http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com GRASS-ROOTS AMSTERDAM RADIO! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:20:01 +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-350/ http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-350/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:33:43 +0000 Chief http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/?p=4372 Headpress Bunker Sunday, November 14, 2010 @ 11:00-12:00 pm [20-1046] London, UK. It’s a rainy Sunday evening in London and I’m at the Headpress Bunker assembling a special London program of recordings of Tracey Moberly’s Late Late Breakfast Show from The Foundry on Resonance Radio last May and selections from [...]]]> http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-350/feed/ 0 1:00:01 The John Sinclair Foundation Presents The Foundry > Headpress Bunker Sunday, November 14, 2010 @ 11:00-12:00 pm [20-1046] London, UK. It’s a rainy Sunday evening in London and I’m at the Headpress Bunker assembling a special London program of [...] The John Sinclair Foundation Presents The Foundry > Headpress Bunker Sunday, November 14, 2010 @ 11:00-12:00 pm [20-1046] London, UK. It’s a rainy Sunday evening in London and I’m at the Headpress Bunker assembling a special London program of recordings of Tracey Moberly’s Late Late Breakfast Show from The Foundry on Resonance Radio last May and selections from the Jair-Rohm Wells Sextet at the Vortex Club last July in celebration of Albert Ayler’s birthday; from the demo sessions in September for the album I’m recording this week in London with Youth; from the International Blues Scholars at Studio Zen In Amsterdam last August; and from a session I recorded last week in Brixton with the South African poet and life-long activist Lee Harris for his forthcoming album with his ensemble River Styx. John Sinclair on Facebook Where ya at ? Playlist 350 [01] Opening Music: Jair-Rohm Wells Sextet: Ghosts [02] John Sinclair Intro Comments & ID [03] Tracey Moberly Intro to Late Late Breakfast Show & Conversation with John Sinclair > [04] John Sinclair: Fat Boy [05] John Sinclair & Youth: Ain’t Nobody’s Bizness [06] Tracey Moberly Conversation with John Sinclair [07] John Sinclair & His International Blues Scholars: We Love Big Chief [08] Tracey Moberly ID & Conversation with John Sinclair > [09] John Sinclair: Friday the 13th [10] John Sinclair & Youth: My Buddy [11] John Sinclair Closing Comments & Outro [12] Closing Music: John Sinclair & Lee Harris with River Styx 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 Tracey Moberly, Dylan Harding, Steve Fly, Youth, Michael, Alan Clayton, Brian James, Ian Grant, Nick Smith, Lee Harris, Hicham & Paul © 2010 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved. Radio Free Amsterdam no no http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-265/ http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-265/#comments Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:20:40 +0000 Chief http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/?p=790 Scream Studios – Wednesday, April 8 & Monday, April 13, 2009 [20-0922] London, uk. Croyden, uk. I met Charles Shaar Murray, the great British music journalist and author of books on Jimi Hendrix and John Lee Hooker, when he interviewed me in late January for a story in the Sunday Times of London. [...]]]> http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-265/feed/ 0 0:58:34 Ray’s Jazz > Scream Studios – Wednesday, April 8 & Monday, April 13, 2009 [20-0922] London, uk. Croyden, uk. I met Charles Shaar Murray, the great British music journalist and author of books on Jimi Hendrix and John Lee Hooker, wh[...] Ray’s Jazz > Scream Studios – Wednesday, April 8 & Monday, April 13, 2009 [20-0922] London, uk. Croyden, uk. I met Charles Shaar Murray, the great British music journalist and author of books on Jimi Hendrix and John Lee Hooker, when he interviewed me in late January for a story in the Sunday Times of London. In the course of our conversation Charles picked up Nick Smith’s guitar and starting playing and then singing some very tasty blues. I joined in with a couple of poems and we had a good thing going on, so in April we combined for some gigs as a duo (or trio with Buffalo Bill Smith on harmonica or Gary Lammin on second guitar) and then made a rehearsal at Scream Studios in Croyden with Charles’ rhythm section, Dee on bass and Jo-Jo on drums, fondly known as the Queens of Funk. This episode combines recordings from our performance at Ray’s Jazz in London on April 8 with Buffalo Bill and the rehearsal in Croyden on April 13. Playlist #265 [00] RFA Tag > Unabonger: Opening Tokes [01] Opening Music: John Sinclair & His London Blues Scholars: Hideaway > Ain’t Nobody’s Bizness [02] John Sinclair & Charles Shaar Murray: Boogie Chillen > Doctor Blues [03] John Sinclair & His London Blues Scholars: Crosscut Saw > Shake ‘Em on Down [04] John Sinclair & Charles Shaar Murray: The Screamers > 21 Days in Jail [05] John Sinclair & Charles Shaar Murray: Fattening Frogs For Snakes [06] John Sinclair & His London Blues Scholars: Yes We Can Can > It’s All Good [07] Baba Israel Outro > RFA Tag Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam Recorded by Big D at Sound Studio, East Croyden on April 13 and by John Sinclair at Ray’s Jazz, London, April 9, 2009 Produced, edited & assembled by John Sinclair @ the Bohemian National Home, Detroit, April 27, 2009 Special thanks to Jo-Jo, Big D, Buffalo Bill Smith, Charles Shaar Murray, Samantha, Dylan Harding, Hollywood, Scott Martin, Jaime, Sunny & Beyonce Sinclair, Eph’s Deli & the Bohemian National Home © 2009 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved. Radio Free Amsterdam no no http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-262/ http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-262/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:20:23 +0000 Chief http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/?p=765 http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-262/feed/ 0 0:59:02 420 Café – Tuesday, March 17, 2009 @ 10:00-11:00 pm [20-0919] Amsterdam, nl. I arrived in Amsterdam by train from London on St. Patrick’s Day evening just in time to meet a pair of brilliant young women named Monika Berenyi and Cecilia Cost[...] 420 Café – Tuesday, March 17, 2009 @ 10:00-11:00 pm [20-0919] Amsterdam, nl. I arrived in Amsterdam by train from London on St. Patrick’s Day evening just in time to meet a pair of brilliant young women named Monika Berenyi and Cecilia Costa who are heading up a Dutch art project centered on an intensive investigation into the poetry of Detroit made during 1960-1975 and its roots in the urban environment of the Motor City. Their group of 15 students is about to leave for its residency in Detroit to conduct serious research and record oral histories with many of the poets who made Detroit City Poetry what is was and is. My testimony at the 420 Café constituted their first interview and provides the text for this episode of the radio show, complemented by Motor City music from Martha & the Vandellas, John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars, Joe L., Lyman Woodard & the Artists Workshop Music Ensemble, and the MC-5. Playlist #262 [00] RFA Tag > Unabonger: Opening Tokes [01] Opening Music: Martha & the Vandellas: Dancing in the Streets [02] John Sinclair Conversation with Monika & Cecilia re: Detroit City Poetry [03] John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars: bags’ groove [04] John Sinclair Conversation with Monika & Cecilia [05] John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars: nutty [05] John Sinclair Conversation with Monika & Cecilia [06] Joe L.: Please Mr. Foreman [07] John Sinclair Conversation with Monika & Cecilia [08] Lyman Woodard & Workshop