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The Reddy Kilowatt Hour, presented Wed. 10 PM ET on Radio Fairfax. Enjoy our archived shows at https://reddykradio.buzzsprout.com.

Reddy J Kilowatt is your rock and roll servant, featuring alt-rock, progressive rock, soul, occasional punk rock, deep tracks, forgotten classics, and brand new, angst-ridden favorites. Inspired by the great FM stations and DJs of the 70s and 80s who played whatever they felt like, along with the old AM radio energy of the late 60s - early 70s. There's still great new music out there and we play i

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We have something for everybody on this week's archive. Our opening track comes from Philly's Ron Gallo with a new and ...

01/21/2023

Episode #103 - Foreground Music (1/18/23) - The Reddy Kilowatt Hour

We have something for everybody on this week's archive. Our opening track comes from Philly's Ron Gallo with a new and suitably loud and obnoxious title track called "Foreground Music". During the pandemic, Gallo put on an online music festival called "Really Nice Fest" and Ron also rocks the Arnold Horshack perm. If you like punk, we have the Damned, who follow up our opener with "Neat Neat Neat" from 1978. The first set end with my longtime favorite Dave Edmunds track, from his 1981 Twangin' album, "You'll Never Get Me Up (In One of Those)", featuring the late, lamented combo Rockpile, which Edmunds shared with Nick Lowe for their respective solo records.

Set 2 opens with a 2013 song by Ducktails, "Letter of Intent", which at once has an 80s pop / R&B and proto-Tame Impala feel. Actually I wish Tame Impala was this melodic. We go back to the mid-80s and Killing Joke, who with the relentless "Love Like Blood" took their post-punk sound in a decidedly goth direction with spooky synths and layers of guitars. A different kind of spooky is found on 1962's "Running Scared", a Roy Orbison mini-epic built around the fear of rejection. The quivering voice and orchestration bely the triumphant final line of the song. It took a unique form of confidence to sing in such a vulnerable way, only to hit impossibly high notes at the end. Roy is truly a rock pioneer who sounded like no one who came before him or since.

Our middle set features "THe Full Form" by London singer L.A. Salami, an Afro-British singer that is at once reminiscent of his contemporary Bakar, along with 70s R&B and a little bit of rap and electronica for good measure. The Australian Courtney Barnett follows with the wonderful "Rae Street" from her 2021 album Things Take Time Take Time, paraphrasing her Dad's fatherly advice into a description of a day in the neighborhood. The set ends with a piano-driven waltz from Liverpool England's Clean Cut Kid (featuring Pet Snake), with Wilson-Phillips style harmonies.

Set 4 features Donald Fagen's Karmakiriad-era "Florida Room" (cowritten with wife Libby Titus), a paean to every romantic Florida stereotype for hardened Northeasterners heading to their early-bird specials at the Boca Raton Red Lobster (or Rascal House, one of the more famous local South Florida deli-restaurants where the pickles are plentiful). We follow it with First Aid Kit, two sisters from Sweden who sound like they've just been harmonizing with Dolly Parton at the Ryman Auditorium, with the beautiful "Turning Onto You" from their latest album, Palomino. We fall back to 1968 with Buffalo Springfield's "Four Days Gone", this week's second waltz (we rarely play even one), written and sung by Stephen Stills and released at a time when the band was breaking up and he was up in Laurel Canyon practicing a new kind of harmonic folk-rock with old friend David Crosby and his new British pal Graham Nash.

Set 5 features two songs to wrap us up, a fun neo-girl-grunge tune by Seattle's Alex Vile called "Tiger" (a fresh take on the Breeders and Sleater-Kinney sound), and then a rare original by French dance DJs Ofenbach called "Be Mine", which combines a more relaxing dance beat with catchy guitar, piano, organ and vocals, sounding like fun rock and roll instead of the usual mind-numbing Euro dance beats. And all this music, folks, is guaranteed to inspire you or tire you out. Perhaps both.

This RKH archives are available at the link below as well as on iHeart, Apple, Google and other fine podcasts as well as on Amazon Music. Plus listen to our new shows as they happen every Wednesday at 10 pm ET on radiofairfax.org, TuneIn Radio (Radio Fairfax), and NoVA cable channels 37 (Cox/Fios) and 27 (Comcast).

POSTSCRIPT: We wished a fond goodbye to guitar savant Jeff Beck last week (he's featured on our next show). Unfortunately now we have to say farewell to David Crosby, who was simply a ringleader of the entire LA folk-rock sound, a master of harmonies and intricate phrasings with an amazing range, and a brutally honest personality who lived with and survived his own vices longer than anyone could have reasonably expected. We'll be featuring him soon as well.

Best,
Reddy J Kilowatt,
Your Rock and Roll Servant

Here at the RKH, we mourn the loss of David Crosby, the second major artist we've lost this month. Founding member o...

01/20/2023

Wooden Ships (2005 Remaster)

Here at the RKH, we mourn the loss of David Crosby, the second major artist we've lost this month. Founding member of the Byrds, CSN and CSNY, all stalwarts of our show. A fine songwriter, angelic voice, and ringleader of the Laurel Canyon scene. I could only imagine when C, S and N might have been thinking when they heard themselves sing together for the first time in a room. And the rest was history.

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01/19/2023

RKH 1/18: Damned Florida Room!

Reddy is on in less than an hour! Join the Internet feed at 9:58 pm! We begin at 10 sharp (ET). Catch ya on the other side……..RJK

01/16/2023

RKH 1/18: Damned Florida Room!

Last week we brought you Captain Sensible … this week we go all out and bring you the rest of The Damned. Also we'll hear 80s tracks from Dave Edmunds and Killing Joke, along with deep 60s tracks from Roy Orbison and Buffalo Springfield. New music this week includes Ron Gallo, LA Salami, Clean Cut Kid, First Aid Kit and Alex Vile. Also, from 1993, Donald Fagen will take you for an early bird special in the "Florida Room". Plus even more!

The Reddy Kilowatt Hour is broadcast on Wednesday nights at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on Radio Fairfax. Available everywhere as follows:

🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax")
💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org
📺 In Northern Virginia you can also catch it on Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 and Comcast Channel 27, non-cable people can stream the show via Roku and Google TV: http://tinyurl.com/3uqfsz9
📱Direct web audio feed on: https://fcac.broadcasttool.stream/high

All our past shows can be streamed at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com, on iHeart, Apple and other Podcast apps, and on Amazon Music under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour".

Next week be sure to tune in as well, when we will feature a few songs from noted auto enthusiast and frequent guitar virtuoso Jeff Beck(RIP).

Cheers,
Reddy J Kilowatt
Your Rock and Roll Servant😎

Year 3 of our spin on is underway and we open up by going back to 1966 with British stalwarts Cream singing "I Feel F...

01/15/2023

Episode #102 - I Feel Free (1/11/23) - The Reddy Kilowatt Hour

Year 3 of our spin on is underway and we open up by going back to 1966 with British stalwarts Cream singing "I Feel Free" (not deliberately chosen for, but nevertheless an inspiring and hopeful thought on this MLK birthday weekend). We fast-forward to today with two new ones, one from Australian band Cool Sounds, the playful "Foreign Feelings", led by Dennis Lacey who also leads the Australian-German quartet Partner Look, and a chiming, melodic "The Show Must Go On" by New Englanders Born Without Bones.

