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Tsigoti
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12PM
Vance
Mayhem 31
Junehem 1
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Short descriptions of Mayhem Specials

Lord of The Flies

Saturday, Mayhem 1 12:00pm — Sunday, Mayhem 2 6:00am   ·   Full details...

Saturday Mayhem 1 to Sunday Mayhem 2 Noon to 6am
Lord of the Flies
Number Six unearths the harsh world of underground black metal; including Necrite paying live at 11pm and interviews with members of Trayjen, Nokturnal Transmissions Records, Dead As Dreams, Antagonic Omnipotent Catharsis, Horseback, A Forest Path, and more.

Kronos Quartet Blowout

Sunday, Mayhem 2 6:00am — 9:00am   ·   Full details...

Sunday Mayhem 2 6am to 9am
Kronos Quartet Blowout
Since 1973, Kronos Quartet has defined what it means to be a highly unorthodox string quartet. ?

The Stoners From Mike's Bedroom

Sunday, Mayhem 2 12:00pm — 3:30pm   ·   Full details...

Sunday Mayhem 2 Noon to 3pm
The Stoners From Mike?s Bedroom ? 1973
Amazingly enough, we can still have the vinyl! ?It was (near as we can remember) a lot of early Weather Report, Coltrane and California-based post- hippie Americana. Hosted by Dugu Dugu Dah & friend

Doing it to Death

Monday, Mayhem 3 12:00am — Tuesday, Mayhem 4 12:10am   ·   Full details...

Monday Mayhem 3 to Tuesday Mayhem 4 Midnight to Midnight
Doing it to Death
KFJC's 3rd annual birthday tribute to James Brown. A Massive showcase of the legacy of James Brown's music and influence on popular culture. Rare, unreleased and live material. Musician profiles & interviews, featuring an address by "History of Funk" author and professor, Ricky Vincent.

A Cursory Introduction to the AACM

Tuesday, Mayhem 4 10:00am — 2:00pm   ·   Full details...

Tuesday Mayhem 4 10am to 2pm A Cursory Introduction to the AACM
This special will examine some of the early works of AACM members as a foundation for later investigations, plundering the catalogs of classic Chicago labels such as Delmark Records and Nessa Records.

Shades of Sahko Pt. 1

Friday, Mayhem 7 10:00pm — Saturday, Mayhem 8 2:00am   ·   Full details...

Friday Mayhem 7 10pm to 2am`
Shades of Sahko Pt. 1
Goodwrench presents Finnish ice aka Finland's Sahko Recordings label (Sahko means "electricity" in Finnish) has been at the forefront of stark minimalistic techno since their inception in 1993. Tune in and get schooled.

SUPER SOUL SHOWDOWN: Land of 1000 Dances

Saturday, Mayhem 8 3:00pm — 5:00pm   ·   Full details...

Saturday Mayhem 8 3pm to 5pm
Super Soul Showdown
Get ready to do the Hully Gully, the Twine and the Trouser Press, baby! ?

This Is Your Railroad

Saturday, Mayhem 8 5:00pm — 11:00pm   ·   Full details...

Saturday Mayhem 8 5pm to 11pm
This Is Your Railroad
A cosmic runaway train engineered by the inmates steaming furiously towards an incredible collision within the devil?s triangle.

Rave On, You Crazy Diamond

Sunday, Mayhem 9 12:00am — 3:00am   ·   Full details...

Sunday Mayhem 9 Midnight to 3am
Rave On, You Crazy Diamond
Goodwrench presents the wave of British "IDM" (Intelligent Dance Music - a useful label for the genre if not necessarily an apt description) in the early 90's was to some extent a reaction to hardcore and other sounds endemic to the British rave scene at the time.

Party with Arvo Part

Sunday, Mayhem 9 6:00am — 9:00am   ·   Full details...

Sunday Mayhem 9 6am to 9am
Party With Arvo Part
Cousin Mary plays the ethereal works of Estonian composer Arvo Part proving that minimalism can move you emotionally, intellectually and spiritually.

Bluegrass, Chapter One

Monday, Mayhem 10 10:00am — 2:00pm   ·   Full details...

Monday Mayhem 10 10am to 2pm
Bluegrass, Chapter One
Early recordings of Bill Monroe, Flatt and Scruggs, the Stanley Brothers, Reno and Smiley, the Osborne Brothers, Jim and Jesse, and Jimmy Martin.

Velo-Cypher

Monday, Mayhem 10 2:00pm — 6:00pm   ·   Full details...

Monday Mayhem 10 2pm to 6pm
Velo-Cypher
MSTiZA highlights Bike To Work Day, Mayhem 13, early! She gathers a circle of Bay Area Bicycle enthusiasts. Interviews with members of local cycling artists, musicians, and local cycling organizations.

Girl Punks: How the 1990s Riot Grrrl Scene Launched a Revolution

Tuesday, Mayhem 11 7:00pm — 10:30pm   ·   Full details...

