - "Santa Versus Godzilla" https://kierbyrnes.bandcamp.com/track/santa-versus-godzilla
 
Holiday Crowd - "Hard Candy Christmas" https://theholidaycrowd.bandcamp.com/album/winterland-hard-candy-christmas
 
Slam Stewart & Johnny Guarnieri - "Santa's Secret" https://music.apple.com/ca/album/christmas-blues-savoy-jazz-christmas-album/1451840903
 
Tom McRae - "Wonderful Christmastime" from his album The Prospect Tapes https://tommcrae.bandcamp.com/album/the-prospect-tapes
Tom McRae official website https://tommcrae.com/
 
Kate & Anna McGarrigle (recitation by Ian Vincenzo Dow) - "Counting Stars" from their 2005 album The McGarrigle Christmas Hour https://music.apple.com/ca/album/the-mcgarrigle-christmas-hour/83134882
 
Ashley MacIsaac - "Christmas In Burnside" from his 2024 album Christmas Across The Atlantic https://music.apple.com/ca/album/christmas-across-the-atlantic/1780450990
 
Al Tuck - "O' Come, O' Come. Emmanuel" https://13daysofxmas.bandcamp.com/track/o-come-o-come-emmanuel
Al Tuck official website altuck.com
Al Tuck Bandcamp https://altuckmusic.bandcamp.com/
 
Nathan Wiley - "Where Did The Year Go" https://13daysofxmas.bandcamp.com/track/where-did-the-year-go
Nathan Wiley official website https://www.nathanwiley.com/
 
Don Patterson - "Merry Christmas Baby" from his 1964 album Holiday Soul https://music.apple.com/ca/album/holiday-soul/1443110628
 
Jingle Bell Rocks! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3219462/
 
Special thanks to the Utah Film Center https://www.utahfilmcenter.org
 

Remembering Mitchell Kezin & Jingle Bell Rocks!

As we enter into our first holiday season since the passing of Christmas Music aficionado Mitchell Kezin, we gather around the microphone at Chez Fashionista to share memories and reminisce about the beloved Vancouver filmmaker, his legacy and his lasting impact on the Christmas music community.
Through his 2013 documentary Jingle Bell Rocks!, in Kezin's words, "A trippy, cinematic sleighride thru the underground subculture of alternative Christmas music", Kezin himself has joined the pantheon of tortured Christmas underdogs along with George Bailey of It's A Wonderful Life, Rudolph, Hermey The Misfit Elf, Charlie Brown, Clark Griswold, Kevin McCallister, Buddy from Elf and a host of others.
In one of Kezin's final social media posts he expressed joy and gratitude that in the decade since its release, Jingle Bell Rocks! has become a Christmas tradition for many:
"THANK YULE ALL !
 
I wanted to take a moment to express my thanks & gratitude to each & every one of you ~ new friends and old ~ who took the time to reach out to me…
I am so grateful for all the incredible support you have shown me once again for Jingle Bell Rocks! Doc and the joy it has brought you this Xmas season!
 
There is no more flattering and meaningful experience for a filmmaker then to hear directly from folks about how moved they are by your work and that they look forward to their annual Xmas viewings.
 
To realize that my Lil' Xmas Evergreen has become a part of your own family holiday ritual still blows my mind ! When I began work on the film many moons ago, I had high hopes for some measure of success, but I never dreamed that JBRX! would have the impact it seems to have had, now ten years on from its original release back in Fall 2014.
 
A very sweet fan recently noted that for her, JBRX! is the "feel good Christmas classic that helps get her thru the holiday"
 
Well, that is a compliment that fills me with more LUV than you can possibly imagine.
 
THANK YOU ALL so very much...I wish you peace & prosperity in the coming year...You are something else !!!" - Mitchell Kezin, January 7, 2024
 
In this Episode we are joined by Christmas Music enthusiast Amelia C. who corresponded with Kezin over the years and met him at the Toronto premier of Jingle Bell Rocks!
 