Set two opens with Captain Sensible, who leaves his exploits from punkers the Damned behind with a 1982 effort, a Grandmaster Flash send-up (featuring Niles Rodgers-like rhythm guitar) called "Wot", featuring a call-and-response with his deadpan girl backup singers. Again, two more new songs follow. Western Canada band Parkland did the time-honored pandemic thing on the pretty and country-inflected "Good Stuff" (off their debut album) with all the members recording their parts at home separately. London quartet Bleach Lab, led by singer Jenna Kyle, end the set with the ethereal "I Could Be Your Safe Place".

The middle set begins with U2's triumphal "Magnificent" from 2009, one of their better late-era efforts ("late-era" being their less well-regarded music post-Elevation). Again we feature some new tunes to complete the set. Blessed, a Vancouver quartet, perform "Anything", whose lovely guitar figure throughout the song is accompanied by fine harmonies, and a drum part that wouldn't have been out of place on a late 80s or early 90s U2 ballad. Quirky Dear Nora (aka Katy Davidson) from Portland, Oregon then does "scrolls of doom", decrying environmental and political quackery.

Our penultimate set begins with Irish singer Aoife Nessa Frances with a beautiful, Farfisa-inflected ballad from her 2022 album Protector entitled, "This Still Life", recorded in Ireland's coastal countryside. Next up is a song from the 1982 debut album of Lords of the New Church, "Russian Roulette". This was a band of Brits along with American singer Stiv Bators, leader of the late-70s Cleveland punk band The Dead Boys. The bright guitar sound contrasts with the "Apocalypse Now"-inspired lyrics, catchy as they sound. We then finish the set with the criminally-underrated singer Tasmin Archer, who had a small number of UK and EU hits in the '90s, but went practically unnoticed in the three-pronged grunge / rap / country music scene of the mid-90s in the US. This 1993 song, amazingly enough, is called "Lords of the New Church", a strangely timely song about evangelical preachers who espouse money and wealth.

We wrap with the 1972 classic from the Temptations, "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone", their last hit record. It's known almost as much for its lush instrumentation, signature bass line, and proto-dance beat as for its vocals and its painful lyrics about an absentee father. Different versions of the song ranged from 4 minutes (the AM radio version) to 12 minutes (the album version). Here we play the 7 minute "single" version, which fades us into the night.

This RKH archive and the 101 episodes before it are available at the link below as well as on iHeart, Apple, Google and other fine podcasts as well as on Amazon Music. Plus listen to our new shows as they happen every Wednesday at 10 pm ET on radiofairfax.org, TuneIn Radio (Radio Fairfax), and NoVA cable channels 37 (Cox/Fios) and 27 (Comcast).

RIP Jeff Beck, an inspiration to both the music listener and to the people he performed with. He is perched on the all-time pantheon of guitarists with Jimmy, Jimi and Eric, as well as being a mentor, friend, and co-hort to young performers ranging from Rod Stewart in the late 60s to bassist Tal Wilkenfeld in the 2000s. Hope he and Jimi can touch base now. We'll be featuring Jeff before the month is out.

Best,
Reddy J Kilowatt,
Your Rock and Roll Servant

01/14/2023

Jeff Beck discovered bassist and singer-songwriter Tal Wilkenfeld when she was only about 20 or 21, and she was a part of his touring group for several years over the past two decades. Jeff Beck's musicianship will be remembered, not just his talent or stardom.

01/12/2023

RKH 1/11/23: New season, staying eclectic

Under an hour to Reddy’s new season. Internet music feed begins 9:58 pm after Sinatra blackout.

01/07/2023

RKH 1/11/23: New season, staying eclectic

It’s a new season of the Reddy Kilowatt Hour and we kick off our third year on the air with Captain Sensible! Along with tracks from Cream, Lords of the New Church, Tasmin Archer and the Temptations. Plus new music from Cool Sounds, Born Without Bones, Dear Nora, Bleach Lab; from Canada we hear Parkland and Blessed, and from Ireland, singer Aoife Nessa Frances. And more!

The Reddy Kilowatt Hour is broadcast on Wednesday nights at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on Radio Fairfax. Available everywhere as follows:

🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax")
💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org
📺 In Northern Virginia you can also catch it on Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 and Comcast Channel 27, non-cable people can stream the show via Roku and Google TV: http://tinyurl.com/3uqfsz9
📱Direct web audio feed on: https://fcac.broadcasttool.stream/high

All our past shows can be streamed at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com, on iHeart, Apple and other Podcast apps, and on Amazon Music under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour".

Thanks for your devotion to since our first show on the infamous date of 1/6/21. We look forward to your joining us every Wednesday night and beyond.....

Cheers,
Reddy J Kilowatt
Your Rock and Roll Servant😎

We presented an encore of our September 28 episode this week, which is in our archive at the link below. A few of our FA...

01/06/2023

Episode #88 - Grey Seal (9/28/22) - The Reddy Kilowatt Hour

We presented an encore of our September 28 episode this week, which is in our archive at the link below. A few of our FAB 14 from last week premiered on this episode and one song that just missed the chart is featured along with the band! Special guest Adam Elk from The Mommyheads discussed their prodigious output the last several years including their latest album, Genius Killer, along with how they remain inspired by the world around them. We play both "Distill Your Love Into That Dying Light" (the one that just missed our chart) from the new album and "Blind Like a Camera" from their 1992 album Coming Into Beauty.

Also on this episode, we opened with two artists who graced DC's biggest stages in September. First, Elton John, who was at Nats Park, supplied our opening and title track to this week's episode, "Grey Seal" (from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road), where Bernie Taupin wonders about what he does and doesn't know about the geopolitical world. Second, we played Roxy Music, who brought their 50th anniversary tour to the Capital One Arena, doing a track from 1973's For Your Pleasure, their second album, with "Do The Strand". This one features their more playful side (which was more apparent earlier than later in their careers). The Buzzcocks end our first set with "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)", featuring lyrics cribbed from a late night TV viewing of "Guys and Dolls" in a beer-soaked hotel room back in the late 70s.

Other music this week included Big Thief ("Simulation Swarm", about a hospital stay during the pandemic), The Snuts (doing a rambunctious "The Rodeo"), and Horsegirl, a Chicago band doing a fun and off-kilter guitar dance number called "Anti-Glory". NYC's DIIV ("Skin Game") and Keb' Mo' (a bluesy "The Medicine Man", performed with Americana stalwarts Old Crow Medicine Show) provide other recent tracks. We also throw in a 2010s release from rockabilly man Chris Isaak called "Dixie Fried", a song about a guy who "je**ed out a razor but he wasn't shaving", only to end up in jail. Your guess is as good as mine as to what this is about.

You can stream this show on Buzzsprout (again the link is below), along with Apple , iHeart and other fine podcast apps, along with Amazon Music.

Catch our broadcasts every Wednesday 10 pm Eastern on radiofairfax.org, Radio Fairfax on TuneIn, and in NoVA also on TV channels Cox/Fios 37 and Comcast 27.

And yes, we resume with new shows next week!!!

