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Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:20:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Copyright © Radio Free Amsterdam 2012 info@radiofreeamsterdam.com (Radio Free Amsterdam) info@radiofreeamsterdam.com (Radio Free Amsterdam) 1440 http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/images/RFA_podpress-LOGO.png http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com 144 144 http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/new/?feed=podcast Grass Roots Radio Grass Roots Radio Radio, Free, Amsterdam, Grass, Roots, Radio, John, Sinclair, Tom, Morgan, Hempshopper, David Radio Free Amsterdam Radio Free Amsterdam info@radiofreeamsterdam.com no no http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-244/ http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-244/#comments Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:38:40 +0000 Chief http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/?p=611 Longcat Studio – Wednesday, January 14, 2009 @ 9:00-10:00 pm [20-0903] London,Uk I met Ivor Kallin when I performed with the London Improvisers Orchestra at the Café Oto last fall. When I got to London this time, he invited me to guest on his Resonance Radio program, the Ambrosia Rasputin Show. Most of [...]]]> http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-244/feed/ 0 1:00:01 Resonance Radio > Longcat Studio – Wednesday, January 14, 2009 @ 9:00-10:00 pm [20-0903] London,Uk I met Ivor Kallin when I performed with the London Improvisers Orchestra at the Café Oto last fall. When I got to London this time, he in[...] Resonance Radio > Longcat Studio – Wednesday, January 14, 2009 @ 9:00-10:00 pm [20-0903] London,Uk I met Ivor Kallin when I performed with the London Improvisers Orchestra at the Café Oto last fall. When I got to London this time, he invited me to guest on his Resonance Radio program, the Ambrosia Rasputin Show. Most of the hour-long program is incorporated herein, including a pair of elongated conversations, the John Sinclair & Pinkeye recording of “Smells Like Sulfur Here” and the MC-5 “live” at the Saginaw Civic Center on New Year’s Day 1970. Ivor and I perform a duet with his violin and my poem “april in paris,” and this episode of my show closes with the first half of Robbie Knight’s videocast, Longcat Weekly 136, a duet with Robbie and myself on my poem “Fat Boy,” recorded at Longcat Studio in Turnpike Lane on January 21, 2009. Playlist #244 [00] RFA Tag > Unabonger: Opening Tokes [01] John Sinclair & Ivor Kallin: Opening Conversation [02] John Sinclair with the Pinkeye Orchestra: Smells Like Sulfur Here [03] John Sinclair & Ivor Kallin: Conversation-2 [04] MC5: Starship > Kick Out the Jams > Black to Comm [05] John Sinclair & Ivor Kallin: Conversation-3 [06] John Sinclair & Ivor Kallin: april in paris “live” [07] John Sinclair & Robbie Knight: Intro > Fat Boy [08] Baba Israel: Respect to the DJ > RFA Tag Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam Produced, recorded, edited & assembled by John Sinclair Longcat Weekly 136 recorded by Robbie Knight at Longcat Studio Posted by Larry Hayden Executive Producer: Larry Hayden Special thanks to Ivor Kallin, Robbie Knight, Bianca Curacao-Nicholls & Samantha © 2009 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved. Radio Free Amsterdam no no http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-236/ http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-236/#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:00:28 +0000 Chief http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/?p=547 http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-236/feed/ 0 0:58:54 Café Letterario delle Erbe – Tuesday, June 17, 2008 @ 7:00-8:00 pm [20-0828] Genoa, it. Radio Free Genoa Poetry The second episode of Radio Free Genoa Poetry is beaming out from the Piazza delle Erbe in the heart of Genoa, just outside the[...] Café Letterario delle Erbe – Tuesday, June 17, 2008 @ 7:00-8:00 pm [20-0828] Genoa, it. Radio Free Genoa Poetry The second episode of Radio Free Genoa Poetry is beaming out from the Piazza delle Erbe in the heart of Genoa, just outside the Café Letterario delle Erbe, where we gathered to play some music and talk some talk from the Festivale Internazionale di Poesie di Genova, including a conversation with Festival Director Claudio Pozzani. In honor of tonight’s award ceremony, Poesia en Bottaglia, we played party and drinking music by Huey “Piano” Smith & His Clowns, Stevie Wonder, Blue Lu Barker, Allen Toussaint, Chuck Berry, Dave Bartholomew, Little Walter & Baby Face Leroy, Percy Mayfield, Taylor Grocery Band, Paul Butterfield’s