Amelia's Christmas Mixes can be found here: christmasmix.wordpress.com
 
Isle Of Lucy Christmas Mixes: https://www.mixcloud.com/isleoflucy/
 
Hip Christmas: https://hipchristmas.com/
 
Christmas Underground: https://christmasunderground.com/
 
Jingle Bell Rocks! Doc: https://www.facebook.com/jinglebellrocksdoc/
 
Mitchell's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mitchellkezin
 
Opening track "Christmas Eve" written and recorded by Matthew Grimson from the 2007 Halifax Indie Christmas compilation ELFT. Copywrite 2007 All rights reserved by The Estate of Matthew Grimson https://youtu.be/8nUukbS3LiY?si=whsZDdEeu_y_JkuY
 
Closing track "Christmas Reason" written by Amelia Chester from the 2007 Halifax Indie Christmas compilation ELFT. Copywrite 2007 All rights reserved by Amelia Chester https://youtu.be/hRpr3fy0Pqg?si=1If-MvxPHGTmcV-P
 
 
 

On Record: The History Of Recorded Music

"Things change. And you can't change that" - Dennis Ellsworth
https://dennisellsworth.bandcamp.com/album/things-change
 
In addition to exploring the pulsating history of recorded music, we manage to
visit the haunts of backstreet alley when the Earth was blue and Halifax,
Nova Scotia was Seattle East. Sans Hendrix. But we had Grimson. Thrush Hermit
alumnus Billy Joel Plaskett, the studio wizardry of the hardest working man in
Halifax, Charles Austin, teenage Kate Bush origin story, Sarah McLachlan too,
Bidding Wars, Buzz, Emile Berliner's Victor Talking Machine Company, His Master's
Voice (HMV - get it?), The First Rock Star Of Recorded Music, Rheostatics'
Dave Bidini  ON A COLD ROAD: TALES OF ADVENTURE IN CANADIAN ROCK and
so much More! More More! How do you like it?

Captain Beefheart vs The Monkees And Drummers Who Sing!

In this rambling episode we wrap the tumultuous yet ultimately triumphant saga of British electronic music pioneer Gary Numan while clarifying the distinction between said Numan and noted Academy Award wining music satirist and all around American song and dance man Mr. Randy Newman.
We dial into John Lennon's Lost Weekend co-conspirator and 70's American hit maker Harry Nilsson for his classic album in praise of said Newman while shedding light on that peculiar Rock N Roll phenomenon of Drummers Who Sing.
With a nod to Jellyfish, the GREATEST band (from the 90's) that should have made it BIG! BIG! BIG! (Big Star! Big Star! Big Star!) we riff on the hit song singing Power Pop brilliance of The Monkees' Micky Dolenz, musing aloud as to why Rolling Stone's Jann Wenner hates them so much, banning them from ever being inducted into HIS Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland.
In a wink and a nod, Dolenz tips the proverbial fedora to the songwriting prowess of former Monkees bandmate and country rock tunesmith Michael Nesmith (the one with the hat whose Mom invented whiteout) with the stellar 2021 album Dolenz Sings Nesmith.
We play the Six Degrees Of Seperation Game with noted roots Americana guitarist extraordinaire Ry Cooder for his brief and troubling stint with Captian Beefheart which ultimately led to a long and fruitful music partnership with the earlier mentioned I Love L.A./Short People/You've Got A Friend In Me/I Love To See You Smile/You Can Leave Your Hat On/I Want People To Like Me/Mr. Randy Newman.
Record shopping in Greenwich Village and the former CBGBs just to namecheck Trout Mask Replica in a little over an hour... PHEW!!
Featuring NEW MUSIC from the darling of the Swedish underground Henrik Appel "Walking Down The Road" taken from his NEW RELEASE Album Shadows via PNKSLM Recordings https://henrikappel.bandcamp.com/album/shadows-lp
 

The Actual Gary Numan Episode

Apologies to all listener's who endured the entire previous episode for the intended Gary Numan theme that crash landed into the endless abyss of David Bowie. We are truly sorry.
Here is the actual episode on Gary Numan. With a segue into the late, great Melanie Safka (Brand New Key, Lay Down (Candles In The Rain), Look What They Did To My Song, Ma) who passed away earlier this year.
And finally a bit on preeminent British BBC radio DJ John Peel and his Record Box of 143 vinyl singles.
No gerbils were harmed in the making of this episode.