Tuesday Mayhem 11 7pm to 11pm
Girl Punks: How the 1990s Riot Grrrl Scene Launched a Revolution
Taking a DIY approach to both music and feminism, young women drew on the intensity of punk to bring girls to the forefront of their own music scene. Hosted by Cynthia Lombard

Jazz Guitarists

Friday, Mayhem 14 10:00am — 2:00pm   ·   Full details...

Friday Mayhem 14 10am to 2pm
Jazz Guitarists
Sally Goodin shares more than forty different Jazz guitarists from KFJC's Jazz Library

Shades of Sahko Pt.2

Friday, Mayhem 14 7:00pm — Saturday, Mayhem 15 12:00am   ·   Full details...

Friday Mayhem 14 7pm to Midnight
Shades of Sahko Pt.2
Finland's Sahko Recordings label (Sahko means "electricity" in Finnish) has been at the forefront of stark minimalistic techno since their inception in 1993. Their side label, Puu, presents the flip side of the main label's icy sound with loungey beats and dub stylings courtesy of Jimi Tenor and other fellow travelers.

24Z Frank Zappa

Saturday, Mayhem 15 12:00am — Sunday, Mayhem 16 12:08am   ·   Full details...

Saturday Mayhem 15 to Sunday Mayhem 16 Midnight to Midnight
24Z: Return of the Son 24 Hours of Frank Zappa
DJ's including Art Crimes, Ann Arbor, Bobo Z, Studebaker Hawk, Jawbone, Silverhammer, and Terry Tyke will sample as many of his interests as time permits.

All Things Hawkwind

Sunday, Mayhem 16 9:00am — 12:00pm   ·   Full details...

Sunday Mayhem 16 9am to Noon
All Things Hawkwind
Dangerous Dan, Tuscon Rick and Phil Dirt work with the history and lore of Hawkwind; featuring strange covers, studio releases, and live concerts

Big Sunday!

Sunday, Mayhem 16 12:00pm — Monday, Mayhem 17 12:00am   ·   Full details...

Sunday Mayhem 16 Noon to Midnight
Big Sunday!
Join DJs Cousin Mary, Pax Humana, Maybelline, Sluggo and others for 12 hours of surf music. This show will feature live bands Pollo Del Mar and the Tomorrowmen, interviews, live surf reports direct from the beach, KFJC surf band recordings from years gone by, and much more! Are you stoked?

Women in Country

Monday, Mayhem 17 10:00am — 2:00pm   ·   Full details...

Monday Mayhem 17 10am to 2pm
Women in Country
From Audrey Auld to Kelley Willis

Velo-Cyoher, Part 2

Monday, Mayhem 17 2:00pm — 6:00pm   ·   Full details...

Monday Mayhem 17 2pm to 6pm
Velo-Cypher, Part 2
MSTiZA gets the wheels spinning with a second take on bicycle music, with motorbikes!

Listening to Van with Greil Marcus

Tuesday, Mayhem 18 10:00am — 2:00pm   ·   Full details...

Tuesday Mayhem 18 about 10am to noon
Listening to Van with Greil Marcus
Art Crimes welcomes Greil Marcus to KFJC to talk about his new book, When That Rough God Goes Riding: Listening to Van Morrison, an examination of a prolific, mercurial, and notoriously prickly artist.

Girl Punks Part 2: How the 1990s Riot Grrrl Scene Launched a Re

Tuesday, Mayhem 18 7:00pm — 10:00pm   ·   Full details...

Tuesday Mayhem 18 7pm to 11pm
Girl Punks Part 2: How the 1990s Riot Grrrl Scene Launched a Revolution
Taking a DIY approach to both music and feminism, young women drew on the intensity of punk to bring girls to the forefront of their own music scene. Hosted by Cynthia Lombard

Eurovision Song Mayhem 2010

Wednesday, Mayhem 19 6:00am — 10:00am   ·   Full details...

Wednesday Mayhem 19 6am to 10am
Eurovision Song Mayhem 2010
A presentation of the 39 entries to this year?s Eurovision Song Contest being held in Norway. Along the way, we?ll be also hear some the past winners from the contest?s 55 year history. We?ll hear the good, the bad and cheesy pop songs from all over Europe.

Jack Webb: An Appreciation

Wednesday, Mayhem 19 10:00am — 2:00pm   ·   Full details...

Wednesday Mayhem 19 10am to 2pm
Jack Webb: An Appreciation
Jack Webb was more than Sergeant Joe Friday. He was a jazz enthusiast and filmmaker who directed the Academy Award Nominated Pete Kelly?s Blues. His terse delivery and distinctive baritone made him a radio icon in Pat Novak For Hire, Jeff Regan: Investigator, Pete Kelly?s Blues and Dragnet. Hosted by Joe Ed Dick

Tsigoti

Friday, Mayhem 21 2:00pm — 5:30pm   ·   Full details...

Friday Mayhem 21 4pm to 6pm
Tsigoti
Live performance in the KFJC pit from Thollem McDonas' Italian anti-war punk band with your host Max Level.