Better Days, and Earl King. Playlist RFG-02 > #236 [01] Opening Music: Huey “Piano” Smith & His Clowns: Havin’ a Good Time [02] John Sinclair ID & Intro Comments re: Radio Free Genoa Poetry [03] Stevie Wonder: Too High [04] Blue Lu Barker: Don’t You Make Me High [05] Allen Toussaint: Tequila [06] John Sinclair Comments re: Poesia en Bottaglia [07] Chuck Berry: House of Blue Lights [08] Dave Bartholomew: Nickel Wine [09] Little Walter & Baby Face Leroy: Moonshine Blues [10] John Sinclair Comments [11] Percy Mayfield: My Jug and I [12] Taylor Grocery Band: I’m Handling My Liquor [13] Taylor Grocery Band: Drinkin’ Again [14] Paul Butterfield’s Better Days: He’s Got All the Whiskey [15] John Sinclair Comments, Conversation with Claudio Pozzani, Closing Comments & Outro [16] Closing Music: Earl King: No One More for the Road Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam Produced, recorded, edited & assembled by John Sinclair Posted by Larry Hayden Executive Producer: Larry Hayden Special thanks to Marta Matteini, Claudio Pozzani, Max Hernandez, Paolo Podesta, Cristina Poletti, Andrea Orlando, Patrizia Baldizzone & the staffs of the Genova International Poetry Festival and the Café Letterario delle Erbe © 2008 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved. RADIO FREE GENOA POETRY In esclusiva per il Festival Internazionale di Poesia di Genova, il leggendario John Sinclair animera una versione speciale della sua Radio Free Amsterdam: Radio Free Genoa Poetry. John Sinclair, sara presente per buona parte del Festival: catturera l’atmosfera della manifestazione e della citta vecchia, i penseri degli autori invitati e del pubblico, le notti sospese tra versi e maccaja, li agitera bene como solo lui sa fare e li servira nella Rete con la sua celeberrima web radio! John Sinclair, agitatore culturale americano e poeta beatnik, leader del movimento contro la guerra in Vietnam negli anni ’60, fondatore del White Panther Party, e stato anche il manager del gruppo rock radicale MC5. Imprigionato per le sue idée legate alla rivoluzione culturale hippie, fu liberato grazie ad un grande movimento d’opinione che culmino nel concerto organizzato in suo favore da John Lennon, che gli dedico anche una canzone dal titolo, appunto, “John Sinclair.” Grande studioso di cultura afro-americana, negli anni ’90 a New Orleans Sinclair fu il piu popolare deejay radiofonico della citta. Nel 2004 ha scelto l’esilio ad Amsterdam dove continua a esibirsi sul palcoscenico con la sua band—The Blues Scholars—a scrivere poesie e condurre programmi radiofonici. I suoi libri italiani sono usciti per I tipi di Stampa Alternatiiva. Si ringrazia: Marta Matteini Caffe Letterario delle Erbe SoundCage Radio Free Amsterdam no no http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-archives-120/ http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-archives-120/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:00:56 +0000 Chief http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/?p=400 http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-archives-120/feed/ 0 0:00:01 Paradiso - Tuesday, December 5, 2006 @ 8:15-9:15 pm [20-0644] Amsterdam One of our favorite venues for the radio program is backstage at the Paradiso in Amsterdam where we have our own special little space to do our broadcasts from. This time we[...] Paradiso - Tuesday, December 5, 2006 @ 8:15-9:15 pm [20-0644] Amsterdam One of our favorite venues for the radio program is backstage at the Paradiso in Amsterdam where we have our own special little space to do our broadcasts from. This time we met and talked with Wayne Kramer & Michael Davis from the MC5 before their show with DKT/MC5 went on stage, and also spoke with the great vocalist Lisa Kekaula, who joins Mark Arm in singing lead with DKT (Davis-Kramer-Thompson) on the classic works of the MC5. There’s recorded music from the MC5 archives and some things I cut with the Blues Scholars featuring Wayne Kramer in the 1990s. Playlist #120 [01] Opening Music: MC5: Head Sounds (Part Two) [02] Intro, Comments & Opening Tokes with Andy Adkins [03] MC5: I Can Only Give You Everything [04] MC5: Looking At You (Instrumental Version) [05] MC5: Motor City Is Burning [06] John Sinclair Conversation with Wayne Kramer & Michael Davis [07] MC5: I Believe to My Soul [08] MC5: Black To Comm [09] John Sinclair Conversation with Wayne Kramer & Michael Davis [10] John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars featuring Wayne Kramer: Consequences/Blues To You [11] John Sinclair Conversation with Wayne Kramer & Michael Davis [12] John Sinclair Conversation with Lisa Kekaula [13] Closing Music: John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars