Plastic Magic podcast #299 January 12. 2014

Holy Moly Puddin' Pie! Here is the Plastic Magic episode from January 12, 2014: THE FARM BAND (1972), EARTH OPERA (1968), ANONYMOUS (1976), DAVE MASON AND CASS ELLIOT (1971), MERRYWEATHER (1969), THE SHONDELLS (1965), THE HUMAN BEINZ (1968), KLAATU (1976), AYERS ROCK (1974), STYX (1973), MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA (1973), PROCAL HARUM (1971), T. REX (1973), BEACON STREET UNION (1968), RAIN (1969) and much more. Download it all right here: podcast #299 (free as always)

Plastic Magic podcast #274 June 23, 2013

The supermoon sounds: SUGARLOAF (1970), THE BLUES PROJECT (1967), THE HUMAN BEINZ (1968), FRANK ZAPPA (1970), SEATRAIN (1973) THE BYRDS (1973), JAMES GANG (1973), MORLEY GREY (1972), TRAPEZE (1970), BLOOD, SWEAT &TEARS (1968), BUCKWHEAT (1971), THE MUSIC MACHINE (1966), MORNING DEW (1971), and more. DOWnLoAD hEAr: podcast #274

Plastic Magic podcast #273 June, 16th, 2013 Father's Day

Hey Happy Father's Day! Well, it's not father's day anymore....but....here is what we listened to for the father's day show which was broadcast live over WBCQ 5110KHz and KXUA 88.3FM: DADDY COOL (1972), SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET (1969), THE CITY (1968), MICAH (1971), BADGER (1972) BLACK OAK ARKANSAS (1973), ELMER GANTRY'S VELVET OPERA (1967), THE ILLUSION (1969), THE CONTENTS ARE (1967), JACK BRUCE (1971), ZZ TOP (1975) and much more including an interview I recorded with Cinci, OH group The BUFFALO KILLERS at The Wakarusa Festival a couple of weeks ago. Hear it all right here: podcast 273

Plastic Magic podcast #264 March 24, 2013

On this show you will hear the super-impressive sounds of: HOMER (1972), FARM (1971), GONG (1975), LARRY RASPBERRY AND THE HIGH STEPPERS (1974), HAWKWIND (1973), ATOMIC ROOSTER (1971), HOO DOO RHYTHM DEVILS (1972), COLD BLOOD (1969), TASTE (1969),  RANDY BACHMAN (1970), and also some 1960's Arkansas psychedelic bands from the Lost Souls comp such as: THE SOLE SOCIETY, BLACKFOOT, PURPLE CANTEEN, MYSTIC ILLUSION and lotz more. As broadcast over KXUA 88.3FM here in Fayetteville and on WBCQ 5110KHz shortwave, check it out here: podcast # 264

(drawing by Cas "a unicorn that burps strawberries and farts rainbows")

Plastic Magic podcast #262 Feb. 24th, 2013

This is the Plastic Magic Radio Show as it was broadcast sunday Feb. 24th, 2013 over KXUA 88.3FM and WBCQ 5110KHz: THE BRAIN POLICE (1968), NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE (1973), THE WIZARDS FROM KANSAS (1970), STATUS QUO (1968), MORNING DEW (1971), BLIND FAITH (1969), DECEMBER'S CHILDREN (1970), THE NEW TWEEDY BROS! (1968), SUPERTRAMP (1970), BUCKWHEAT (1971), HARUMI (1968), TIM BUCKLEY (1967), BATDORF AND RODNEY (1971) and much more. DOwnLoaD iT heAR: podcast #262

Plastic Magic podcast #261 Feb. 17th, 2013

Another jam-packed, full of edge-of-your-seat excitement kind of episode! ..... Well, on second thought, maybe that's a bit much. But nevertheless, here it is: THE WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND (1967), JOE BYRD AND THE FIELD HIPPIES (1969), NEKTAR (1974), FELT (1971), THE RATIONALS (1968), BULLFROG (1976) JOHNNY WINTER AND (1970), THE EAST SIDE KIDS (1968), BUDGIE (1972), LEE MICHAELS (1970), MARY BUTTERWORTH (1968), CRAZY HORSE (1972), MASHMAKHAN (1970), H.P. LOVECRAFT (1968) and much more. Free (as always) downLOad HERE: podcast #261

Plastic Magic podcast # 260 Feb. 10th, 2013

Hey everybody, sorry for waiting so long to post this this week. Here is a great episode the night before my birthday and we listened to a bunch of 45's I had purchased from a yard sale last fall. So here it is, offering alternative entertainment for Grammy night! LONNIE MACK, LARRY AND THE BLUE NOTES, SWINGIN' MEDALLIONS, SOUL SURFERS, STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK, DRAGONFLY, HAPSHASH AND THE COULORED COAT, THE CHAMPS, DR. JOHN, THE WYLD, THE TREMOLOS, THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION, THE BLUES MAGOOS and much more! doWnLoaD it HERE: podcast # 260