Cheers,
Reddy 🙃

01/05/2023

1/4/23: Encore presentation of our September 28 show featuring The Mommyheads

We’re on in less than 30! Feed on Internet starts 9:58 pm, and on TV after Sinatra!

01/03/2023

1/4/23: Encore presentation of our September 28 show featuring The Mommyheads

This week, an encore presentation from 9/28/22!

Join us for a blast from the 70s with the Buzzcocks, Elton John and Roxy Music, plus the latest from Big Thief, the Snuts, Horsegirl and Keb' Mo'. Also a new album from The Mommyheads called Genius Killer, and we interview Mommyheads singer/guitarist/producer Adam Elk about that new album, their music and their long career. Plus much more!!

The Reddy Kilowatt Hour is broadcast on Wednesday nights at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on Radio Fairfax. Available everywhere as follows:

🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax")
💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org
📺 In Northern Virginia you can also catch it on Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 and Comcast Channel 27
Direct feed on: https://fcac.broadcasttool.stream/high

All our past shows can be streamed at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com and on iHeart, Apple, Amazon Music and other Podcast apps under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour".

Join us for our third year with new shows starting next week!

Cheers,
Reddy J Kilowatt
Your Rock and Roll Servant 😎

Enjoy the FAB 14 of 2002, streaming at the Buzzsprout link below as well as on Amazon Music, Apple, iHeart and Google Po...

01/01/2023

Episode #101 - The FAB 14 of 2022 (12/28/22) - The Reddy Kilowatt Hour

Enjoy the FAB 14 of 2002, streaming at the Buzzsprout link below as well as on Amazon Music, Apple, iHeart and Google Podcast apps!
Happy New Year and look forward to bringing you some new shows in mid-January! Best, Reddy

12/31/2022

The Reddy Kilowatt Hour

Thank You Everyone!!!!!!!

From Beautiful Downtown Merrifield in the shadow of the Mosaic District, it’s the Reddy Kilowatt Hour, presented Wednesdays at 10 pm ET on Radio Fairfax, with old shows now available as podcasts. Hosted by a washed-up college DJ that is demonically possessed by a discredited cartoon spokesman for ...

12/29/2022

Thanks all for joining us last night for our "FAB 14 of 2022" and for our second year of both rock and roll via Radio Fairfax and through our downloads of the previous week's shows. Below are the top 5 episodes for 2022 based on downloads!

#1. "Living In Another World", 7/8 (Episode #77)
#2. "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead", 5/27 (Episode #72)
#3. "Steady As She Goes", 2/25 (Episode #59)
#4. "Wet Dream", 2/18 (Episode #58)
#5. "So Far Gone", 12/7 (Episode #98)

Episode #77 is also our #3 episode of all time.

We interestingly had a huge number of downloads this year for one of our early episodes, Episode #16, "In the Meantime" (4/21/21), which has become our #1 download of all time.
Spacehog fans unite! I have to admit the Spacehog-into-David Gilmour transition in that opening set was pretty cool.

Our #2 all-time episode is our 10th episode, "Times Like These" (3/10/21), which was our first DC Local music special.

These and all our other episodes are available for listening at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com and on Apple, iHeart and Google podcast apps along with Amazon Music. We'll be adding the FAB 14 episode to the archive this weekend so stay tuned!

HNY and be safe,
Reddy

12/29/2022

TKH 12/28: The FAB 14 of 2022!

The FAB 14 on the RKH begins in less than 30 min! Radio feed begins 9:58 pm, while on TV feed we follow “Simply Sinatra”. Catch you shortly!

12/27/2022

TKH 12/28: The FAB 14 of 2022!

IT'S THE FAB 14! Listen on Wednesday night to hear the top new songs we played this year based on downloads of our episodes along with ratings from our virtual panel of music experts. Will you hear Wet Leg? Palm Trees in Moscow (from BAL)? Bartees Strange (from DC)? Fontaines DC? Big Thief? Tune in and join in the suspense.

The Reddy Kilowatt Hour is broadcast on Wednesday nights at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on Radio Fairfax. Available everywhere as follows:

🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax")
💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org
📺 In Northern Virginia you can also catch it on Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 and Comcast Channel 27, non-cable people can stream the show via Roku and Google TV: http://tinyurl.com/3uqfsz9
📱Direct web audio feed on: https://fcac.broadcasttool.stream/high

All our past shows can be streamed at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com, on iHeart, Apple and other Podcast apps, and on Amazon Music under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour".

Have a happy and safe New Year's weekend!

Cheers,
Reddy J Kilowatt
Your Rock and Roll Servant😎

Our 100th Episode is our annual holiday special! We range from reverent to edgy on this one, and you'll find it a gre...

12/23/2022

Episode #100 - Merry Christmas Baby (and a Happy Hanukkah Too) (12/21/22) - The Reddy Kilowatt Hour

Our 100th Episode is our annual holiday special! We range from reverent to edgy on this one, and you'll find it a great complement to any kind of fun-time events you'll have this weekend, or just to entertain you on a long drive if you listen via one of the podcast apps like iHeart or Apple. This one deserves a synopsis:

After some nostalgic commercial bits (the Radio Shack bit in particular), we jump into Otis Redding doing a 1947 R&B hit twenty years later with "Merry Christmas Baby". The Pretenders follow with a beautiful jangly "2000 Miles", and we close out set 1 with the Mighty Mighty Bosstones (from Boston of course) covering a 1984 song by the Dogmatics called "Xmas Time (Sure Doesn't Feel Like It)".

Our second set sandwiches a bright pop song "Look Outside (A New Year's Coming)" from the Go! Team which came out mid-Pandemic (2020) between Blondie's punkish interpretation of "We Three Kings" (released in 2009, but they sound pleasingly 1979-ish) and The Dwarves' gleefully obnoxious "Drinkin' Up Christmas".

Our middle set goes four songs long, with our Hanukkah song this year belonging to Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings with a soul rave-up, "Eight Days". We revert into glorious irreverence with Denver's Rocket Surgeons covering a 1950s kid tune, "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas", about twice as fast as 10-year-old Gayla Peavey did on the Ed Sullivan Show back in 1953, along with a shrieking guitar figure that is very un-1953. The Dead Milkmen (authors of the 80s hits "BItchin Camaro" and "Punk Rock Girl") expose their mastery at tearing up politicized religiosity with their prescient "Big Words Make the Baby Jesus Cry" (from 2014). The set ends with MC Lars updating a classic 20th Century Christmas fable with "Gary the Green Nosed Reindeer", in the manner only a Stanford grad and Berkeley CA native could.

After skanking our way through No Doubt's "Oi to the World" (2003), right before Gwen Stefani went all glam, Jacksonville natives Yellowcard provide an epic cover of a 2008 Coldplay song, "Christmas Lights". We hew more traditional with a ca****la group Pentatonix singing "Where are You Christmas", though I believe they eschewed the beatboxing for an actual drum track (either that or they are more amazing than we think).

We wrap up with the four Beatles delivering their 1965 Christmas wishes (reinterpreting "Yesterday", "Auld Lang Syne", and whatever else they felt like doing), and then Los Angelenos X doing their patented deadpan boy-girl duet version of "Jingle Bells" circa 2009.

This RKH archive (and the 99 episodes that came before it) are available at the link below as well as on iHeart, Apple, Google and other fine podcasts as well as on Amazon Music.

