Happy Birthday Dave’s Strange Radio!

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Dave’s Strange Radio celebrates its 1st birthday today.  A very heartfelt thanks to everyone who has tuned in and supported us during the past year. The best is yet to come. Stay tuned…

What is Dave’s Strange Radio?  Why it’s the greatest radio station in the world.  It’s a mix of garage punk, hardcore, classic rock, alternative, prog rock, folk, outlaw country, soul, and all kinds of weirdness in between and outside the margins. From the Rolling Stones to Roxy Music, from Iggy to Ike & Tina, from Brian Eno to the Butthole Surfers, from the Doors to the Devil Dogs, from the New York Dolls to the New Bomb Turks, we’ve got you covered. Warning: some of the material is not work or family friendly.

You can enjoy Dave’s Strange Radio in many ways …

At our official homebase: http://www.davesstrangeradio.com

You can also find us in the following places:

iTunes Web: You can find us in iTunes as an official iTunes radio station. When you open iTunes, go to Music, then Internet. You can find us under the Eclectic subheading.

TuneIn Radio: You can find us at the following link through TuneIn Radio:

http://tunein.com/radio/Daves-Strange-Radio-s218280/

iPhone/iPad/Android phone/Kindle Fire: The best way to experience Dave’s Strange Radio on your mobile device is through the free TuneIn Radio app. Just type in “Dave’s Strange Radio” into the search engine and then select the heart to add us to your favorites. Here you can get album art, as well as links to purchase the song you’re listening to. You can also access us through the free SHOUTCast app (though not on the Kindle Fire).

Apple TV: We are an official station on iTunes radio that you can stream through your Apple TV box. Find us in the Eclectic section under “Dave’s Strange Radio”.

Roku: You can enjoy Dave’s Strange Radio either through the free TuneIn Radio app or through the free SHOUTCast app.

vTuner:  We are an official vTuner radio station.  If you have this app on your audio receiver, smart TV, car stereo, game console, or tablet, please tune us in and let us know how we’re sounding!

Be sure to follow us on Twitter: @DStrangeRadio

The “Free Bird” climax from “The Devil’s Rejects” (2005) dir. Rob Zombie

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This is the climax from Rob Zombie’s best film, “The Devil’s Rejects.”  “Rejects” is a throwback to the nasty, gritty, and extremely political indie horror classics from the 1970s (“Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” “Dawn of the Dead”) and like its 70s horror film brethren, Zombie’s film directly comments on the political state of America and its foreign policy circa the mid-2000s.  The family of killers on display in “Rejects” may be vile, but the law enforcement sent to hunt them down are arguably equally as vile.  This is the film’s climax set to Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Free Bird” and it’s a brilliant use of this song as the gang  goes up against the equally morally compromised police.  I can’t imagine a more 70s ending for a film.  In other words, f–king great!

Roy Batty’s death scene from “Blade Runner” (1982) dir. Ridley Scott

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One of the saddest and most beautiful moments in movie history.  This is the scene from “Blade Runner” where the film’s ostensible “villain” Roy Batty (played by Rutger Hauer) saves the life of the film’s hero Rick Deckard (played by Harrison Ford) and delivers a brief, but moving monologue before dying:

“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I’ve watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those … moments will be lost in time, like tears…in rain. Time to die.”

The first 25 minutes of “When a Stranger Calls” (1980) dir. Fred Walton

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOmAKZBj-Ro

Since I can’t find the legendary USC film school short from 1971 “Judson’s Release” by Terence H. Winkless (which is a much better representation of this infamous urban legend), I’ll have to provide this clip instead from the 1980 film “When a Stranger Calls.”  Granted, this is a VERY effective opening to a film.  It’s so good that the rest of the film doesn’t compare to the first 25 minutes.  But if you’ve ever been a babysitter … or hired one at some point … this is one of the scariest things you’ll ever see.

“While My Guitar Gently Weeps” – Prince, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood, et al (2004)

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This is from George Harrison’s posthumous induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, where Harrison’s artistic peers performed some of his songs.  “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” is not only my favorite Harrison song, but my favorite Beatles song of all-time.  While Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne share the vocal duties, the standout is Prince’s blistering guitar work towards the latter half of this performance.  I realize that calling Prince underrated may seem silly, but how often do people mention what an outstanding guitarist the man is?   Prince steals the show here and aside his mind-blowing work on “Let’s Go Crazy” and his Super Bowl performance of “Purple Rain,” this is my People’s Exhibit A as to why Prince should rank as one of the greatest guitarists of all-time.  If you’ve never seen this, you must check this out.

“Common People” – Pulp

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Pulp’s “Common People” is a pop masterpiece from 1995 that combines brilliant lyrics with music that is positively thrilling.  Produced by the legendary Chris Thomas (Roxy Music, The Pretenders, Sex Pistols), “People” is a brilliant slam against “slumming” that’s even better than prior rock classics on the subject (The Rolling Stones’ “Salt of the Earth” and The Dead Kennedy’s “Holiday in Cambodia”).  The song never charted in the US, but was a big hit in Britain and had a tremendous cultural impact there, being cited in April 2014 by listeners of BBC Radio 6 Music as their favorite ‘Britpop’ song in an online poll conducted by the station to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the start of the Britpop era.  It also inspired a very good BBC documentary about the song which can be seen below in 6 different parts, courtesy of YouTube.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kCZFriLvt0

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The Complete New Wave Theatre

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http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSlPGa1DSp4PMejsDhrassQ/videos

Fans of early 1980s LA punk rock and early late night cable TV rejoice! Someone has uploaded multiple episodes of “New Wave Theater,” the highlight of the USA Network’s legendary late night show “Night Flight,” at the YouTube channel located the link above.  Hosted by the late great Peter Ivers.