Sometimes there’s a song writer and there’s a singer and . . . sometimes they’re not the same person. We know. Fucking weird, right? Well, we at the Balcony are actually big fans of the cover song and to prove it we do a little thing called Gimme Back My Song. This is the fourth time we’ve done it. In this episode we prove that not all returns are diminishing . . .
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We here at Balcony Radio love a diva and we can’t think of a bigger one than Lord Dame Elton John. In Lesson 45 of the 101 Series we focus more on the tantrums than the tiaras (you’re welcome) of one Reginald Dwight. We spend more time in the 70s than the 80s or 90s . . . but, you understand, right? The guy used to dress as Donald Duck onstage and spend money on cocaine instead of shoes. We’re going to hang on to the past, man, we were ALL more interesting then.
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“Bootlegger”? That’s such a twentieth century term . . . we like the phrase “Music Awareness Sharer.” Join us, will you, for our fourth session of listening to live music: From the Board. In this episode we play all the jams that you heard while standing in line for the porta potty . . .
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The Mothership has landed . . . on The Balcony. Alright, boys and girls of the universe, pull up some shag carpeting and be prepared to get your asses blasted a-w-a-y. In lesson 44 of the 101 Series we sit down with George Clinton, Bootsy (baby), Eddie Hazel, Bernie, a guy in a giant diaper and the forty other people making noise in the band and try to figure out what that smell is. (It’s funk.) In this episode we play two hours of Parliament, Funkadelic and Parliament-Funkadelic . . . try to keep up, your third eye looks glazed.
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To be honest with you . . . being a d.j. is a small way to play god. When you control the airwaves you control . . . information. We, on the other hand, use our power for good: bringing you all music to rock your ass right there in your swivel chair. Every once in a while we sit down for some old school formless, play anything radio. We call it The FreeSpace (you actually should, too, because that’s its name). This is the fourth time we’ve done it. We kinda hope you like it.
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The southeastern United States has provided us many things–good literature, bar-b-que, racism–but the one great gift it’s given the world is some kick ass rock and roll. Roll on in for Lesson 43 of the 101 Series: Music of the Southeast United States. Join us for two hours of tunes from places under the Mason-Dixon Line (even Florida). In this episode we play all the music of bands who had to haul all their gear up and down I-95.
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Ty Cobb has the highest batting average in history: .365. That racist bastard failed six hundred thirty five times out of a thousand . . . songwriters hope to hit the same average . . . and usually don’t. Even your big stars have songs that don’t become hits. Most of the songs they write don’t become hits. So, we at the Balcony decided to throw the net out and pick up the deep tracks from the people you know and call it Found Gems. Here in episode four we sit down for a couple of hours of side twos, b-sides and live stuff we know you don’t know.
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Hello, Students. Our musical road trip to the first day of Spring continues as we take the classroom to a music hotbed. This week Lesson 42 of The 101 Series listens to the Pacific Northwest. Before Cobain and Hendrix there were The Kingsman and The Sonics. It’s a musical heritage that goes beyond grunge and still rocks today. And when it rains so much what better thing to do indoors than write music. Or do heroin.
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The lights are off, the groupies are all asleep . . . it’s time to pull out the pen and the acoustic guitar. All the songs you like don’t come out fully formed and finished, first you have to do a little thing call a demo. (How the hell else are you going to teach the song to the bass player?) So, come on, join us for our fourth installment in our tribute to demo versions of tunes by your favorite artists: Embryonic. In this episode we sit down for a 90 minutes of four track reel-to-reel goodness. Keep it down, the mics are gonna pick up your voice . . .
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Get on the BART, we’re going into the city (because why drive some place that has nine parking spaces in fifty square miles) . . . Here we are for Lesson 41 of the 101 Series: our trip to see the beautiful people making noise in the Bay Area. Join us for two hours of music out of S.F., Oakland, Berkeley and other places where you can freeze your nuts off in summer while paying too much rent . . . which the rock and roll and sourdough totally make up for.
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