Next week look for our "FAB 14" (the top new songs played on our show this year) which will close out our second season of the RKH. Our new shows broadcast every Wednesday at 10 pm ET on radiofairfax.org, TuneIn Radio (Radio Fairfax), and NoVA cable channels 37 (Cox/Fios) and 27 (Comcast).

Y'all have a safe and merry Christmas, and a happy Hanukkah.

Cheers,
Reddy

12/22/2022

RKH (12/21): Have an Uncommon Holiday

Our holiday episode begins in 15 minutes!! Join us. :)

12/19/2022

RKH (12/21): Have an Uncommon Holiday

Wednesday we celebrate another electrifying festive season with Christmas classics from Otis Redding, the Pretenders, and Pentatonix; unique takes on Christmas standards from Blondie , Rocket Surgeons and X, celebrate the "8 Days (of Hanukkah)" with Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings; and enjoy some un-standard holiday music from Mighty Mighty Bosstones, the Dwarves, and the Dead Milkmen. Plus Christmas greetings from the Beatles and lots more!

The Reddy Kilowatt Hour is broadcast on Wednesday nights at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on Radio Fairfax. Available everywhere as follows:

🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax")
💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org
📺 In Northern Virginia you can also catch it on Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 and Comcast Channel 27, non-cable people can stream the show via Roku and Google TV: http://tinyurl.com/3uqfsz9
📱Direct web audio feed on: https://fcac.broadcasttool.stream/high

All our past shows can be streamed at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com, on iHeart, Apple and other Podcast apps, and on Amazon Music under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour".

And next week, catch our FAB 14 countdown of our top new songs of 2022!

Celebrate and be safe!

Cheers,
Reddy J Kilowatt
Your Rock and Roll Servant😎

Our latest archive features the RKH debut of Joan Armatrading, who celebrates a birthday this month and, although she is...

12/16/2022

Episode #99 - Drop the Pilot (12/14/22) - The Reddy Kilowatt Hour

Our latest archive features the RKH debut of Joan Armatrading, who celebrates a birthday this month and, although she is best known for performing solo with acoustic guitar, she had a few notable rock and R&B efforts in the 70s and 80s, including the album 1983's The Key, from which comes our title track "Drop the Pilot" (some kind of British slang term for finding someone/something new). Other birthdays we celebrate this week include the one and only Billy Gibbons, who leads off our middle set with ZZ Top's twin standards "Waiting for the Bus" and "Jesus Just Left Chicago". Hot on the heels of that is guitarist Peter Buck (also celebrating a birthday) for which we celebrate with some very early REM, the song "Catapult" off Murmur, featuring the ever-catchy "oooo, we were little boys......oooo, we were little girls". One of those jangly early 80s songs I've never been able to get out of my head. And now neither will you.

We haven't scrimped on the recent stuff this week - a new one from Swedish twin sisters 7ebra, "I Have A Lot to Say", with a slightly more laconic and wiseass take on Wet Leg's sound (if you didn't think Wet Leg was laconic and wiseass enough). Also, Cass McCombs has quietly been building a following with his literate music style, here on "Vacation from Thought" he is joined by New York trio Weak Signal. Finally, Baltimore punkers Turnstile have been filling up arenas around the world and will be playing both Capital One in DC and Baltimore Arena this coming May. Here we hear "Underwater Boi".

Other 21st Century stuff this week includes singer-songwriter Ben Harper's "In the Colors" (with the Innocent Criminals), the Chromatics with their 2015 "Shadows", off a never-released album, which David Lynch thought would sound good in the roadhouse
in his 2018 reboot of Twin Peaks. From 2011 comes a live rendition of "Closet Disco Dancer" by Igor and the Red Elvises (them again) which completely wipes the floor with the studio version, as do most of their live versions of their songs.

Ignoring the 90s this week, we span the '80s with Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Knock Me Down" (one of their excellent anti-drug songs ironically done during an era where they were swimming in drugs), The Smiths do "Bigmouth Strikes Again", as well as the aforementioned Joan and REM tunes.

From the 70s, we couldn't get enough of Christine McVie last week, so this week we play her "Over My Head" off the Fleetwood Mac "white album", along with the aforementioned ZZ Top. And we reach way back to one the Byrds' early demos with "You Showed Me", recorded in 1964 but released in 1969 after the original lineup broke up.

And keeping with the spirit of the season, Broken Peach implores you to "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" in what they have called the saddest Christmas song ever written.

This RKH archive (and the 98 episodes that came before it) are available at the link below as well as on iHeart, Apple, Google and other fine podcasts as well as on Amazon Music.

Catch us for new shows every Wednesday at 10 pm ET on radiofairfax.org, TuneIn Radio (Radio Fairfax), and NoVA cable channels 37 (Cox/Fios) and 27 (Comcast).

Yours, Reddy

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The Reddy Kilowatt Hour (11/16): Jimi in a Suit

This week, we celebrate the birthdays of Bonnie Raitt and Talking Heads bassist Tina Weymouth, along with Jimi Hendrix…wearing a suit! Also new music from Yo La Tengo, Abney Park, Deep Pocket Thieves, Tove Lo, Lounge Society and Eyedress. Plus Muse and Roxy Music! And much more. The Reddy Kilowatt Hour is broadcast on Wednesday nights at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on Radio Fairfax. Available everywhere as follows: 🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax") 💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org 📺 In Northern Virginia you can also catch it on Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 and Comcast Channel 27, non-cable people can stream the show via Roku and Google TV: http://tinyurl.com/3uqfsz9 📱Direct web audio feed on: https://fcac.broadcasttool.stream/high All our past shows can be streamed at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com and on iHeart, Apple and other Podcast apps under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour". Happiness is a warm audio feed. Cheers, Reddy J Kilowatt Your Rock and Roll Servant

RKH 11/9: Nowhere... in Stereo

We’re moving in stereo this week with the Cars, visit the debut album from Nirvana, the lost album from the Smithereens, and nowhere with Neil Young and Crazy Horse. Plus new music from the National (w/ Bon Iver), Juliana Madrid, Peel Dream Magazine, and Archers of Loaf. Along with the Quakes, Snail Mail, the Blasters and much more. The Reddy Kilowatt Hour is broadcast on Wednesday nights at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on Radio Fairfax. Available everywhere as follows: 🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax") 💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org 📺 In Northern Virginia you can also catch it on Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 and Comcast Channel 27, non-cable people can stream the show via Roku and Google TV: http://tinyurl.com/3uqfsz9 📱Direct web audio feed on: https://fcac.broadcasttool.stream/high All our past shows can be streamed at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com and on iHeart, Apple and other Podcast apps under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour". Enjoy the show as I struggle with the proper pronunciation of "Bon Iver". Cheers, Reddy J Kilowatt Your Rock and Roll Servant 😎

On our next show, we make our November colorful with Blue Cheer and the Reds, Pinks and Purples. Receive an "Invitation to the Blues" from Tom Waits, and pay tribute to the late but "Red Hot" Robert Gordon. Plus new music from Homes at Night, Tim Burgess, Miss Grit and Rock Eupora. Also the Wombats, Del Amitri, Edie Brickell from her first album with New Bohemians, and many others! The Reddy Kilowatt Hour is broadcast on Wednesday nights at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on Radio Fairfax. Available everywhere as follows: 🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax") 💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org 📺 In Northern Virginia you can also catch it on Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 and Comcast Channel 27, non-cable people can stream the show via Roku and Google TV: http://tinyurl.com/3uqfsz9 📱Direct web audio feed on: https://fcac.broadcasttool.stream/high All our past shows can be streamed at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com and on iHeart, Apple and other Podcast apps under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour". Our show is in all likelihood doodily-squat. (I assume the opposite is that it ain't doodily-squat so I'm playing the percentages here.) Cheers, Reddy J Kilowatt Your Rock and Roll Servant 😎

RKH 10/26: It's (almost) Halloween!