Music Ensemble: The Pimp’s Vision [09] John Sinclair Conversation with Monika & Cecilia [10] John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars: The Screamers [11] Closing Music: MC-5: Looking at You [09] Baba Israel Outro > RFA Tag Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam Produced, recorded, edited & assembled by John Sinclair @ HeadPress Bunker, London, April 14, 2009 Special thanks to Monika Berenyi & Cecilia Costa, Sweet Jane, Steve Fly & the 420 Café, Dylan Harding & Nick Smith © 2009 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved. Radio Free Amsterdam no no http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-259/ http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-259/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:20:51 +0000 Chief http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/?p=754 http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-259/feed/ 0 1:00:00 Resonance Radio – Friday, March 13, 2009 @ 12:00-1:00 pm [20-0918] London, uk I’ve become a sort of regular on Tracey Moberly’s Late, Late Breakfast Show from the Foundry on Resonance Radio in London and have been appearing on the program e[...] Resonance Radio – Friday, March 13, 2009 @ 12:00-1:00 pm [20-0918] London, uk I’ve become a sort of regular on Tracey Moberly’s Late, Late Breakfast Show from the Foundry on Resonance Radio in London and have been appearing on the program every Friday I’ve been in London so far this year. This Friday the 13th program features the poet Grassy Knoll, the television production team of Jonathan Owen & Dean Cavanaugh, an artist called Kai, party promoter Larry Love, Rob from Alabama 3, Charles Shaar Murray and myself, with opening and closing music by pianist Gabriel King. Playlist #259 [00] RFA Tag > Unabonger: Opening Tokes [01] Opening Music: Gabriel King: Piano Improvisation #1 [02] Tracey Moberly Intro to Late, Late Breakfast Show & Conversation with John Sinclair & Charles Shaar Murray [03] John Sinclair & Charles Shaar Murray: Boogie Chillen > Pea Vine Blues [04] Tracey Moberly Comments & Conversation with Kai re: exhibition [05] Grassy Knoll: The Immoral Haze [05] Rob from Alabama 3 Comments > Woody Guthrie [06] Tracey Moberly Comments & Conversation with John Sinclair & Rob [07] Tracey Moberly Conversation with Dean Cavanaugh & Jonathan Owen [08] John Sinclair & Charles Shaar Murray: Cross Road Blues [09] Tracey Moberly Comments & Conversation with Larry Love [10] Tracey Moberly Outro [11] Closing Music: Gabriel King: Piano Improvisation #2 [12] Baba Israel Outro > RFA Tag Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam Late, Late Breakfast Show hosted by Tracey Moberly for Resonance Radio Produced, recorded, edited & assembled by John Sinclair Posted by Larry Hayden Executive Producer: Larry Hayden Special thanks to Nick Smith, Bianca, Samantha, Tracey Moberly, Charles Shaar Murray & Rob from Alabama 3 © 2009 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved. Radio Free Amsterdam no no http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-253/ http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-253/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:20:08 +0000 Chief http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/?p=735 http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-253/feed/ 0 0:00:01 Lyric Theater – Thursday, February 12, 2009 @ 6:00-7:00 pm [20-0912] Oxford MS On the second Thursday in February I had the honor of appearing as a guest on the greatest “live” radio show in the world, Thacker Mountain Radio, produced on-s[...] Lyric Theater – Thursday, February 12, 2009 @ 6:00-7:00 pm [20-0912] Oxford MS On the second Thursday in February I had the honor of appearing as a guest on the greatest “live” radio show in the world, Thacker Mountain Radio, produced on-stage this week at the Lyric Theatre in Oxford, Mississippi, hosted by Jim Dees, and anchored by the house band, the Yalobushwhackers, featuring Jim Dickinson on piano, Duff Dorough on guitar, Slade at the bass and Wallace Lester on drums. Jim’s other guests were Alicia Romano & Dirty Flowers and the local heroes known as the North Mississippi All Stars, and I had the privilege of Eric Deaton on lead guitar. The show was broadcast on Rebel Radio at the University of Mississippi and beamed out around the state on Mississippi Public Radio. Now celebrating its 10th year on the air, Thacker Mountain Radio continues to showcase the indigenous music and literature of Mississippi and guest artists from around the world every Thursday at 6:00 pm, usually from OffSquare Books in Oxford. Playlist #253 [00] RFA Tag > Unabonger: Opening Tokes [01] Jim Dees Intro to Thacker Mountain Radio [02] Opening Music: Yalobushwhackers: World Boogie Is Here [03] Jim Dees Intro > Yalobushwhackers: I’m Movin’ On [04] Jim Dees Intro > Jim Dickinson: Oh Bury Me at Sea [05] Yalobushwhackers: Gravy Train [06] Jim Dees Outro > Comments > Intro [07] Clarissa Romano & Dirty Flowers: Nothing’s Gonna Change My World [08] Clarissa Romano & Dirty Flowers: Don’t Let Me Down [09] Jim Dees Outro > Comments > Intro [10] John Sinclair with Eric Deaton & the Yalobushwhackers: The Screamers > 21 Days in Jail [11] John Sinclair with Eric Deaton & the Yalobushwhackers: Pea Vine Blues [12] Jim Dees Outro > Comments > Intro [13] North Mississippi All Stars: Moon Shine [14] North Mississippi All Stars: Casey Jones [15] Jim Dees Outro [15] Baba Israel Outro > RFA Tag Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam Thacker Mt. Radio hosted by Jim Dees for Mississippi Public Radio Produced, recorded, edited & assembled by John Sinclair Posted by Larry Hayden Executive Producer: Larry Hayden Special thanks to Dylan Harding, Nick Smith, Bianca, Thomas, Samantha, © 2009 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved. Radio Free Amsterdam no no http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-251/ http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-251/#comments Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:07:08 +0000 Chief http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/?p=727 http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-251/feed/ 0 0:58:34 Resonance Radio – Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 12:00-1:00 pm [20-0910] London,UK This episode starts out as an edited version of the Late, Late Breakfast Show with Tracey Moberly on Resonance Radio in London on January 30 featuring guest sa[...] Resonance Radio – Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 12:00-1:00 pm [20-0910] London,UK This episode starts out as an edited version of the Late, Late Breakfast Show with Tracey Moberly on Resonance Radio in London on January 30 featuring guest saxophonists Lol Coxson & Mike Walter and artists Anthea Clarke, Annouchka Bayley & Michael Bucknell, but when she was talking to me about John Lennon I thought I’d insert a special performance of “John Sinclair” sung by Chad Henson with the Beatles Tribute Band closing out “Two Days in the Life” at Proud Larry’s in Oxford, Mississippi one week later on Friday, February 6. I join the band after Chad sings to recite “friday the 13th.” After the Resonance Radio section ends, the closing music is by Charles Shaar Murray and myself, recorded at Nick Smith’s place in Siani Mews in London on January 29th, 2009. Playlist #251 [00] RFA Tag > Unabonger: Opening Tokes [01] Opening Music: Lol Coxson & Mike Walter: Improvisation 1 [02] Tracey Moberly Intro to Late, Late Breakfast Show [03] Tracey Moberly Conversation with John Sinclair [04] John Sinclair with Lol Coxson & Mike Walter: humphf [05] Tracey Moberly Conversation with John Sinclair [06] John Sinclair with Chad Henson & Beatles Tribute Band: John Sinclair > Friday the 13th [07] Lol Coxson & Mike Walter: Improvisation 2 [08] Tracey Moberly