Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac

Hey vintage rock and roll fans, this sunday's Plastic Magic program will be a feature on the early years of Fleetwood Mac. This is to focus on the songwriting and underpraised guitar playing of early members of the band Peter Green, Danny Kirwin and Bob Welch. (1968-1974)

Plastic Magic podcast #47 Jan. 17th, 2010

Back from a 3 week hiatus! The Plastic Magic radio program is back in full swing with the crazy sounds of THE DAMNATION OF ADAM BLESSING (1970), JEFFERSON AIRPLANE (1971), DUST (1971), DEEP PURPLE (1970), JETHRO TULL (1973), THE BOB SEGER SYSTEM (1969), CRAZY HORSE (1971), HUMBLE PIE (1971), BLUE CHEER (1969), THE BEATLES (1968), MARY BUTTERWORTH (1968) and premired a bit of WADE OGLE'S new CD "Lovers and Fighters"...By the way the Mediafire account is up and running right. So don't be afraid, go ahead and download this podcast...after all it's free.... podcast #47 Jan. 17th, 2010 ...also the "Solstice" Podcast file is currently lost (sigh), but if/when it is found I will be posting it.

NOIR 33 photography exhibit and CD release party for Wade Ogle Jan. 21st 2010 at The Dickson Theater

 A multi media event! Well let's see...for those who don't know who Wade Ogle is....Wade was at one time front man, guitar player and lead singer for Fayetteville, AR legends THE FAITH HEALERS who later changed there name to DALI AUTOMATIC. This was from around late 80's till about 1994 or so. Later Wade had a group called HONEY DIED and even later a group called DELTA SPACEMEN....and friends I've been there to see em all! It may also be noted that Wade ran the late JR's Lightbulb Club (R.I.P.) for a while and was responsible for booking some great great bands there. Wade has recently been back at it making new recordings for us to enjoy! And so on Thursday January 21st. 2010 at JR's Dickson St. Theater Wade Ogle and new band the Sea Shall Save Them will have a CD release party for their new CD!

 but that's not all, kids!

Also, there will  be a photography display on the big screen by NOIR 33 PHOTOGRAPHY. So what is NOIR33? NOIR 33 Photography is John Moore's work. John Moore has been documenting beautifully on what he calls "junk cameras" scenes from underground bands of the area, and other random portraits of locals and beyond in black and white 35mm film. John is also well known for poster and album artwork for bands in the area as well as national acts under the moniker ENKI3D. This event starting at 7pm should not be missed as John may not do this again for a while! John Moore is currently working in motion picture also done on vintage super 8 film.

Also to finish off the evening you will hear the exciting psedo-hillbilly sounds of the fantastic POPE COUNTY BOOTLEGGERS. You may want to get there early to mingle and find a good spot to be, it's a big place but there is expected to be a big attendance!

Plastic Magic radio will be on hiatus a little longer

Hey friends,

Looks like I'm off the air again this week. Not my choice this time. I actually went to the studio with a freshly prepaired show, but found the U of A student union chain locked because of Christmas break! So I went home. As for next week I am going to be playing at a party with my band in my home town. So I won't be back on until Sunday January 17th. As for the "lost" Solstice Show podcast, I will try to get it posted on the night of the 17th if it's available then. The reason I haven't posted it is because our subscription to Mediafire ran out which knocked us from "pro" to "basic". The solstice show is a 4 hour podcast and I guess it wouldn't hold to what we have, which is a shame because I have had a lot of people who are now living out of town who are featured on it (it was a local band show...if you missed it) who want to hear it. This problem is apparently also contributing to other problems people may be having downloading shows from KXUA at the moment. so if you are looking for something to put on that new ipod you just got for Christmas I am posting the 3 shows I did last year for "Black History Month" in Febuary. Again this year for febuary I will be doing all shows a celebration to Black music which I believe all good music has come from (think about it, even Black Sabbath owes something to the blues). So here are some podcast I hope you will enjoy. I can't tell you exactlly what to expect on each one but I can tell you you will hear blues, jazz, and heavy soul music from the usual era (late 60's to early 70's) that I stay in: Black History Month Pt.1 , Black History Month Pt.2, Black History Month Pt.3 This Febuary I plan on devoting at least one whole show if not 2 to Parlament Funkadelic and all related to it...stay tuned!

If you need a reason to buy the new Flaming Lips "Embryonic" LP...

