Author: ConservativeLA

The next ConservativeLA Radio show (on Duane FM in the Hughniverse, Friday night, 01/16/15, 7:00 Pacific/10:00 Eastern) will concern itself with Songs About Texas. Pretty much explains itself. Hope you can stop by, listen to the show, and join us in chat. Spotify list here (minus my narratives), so non-Tribbles won’t feel completely left out. Set List: Ry Cooder: Paris, Texas Willie Nelson: Bandera Johnny Winter: Dallas Old 97’s: W. TX Teardrops Jerry Jeff Walker: I’ll Be Your San Antone Rose Ry Cooder: Goin’ To Brownsville The Gourds: El Paso Lightnin’ Hopkins: Goin’ To Dallas To See My Pony...

The next ConservativeLA Radio show (on Duane FM in the Hughniverse, Friday night, 01/09/15, 7:00 Pacific/10:00 Eastern) will concern itself with the Genius Of Soul, Ray Charles. The show has two sources: Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings 1952-1959, an incredible eight disc box set released in 2005; and the first episode from the 2005 BBC documentary series Soul Deep. The show is not intended to be comprehensive, chronological, or any suchlike. If anything, it is intended to point out just how awesome the material (from my favorite era of Ray’s music, the Atlantic years) on Pure Genius is....

The next ConservativeLA Radio show (on Duane FM in the Hughniverse, Friday, 12/12/14, 7:00 Pacific/10:00 Eastern) will be about Crying Songs. Hope you can stop by and listen, and join us in chat! Or, if you like, you can listen on Spotify, which omits any narratives, additional audio and suchlike included in the Duane FM version of the show. Set list: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Choro No. 1 Aretha Franklin: Cry Like A Baby A League of Their Own (1992): There’s No Crying In Baseball Django Reinhardt: Tears Chris Isaak: Somebody’s Crying Bobby Blue Bland: Don’t Cry No More Mary Gauthier:...

The next ConservativeLA Radio show (on Duane FM in the Hughniverse, Friday, 11/21/14, 7:00 Pacific/10:00 Eastern) will, with the exception of one cut (“Red Dirt Girl”), consist of songs that feature womenses’ names in the titles. Hope you can stop by and listen, and join us in chat! Or, if you like, you can listen on Spotify (.html or Spotify app), which omits any narratives and suchlike included in the Duane FM version of the show. Spoiler set list: Ryan Adams: Amy Iggy Pop: Candy Chuck Berry: Maybellene Nat King Cole: Mona Lisa Amy Winehouse: Valerie Son House: Louise...

The next ConservativeLA Radio show (on Duane FM in the Hughniverse, Friday, 11/14/14, 7:00 Pacific/10:00 Eastern) will concern itself with real country, as opposed to the crap I saw on this week’s CMA Awards show (although Brad and Carrie were cute, and very entertaining). Seriously, they play “Gentle On My Mind” and don’t mention John Hartford?? As Larry Cordle put it: For the steel guitars no longer cry And the fiddles barely play But drums and rock ‘n’ roll guitars Are mixed up in your face Also, get off my lawn. Hope you can stop by and listen, and...