It’s our annual pre-Halloween episode! We’ll be featuring the Stooges, Spinal Tap, the Police, Dead Kennedys and St. Vincent, along with new music from 2nd Grade and Kamikaze Palm Tree, and of course David Bowie.…plus much more…. The Reddy Kilowatt Hour is broadcast on Wednesday nights at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on Radio Fairfax. Available everywhere as follows: 🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax") 💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org 📺 In Northern Virginia you can also catch it on Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 and Comcast Channel 27, non-cable people can stream the show via Roku and Google TV: http://tinyurl.com/3uqfsz9 📱Direct web audio feed on: https://fcac.broadcasttool.stream/high All our past shows can be streamed at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com and on iHeart, Apple and other Podcast apps under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour". This week will be scary good....... Cheers, Reddy J Kilowatt Your Rock and Roll Servant 😎

RKH 10/19: Nekkid Thrills

On our next show, the latest from Primus, White Lies and Momma….plus songs your Momma might not want you to hear like “Sex Swing” from the Passion Fruit Boys, “The Strip Joint is Closed” from Red Elvises, and a Joan Osborne song we won’t even name -- plus 80s standards from REM and Berlin. We'll also spin some classic BB King and other great artists and tunes...... The Reddy Kilowatt Hour is broadcast on Wednesday nights at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on Radio Fairfax. Available everywhere as follows: 🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax") 💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org 📺 In Northern Virginia you can also catch it on Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 and Comcast Channel 27, non-cable people can stream the show via Roku and Google TV: http://tinyurl.com/3uqfsz9 📱Direct web audio feed on: https://fcac.broadcasttool.stream/high All our past shows can be streamed at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com and on iHeart, Apple and other Podcast apps under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour". The thrill is here....... Cheers, Reddy J Kilowatt Your Rock and Roll Servant 😎

RKH 10/12: Old Man, Go! Team

On our next show, Norway's Ayka, Beck with his cover of Neil Young's "Old Man" fresh from the Oct. 2 Sunday Night Football, and Warren Zevon. Plus, new tunes from the Nagging Doubts, the Yot Club, The Go! Team, Bloods and Paul Weller. Plus Eric Clapton from 461 Ocean Blvd and Eva Cassidy doing her incomparable rendition of Sting's "Fields of Gold". Plus much more! The Reddy Kilowatt Hour is broadcast on Wednesday nights at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on Radio Fairfax. Available everywhere as follows: 🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax") 💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org 📺 In Northern Virginia you can also catch it on Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 and Comcast Channel 27, non-cable people can stream the show via Roku and Google TV: http://tinyurl.com/3uqfsz9 📱Direct web audio feed on: https://fcac.broadcasttool.stream/high All our past shows can be streamed at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com and on iHeart, Apple and other Podcast apps under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour". Send lawyers, guns and money..... Cheers, Reddy J Kilowatt Your Rock and Roll Servant 😎

RKH 10/5: October Bdays and Sid Sings!

The Reddy Kilowatt Hour welcomes you to October. Lots of birthdays to celebrate this month. On this show we'll feature PJ Harvey, Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac), and Jackson Browne. We’ll enjoy the latest from the Mountain Goats, Motel Radio, Suave Punk, Young Guv, the Black Angels, along with some rockabilly swing music from The Strange Blue Dreams. Also we’ll hear Sid Vicious sing! And much more. The Reddy Kilowatt Hour is broadcast on Wednesday nights at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on Radio Fairfax. Available everywhere as follows: 🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax") 💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org 📺 In Northern Virginia you can also catch it on Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 and Comcast Channel 27, non-cable people can stream the show via Roku and Google TV: http://tinyurl.com/3uqfsz9 📱Direct web audio feed on: https://fcac.broadcasttool.stream/high All our past shows can be streamed at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com and on iHeart, Apple and other Podcast apps under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour". Happy pre-pre-pre-pre-Halloween week. Cheers, Reddy J Kilowatt Your Rock and Roll Servant 😎

RKH 9/28: Catch a Buzzcock, Hear a Mommyhead

SPECIAL GUEST THIS WEEK - Adam Elk! This week, we bring the curtain down on September with a blast from the 70s with the Buzzcocks, Elton John and Roxy Music, plus the latest from Big Thief, the Snuts, Horsegirl and Keb' Mo'. Also a new album from The Mommyheads called Genius Killer, and we interview Mommyheads singer/guitarist/producer Adam Elk about that new album, their music and their long career. Plus much more!! The Reddy Kilowatt Hour is broadcast on Wednesday nights at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on Radio Fairfax. Available everywhere as follows: 🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax") 💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org 📺 In Northern Virginia you can also catch it on Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 and Comcast Channel 27 Direct feed on: https://fcac.broadcasttool.stream/high All our past shows can be streamed at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com and on iHeart, Apple and other Podcast apps under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour". Cheers, Reddy J Kilowatt Your Rock and Roll Servant 😎

RKH 9/21/22: Undercover Smile

It’s a September to remember on the Reddy Kilowatt Hour as we return to our usual mix of the finest in both rock and roll, new and old....….New music from Heavy Gus (a spinoff of the Lumineers), Baltimore's Palm Trees in Moscow, Dutch quintet the Klittens, Ben Harper and MInnesota's Scarlet Goodbye. Also, we celebrate Freddie Mercury’s birthday this month with Queen, plus you'll hear Squeeze, Bob Welch, Brian Wilson with his 2004 reimagining of SMiLE, and the Rolling Stones…plus much more. The Reddy Kilowatt Hour is broadcast on Wednesday nights at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on Radio Fairfax. Available everywhere as follows: 🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax") 💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org 📺 In Northern Virginia you can also catch it on Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 and Comcast Channel 27 Direct feed on: https://fcac.broadcasttool.stream/high All our past shows can be streamed at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com and on iHeart, Apple and other Podcast apps under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour". Get ready to Fall in........ Cheers, Reddy J Kilowatt Your Rock and Roll Servant

RKH 9/14: Rockin' Your Street!

Get lost in both rock and roll with the Reddy Kilowatt Hour, as we present songs about streets, roads, avenues and boulevards…from Lou Reed, the Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Rocket from the Crypt, the Cure, Bruce Springsteen, Duffy, the Nashville Teens (hint - not from Nashville), and many others! The Reddy Kilowatt Hour is broadcast on Wednesday nights at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on #RadioFairfax(Fairfax Public Access). Available everywhere as follows: 🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax") 💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org 📺 In Northern Virginia you can also catch it on Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 and Comcast Channel 27 Direct feed on: https://fcac.broadcasttool.stream/high All our past shows can be streamed at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com and on iHeart, Apple and other Podcast apps under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour". Wherever you go, there you are...... Cheers, Reddy J Kilowatt Your Rock and Roll Servant

09/07/22: RKH Locals-Only Encore!!