....First of all, I am sort of fanatical about bands that really catch my attention and I have a tendency to buy up everything that a band has put out if I really dig what they do. It is almost impossible for me to name a favorite band or favorite album of a band  that I really like. I usually start collecting the earliest work first and go from there. Sometime in the late 80's a friends mother turned me on to the Jefferson Airplane via "The Worst Of Jefferson Airplane" and within a year or so I had collected every thing I could find of them, which now includes side projects and such. The same with the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper, The Oblivians, and whatever, I could go on and on. But usually there comes a time when I hear a record that I have bought on "blind faith" that will stop this process. And I say to myself " I will have to hear the next one before I buy it". Meaning I have every Rolling Stones record up to "Dirty Work" and every Grateful Dead up to "Mars Hotel" and so on. More recently bands like The White Stripes have left me at Elephant and The Dirtbombs at "We Have You Surrounded" (I wish I hadn't even wasted money on that!). Alot of the bands that were so great and important to me from their output in the 60's and 70's didn't fare well in my opinion in the 80's. And some of them should probably have broke up before this time to save their image. So that being said The Flaming Lips have been together scince 1983. In my opinion they kind of started out bad. I didn't hear of the Flaming Lips until I was in high school in the early 90's. I believe the first time I heard them was probably on "120 minutes" which was a show on MTV back then that gave time to bands then called "alternative music" (for those who we're to young to have seen MTV back when they had music on it). This was around the time they put out "Transmissions From The Satelite Heart" which had their biggest hit "She Don't Use Jelly". I was drawn to them from then on. I have actually bought that record 3 times because of having loaned it out and never got it back or lost it. As for the albums they put out before it I don't have "Oh My Gawd..." The first album "Hear It Is" from 1986 I find hard to listen to. And "Telepathic Surgery" I have only listened to a few times. The first good record I would have to say is "In A Priest Driven Ambulance" which started there recordings with Dave Friedmann. Dave Friedmann who now runs his recording studio Tarbox in upstate New York and has alot to do with their sound. The Flaming Lips have continued to evolve and put out quality records ever since. With The loss of what I feel was a major part of the band Ronald the guitar player, their sound was altered a little. But the first record they put out without him was "Zaireeka" in 1997, a four disc set to be played all at the same time. A collossel album which featured bombastic production and showed a new direction for the group with Steven Drozd as the extremely talented multi-instrumentalist for the group. The next album was the beautiful "Soft Bulletin" of 1999, without a doubt one of the best albums of the 1990's. Anyway about "Embryonic" which this entry is supposed to be about. I stubbernlly waited for this to come out on LP as I did for "At War With The Mystics". First of all the record is their longest. Some music reviewers for some reason don't like long albums because they are sprawling, I have not read anything much about this album bad or otherwise yet, for no reason really, just haven't seeked out a review for this one. I happen to appreciate double albums just for them being long. Sometimes to me that signals that they had a lot of great ideas. I even appreciate Sleep's "Dopesmoker" for what it is, although I'll admit it's a little difficult to listen to. But without singling out individual tunes. I think the Flaming Lips have started a slightly new direction with this LP. First of all it is their "heaviest" record since "Clouds Taste Metallic" or "Zaireeka" but doesn't sound like either. The live drummer for the past few years Kliph Scurlock finally gets his recording debut with this. If anyone could replace Drozd as the drummer it's Kliph. And he shines like a bright star on this record! To make other comparisons to past albums, this record has the "overdriven" drum sound on "Zaireeka" and fuzz bass. With co-producer Dave Friedmann, this record as all of their records with him should be praised for the absolute superior soniclly beautiful Hi- Fidelity sound they achive. These guys are recording engineer scientist! That alone is one reason to get this record. They do have a "warts and all" approch though. You can hear throat clearing, laughing, even a cell phone making that fantom noise that it makes being to close to electronics. This record deserves to be played on big sounding "old school" stereo equipment (I have a Bang and Olufsen turntable, Marantz power unit from mid-70's and 4 Bose 501's and this sounds great very very loud!). So after 26 years (!) The Flaming Lips is one of the only bands left that I can still buy a record of on "blind faith" that it will be an exciting expirience. If I were to say what a lot of reviewers like to say about Pink Floyd, Yes and Led Zeppelin sure this does have that type of feel. But not that it sounds like it, it just fits nicely next to that stuff. If you need another reason to buy this record send me a comment and I'll try to think of another. I recommend buying this and play it LOUD!

Punkinhead from 1992(?)

hey peps, I'm having a little trouble getting the podcast posted from tonight's show. Maybe because the file is very large (was a 4 hour show) . But if you come here expecting to download the "solstice" show because you heard me say a few hours ago that it would be up by now, I'm sorry "we are having teachnical difficulties" as they say. So please check back later. If you'd like to email me a comment or would like me to let you know when this is availible email: plasticmagic883@yahoo.com In the mean time here is a video of  Punkinhead in which we heard tonight

upcoming Solstice show

Hey hey everybody, for those who missed my wed. feature show I did on Christmas eve last year, this year I'm doing it again but 2 hours longer! That's right a 4 hour show on local Arkansas bands from the 1990's. This is something I plan to do every year I'm on the radio here around Christmas time. On this show I plan to play a few studio recordings of  DALI AUTOMATIC (also known as The Faith Healers), THE COSMIC GIGGLE FACTORY, and whole live bootleg set from PUNKINHEAD from the legendary River City club in Fayetteville from 1992. These recordings are very rare and hard to find now a days, I bought them in the club as this was going on back in the day. For those who didn't get to see these bands then are in for a treat as we really had something special to be proud of back then (not that we don't now, but hey...) The show will run from 4pm-8pm (CST). And I will have my buddy Nate Higgins co-host for added insight and commentary. If you miss it on air don't worry it will be availible for podcast download after the show. Hope you tune in SUNDAY DECEMBER 20TH!