Plastic Magic podcast # 259 Jan. 27th, 2013

On this show, which was broadcast over WBCQ 5110kc and KXUA 88.3fm on the night of sunday Jan. 27, 2013, we listened tO the rambunctious noise of: SRC (1970), TUCKY BUZZARD (1973), THE FUGS (1965), MERRYWEATHER (1969), ORPHAN (1973), SPACE OPERA (1972), NEW YORK DOLLS (1973), SUZI QUATRO (1974), RICHARD TORRANCE AND EUREKA (1975), THE SOPWITH CAMEL (1973), STEVE HILLAGE (1978),  ELTON JOHN (1969) and much more. dOWnlOaD iT heAR: podcast #259

also, I won't be on live this weekend (Feb 3rd) because of the superbowl. I will be back on Feb 10th on WBCQ and KXUA and the internet feeds as well. See ya then!

Plastic Magic podcast #256 and #257 from New Year's Eve's Eve 2012

Hey everybody, Happy New Year! On this night which was new year's eve's eve, Dec. 30th, 2012, for those taking notes, I broadcasted and podcasted two shows, well three if you count the "mystery hour" which was The Firesign Theater....

The first was a plan 'ol episode of Plastic Magic, which was broadcast over both KXUA 88.3FM and WBCQ 5110KHz shortwave 7PM-9.30PM EST and went a little something like this: C.A. QUINTET (1969), BLUES IMAGE (1969), TRAPEZE (1970), THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND (1972), CATAPILLA (1972), TEN YEARS AFTER (1970), THE ANIMALS (1968), FEVER TREE (1970), GRATEFUL DEAD (1966), CAPTAIN BEYOND (1973), THE ULTIMATE SPINACH (1967), AUDIENCE (1971),  and much more. Download it here: podcast#256

(artwork "promul i daeormes" by Wayne Neblett...green photo by Ron Sitton)For the later half of the night, 9.30PM-1AM, I did a feature show featuring some incredible music from some old friends. Stories both from me and an over the phone chat with drummer Jonathan Taylor. This is very rare, mostly home recorded blues, jazz and rock and roll from Arkansas. Some of the recordings on this podcast maybe so rare that the band are the only ones who have another copy of it! Musicians you will here on this are: JEFF DAVIS, JONATHAN TAYLOR, MARK JONES, SCOTT PINNEY, PHILLIP CAFFEY, CHUCK BROUILLETTE, RONNIE ROUSE, JASON ABLES, CLARE STARR, JEFF GRAY, JOEL LINN, MATT DICKSON, PAUL BURNHAM, KEEFE JACKSON, PHILLIP EUBANKS (yeah, that's me), NANCY WARREN, CAROL REED, KENNY WOODALL, JAMES "RED" HUTSELL, RON SITTON, WAYNE PASCAL and a few more named in the broadcast. Bands and "projects" heard here: GRASS, GRASSMUSIC FOR THE ERA, promul i daeormes, BEN.BEN, BAR B Q BLUES BAND, SHUFFLE BAND and so on. Download it here: podcast #257 The History of Grass

Plastic Magic podcast #255 Hey, It's Christmas Time! Dec. 23rd, 2012

Merry Christmas everybody out there in podcast land! Now before you go getting your hopes up that I did a big ol Christmas special on Plastic Magic....I didn't. It does, however, have a little bit of a Christmas-y vibe. And to be honest I did play a Christmas tune. So it is a win win situation after all! Besides the one Christmas song (by EDDIE C. CAMPBELL (1977) we also heard from: CANNED HEAT (1967), TEN WHEEL DRIVE (1970), THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (1968), STEVE MILLER BAND (1970), ALICE COOPER (1969), CREAM (1966), CROW (1971), BLOODROCK (1971), JOHN MAYALL'S BLUESBREAKERS (1968), JETHRO TULL (1969), MOUNT CARMEL (2010), MINT TATTOO (1969), HOT TUNA (1973),  As broadcast over KXUA 88.3FM. Download this free podcast here: podcast #255 Merry Christmas from Filthy Phil!