Coming Wednesday. We go encore - our "Locals Only" show (first broadcast March 9) features DC, MD and VA artists like Jimmy's Chicken Shack, Dog Fashion Disco, Dave Matthews, Bruce Hornsby, Beach House, Seven Mary Three, and Fairfax VA's own Artful Dodger! The Reddy Kilowatt Hour is broadcast on Wednesday nights at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on #RadioFairfax(Fairfax Public Access) Available everywhere as follows: 🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax") 💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org 📺 In Northern Virginia you can also catch it on Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 and Comcast Channel 27 Direct feed on: https://fcac.broadcasttool.stream/high LAST WEEK'S SHOW is now in our archive at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com and on iHeart, TuneIn and Apple Podcasts under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour". WE RETURN NEXT WEEK with all new shows to kick off the fall, including a show next week that just might be honoring your favorite street.... Cheers, Reddy J Kilowatt Your Rock and Roll Servant

RKH 8/31: Stop the Clock!

Guess who share a birthday! It's Robert Plant and Isaac Hayes, who both grace our show this Wednesday night, along with new music from Cheekface, Drugdealer, Elvis Costello reunited with his first band Rusty, the acclaimed Lee Bains + the Glory Fires, Interpol and Royel Otis. Turn the clock way back to Gary US Bonds, garage rockers the Good Feelins, and Jefferson Starship. Plus much more to end the summer on a #rock #roll #radio note. The Reddy Kilowatt Hour is broadcast on Wednesday nights at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on #RadioFairfax(Fairfax Public Access) Available everywhere as follows: 🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax") 💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org 📺 In Northern Virginia you can also catch it on Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 and Comcast Channel 27 Direct feed on: https://fcac.broadcasttool.stream/high Our archives are at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com and on iHeart, TuneIn and Apple Podcasts under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour". Join us, hear some new sounds, revel in the past, and you can even ride a tiger! Cheers, Reddy J Kilowatt Your Rock and Roll Servant

RKH 8/24: Open those books and records!

It's back to school for lots of kids (and maybe some of you). This Wednesday night on the Reddy Kilowatt Hour, you’ll learn the newest tunes from The Beths, Kiwi Jr., Alex Jordan, fanclubwallet, beabadoobee, and Spoon. We'll feature legends Stevie Ray Vaughn, Bob Seger and Bruce Springsteen, and we'll honor the late singer and Motown songwriter and producer Lamont Dozier. And lots more. The Reddy Kilowatt Hour is broadcast on Wednesday nights at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on #RadioFairfax(Fairfax Public Access) Available everywhere as follows: 🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax") 💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org 📺 On Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 (Fairfax/Loudoun/Western Arlington/Stafford/Falls Church/Fredericksburg, VA) and Comcast Channel 27 in beautiful Reston, VA. Our archives are at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com and on iHeart, TuneIn and Apple Podcasts under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour". Come listen to us rewrite the book on #rock #roll #radio. Cheers, Reddy J Kilowatt Your Rock and Roll Servant 😎

RKH 7/13: River Deep, Mountain High, White Punks on Dope

This week’s show features Bartees Strange (British-born, Oklahoma-raised, DC-based) with his new album, along with the latest from Madison Cunningham, Parcels, Daniel Romano's Outfit and Hovvdy from Austin TX. Plus British pop-rockers Squeeze and Echo & the Bunnymen, and the mysterious and multi-talented Danielle Dax. Plus the Tubes and a 1966 classic from Ike and Tina Turner. And much more! The Reddy Kilowatt Hour is broadcast on Wednesday nights at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on #RadioFairfax(#fairfaxpublicaccess) Available everywhere as follows: 🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax") 💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org 📺 On Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 (Fairfax/Loudoun/Western Arlington/Stafford/Falls Church/Fredericksburg, VA) and Comcast Channel 27 in beautiful Reston, VA. Our archives are at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com and on iHeart, TuneIn and Apple Podcasts under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour". This week, go river deep, mountain high. Cheers, Reddy J KIlowatt Your Rock and Roll Servant 😎

RKH 7/6: It's Never Too Late to Be Like a Rolling Stone

This week on the Reddy Kilowatt Hour, we span a half century ranging from notable tracks from Carole King, 10,000 Maniacs, U2 and Talk Talk to the latest sounds from the Heavy Heavy, Cautious Clay, Soccer Mommy, !!! and guitar king Robin Trower. Plus, the Rolling Stones do Bob Dylan and the Futureheads cover Kate Bush! The Reddy Kilowatt Hour is broadcast on Wednesday nights at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on #RadioFairfax(#fairfaxpublicaccess) Available everywhere as follows: 🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax") 💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org 📺 On Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 (Fairfax/Loudoun/Western Arlington/Stafford/Falls Church/Fredericksburg, VA) and Comcast Channel 27 in beautiful Reston, VA. Our archives are at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com and on iHeart, TuneIn and Apple Podcasts under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour". 50+ years of great music, on one public access radio show. Let your cup runneth over. Cheers, Reddy J KIlowatt Your Rock and Roll Servant 😎

RKH 6/29: Cheaper than gas

Gasoline is expensive, but listening to the Reddy Kilowatt Hour is still free. And we’ll give you your money’s worth!! 😁 On our next show, we’ll hear the latest from an Italian band with a Danish name, Måneskin, along with a new one from the legendary Afghan Whigs, and fresh tunes from Marigold and the Stereophonics. Plus the Alarm, the Cure, the Saints, China Crisis and Van Morrison. And lots more for your listening pleasure. The Reddy Kilowatt Hour is broadcast on Wednesday nights at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on #RadioFairfax(#fairfaxpublicaccess) Available everywhere as follows: 🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax") 💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org 📺 On Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 (Fairfax/Loudoun/Western Arlington/Stafford/Falls Church/Fredericksburg, VA) and Comcast Channel 27 in beautiful Reston, VA. Our archives are at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com and on iHeart, TuneIn and Apple Podcasts under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour". Fuel your soul with us! Cheers, Reddy J KIlowatt Your Rock and Roll Servant 😎

RKH 6/8: Wayback, Razzy and Frightwig

LET'S TRY IT AGAIN! On Wednesday (6/15), The Reddy Kilowatt Hour goes into the wayback machine with the 13th Floor Elevators and Kenny Rogers & The First Edition (back in the day). Plus the latest from the Whirling Dervishes, The Editors, Surf Curse, DB Caulfield, Wavves and the Waterboys! Plus Frightwig, Toro y Moi, and Razzy Bailey! And more…. The Reddy Kilowatt Hour is broadcast at Wednesday at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on #RadioFairfax(#fairfaxpublicaccess) Available everywhere as follows: 🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax") 💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org 📺 On Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 (Fairfax/Loudoun/Western Arlington/Stafford/Falls Church/Fredericksburg, VA) and Comcast Channel 27 in beautiful Reston, VA. Our archives are at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com and on iHeart, TuneIn and Apple Podcasts under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour". It's barbecue season. Antacid flashbacks are a thing now. Cheers, Reddy J KIlowatt Your Rock and Roll Servant 😎