Conversations with Annouchka Bayley & Michael Bucknell > Anthea Clarke [09] John Sinclair with Lol Coxson & Mike Walter: Spiritual [10] Lol Coxson & Mike Walter: Improvisation 3 [11] John Sinclair & Charles Shaar Murray: Pea Vine Blues > Boogie Chillen [12] Baba Israel Outro > RFA Tag Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam Late, Late Breakfast Show hosted by Tracey Moberly for Resonance Radio, London Produced, recorded, edited & assembled by John Sinclair Posted by Larry Hayden Executive Producer: Larry Hayden Special thanks to Dylan Harding, Nick Smith, Bianca, Thomas, Samantha, Tracey Moberly, Chad Henson, Dave Woolworth, Chico, Charles Shaar Murray © 2009 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved. Radio Free Amsterdam no no http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-250/ http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-250/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:20:34 +0000 Chief http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/?p=630 http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-250/feed/ 0 0:58:49 Kunstraum Kreuzberg – Monday, January 26, 2009 @ 8:30-9:30 pm [20-0909] Berlin,Germany The 250th episode of the John Sinclair Radio Show features excepts from an on-stage interview moderated by ______ with Warn DeFever and myself that follo[...] Kunstraum Kreuzberg – Monday, January 26, 2009 @ 8:30-9:30 pm [20-0909] Berlin,Germany The 250th episode of the John Sinclair Radio Show features excepts from an on-stage interview moderated by ______ with Warn DeFever and myself that followed the ClubTransMedial Festival screening of my movie TWENTY TO LIFE, a film by Steve Gebhardt, at the Kunstraum Kreuzberg in Berlin. Warn had performed at the festival with his noise band called Princess Dragonmom and the two of us combined our generational insights into the unique urban phenomenon known as Detroit, interspersed with recordings from the Motor City by the MC-5, Aretha Franklin, Joe L., Andre Williams, John Lee Hooker, and the Lyman Woodard Organization, plus an excerpt from Lenny Bruce and the Sun Ra Arkestra “live” at the Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival. Playlist #250 [00] RFA Tag > Unabonger: Opening Tokes > Baba Israel Intro [01] Opening Music: MC-5: Looking at You [02] Intro > Moderator Comments > [03] Moderator Conversation with John Sinclair continues [04] Lenny Bruce: Father Flotsky’s Triumph (edit) [05] Moderator Conversation with John Sinclair continues [06] Aretha Franklin: Rock Steady [07] Moderator Conversation with John Sinclair continues [08] Joe L.: Please Mr. Foreman [09] Moderator Conversation with John Sinclair continues [10] Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra: Outer Spaceways Incorporated [11] Moderator Conversation with John Sinclair continues [12] Andre Williams: Detroit Michigan [13] Moderator Conversation with Warn DeFever & John Sinclair [14] Lyman Woodard Organization: Don’t Stop the Groove [15] Moderator Conversation with John Sinclair & Warn DeFever > Outro [16] John Sinclair & the London Blues Scholars: Consequences [17] Baba Israel Outro > 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 Nick Smith, Bianca, and the ClubTransMedial Festival © 2009 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved. Radio Free Amsterdam no no http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-249/ http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-249/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:20:13 +0000 Chief http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/?p=627 http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-249/feed/ 0 0:59:41 Ibis Hotel – Sunday, January 25, 2009 @ 10:30-11:30 pm [20-0908] Berlin,Germany After my flight from London to Berlin for an appearance at the ClubTransMedial Festival I was whisked to the Hotel Ibis in the East to check in and then meet fo[...] Ibis Hotel – Sunday, January 25, 2009 @ 10:30-11:30 pm [20-0908] Berlin,Germany After my flight from London to Berlin for an appearance at the ClubTransMedial Festival I was whisked to the Hotel Ibis in the East to check in and then meet for an interview with a couple of young Norwegian music lovers resident in Berlin who operate an on-line vinyl record exchange and information site. They’re friends of Elena and Mark Ritsema and we enjoy talking about old times and new. Our conversation is punctuated in this episode by music from Charles Neville & Diversity, Chuck Berry, John Sinclair & the London Blues Scholars, James Brown, Funkadelic and the Blackbyrds Playlist #249 [00] RFA Tag > Unabonger: Opening Tokes [01] Opening Music: Charles Neville & Diversity: Blue Monk [02] John Sinclair Conversation with Vinyl Website [03] Chuck Berry: Roll Over Beethoven [04] Chuck Berry: No Money Down [05] Chuck Berry: Too Much Monkey Business [06] Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man [07] John Sinclair Conversation with Vinyl Website continues [08] John Sinclair & the London Blues Scholars: pannonica [09] John Sinclair Conversation with Vinyl Website continues [10] James Brown: Gonna Have a Funky Good Time [11] John Sinclair Conversation with Vinyl Website continues [12] Funkadelic: Knee Deep [13] John Sinclair Conversation with Vinyl Website concludes [14] Blackbyrds: Do It Fluid [15] Baba Israel Outro > 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 Nick Smith, Bianca, Mark Ritsema & Elena © 2009 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved. Radio Free Amsterdam no no http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-248/ http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-248/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:20:33 +0000 Chief http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/?p=624 http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-248/feed/ 0 0:58:31 Café Oto – Tuesday, January 20, 2009 @ 9:00-10:00 pm [20-0906] London,Uk Hallelujah! A new president for the United States—and a black man at last! American expatriates and London cognescenti celebrated together at the Café Oto on Inaugurat[...] Café Oto – Tuesday, January 20, 2009 @ 9:00-10:00 pm [20-0906] London,Uk Hallelujah! A new president for the United States—and a black man at last! American expatriates and London cognescenti celebrated together at the Café Oto on Inauguration Day with music by tenor saxophonist, flutist and poet Elliott Levin, bassist Jair-Rohm Parker Wells, drummer Tony Bianco, pianist Robbie Knight, and singer Carole Denis. Once more I had the honor of hosting the show and performed several more carefully-chosen selections with this stellar band of London Blues Scholars. Carole Denis zouks up the new president and Elliott Levin riffs on the Obama Nation. The concert was produced by Dylan Harding in association with HeadPress. Playlist #248 [00] RFA Tag > Unabonger: Opening Tokes > Baba Israel Intro [01] Opening Music: John Sinclair & the London Blues Scholars: Welcome > [02] John Sinclair & the London Blues Scholars: Blues to Elvin > [03] John Sinclair & the London Blues Scholars: Blues to You > Outro [04]:John Sinclair Comments re: Marshall Allen [05] Carole Denis: Obama Zouk [06] Elliott Levin & the London Blues Scholars: Obama Nation [07] John Sinclair & the London Blues Scholars: ask me now [08] John Sinclair & the London Blues Scholars: History 101 [09] John Sinclair & the London Blues Scholars: Smells Like Sulfur Here [10] Jair-Rohm Parker Wells: Outro [11] Baba Israel Outro > RFA Tag Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam Recorded by Jair-Rohm Parker Wells at Café Oto, London Produced, edited & assembled by John Sinclair Posted by Larry Hayden Executive Producer: Larry Hayden Special thanks to Dylan Harding, Nick Smith, Bianca, Thomas, Samantha, Carole Denis & Joop, Elliott Levin, Jair-Rohm Parker Wells, Tony