Plastic Magic podcast #254 December 16, 2012

Hey everybody out there in podcast land! This show was inspired and every song selected from Patrick Lundborg's book Acid Archives. On this show you will hear amongst the rarest of the rare music I've ever played on Plastic Magic. 60's and 70's private press and otherwise just very hard to find psychedelia. Dig the sounds of: THE THIRD ESTATE, COLD SUN, MYSTIC SIVA, THE CONTENTS ARE, ODYSSEY, ANONYMOUS, FALLEN ANGELS, BULBOUS CREATION, DRAGONWYCK, PHANTASIA, TRIPSICHORD MUSIC BOX, PLASTIC CLOUD, MYSTERY MEAT, AMERICAN BLUES, MERRY AIRBRAKES and much more as aired live over KXUA 88.3FM here in Fayetteville, AR and surrounding area and over international shortwave station WBCQ 5.110 MHz out of Monticello, Maine! DOwnLoaD tHe FREE poDCast hEAR: podcast #254

Plastic Magic podcast # 252 Dec. 2nd, 2012

Hey everybody, I'm sorry it has taken me so long to get this up and posted. I have been sick with a bad cold and have been feeling like shit! But here it is now. I had a surprise visit from fellow DJ, The Kreeper, and talked him into staying for almost the whole show and even taking a live phone call over the air (I know that doesn't sound like much to you but it's a new thing to me and therefore sort of exciting!). And it was a lot of fun. On this episode we were groovin' hard to the amazing high energy tunage of: LONNIE MACK (1969), THE GROWING CONCERN (1968), THE DOORS (1971), LOTHAR AND THE HAND PEOPLE (1968), BLOSSUM TOES (1967), FLAMIN' GROOVIES (1970), TONY WILLIAMS LIFETIME (1973), LUCIFER'S FRIEND (1970), MC5 (1970), BLACK SABBATH (LIVE 1973), JOHNNY WINTER (1970) as broadcast over KXUA here in Fayetteville, AR and also over the mighty WBCQ 5110KHz shortwave out of Monticello, Maine. doWnLOad iT HERe: podcast #252 ENjoY!

Plastic Magic podcast #246 Oct. 7, 2012

Another thrillride of obscure bongrock as aired over KXUA 88.3FM in Fayetteville and WBCQ 5110KHz int' shortwave: AMON DUUL II (1972), BLODWYN PIG (1970), DUST (1972), BUDGIE(1972), PODIPTO (1970), PINK FAIRIES (1971), REVIVAL (1972), THE ELECTRIC FLAG (1968), CHAPLIN HARNESS (1969), THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (1968), NEIL MERRYWEATHER (1970), SMACK (1968) and much more. dOWNLoaD It heRe: podcast #246

Plastic Magic podcast #245 Sept. 30th, 2012

Another exhilaratingly mellow episode of Plastic Magic just as it was aired on the cool fall night of September 30th on KXUA here in Fayetteville. We listened to the smooth kind-a prog rock-y, kind-a psychedelic sounds of: PAVLOV'S DOG (1975), FLASH (1971), CITY BOY (1977), GLASS HARP (1972), CAPTAIN BEYOND (1977),  JAMES TAYLOR AND THE ORIGINAL FLYING MACHINE  (1967), DANNY KIRWAN (1979), TRIUMVIRAT (1975),  IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY (1970), FAT CITY (1972), STARCASTLE (1976), THE FABULOUS RHINESTONES (1972), KISS (1974) and a whole lotta more! Just download it all here: podcast #245

Plastic Magic podcast #237 July 15th, 2012

(art by Paul Burnham / note show time is 7-9pm CST now though)

Yes indeed, a fun time was had by all (or at least me) on this sunday July (very hot July) evening. Just me (Filthy Phil) by myself on this show. And it went a little something like this over KXUA 88.3FreqMod and WBCQ 5.110 MegaCycles: THE LEATHERCOATED MINDS (1968), TOMORROW (1968), THEE OH SEES (2010), VELVET UNDERGROUND (1967), FAITH (1973), BLOODROCK (1970), BOHEMIAN VENDETTA (1968), THE TONY WILLIAMS LIFETIME (1969), FEVER TREE (1968), CHRYSALIS (1968), THE BLACK ANGELS (2010) T REX (1972), WIND IN THE WILLOWS (1968), MANFRED MANN (1967) and much more DOwNloAD hEAR: podcast #237

Plastic Magic podcast #230 May 6th, 2012

Well here we go kids. Another very unprofessional but  possibly entertaining look into the realm of obscure record collector rock music. As broadcast on the night of May 6th, 2012 on KXUA 88.3fm and over WBCQ 5.110mHz shortwave, we listened to the mindbinding sounds of: BABE RUTH (1973), SPIRIT (1970), SMACK (1968), SHIVA'S HEADBAND (1970), HIGH TIDE (1969), MASHMAKHAN (1970), CATAPILLA (1973), THE IDES OF MARCH (1970), FELT (1971), RARE BIRD (1973), THE RATS (1969) and much more. Hear it all HeRE: podcast #230

There will be no live show next sunday May 13th because of Mother's Day (so call yer mama instead). We will be back on air on KXUA and WBCQ May 20th. See ya on the radio!

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