featuring Wayne Kramer: Double Dealing Produced & Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam Engineered & Recorded by Larry Hayden Editing & post-production by John Sinclair Posted by Larry Hayden Executive Producer: Larry Hayden Sponsored by Eat at Jo’s at The Melkweg & SuperDude Special thanks to Adam Brook, Margaret Saadi Kramer, Dennis Thompson, Mark Arm, Adam Pearson and the management & staff of the Paradiso ©(P) 2007 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved. Podcast by HYPERLINK “http://www.RadioFreeAmsterdam.com” www.RadioFreeAmsterdam.com on January 28, 2007 Radio Free Amsterdam no no http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-216/ http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-216/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:00:02 +0000 Chief http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/?p=417 September 2, 2008 @ 11:00-12:00 pm[20-0841] Ooze Charm Coffeeshop, Tokyo > HeadPress Bunker, London This episode is the second program centered on a long conversation I had with the Japanese writer, musician, & punk rock legend Gaku Torii at a place called the Ooze Charm Coffeeshop in Tokyo in the [...]]]> http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-216/feed/ 3 0:00:01 HeadPress Bunker – Friday, June 27 > September 2, 2008 @ 11:00-12:00 pm[20-0841] Ooze Charm Coffeeshop, Tokyo > HeadPress Bunker, London This episode is the second program centered on a long conversation I had with the Japanese writ[...] HeadPress Bunker – Friday, June 27 > September 2, 2008 @ 11:00-12:00 pm[20-0841] Ooze Charm Coffeeshop, Tokyo > HeadPress Bunker, London This episode is the second program centered on a long conversation I had with the Japanese writer, musician, & punk rock legend Gaku Torii at a place called the Ooze Charm Coffeeshop in Tokyo in the evening of Friday, June 27, 2008. The excerpts in this episode are taken from the second section of the conversation and punctuated with recordings by the Motor City Blues Scholars, Jack Kerouac & Steve Allen, Miles Davis & John Coltrane, the MC-5, P&J Review Band, Bobby Seale, the Watts Prophets, Mitch Ryder & Detroit, and John Sinclair & the Pinkeye Orchestra recorded “live” at the Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit in July 2008—sort of an aural biography of my youthful years (Part 2) produced in my little room at the HeadPress Bunker in London on the first and second days of September, 2008. Gaku’s interview has just appeared in print in the Japanese periodical Record Collectors’ Magazine (Volume 27, Number 9, 2008). Playlist #216 [00] RFA Tag > Unabonger Opening Tokes [01] Opening Music: John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars: The Screamers [02] John Sinclair Conversation with Gaku Torii (Part 5) [03] Jack Kerouac & Steve Allen: Reading from On The Road [04] Miles Davis Sextet: Milestones [05] John Sinclair Conversation with Gaku Torii (Part 6) [06] MC5: Human Being Lawnmower [07] John Sinclair Conversation with Gaku Torii (Part 7) [08] P&J Review Band: Right On Brother! Right On! [09] Bobby Seale: Prison Interview [10] Watts Prophets: Dem Niggers Ain’t Playing [11] John Sinclair Conversation with Gaku Torii (Part [12] Mitch Ryder & Detroit: Gimme Shelter [13] John Sinclair Conversation with Gaku Torii (Part 9) [14] John Sinclair & Pinkeye Orchestra: nutty: [15] Baba Israel ID > RFA Tag Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam Produced, recorded, edited & assembled by John Sinclair Posted by Larry Hayden Executive Producer: Larry Hayden Special thanks to Dylan Harding & Nick Smith in London and to Gaku Torii, Maki Fujimoto, Yukiko Akagawa and everybody in Tokyo © 2008 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved. Radio Free Amsterdam no no http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-214/ http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-214/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:00:39 +0000 Chief http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/?p=412 http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-214/feed/ 1 0:00:01 HeadPress Bunker – Thursday, August 21, 2008 @ 2:00-3:00 am[20-0839] London, UK Wayne Kramer was in London in June when the MC5 played with Social Distortion at Royal Festival Hall, and we got together the Sunday afternoon before the gig at[...] HeadPress Bunker – Thursday, August 21, 2008 @ 2:00-3:00 am[20-0839] London, UK Wayne Kramer was in London in June when the MC5 played with Social Distortion at Royal Festival Hall, and we got together the Sunday afternoon before the gig at Wayne’s hotel, the City Inn, to have dinner and talk about Sun Ra for