Bianco, Robbie Knight, and Hamish & Keiko at the Café Oto © 2009 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved. Radio Free Amsterdam no no http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-247/ http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-247/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:20:03 +0000 Chief http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/?p=621 http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-247/feed/ 0 1:00:20 Café Oto – Monday, January 19, 2009 @ 9:00-10:00 pm [20-0905] London,Uk Dylan Harding and HeadPress produced a pair of shows at the Café Oto in London on January 19-20 to celebrate the inauguration of President Barack Obama. Monday’s show a[...] Café Oto – Monday, January 19, 2009 @ 9:00-10:00 pm [20-0905] London,Uk Dylan Harding and HeadPress produced a pair of shows at the Café Oto in London on January 19-20 to celebrate the inauguration of President Barack Obama. Monday’s show also honored the birthday of Martin Luther King, and a special ensemble was assembled featuring Philadelphia tenor saxophonist, flutist and poet Elliott Levin, bassist Jair-Rohm Parker Wells, drummer Tony Bianco, pianist Robbie Knight, guitarist Dylan Harding, and singer Carole Denis. I had the honor of hosting the show and performed several carefully-chosen selections with this stellar band of London Blues Scholars. Playlist #247 [00] RFA Tag > Unabonger: Opening Tokes > Baba Israel Intro [01] John Sinclair Intro to Martin Luther King Night at Café Oto [02] John Sinclair & the London Blues Scholars: Spiritual > [03] John Sinclair & the London Blues Scholars: Consequences > [04] John Sinclair & the London Blues Scholars: Blues to You > Outro [05] Elliott Levin & the London Blues Scholars: Green Grass [06] Carole Denis: Sunny [07] John Sinclair: Intro > [08] John Sinclair & London Blues Scholars: The Destruction of America > [09] John Sinclair: Outro > Intro Comments [10] John Sinclair & London Blues Scholars: Ain’t Nobody’s Bizness [11] John Sinclair Closing Comments & Outro [15] Baba Israel Outro > RFA Tag Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam Recorded by Jair-Rohm Parker Wells at Café Oto, London Produced, edited & assembled by John Sinclair Posted by Larry Hayden Executive Producer: Larry Hayden Special thanks to Dylan Harding, Nick Smith, Bianca, Thomas, Samantha, Carole Denis & Joop, Elliott Levin, Jair-Rohm Parker Wells, Tony Bianco, Robbie Knight, and Hamish & Keiko at the Café Oto © 2009 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved. Radio Free Amsterdam no no http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-246/ http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-246/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:20:12 +0000 Chief http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/?p=618 http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-246/feed/ 0 1:00:17 Resonance Radio – Friday, January 16, 2009 @ 12:00-1:00 pm [20-0904] London,Uk Tracey Moberly invited me to join her and her guests again for the Late Late Breakfast Show broadcast from Tracey’s art center and bar called The Foundry over Re[...] Resonance Radio – Friday, January 16, 2009 @ 12:00-1:00 pm [20-0904] London,Uk Tracey Moberly invited me to join her and her guests again for the Late Late Breakfast Show broadcast from Tracey’s art center and bar called The Foundry over Resonance Radio every Friday at noon. She had “live” music from pianist Mike Walter and the reed duo of Noel Taylor & Shabaka Hutchins, poetry by Grassy Knoll, and conversations with Reel News film-maker Sean Day, artists Ken Flowers and Yodette Garez, and the brilliant novelist Stewart Home. Jair-Rohm Wells and I contribute a duet performance of my poem “Friday the 13th”. Playlist #246 [00] RFA Tag > Baba Israel Opening ID [01] Opening Music: Mike Walter: Piano Improvisation 1 [02] Tracey Moberly Intro > Opening Conversation [03] Tracey Moberly Conversation with John Sinclair & Jair-Rohm Wells [04] Noel Taylor & Shabaka Hutchins: Improvisation 1 [05] Tracey Moberly Comments & Conversation with Grassy Knoll [06] Grassy Knoll: Georgie Georgie Georgie, Please Forgive Me [07] Tracey Moberly Comments & Conversation with Sean Day > [08] Tracey Moberly Comments & Conversation with Ken Flowers > [09] Tracey Moberly Conversation with Yodette Garez > [10] John Sinclair & Jair-Rohm Wells: Friday the 13th “live” [11] Tracey Moberly Comments & Conversation with Stewart Home [12] Noel Taylor & Shabaka Hutchins: Improvisation 2 [13] Tracey Moberly Comments & Conversation with Yodette Garez [14] Closing Music: Mike Walter: Piano Improvisation 2 [15] Baba Israel: Closing ID> RFA Tag Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam The Late, Late Breakfast Show is hosted & produced by Tracey Moberly Recorded, edited & assembled by John Sinclair Posted by Larry Hayden Executive Producer: Larry Hayden Special thanks to Tracey Moberly, Jair-Rohm Parker Wells, Bianca Curacao-Nicholls, Nick Smith & Dylan Harding © 2009 John Sinclair. 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Radio Free Amsterdam no no http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-245/ http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-245/#comments Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:20:35 +0000 Chief http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/?p=614 Longcat Studio – Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 5:00-6:00 pm [20-0907] London,Uk Two days before I left London this time I met with the great British music journalist Charles Shaar Murray at the Siani Mews home of my manager, Nick Smith, in Turnpike Lane, for an interview to be shaped by Charles into a [...]]]> http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-245/feed/ 0 0:59:21 Siani Mews> Longcat Studio – Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 5:00-6:00 pm [20-0907] London,Uk Two days before I left London this time I met with the great British music journalist Charles Shaar Murray at the Siani Mews home of my manager, [...] Siani Mews> Longcat Studio – Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 5:00-6:00 pm [20-0907] London,Uk Two days before I left London this time I met with the great British music journalist Charles Shaar Murray at the Siani Mews home of my manager, Nick Smith, in Turnpike Lane, for an interview to be shaped by Charles into a story for the Sunday Times. We talked for quite a while, took a break, and Charles came back playing the guitar and singing. We’d been discussing Boogie Man, his biography of John Lee Hooker, and we were on the same page all the way, so when he started playing I took the liberty of dropping in a poem or two, and for this episode I added recordings by Little Sonny, Eddie Burns, Eddie Kirkland, and a whole bunch of John Lee Hooker. This episode ends with a duet improvisation with Robbie Knight’s keyboards on my poem “Scuze Me While I Kiss the Sky” from his videocast Longcat Weekly 136, recorded nearby at Longcat Studio in Turnpike Lane on January 21, 2009. Playlist #245 [00] RFA Tag > Unabonger: Opening Tokes [01] Opening Music: Eddie Kirkland: I Got the Blues [02] John Sinclair & Charles Shaar Murray: Pea Vine Special > [03] John Sinclair & Charles Shaar Murray: Boogie Chillen [04] John Sinclair & Charles Shaar Murray: Conversation-1 [05] Little Sonny: They Want Money [06] Eddie Burns: Better Watch What You’re Doin’ [07] Eddie Kirkland: Mojo in Her Backbone [08] John Sinclair & Charles Shaar Murray: Conversation-2 [09] John Lee Hooker: Dimples [10] John Lee Hooker: Baby Lee [11] John Lee Hooker: Boom Boom [12] John Sinclair & Charles Shaar Murray: The Delta Sound [13] John Lee Hooker: Boogie Chillen [14] John Lee Hooker: I’m in the Mood [15] John Lee Hooker: Motor City Is Burning [16] John Sinclair & Robbie Knight: Scuze Me While I Kiss the Sky [17] Baba Israel: Respect to the DJ > 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 Nick Smith, Robbie Knight, Charles Shaar Murray © 2009 John Sinclair. 