RKH 6/1: Good Looks, Hot Fun and Emotional Traffic

The Reddy Kilowatt Hour washes off the June Gloom with Good Looks, Lime Garden, TV on the Radio, and Bob Schneider, plus get a clean bill of health from Dr Dog. Plus new music from Adia Victoria and Mitski. Along with hot fun from Sly and the Family Stone, the Rumour and the Replacements. Plus much more! The Reddy Kilowatt Hour is broadcast at Wednesday at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on #RadioFairfax(#fairfaxpublicaccess) Available everywhere as follows: 🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax") 💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org 📺 On Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 (Fairfax/Loudoun/Western Arlington/Stafford/Falls Church/Fredericksburg, VA) and Comcast Channel 27 in beautiful Reston, VA. Former WaPo music critic Buzz McClain talks to yours truly about the origins of the RKH: https://northernvirginiamag.com/culture/culture-features/2022/02/24/reddy-kilowatt/ Our archives are at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com and on iHeart, TuneIn and Apple Podcasts under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour". June - it even sounds like a bass guitar! Cheers, Reddy J KIlowatt Your Rock and Roll Servant 😎

RKH 5/25: w/ XTC, REM, ZZT

This week on the Reddy Kilowatt Hour…..the latest from Sharon Van Etten, Old Crow Medicine Show, the Black Keys and Lo Moon. Plus roll back the acronyms with XTC, REM, and ZZ Top. Catch a chest fever with The Band, and have a drink with John Prine….plus much more. The Reddy Kilowatt Hour is broadcast at Wednesday at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on #RadioFairfax(#fairfaxpublicaccess) Available everywhere as follows: 🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax") 💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org 📺 On Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 (Fairfax/Loudoun/Western Arlington/Stafford/Falls Church/Fredericksburg, VA) and Comcast Channel 27 in beautiful Reston, VA. Former WaPo music critic Buzz McClain talks to yours truly about the origins of the RKH: https://northernvirginiamag.com/culture/culture-features/2022/02/24/reddy-kilowatt/ Our archives are at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com and on iHeart, TuneIn and Apple Podcasts under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour". A cool hour for a hot and late May. Cheers, Reddy J KIlowatt Your Rock and Roll Servant 😎

On this week's show, once again we have that royal feel with brand new King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard along with Prince (all 7+ minutes of "Controversy"!), as well as the geopolitically-named Big Country and New Order. Plus the Alabama 3, George Harrison, Crosby Stills and Nash, and more new music from Arcade Fire, The Merrier, and Superchunk. And much more! The Reddy Kilowatt Hour is broadcast at Wednesday at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on #RadioFairfax(#fairfaxpublicaccess) Available everywhere as follows: 🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax") 💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org 📺 On Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 (Fairfax/Loudoun/Western Arlington/Stafford/Falls Church/Fredericksburg, VA) and Comcast Channel 27 in beautiful Reston, VA. Former WaPo music critic Buzz McClain talks to yours truly about the origins of the RKH: https://northernvirginiamag.com/culture/culture-features/2022/02/24/reddy-kilowatt/ Our archives are at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com and on iHeart, TuneIn and Apple Podcasts under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour". A bouquet of both rock and roll is yours for a whole hour! Cheers, Reddy J KIlowatt Your Rock and Roll Servant 😎

Queens, Kings, and SoapGirls! (5/11/22 show)

On the next Reddy Kilowatt Hour, we show some class, featuring King Crimson, Queen, Young Guv, and Bram Tchaikovsky……we travel fast with Quicksilver Messenger service and Blues Traveler. Plus we encounter Kids on a Crime Spree and brand new music from the SoapGirls. And much more! The Reddy Kilowatt Hour is broadcast at Wednesday at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on #RadioFairfax(#fairfaxpublicaccess) Available everywhere as follows: 🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax") 💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org 📺 On Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 (Fairfax/Loudoun/Western Arlington/Stafford/Falls Church/Fredericksburg, VA) and Comcast Channel 27 in beautiful Reston, VA. Former WaPo music critic Buzz McClain talks to yours truly about the origins of the RKH: https://northernvirginiamag.com/culture/culture-features/2022/02/24/reddy-kilowatt/ Our archives are at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com and on iHeart, TuneIn and Apple Podcasts under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour". Royally Loud. The only way to be! Cheers, Reddy J KIlowatt Your Rock and Roll Servant 😎

RKH Episode #69!!

On the next RKH, new music from Mattiel and the Klittens, roll with Etta James and Johnny Thunder plus alternative sounds from the Shins, Cake, Blood Orange, and Camera Obscura…plus Led Zeppelin and Spirit. Plus much more on this, our 69th Episode! The Reddy Kilowatt Hour is broadcast at Wednesday at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on Radio Fairfax (Fairfax Public Access). Available everywhere as follows: 🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax") 💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org 📺 On Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 (Fairfax/Loudoun/Western Arlington/Stafford/Falls Church/Fredericksburg, VA) and Comcast Channel 27 in beautiful Reston, VA. Former WaPo music critic Buzz McClain talks to yours truly about the origins of the RKH: https://northernvirginiamag.com/culture/culture-features/2022/02/24/reddy-kilowatt/ Our archives are at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com and on iHeart, TuneIn and Apple Podcasts under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour". Welcome to May and #69! This week's show is a labor of love! Cheers, Reddy J KIlowatt Your Rock and Roll Servant

RKH: Some deep tracks to end April by (4/27/22)

This week on the Reddy Kilowatt Hour, lots of new music from Franz Ferdinand, Band of Horses, Warpaint and Ryan Adams. We’ll hear Washington’s Elizabeth II, along with the Eagles of Death Metal! Also some deep tracks from David Bowie, Elton John, Genesis, and Cherokee Rose. All this and more on the next Reddy Kilowatt Hour, Wednesday at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on Radio Fairfax (Fairfax Public Access). Available everywhere as follows: 🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax") 💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org 📺 On Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 (Fairfax/Loudoun/Western Arlington/Stafford/Falls Church/Fredericksburg, VA) and Comcast Channel 27 in beautiful Reston, VA. Former WaPo music critic Buzz McClain talks to yours truly about the origins of the RKH: https://northernvirginiamag.com/culture/culture-features/2022/02/24/reddy-kilowatt/ Our archives are at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com and on iHeart, TuneIn and Apple Podcasts under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour". Enjoy our weird winter/spring/summer hybrid....... Cheers, Reddy J KIlowatt Your Rock and Roll Servant

Rock and Roll Flutes! (4/20/22)

On the next Reddy Kilowatt Hour, we’ll be hearing hearing rock and roll flutes from Jethro Tull and Love. We’ll have the latest from Tennessee terrors Cody Brooks and Bats, we’ll be visiting Mr. Green from Charlotte and hear the Linda Lindas from LA. Plus Dire Straits are making movies, and also we’ll hear Widespread Panic, Local Natives and The Naked and the Famous. All this and more on the next Reddy Kilowatt Hour, Wednesday at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on Radio Fairfax (Fairfax Public Access). Available everywhere as follows: 🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax") 💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org 📺 On Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 (Fairfax/Loudoun/Western Arlington/Stafford/Falls Church/Fredericksburg, VA) and Comcast Channel 27 in beautiful Reston, VA. Former WaPo music critic Buzz McClain talks to yours truly about the origins of the RKH: https://northernvirginiamag.com/culture/culture-features/2022/02/24/reddy-kilowatt/ Our archives are at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com and on iHeart, TuneIn and Apple Podcasts under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour". Let's get all cultured now... Cheers, Reddy J KIlowatt Your Rock and Roll Servan

