Directed by Rick Kosick Edited by Donald Andrews
Music
11/27/2015
07/12/2015
The Essentials on KXLU 88.9FM
Not too long ago, before the Internet and fancy websites like this, if you wanted to learn or hear about something new and cool you had to listen to the radio. It’s just the way it was unless you wanted to live in the dark and remain clueless.
As for me, I’ve always been interested listening to the radio whether it’s my favorite music station or just plain talk. There’s something about a live FM signal that makes you feel connected as a listener. I’ve been a listener of KXLU 88.9 FM as long as I can remember. This radio station has been broadcasting live from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA, for 50 years. It has always been my alternative to commercial radio and this station plays way better music still to this day.
A good friend of mine, Donald Andrews, has a radio show on Saturday night called "55 Shades Of Blue" that he’s been doing for a few years now. Recently he invited me to be a guest on his show and he always lets me pick the playlist for the night. Actually, this is the fourth time I’ve been a guest on his show, and every time I’ve had a different theme. This time the theme was to play "The Essentials," and I guess it’s my way of saying what’s been important and influenced me throughout my life. The show ended up being a lot of fun, playing vinyl records and talking about our work and other things. Instead of me trying to explain to you, why don’t you just kick back and listen to the show for yourself. Enjoy! —Rick Kosick
Rick Kosick plays "The Essentials" on 55 Shades Of Blue KXLU 88.9 FM by Rickkosick on Mixcloud
Gene Wilder “Pure Imagination”
Van Halen “Mean Street”
The Jimi Hendrix Experience “Up From The Skies”
Kool & The Gang “Summer Madness”
Funkadelic “Maggot Brain”
David Bowie “Ashes To Ashes”
Cheap Trick “Way Of The World”
Led Zeppelin “No Quarter”
Roky Erickson “Bermuda”
Smashing Pumpkins “Obscured”
Black Label Society “Blood Is Thicker Than Water”
Aerosmith “Seasons Of Wither”
Deftones “Sextape”
PHILM “Lion’s Pit”
Nirvana “On A Plain”
Sex Pistols “My Way”
Deftones “Around The Fur”
The Rolling Stones “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking”
War “Slippin’ Into Darkness”
The 13th Floor Elevators “You’re Gonna Miss Me”
The Beatles “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”
Turbonegro “You Give Me Worms”
Soundgarden “Like Suicide”
Corey Taylor, Dave Grohl, Rick Nielsen & Scott Reeder “From Can to Can’t”
The Beach Boys “In My Room”
The Velvet Underground “Sunday Morning”
Jack White “Fly Farm Blues”
Royal Blood “You Can Be So Cruel”
The Doors “Riders On The Storm”
+++ (Crosses) “Thholyghst”
Radiohead “Everything In Its Right Place
Soko “I Thought I Was An Alien”
Thin Lizzy “Bad Reputation”
Jimi Hendrix “Drifting”
Ted Nugent “Stranglehold”
Neil Young “Birds”
03/13/2015
07/28/2014
07/27/2014
KXLU 88.9 FM playlist
I was a guest DJ on KXLU 88.9 FM radio show 55 Shads Of Blue with Donald Andrews on 7-26-14. We played a lot great music on the show, and here's the playlist.
The Atomic Bitchwax “So Come On”
Goatsnake “Slippin’ The Stealth”
Black Label Society “Intro / Low Down”
House of Broken Promises “Blister”
The Ultra Electric Mega Galactic “Rocket’s Aren’t Cheap Enough”
Circle Jerks “Wide In The Streets” and “World Up My Ass”
Danzig “She Rides”, “Long way Back From Hell”
Lee Ving, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Alain Johannes & Pat Smear “Your Wife Is Calling”
The Ramones “We Want The Airwaves”
The Damned “New Rose”
OFF! “Void You Out”
The Germs “What We Do Is Secret”
Tyler The Creator “Rusty (Feat. Domo Genesis & Earl Sweatshirt)”
Earl Sweatshirt “Uncle Al”
Odd Future “Forest Green (feat. Mike G)
Kyuss “Supa Scooba and Mighty Scoop”
Sasquatch “Get Out Of Here”
PHILM “Fire From The Evening Sun”
Vista Chino “Sweet Remain”
Orange Goblin “Jesus Beater”
16 “Throw In The Towel”
T.S.O.L. “Flowers By The Door”
The SHRINE “Tripping Corpse”
Loomis “Just One Of My Mistakes”
It’s Casual “The Goldline”
Suicidal Tendencies “I Want More”
Turbonegro “I Got A Knife”
Flag “No More & Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie”
Unida “Left Us To Mold”
The Sword “Tres Brujas”
Tony Iommi Feat. Philip Anselmo “Time Is Mine”
Queens of the Stone Age “The Bronze”
Reignwolf “Lonely Sunday”
Team Sleep "Ataraxia"
Deftones “Smile”
Crosses “Bitches Brew”
Dead Kennedys “Government flu and “Terminal Preppie”
Lords of the New Church. “Open Your Eyes”
Slipknot “Pulse of The Maggots”
Rage Against The Machine “Calm Like A Bomb”
Soundgarden “Black Rain”
Psychedelic Furs “Pretty In Pink”
02/04/2014
Saturday night talent show
The Saturday night talent show was an evening with three So Cal based stoner rock bands performing at El Cid in Silver Lake CA. on February 1st 2014. At first I thought it would be fun idea to have a competition to see who’s the better band in the LA rock scene. By giving the audience scorecards and having them judge the night, but must people don’t want to think about anything other then having some beers, rocking out and enjoying some live music. “House Of Broken Promises” started out the night by throwing down a bunch of new songs that were sounding really good, and they kicked the night into high gear by setting the bar pretty high for the rest to follow. The second band up was “The Ultra Electric Mega Galactic” a psychedelic, stoner, instrumental rock band with Ed Mundell on the guitar who’s a shredder like no other. I’ve really taken a liking to this band and I hope to see more of them in the near future. The night belongs to the power trio, and closing out this special event was “Sasquatch” who I haven’t seen in quite some time, but I’m glad they were headlining the talent show. They delivered a powerful set playing songs off their latest album, and rocking out the classics too. You know it really would be hard to judge talent show like this because I thought all the bands where great! So if I had to score the bands based on how they sounded, and their stage performance, on a scale of 1 to 10 I would give all three bands an eight. Which I think is fare, but who am I to judge anything.
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