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Radio Free Amsterdam no no http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-240/ http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-240/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:00:51 +0000 Chief http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/?p=559 http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-240/feed/ 0 1:00:25 Cannabis College > 420 Cafe – Friday, December 12, 2008 @ 10:00-11:00 pm [20-0860] Amsterdam, NL. 37th anniversary We were celebrating the 37th anniversary of my release from prison on December 13, 1971 and the release of my new book IT’[...] Cannabis College > 420 Cafe – Friday, December 12, 2008 @ 10:00-11:00 pm [20-0860] Amsterdam, NL. 37th anniversary We were celebrating the 37th anniversary of my release from prison on December 13, 1971 and the release of my new book IT’S ALL GOOD: A John Sinclair Reader after hours at the Cannabis College on this Friday evening when I gave my first public reading of the story called “John Sinclair” that starts off the book with an account of my liberaton from penitentiary life through the agency of John Lennon. That reading is the centerpiece of this episode, preceded by music by Detroit’s own Pat in the Hat from his new Funky D Records CD, a live cut by me with Harmonica Shah and his band in Ann Arbor last July, and some improvisational beat-box music from Thumpah Lee, and followed by the Trevor Menear reading of the Lennon tune and a duet performance of my poem for Lennon called “Friday the 13th” with Jair-Rohm Wells on bass, recorded in London last month. Happy Freedom, everybody! Playlist #240 [00] RFA Tag > Baba Israel ID [01] Opening Music: Pat in the Hat: How High Ya Get [02] John Sinclair Intro, Comments & Opening Tokes with Thumpah Lee [03] John Sinclair & Harmonica Shah: Pea Vine Blues [04] John Sinclair Comments & Improvisation by Thumpah Lee [05] John Sinclair Reading “John Sinclair” at Cannabis College [06] Trevor Menear: John Sinclair [07] Thumpah Lee Closing ID [08] Closing Music: John Sinclair & Jair-Rohm Wells: friday the 13th Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam Produced, edited & assembled by John Sinclair Recorded & posted by Larry Hayden Executive Producer: Larry Hayden Special thanks to Nick Smith, Shelley & Bianca, the lovely & talented Ms. Claudia Seppen at Waterstone’s, Lorna Clay & Kristie Szalanski at the Cannabis College and Steve & Jane at the 420 Café. © 2008 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved. Radio Free Amsterdam no no http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-233/ http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-233/#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:00:29 +0000 Chief http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/?p=541 http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-233/feed/ 0 0:59:20 Cannabis College – Monday, November 24, 2008 @ 5:30-6:30 pm [20-0858] Amsterdam, NL 4th anniversary The John Sinclair Radio Show celebrated its 4th anniversary at the Cannabis College on the Monday afternoon of the 21st Cannabis Cup and the[...] Cannabis College – Monday, November 24, 2008 @ 5:30-6:30 pm [20-0858] Amsterdam, NL 4th anniversary The John Sinclair Radio Show celebrated its 4th anniversary at the Cannabis College on the Monday afternoon of the 21st Cannabis Cup and the 10th birthday of the Cannabis College itself. Our stone regulars were on hand to celebrate our own annual reunion: Adam Brook, Kenny Post, Merll Truesdale, Jim Epstein, and Walter Noons, who never made it on the air. The music is another all-Detroit program featuring recordings by Harmonica Shah, Scott Morgan & Guardian Angel, the Detroit Cobras, Bettye Lavette, Odessa Harris, Nathaniel Mayer, Joe L., Andre Williams, and Eddie Burns, plus a “live” performance by Kenny Post, a cut from my DETROIT LIFE album, and the number that was the first thing we played on our very first program four years ago: “It’s All Good” with LangeFrans & Baas B.. Playlist #233 [00] RFA Tag > Baba Israel ID [01] Opening Music: Harmonica Shah: Detroit Jump [02] John Sinclair Intro, Comments & Opening Tokes with Nick Smith [03] Scott Morgan & Guardian Angel: Soul Mover [04] Detroit Cobras: Leave My Kitten Alone [05] Bettye Lavette: He Made a Woman Out of Me [06] Odessa Harris: Hard Workin’ Man [07] John Sinclair Comments & Conversation with Merll Truesdale [08] Nathaniel Mayer: You Gotta Work [09] Joe L.: Please Mr. Foreman [10] John Sinclair Comments & Conversation with Jim Epstein [11] Andre Williams: Jail Bait [12] Eddie Burns: Orange Driver [13] John Sinclair Comments & Conversation with Kenny Post [14] Kenny Post: Baseball and Rock & Roll “Live” [15] John Sinclair & Motor City Blues Scholars: let’s call this [16] John Sinclair Closing Comments & Outro [17] Closing Music: John Sinclair & LangeFrans & Baas B: It’s All Good [18] Baba Israel Closing ID > RFA Tag Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam Produced, edited & assembled by John Sinclair Recorded & posted by Larry Hayden Assisted by Merll Truesdale Executive Producer: Larry Hayden Special thanks to Nick Smith, Adam Brook, Merll Truesdale, Kenny Post, Lorna Clay, Kristie Szalanski & the splendid staff at the Cannabis College. © 2008 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved. Radio Free Amsterdam no no http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-232/ http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-232/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:47:29 +0000 Chief http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/?p=536 420 Café – Saturday, November 22, 2008 [20-0857] Amsterdam,Utrecht. NL Megaplaten, gigantic record show On this cold, rainy Saturday in Amsterdam Adam Brook and I took the train to Utrecht for this winter’s edition of the gigantic record show called Megaplaten, where I was scheduled to spin an hour of music [...]]]> http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-232/feed/ 0 0:59:35 Megaplaten, Jaarbuurs Utrecht > 420 Café – Saturday, November 22, 2008 [20-0857] Amsterdam,Utrecht. NL Megaplaten, gigantic record show On this cold, rainy Saturday in Amsterdam Adam Brook and I took the train to Utrecht for this win[...] Megaplaten, Jaarbuurs Utrecht > 420 Café – Saturday, November 22, 2008 [20-0857] Amsterdam,Utrecht. NL Megaplaten, gigantic record show On this cold, rainy Saturday in Amsterdam Adam Brook and I took the train to Utrecht for this winter’s edition of the gigantic record show called Megaplaten, where I was scheduled to spin an hour of music into the exposition hall and then make our annual Megaplaten episode of the radio show. The DJ set was splendid, but none of the exhibitors were coming up to talk with us, so I decided to go back to the city and cut the show at the 420 Café and edit in into the set of music from Utrecht. Nick Smith & Guiseppe are in from London and Jeff Kabik stopped by to spray me with some new cannabis delivery system. The music is all from Detroit with Johnnie Bassett, Hank Ballard & the Midnighters, the young Bob Seger, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Alberta Adams, Barbara Lewis, Joe Weaver, Marvin Gaye, Bob Seeley & Bob Baldori. Was (Not Was), Thornetta Davis, Todd Rhodes & Connie Allen, and Scott Morgan & PowerTrane “live” at the Crofoot Ballroom in Pontiac MI on the recent Zenta New Year celebration. Playlist #232 [00] RFA Tag > Baba Israel ID [01] Johnnie Bassett: Blowing the Horn [02] John Sinclair Intro & Opening Comments with Jeff Kabik & Adam Brook [03] Hank Ballard & The Midnighters: Finger Popping Time [04] Bob Seger: Heavy Music [05] Aretha Franklin: Rock Steady [06] Stevie Wonder: Living for the City [07] John Sinclair Comments & Conversation with Nick Smith [08] Alberta Adams: Detroit Is My Home [09] Barbara Lewis: Hello Stranger [10] Joe Weaver: I’m On My Merry Way [11] Marvin Gaye: Ain’t That Peculiar [12] Bob Seeley & Bob Baldori: Boogie Stomp [13] John Sinclair Comments & Conversation with Nick Smith & Adam Brook [14] Was (Not Was): Out Come The Freaks [15] Thornetta Davis: Meet Me With Your Black Drawers On [16] Todd Rhodes & Connie Allen: Rocket 69 [17] John Sinclair Closing Comments & Outro [18] Scott Morgan & PowerTrane: 2 Plus 2 = ? [19] Baba Israel Closing 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 Scott Morgan, Nick Smith, Adam Brook, the proprietors and their splendid staff at the 420 Café and to Cas Bosland and his excellent people at Megaplaten in Utrecht. © 2008 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved. Radio Free Amsterdam no no http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-231/ http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-231/#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:59:21 +0000 Chief http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/?p=523 Waterstones Bookstore- Friday, November 14, 2008 [20-0853] London, UK IT’S ALL GOOD: A John Sinclair Reader. The sixth and final episode in a series of programs that documents my appearances in London during the past week combines excerpts from a Resonance Radio broadcast out of the Foundry Bar in London on Friday, November [...]]]> http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-231/feed/ 0 0:58:33 Resonance Radio > Waterstones Bookstore- Friday, November 14, 2008 [20-0853] London, UK IT’S ALL GOOD: A John Sinclair Reader. The sixth and final episode in a series of programs that documents my appearances in London during the past week [...] Resonance Radio > Waterstones Bookstore- Friday, November 14, 2008 [20-0853] London, UK IT’S ALL GOOD: A John Sinclair Reader. The sixth and final episode in a series of programs that documents my appearances in London during the past week combines excerpts from a Resonance Radio broadcast out of the Foundry Bar in London on Friday, November 14 with selections recorded at Waterstones Bookstore later the same day, reading from Headpress 28 and performing poems from my new HeadPress book,IT’S ALL GOOD: A John Sinclair Reader, with Jair-Rohm Parker Wells on electric bass while we finish out a long and fruitful week in London. Playlist #231 [00] RFA Tag > Unabonger Opening Tokes > Baba Israel ID [01] Resonance Radio: Tracy’s Opening Comments > Gabriel Keene: Solo Piano > [02] Resonance Radio: Intro > Conversation with John Sinclair & Bill Drummond > [03] John Sinclair & Jair-Rohm Wells: in walked bud > John Sinclair Comments [04] Jair-Rohm Wells & Gabriel Keene: straight no chaser > [05] Resonance Radio: ID > Bill Drummond Comments [06] Resonance Radio: Final Segment > Outro > Gabriel Keene: Solo Piano [07] Baba Israel ID [08] Dylan Harding > John Sinclair Intros > [09] John Sinclair: Unified Indian Practice > [10] John Sinclair: Big Fritz > [11] John Sinclair & Jair-Rohm Wells: We Just Change the Beat [12] John Sinclair & Jair-Rohm Wells: Intro & ruby, my dear [13] John Sinclair & Jair-Rohm Wells: Spiritual > Consequences > Blues to You [14] Baba Israel Closing 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 Nick Smith, Dylan Harding, Shelley, Bianca, Thomas, to Tracey & all the great characters at Resonance Radio & the Foundry Bar, and to the splendid staff at Waterstones Books in London. © 2008 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved. Radio Free Amsterdam no no http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-230/ http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-230/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:56:47 +0000 Chief http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/?p=515 Resonance Radio – Thursday-Friday, November 13-14, 2008 [20-0855] London, UK IT’S ALL GOOD: A John Sinclair Reader. This episode of the radio show—the fifth program documenting my appearances in London this week in celebration of the release of Headpress 28 and the publication of my new HeadPress book, IT’S ALL GOOD.: [...]]]> http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-230/feed/ 0 1:00:40 Big Green Bookstore > Resonance Radio – Thursday-Friday, November 13-14, 2008 [20-0855] London, UK IT’S ALL GOOD: A John Sinclair Reader. This episode of the radio show—the fifth program documenting my appearances in London this week [...] Big Green Bookstore > Resonance Radio – Thursday-Friday, November 13-14, 2008 [20-0855] London, UK IT’S ALL GOOD: A John Sinclair Reader. This episode of the radio show—the fifth program documenting my appearances in London this week in celebration of the release of Headpress 28 and the publication of my new HeadPress book, IT’S ALL GOOD.: A John Sinclair Reader—combines selections from my duet performance with Jair-Rohm Parker Wells on electric bass at Big Green Bookstore in Wood Green on Thursday, November 13, followed by excerpts from a “live” Resonance Radio broadcast out of the Foundry Bar in London on Friday, November 14, again with Jair-Rohm on bass, and closing with a final duet from the Big Green Bookstore the night before. Playlist #230 [00] RFA Tag > Unabonger Opening Tokes > Baba Israel ID [01] John Sinclair Stage Intro > [02] John Sinclair & Jair-Rohm Wells: Fattening Frogs For Snakes [03] John Sinclair & Jair-Rohm Wells: Intro > everything happens to me [04] John Sinclair & Jair-Rohm Wells: 21 Days in Jail [05] John Sinclair & Jair-Rohm Wells: Intro > Ain’t Nobody’s Bizness [06] Resonance Radio Intro > [07] Resonance Radio: John Sinclair Interview (Part 1) > [08] John Sinclair & Jair-Rohm Wells: Spiritual > Consequences > [09] Resonance Radio: John Sinclair Interview (Part 2) > [10] Resonance Radio: Gabriel Keene: Solo Piano Performance > [11] Resonance Radio: Coca-Cola Conversation with Mark Thomas > Outro [12] John Sinclair & Jair-Rohm Wells: in walked bud [13] Baba Israel Closing 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 Nick Smith, Dylan Harding, Shelley, Bianca, Thomas, the proprietors & staff at the Big Green Bookstore in Wood Green, and Tracey & all the great characters at Resonance Radio & the Foundry Bar. © 2008 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved. Radio Free Amsterdam no no http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-229/ http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-229/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:09:26 +0000 Chief http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/?p=512 http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-229/feed/ 0 1:00:24 Bamalama Poster Shop – Wednesday, November 12, 2008 [20-08534 London, UK IT’S ALL GOOD: A John Sinclair Reader. This episode of the radio show features my complete performance at the Bamalama Poster Shop in London on Wednesday, November 1[...] Bamalama Poster Shop – Wednesday, November 12, 2008 [20-08534 London, UK IT’S ALL GOOD: A John Sinclair Reader. This episode of the radio show features my complete performance at the Bamalama Poster Shop in London on Wednesday, November 12, celebrating the release of Headpress 28 and the publication of my new HeadPress book, IT’S ALL GOOD.: A John Sinclair Reader. There’s music in duet with Jair-Rohm Parker Wells on electric bass [01]-[07], we’re joined on selection [08] by some hard-core London blues characters, and they finish out the evening with me [09]-[11] in the absence of Jair-Rohm, who took a much-deserved break on the final set. The final selection is with Mark Ritsema & jair-Rohm Wells, recorded at Rough Trade Records on Monday, November 10. Playlist #229 [00] RFA Tag > Unabonger Opening Tokes [01] John Sinclair & Jair-Rohm Wells: in walked bud [02] John Sinclair & Jair-Rohm Wells: monk’s dream [03] John Sinclair On-Stage Comments [04] John Sinclair & Jair-Rohm Wells: humph [05] John Sinclair & Jair-Rohm Wells: friday the 13th [06] John Sinclair & Jair-Rohm Wells: Scuze Me While i Kiss the Sky [07] John Sinclair On-Stage Comments [08] John Sinclair & Jair-Rohm Wells & Friends: Decoration Day [09] John Sinclair & Friends: The Delta Sound [10] John Sinclair & Friends: Cross Road Blues [11] John Sinclair & Friends: Ain’t Nobody’s Bizness [12] John Sinclair, Mark Ritsema & Jair-Rohm Wells: everything happens to me [13] Baba Israel Closing 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 Nick Smith, Dylan Harding, Shelley, Bianca, Thomas, John & Dave Brett, the blues players and the excellent staff of the Bamalama Poster Shop © 2008 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved. Radio Free Amsterdam no no http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-228/ http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-228/#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:00:50 +0000 Chief http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/?p=510 Rough Trade Records – Monday-Tuesday, November 10-11, 2008 [20-0853] London, UK IT’S ALL GOOD: A John Sinclair Reader. With this episode we continue the documentation of my week of intimate concerts in London celebrating the publication of my new HeadPress book, IT’S ALL GOOD: A John Sinclair Reader, and the release of [...]]]> http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-228/feed/ 0 0:59:11 Second Level Records > Rough Trade Records – Monday-Tuesday, November 10-11, 2008 [20-0853] London, UK IT’S ALL GOOD: A John Sinclair Reader. With this episode we continue the documentation of my week of intimate concerts in London ce[...] Second Level Records > Rough Trade Records – Monday-Tuesday, November 10-11, 2008 [20-0853] London, UK IT’S ALL GOOD: A John Sinclair Reader. With this episode we continue the documentation of my week of intimate concerts in London celebrating the publication of my new HeadPress book, IT’S ALL GOOD: A John Sinclair Reader, and the release of Headpress 28 for which I served as editor. The performances here are from Second Level Records on Armistice Day [01-08] and Rough Trade Records on Monday, November 10 [09-11]. Both concerts feature Mark Ritsema on guitar and Jair-Rohm Parker Wells on electric (Second Level) and acoustic (Rough Trade) bass in a program of poetry taken from IT’S ALL GOOD. Playlist #228 [00] RFA Tag > Unabonger Opening Tokes > Baba Israel ID [01] John Sinclair Stage Intro at Second Level Records [02] John Sinclair, Mark Ritsema & Jair-Rohm Wells: Spiritual [03] John Sinclair, Mark Ritsema & Jair-Rohm Wells: 21 Days in Jail [04] John Sinclair, Mark Ritsema & Jair-Rohm Wells: in walked bud [05] John Sinclair, Mark Ritsema & Jair-Rohm Wells: Scuze Me While I Kiss the Sky [06] John Sinclair, Mark Ritsema & Jair-Rohm Wells: My Buddy > Hold Your Horn High [07] John Sinclair, Mark Ritsema & Jair-Rohm Wells: monk in orbit [08] John Sinclair, Mark Ritsema & Jair-Rohm Wells: Fat Boy > Sinclair Outro [09] John Sinclair, Mark Ritsema & Jair-Rohm Wells: Blues to You [10] John Sinclair, Mark Ritsema & Jair-Rohm Wells: april in paris [11] John Sinclair, Mark Ritsema & Jair-Rohm Wells: ruby, my dear [12] Baba Israel ID > RFA Closing 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 Nick Smith, Dylan Harding, Shelley, Bianca, Thomas, Hugo, and the proprietors & staff of Second Level Records and Rough Trade Records. Happy birthday, Bianca! © 2008 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved. Radio Free Amsterdam no no http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-227/ http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-227/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:00:14 +0000 Chief http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/?p=508 Café Oto > Rough Trade Records – Saturday-Sunday-Monday, November 8-9-10, 2008 [20-0852] London, UK IT’S ALL GOOD: A John Sinclair Reader. This episode of the radio show combines performances at the Café Oto, the Biddle Bros. Bar, and Rough Trade Records from primitive digital recordings made in London on Saturday, Sunday and [...]]]> http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-227/feed/ 0 1:00:47 Biddle Bros. Bar > Café Oto > Rough Trade Records – Saturday-Sunday-Monday, November 8-9-10, 2008 [20-0852] London, UK IT’S ALL GOOD: A John Sinclair Reader. This episode of the radio show combines performances at the Café Oto, th[...] Biddle Bros. Bar > Café Oto > Rough Trade Records – Saturday-Sunday-Monday, November 8-9-10, 2008 [20-0852] London, UK IT’S ALL GOOD: A John Sinclair Reader. This episode of the radio show combines performances at the Café Oto, the Biddle Bros. Bar, and Rough Trade Records from primitive digital recordings made in London on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, November 8-9-10, celebrating the release of Headpress 28 and the publication of my new HeadPress book, IT’S ALL GOOD: A John Sinclair Reader. There’s music from Mark Ritsema on guitar and Jair-Rohm Parker Wells on electric (Café Oto, Biddle Bros.) and acoustic (Rough Trade) bass, members of the London Improvisers Orchestra (Café Oto), and the Kick Trio with Jair-Rohm on electric bass, Tony Bianco on drums, and Rick Jensen on tenor saxophone, plus guests from the LIO. Mad Rob is the MC at Biddle Bros., Dr. Dylan Harding at the Café Oto. Playlist #227 [00] RFA Tag > Unabonger Opening Tokes > Baba Israel ID [01] Mad Rob Stage Intro at Biddle Bros. Bar [02] John Sinclair, Mark Ritsema & Jair-Rohm Wells: Intro & friday the 13th [03] John Sinclair Stage Comments [04] John Sinclair, Mark Ritsema & Jair-Rohm Wells: monk in orbit [05] John Sinclair Stage Outro, Comments & Intro [06] John Sinclair, Mark Ritsema & Jair-Rohm Wells: everything happens to me [07] John Sinclair & LIO All Stars: all alone > i love you > i’ll follow you [08] John Sinclair, Mark Ritsema & Jair-Rohm Wells: Fattening Frogs For Snakes [09] Dylan Harding Intro > Kick Trio: Improvisation > Outro [10] Baba Israel Closing 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 Mad Rob, Nick Smith, Dylan Harding, Shelley, Bianca, Thomas, and the proprietors & staff of Biddle Bros. Bar, Café Oto, and Rough Trade Records. © 2008 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved. Radio Free Amsterdam no no http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-226/ http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-226/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:00:37 +0000 Chief http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/?p=506 http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-226/feed/ 2 1:01:00 Café Oto – Saturday, November 8, 2008 [20-0851] London, UK IT’S ALL GOOD: A John Sinclair Reader. This joyous return to the Café Oto in London’s Dalston neighborhood was organized by Dylan Harding for HeadPress to celebrate the release of[...] Café Oto – Saturday, November 8, 2008 [20-0851] London, UK IT’S ALL GOOD: A John Sinclair Reader. This joyous return to the Café Oto in London’s Dalston neighborhood was organized by Dylan Harding for HeadPress to celebrate the release of my new book, IT’S ALL GOOD: A John Sinclair Reader, with an introduction by Mark Ritsema, and the publication of Headpress 28 which I had the honor of serving as editor alongside Headpress founder David Kerekes. My publishers brought Mark Ritsema over from Rotterdam to play guitar and Jair-Rohm Parker Wells down from Sweden to play bass, and we were joined by members of the London Improvisers Orchestra (LIO) in various combinations as this splendid evening of music & verse unfolded. We performed poems from IT’S ALL GOOD, a voice & piano duet on “nutty” and