a forthcoming issue of HeadPress magazine. This episode features excerpts from the recording of our conversation and lots of music by Sun Ra & His Arkestra, including performances from the Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festivals in 1972 and 1973. Playlist #214 [00] RFA Tag > Unabonger Opening Tokes > Baba Israel Intro [01] Opening Music: Sun Ra: We Travel the Spaceways [02] John Sinclair conversation with Wayne Kramer (Part 1 [03] Sun Ra: Outer Space Employment Agency [04] Sun Ra: Next Stop Mars [05] Sun Ra: Rocket No. 9 [06] Sun Ra: The Satellites Are Spinning [07] Sun Ra: Theme of the Stargazers [08] John Sinclair conversation with Wayne Kramer (Part 2) [09] MC5: Starship [10] John Sinclair conversation with Wayne Kramer (Part 3) [11] Sun Ra: Life Is Splendid [12] John Sinclair conversation with Wayne Kramer (Part 4) [13] Sun Ra: The Sun Myth [14] Closing Music: Sun Ra: A House of Beauty [15] Baba Israel ID > RFA Tag Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam Produced, recorded, edited & assembled by John Sinclair Posted by Larry Hayden Executive Producer: Larry Hayden Special thanks to Dylan Harding © 2008 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved. Radio Free Amsterdam no no http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-206/ http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-206/#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:00:09 +0000 Chief http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/?p=315 http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-206/feed/ 0 0:58:10 SkyDog Records Tower, Paris – Monday, June 9, 2008 @ 6:30-7:30 pm [20-0826] Special Guests: Gilles, Marc Zermati, Olivier, Philippe LeBras I spent June 4-9 in Paris as a guest of the Filmer de Musique 2 film festival at a funky arts center [...] SkyDog Records Tower, Paris – Monday, June 9, 2008 @ 6:30-7:30 pm [20-0826] Special Guests: Gilles, Marc Zermati, Olivier, Philippe LeBras I spent June 4-9 in Paris as a guest of the Filmer de Musique 2 film festival at a funky arts center called Point Ephemere under the careful sponsorship of my friend Marc Zermati, long-time French cultural warrior and proprietor of SkyDog Records. He arranged my Friday evening concert at Point Ephemere with an exceptional guitarist named Gilles and, two days later, a recording session with Gilles in a proper studio near the Arc de Triomphe known as Starski & Sons. On Monday afternoon before leaving for Charles deGaulle Airport Marc had Gilles, Olivier from Filmer de Musique, and our dear friend Philippe LeBras of SkyRanch Records over to his place in the 10th Arondissment to hang out together, get high and listen to some music. I took advantage of the occasion and set out my little digital recorder to capture our conversation for my radio show, featuring music from Nawfel produced by P. LeBras, selections from a rare Don Covay album reissued by SkyRanch in the early 1990s, and several tracks from Gilles & myself recorded at Starski & Sons Studio the day before. The closing cut, Nawfel’s “Too Mancini,” goes out to my friend Soul Lucille in Firenze. Playlist #206 [01] Opening Music: MC5: Looking at You [02] John Sinclair ID, Intro Comments, Opening Tokes & Conversation with Philippe LeBras [03] Nawfel: E. Warriors [04] Nawfel: Sexydelic (I Want Some More) [05] John Sinclair & Gilles: Scuze Me While I Kiss the Sky [06] John Sinclair Comments & Conversation with Philippe LeBras, Gilles & Marc Zermati [07] John Sinclair & Gilles: steps [08] Don Covay: Standing in the Grits Line [09] Don Covay: Ain’t Nothing a Young Girl Can Do [10] Don Covay: What’s in the Headlines [11] John Sinclair Comments, Conversation with Marc, Philippe, Gilles & Olivier, Closing Comments & Outro [12] Nawfel: The Trip, Act III: Visions of Suzy Creamcheese playing tenor [13] John Sinclair & Gilles: that old man [14] Closing Music: Nawfel: Too Mancini Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam Produced, recorded, edited & assembled by John Sinclair Posted by Larry Hayden Executive Producer: Larry Hayden Special thanks to Mark, Philippe, Gilles & Olivier in Paris © 2008 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved. Radio Free Amsterdam no no http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-archives-103/ http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-archives-103/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:00:18 +0000 Chief http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/?p=313 http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-archives-103/feed/ 1 1:01:07 John Sinclair Archives #103 - LuveR.com Radio / Berkeley Public TV Sunday, July 31, 2006 @ 8:30-9:45 pm [20-0628] This Sunday evening Jim Epstein drove me over to Oakland to a little house on a residential street where the LuveR.com multi-media co[...] John Sinclair Archives #103 - LuveR.com Radio / Berkeley Public TV Sunday, July 31, 2006 @ 8:30-9:45 pm [20-0628] This Sunday evening Jim Epstein drove me over to Oakland to a little house on a residential street where the LuveR.com multi-media compound headed by the great Frank Moore is based. Frank Moore is an incredible human being who has overcome loss of limbs and speech to rule as a sex counselor, performing artist and media mogul with community radio and television shows beaming out almost continuously from LuveR.com. Frank conducts his conversations with the help of an interpreter who translates his tappings on sort of an ouija board of language. He carried on quite a lively conversation and later I dubbed in recordings by Detroit featuring Mitch Ryder, the Rationals, MC5, John Lennon, John Sinclair & Wayne Kramer, and Uprising. Playlist #103 [01] Opening Music: Detroit featuring Mitch Ryder: Rock & Roll [02] Frank Moore Translated Conversation with John Sinclair [03] Rationals: Respect [04] Frank Moore Translated Conversation with John Sinclair [05] MC5: Kick Out the Jams Motherfucker [06] Frank Moore Translated Conversation with John Sinclair [07] John Lennon: John Sinclair [08] Frank Moore Translated Conversation with John Sinclair [09] John Sinclair & Wayne Kramer: Friday the 13th [10] Frank Moore Translated Conversation with John Sinclair [11] Uprising: Long Hard Road [12] Frank Moore Translated Conversation with John Sinclair [13] Conversation, Outro & ID A Joint Production Hosted by Frank Moore for LuveR.com & John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam Produced & Engineered by LuveR.com Mastered by Henk Botwinik Posted by Larry Hayden Executive Producer: John Sinclair Special thanks to Jim Epstein, Joe Bryak & Richard Krech ©(P) 2006 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved. Re-edited, assembled & annotated by John Sinclair, Big Chief Studios, Amsterdam, July 12, 2007 Radio Free Amsterdam no no http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/backstage-at-paradiso-with-the-mc5/ http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/backstage-at-paradiso-with-the-mc5/#comments Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:18:19 +0000 Chief http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/backstage-at-paradiso-with-the-mc5/ http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/backstage-at-paradiso-with-the-mc5/feed/ 0 1:00:38 Backstage at Paradiso with the MC5 – Tuesday, December 5, 2006 @ 8:15-9:15 pm Paradiso, Amsterdam One of our favorite venues for the radio program is backstage at the Paradiso in Amsterdam where we have our own special little space to do o[...] Backstage at Paradiso with the MC5 – Tuesday, December 5, 2006 @ 8:15-9:15 pm Paradiso, Amsterdam One of our favorite venues for the radio program is backstage at the Paradiso in Amsterdam where we have our own special little space to do our broadcasts from. This time we met and talked with Wayne Kramer & Michael Davis from the MC5 before their show with DKT/MC5 went on stage, and also spoke with the great vocalist Lisa Kekaula, who joins Mark Arm in singing lead with DKT (Davis-Kramer-Thompson) on the classic works of the MC5. There’s recorded music from the MC5 archives and some things I cut with the Blues Scholars featuring Wayne Kramer in the 1990s. Playlist #120 [01] Opening Music: MC5: Head Sounds (Part Two) [02] Intro, Comments & Opening Tokes with Andy Adkins [03] MC5: I Can Only Give You Everything [04] MC5: Looking At You (Instrumental Version) [05] MC5: Motor City Is Burning [06] Comments & Conversation with Wayne Kramer & Michael Davis [07] MC5: I Believe to My Soul [08] MC5: Black To Comm [09] Comments & Conversation with Wayne Kramer & Michael Davis [10] John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars featuring Wayne Kramer: Consequences/Blues To You [11] Comments & Conversation with Wayne Kramer & Michael Davis [12] DKT/MC5: Over and Over [13] Comments & Conversation with Lisa Kekaula [14] Closing Music: John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars featuring Wayne Kramer: Double Dealing Produced & Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam Engineered & Recorded by Larry Hayden Executive Producer: Larry Hayden Sponsored by Eat at Jo’s at The Melkweg & SuperDude Special thanks to Adam Brook, Margaret Saadi Kramer, Dennis Thompson, Mark Arm, Adam Pearson and the management & staff of the Paradiso ©(P) 2007 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved. Radio Free Amsterdam no no