Reddy wants to Play Ball! (4/13)

The Reddy Kilowatt Hour is on deck with a classic from Jimi Hendrix and the latest from a singer who calls herself Dolly Dagger. Plus the newest from Johnny Marr, A Great Big Pile of Leaves, The Dead Tongues and Fanclubwallet! Plus we’ll hear from Foster the People, Blue Oyster Cult, and some fine Italian with Louie Prima. All this and more on the next Reddy Kilowatt Hour, Wednesday at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on #radiofairfax. Available everywhere as follows: 🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax") 💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org 📺 On Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 (Fairfax/Loudoun/Western Arlington/Stafford/Falls Church/Fredericksburg, VA) and Comcast Channel 27 in beautiful Reston, VA. Former WaPo music critic Buzz McClain talks to yours truly about the origins of the RKH: https://northernvirginiamag.com/culture/culture-features/2022/02/24/reddy-kilowatt/ Our archives are at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com and on iHeart, TuneIn and Apple Podcasts under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour". Play Rock! Play Roll! Cheers, Reddy J Kilowatt Your rock and roll servant Fairfax Public Access

RKH!! All the colors and feels (4/6)

On the next Reddy Kilowatt Hour, we'll hear the latest from the Hoodoo Gurus, The Districts, Ducks Ltd, Royel Otis and the Reds, Pinks and Purples. Plus get the surfing blues from the Aqua Velvets, visit the '60s with The Doors and Marvin Gaye, and hear a grade school band from Norway (called "The Band", interestingly enough) that sounds just like adults. Plus we’ll pay tribute to the late Foo Fighter drummer Taylor Hawkins, while he pays tribute to one of his favorites, Dennis Wilson. This and more good stuff on the next Reddy Kilowatt Hour, Wednesday at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on Radio Fairfax (Fairfax Public Access). Available everywhere as follows: 🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax") 💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org 📺 On Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 (Fairfax/Loudoun/Western Arlington/Stafford/Falls Church/Fredericksburg, VA) and Comcast Channel 27 in beautiful Reston, VA. Our archives are at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com and on iHeart, TuneIn and Apple Podcasts under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour". New, old, and remember...... Cheers, Reddy J Kilowatt Your rock and roll servant

RKH brings you the finest in tastelessness (3/30)

This week on the Reddy Kilowatt Hour, we close out March with new music from Mondo Cozmo, Spoon and US Highball. And where else can you hear Stevie Wonder, Jefferson Airplane, and Black Flag all on the same show? Oh yeah, we'll have Joan Osborne, Teenage Fanclub, Paul Westerberg and others..... All this and more on the next Reddy Kilowatt Hour, Wednesday at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on Radio Fairfax. Available everywhere as follows: 🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax") 💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org 📺 On Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 (Fairfax/Loudoun/Western Arlington/Stafford/Falls Church/Fredericksburg, VA) and Comcast Channel 27 in beautiful Reston, VA. Our archives are at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com and on iHeart, TuneIn and Apple Podcasts under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour". The finest in tastelessness is all yours..... Cheers, Reddy J Kilowatt Your rock and roll servant

Do Fine, Keep a-Rollin' (3/23/22)

This week, the Reddy Kilowatt Hour provides two sides of doing fine with Beck and '70s group New York City. We also feature the NY Dolls' Sylvain Sylvain and Chicagoan Liz Phair. We'll also feature a train tune with the Yardbirds and a song about houses and highways with the Mommyheads, and enjoy great new music from the Stereophonics, Iguana Death Cult and Bakar. All this and much more on the next Reddy Kilowatt Hour, Wednesday at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on Radio Fairfax. Available everywhere as follows: 🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax") 💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org 📺 On Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 (Fairfax/Loudoun/Western Arlington/Stafford/Falls Church/Fredericksburg, VA) and Comcast Channel 27 in beautiful Reston, VA. Our archives are at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com and on iHeart, TuneIn and Apple Podcasts under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour". Don't smash the mirror....you might miss. Rock to you soon, Reddy J Kilowatt Your rock and roll servant

Spring? St. Patty's? Well, how about we celebrate daylight savings time? This week we feature the latest from Pete Yorn, Pedro the Lion, DVR and El Camino Acid. Along with the legendary Staple Singers, Harvey Danger and Screaming Trees, we will feature the award-winning rockers from Ukraine, Okean Elzy……We'll also play the Beatles, Breeders and Beach Boys. And yes, we’ll do an Irish song too. All this and more on the next Reddy Kilowatt Hour, Wednesday at 10 eastern, 7 pacific on Radio Fairfax. Available everywhere as follows: 🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax") 💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org 📺 On Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 (Fairfax/Loudoun/Western Arlington/Stafford/Falls Church/Fredericksburg, VA) and Comcast Channel 27 in beautiful Reston, VA. Our archives are at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com and on iHeart, TuneIn and Apple Podcasts under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour". Buzz McClain interviews yours truly in NorthernVirginia magazine: https://northernvirginiamag.com/culture/culture-features/2022/02/24/reddy-kilowatt/ Peace, joy and occasional navel-gazing this week! Enjoy. Cheers, Reddy J Kilowatt Your Rock and Roll Servant

***This week: Our Mid-Atlantic "LOCALS ONLY" Show!!*** We'll be featuring some of the greats in Virginia, DC and Maryland music, at least what we can fit into an hour. You’ll hear Fairfax, Virginia’s own Artful Dodger, Jimmie’s Chicken Shack from Annapolis, new music from Baltimore’s Beach House, plus Virginia legends Dave Matthews Band and Bruce Hornsby. Plus DC’s Adam West, Rockville’s Dog Fashion Disco, and R&B pioneers The Orioles. And much more, on the Reddy Kilowatt Hour, Wednesday March 9 at 10 pm, 7 Pacific on Radio Fairfax. Available everywhere as follows: 🎙 TuneIn Radio app ("Radio Fairfax") 💻 On the web at radiofairfax.org 📺 On Cox/Fios Cable Channel 37 (Fairfax/Loudoun/Western Arlington/Stafford/Falls Church/Fredericksburg, VA) and Comcast Channel 27 in beautiful Reston, VA. Our archives are at reddykradio.buzzsprout.com and on iHeart, TuneIn and Apple Podcasts under "The Reddy Kilowatt Hour". Northern Virginia magazine features us here: https://northernvirginiamag.com/culture/culture-features/2022/02/24/reddy-kilowatt/ Enjoy this special show as we focus on the many unique voices from our corner of the universe that capture imaginations everywhere. Cheers, Reddy J Kilowatt Your Rock and Roll Servant

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FYI, there's this company in Seattle that recreates historic sports gear. Including a cap worn by a Minnesota electric utility's company baseball team.

Suggestion: at least with my podcaster (BeyondPod), the show notes with the playlist don't show up in the cast info. It there's an easy way for you to add that, it would be a nice feature.