the premiere musical performance of a new poem written last week for my late brother David called “little rootie tootie.” Playlist #226 [00] RFA Tag > Unabonger Opening Tokes & ID [01] Dylan Harding Stage Announcement [02] John Sinclair & Mark Ritsema: april in paris [03] John Sinclair & Mark Ritsema: humphf [04] John Sinclair & Mark Ritsema: ruby, my dear [05] John Sinclair & Mark Ritsema: brilliant corners [06] John Sinclair & Leon: nutty [07] John Sinclair & LIO All Stars: Spiritual > Consequences > Blues to You [08] John Sinclair & LIO All Stars: little rootie tootie [09] Baba Israel Closing 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 Nick Smith, Dylan Harding, Shelley, Bianca, Thomas, the proprietors & staff of the Café Oto, and the members of the London Improvisers Orchestra. © 2008 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved. Radio Free Amsterdam no no http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-221/ http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-221/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:00:38 +0000 Chief http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/?p=430 http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-221/feed/ 0 0:59:37 ZXZW Festival – Sunday, September 21, 2008 @ 10:30-11:30 pm [20-0846] Tilburg, NL The Embassy of the Living Sun Ra Last month the ZXZW Festival in Tilburg, Holland sent me an invitation to attend this year’s event to witness the Embassy of[...] ZXZW Festival – Sunday, September 21, 2008 @ 10:30-11:30 pm [20-0846] Tilburg, NL The Embassy of the Living Sun Ra Last month the ZXZW Festival in Tilburg, Holland sent me an invitation to attend this year’s event to witness the Embassy of the Living Sun Ra, a week-long residency by the 15-piece Sun Ra Arkestra under the direction of Marshall Allen. I was able to attend the last four nights of musical delights and at the Saturday night concert at the Paradox Club I stuck out my little digital recorder and captured most of the second set. On Sunday the Arkestra concluded its week with a free concert in the park downtown, and this episode starts with the closing number from that concert, “We Travel the Spaceways.” Before leaving Tilburg I got my host, Ries Doms, a ZXZW board member, to take a break and explain how this festival and the Embassy of the Living Sun Ra came to be. Playlist #221 [00] RFA Tag > Unabonger >Baba Israel Intro [01] Opening Music: Sun Ra Arkestra: We Travel the Spaceways [02] John Sinclair Intro & Opening Comments with Ries Doms [03] Sun Ra Arkestra: [Title Unknown] [04] Sun Ra Arkestra: Way Down Yonder in New Orleans [05] Sun Ra Arkestra: I’m Alone With You [06] John Sinclair Conversation with Ries Doms [07] Sun Ra Arkestra: Hocus Pocus [08] Sun Ra Arkestra: Big John Special [?] [09] Sun Ra Arkestra: Dream [?] [10] John Sinclair Closing Comments with Ries Doms & Outro [11] Closing Music: Sun Ra Arkestra: [Title Unknown] [12] 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 Joost, Nick Smith & Reis Doms © 2008 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved. Radio Free Amsterdam no no http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-217/ http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-217/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:00:25 +0000 Chief http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/?p=419 http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-217/feed/ 0 0:59:55 Lee Harris Croft – Thursday, September 4, 2008 @ 7:00-8:00 pm [20-0842] Suffolk, UK At Home with the Legendary Lee Harris For this episode I took the National Rail Service train from London to suburban Orpington to meet my spiritual leader [...] Lee Harris Croft – Thursday, September 4, 2008 @ 7:00-8:00 pm [20-0842] Suffolk, UK At Home with the Legendary Lee Harris For this episode I took the National Rail Service train from London to suburban Orpington to meet my spiritual leader Rev. Ferre van Beveren, his companion Ms. Moira, and the estimable young Mr. O.J. to drive from Moira’s place all the way to Suffolk in East Anglia to the venerable home of Lee Harris, “The Spiritual Kid” and legendary figure in the development of the London underground since the 1960s. Lee served us a fine home-cooked meal and sat still for my questioning, his responses to which I edited and interspersed with recordings by River Styx, the Rolling Stones, Afrissippi, Lee Harris & Howard Marks, the Mystery School Players and the Drum Druids, most of them taken from Lee’s productions titled E.W. with the Mystery School Players and Alchemy: 30 Years of Counter Culture. Playlist #217 [00] RFA Tag > Baba Israel Intro [01] Opening Music: Lee Harris & River Styx: The Spiritual Kid [02] John Sinclair Intro & Opening Tokes with Rev. Ferre & O.J. [03] Rolling Stones: Sympathy for the Devil [04] John Sinclair Conversation with Lee Harris (Part 1) [05] Afrissippi & John Sinclair: Fulani Journey [06] John Sinclair Conversation with Lee Harris (Part 2) [07] Lee Harris & Howard Marks: 3 Men in a Boat [08] John Sinclair Conversation with Lee Harris (Part 3) [09] Lee Harris & the Mystery School Players: Alchemical Changes [10] John Sinclair Conversation with Lee Harris (Part 4) & Outro [11] Closing Music: Drum Druids: Underground Influences [12] 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 Nick Smith, Dylan Harding, Rev. Ferre, Moira & O.J. © 2008 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved. 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-215/ http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-215/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:00:55 +0000 Chief http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/?p=414 Sunday, August 31, 2008 @ 5:30-6:30 pm[20-0840] Ooze Charm Coffeeshop, Tokyo > HeadPress Bunker, London This episode is 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 [...]]]> http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/john-sinclair-radio-show-215/feed/ 1 0:00:01 HeadPress Bunker – Friday, June 27 > Sunday, August 31, 2008 @ 5:30-6:30 pm[20-0840] Ooze Charm Coffeeshop, Tokyo > HeadPress Bunker, London This episode is centered on a long conversation I had with the Japanese writer, musician, [...] HeadPress Bunker – Friday, June 27 > Sunday, August 31, 2008 @ 5:30-6:30 pm[20-0840] Ooze Charm Coffeeshop, Tokyo > HeadPress Bunker, London This episode is 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 first section of the conversation and punctuated with music by Big Joe Turner, Chuck Berry, Billy Ward & the Dominos, Ray Charles, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Sun Ra & His Arkestra, John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars with Wayne Kramer, and the MC-5 from the Grande Ballroom in 1968—sort of an aural biography of my youthful years (Part 1) produced in my little room at the HeadPress Bunker in London on the last day of August, 2008. Gaku’s interview has just appeared in print in the Japanese periodical Record Collectors’ Magazine (Volume 27, Number 9, 2008). Playlist #215 [00] RFA Tag > Unabonger Opening Tokes [01] Opening Music: Big Joe Turner: Shake, Rattle & Roll [02] John Sinclair Conversation with Gaku Torii (Part 1) [03] Chuck Berry: School Day [04] Billy Ward & the Dominos: Sixty Minute Man [05] Ray Charles: I Got a Woman [06] John Sinclair Conversation with Gaku Torii (Part 2) [07] Miles Davis: Airegin [08] Ornette Coleman: Blues Connotation [09] Sun Ra: Between Two Worlds [10] John Sinclair Conversation with Gaku Torii (Part 3) [11] MC-5: I Believe to My Soul [12] MC-5: I’m Mad Like Eldridge Cleaver [13] John Sinclair Conversation with Gaku Torii (Part 4) [14] John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars: blues to you [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. 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