Night and Day of the Sun

Saturday, Mayhem 22 12:00am — Sunday, Mayhem 23 12:00am   ·   Full details...

Saturday Mayhem 22 Midnight to Midnight Night and Day of the Sun
KFJC's annual birthday tribute to Sun Ra and his Arkestra. Rare, unreleased & live material, lectures, interviews, revues, previews and band profiles. It's going to be a 21st century intergalactic jet set omnibus illusion outer space birthday party.

Classic Country

Monday, Mayhem 24 10:00am — 2:00pm   ·   Full details...

Monday Mayhem 24 10am to 2pm
Classic Country
George Jones, Bob Wills, Carl Perkins, Hank Williams, and a whole lot more style.

Darling Nicky - In the keyboard of Hopkins

Tuesday, Mayhem 25 2:00pm — 5:00pm   ·   Full details...

Tuessday Mayhem 25 2pm to 5pm
Darling Nicky - In the keyboard of Hopkins
Nicky Hopkins (February 24, 1944 - September 6, 1994) was an English pianist and organist. He recorded and performed on noted British and American popular music recordings of the 1960s and 1970s as a session musician.

Children by the Millions Sing for Alex Chilton

Tuesday, Mayhem 25 7:00pm — 11:00pm   ·   Full details...

Tuesday Mayhem 25 7pm to 11pm
Children by the Millions Sing for Alex Chilton
Alex is dead - Rock on! Your host Sluggo does an update on the coolness of the late star.

Life & Death of Ron McKernan

Tuesday, Mayhem 25 11:00pm — 2:00am   ·   Full details...

Tuesday Mayhem 25 11pm to 2am
Life & Death of Ron McKernan
The Rev. Nile Simms provides live bootlegs, guest appearances and unreleased demos all featuring & celebrating the original MC, Pig Pen. ?Bring your own Southern Comfort!

Black Beauty- Electric Miles

Wednesday, Mayhem 26 12:00am — 6:00am   ·   Full details...

Wednesday Mayhem 26 Midnight to 6am
Miles Davis: plugged electric from the late 60's to early 90's. Rare, unreleased and live material showcasing fusion of jazz rock funk soul and international music.

Slide Rulers and Pedal Pushers

Thursday, Mayhem 27 10:00am — 2:00pm   ·   Full details...

Thursday Mayhem 27 10am to 2pm
Slide Rulers and Pedal Pushers:
The Pedal Steel Guitar

Art Crimes spins country classics from masters of the pedal steel as well as music from innovative explorers using the steel in brave, new ways, with commentary from Bobby Black, known for his steel work with Commander Cody and others.

Return to Outhouse, Texas

Friday, Mayhem 28 10:00am — 2:00pm   ·   Full details...

Friday Mayhem 28 10am to 2pm
Return to Outhouse, Texas
Listeners will be dragged kicking and screaming back to the outhouse to experience 4 hours of the C&W endured and (retrospectively realized, enjoyed at times) by a fragile eggshell mind growing up in the Deep South. @%%&&*** Americana - this is the real deal, rustic warts and all....Hosted by Billy Jack

On The Fast Track

Saturday, Mayhem 29 7:00am — 9:00am   ·   Full details...

Saturday Mayhem 29 7am to 9am
On The Fast Track
Since 1975, Larry Fast also known as Synergy, has been recording electronic releases as well as film scores such as the Jupiter Menace. Sal 9000 explores Synergy's music from the 70's and 80's as well as more recent projects.

Black to the Future V.II

Saturday, Mayhem 29 12:00pm — 3:00pm   ·   Full details...

Saturday Mayhem 29 Noon to 3pm
Black to the Future Vol. II
A continuation of Thom Ankhs' seven year long exploration of extraterrestrial futurism by 400 year-old alien interstellar inner-city outer spacemen.

Lord of the Flies II

Saturday, Mayhem 29 3:00pm — 9:00pm   ·   Full details...

Saturday Mayhem 29 3pm to 9pm
Lord of the Flies II
Number Six follows up his unearthing of the harsh world of underground black metal; with new interviews with members of Nokturnal Transmissions Records, Antagonic Omnipotent Catharsis, , and .

Rod Stewart Didn?t Always Suck, I Swear

Saturday, Mayhem 29 9:00pm — Sunday, Mayhem 30 12:00am   ·   Full details...

Saturday Mayhem 29 9pm to Midnight
Rod Stewart Didn?t Always Suck, I Swear
For about 3 ? decades now, Rod Stewart has sucked?hard. But as you may have heard, it wasn?t always like this. In fact, he was pretty great at one time.

An Introduction to Russ Gabriel

Sunday, Mayhem 30 12:00am — 3:00am   ·   Full details...

Sunday Mayhem 30 Midnight to 3am
An Introduction to Russ Gabriel
An Introduction to Russ Gabriel
Under various names, British producer Russ Gabriel has been quietly releasing quality electronic music spanning the spectrum from experimental techno to house since 1993, on his own Ferox label and many others.

Vance

Sunday, Mayhem 30 12:00pm — 12:56pm   ·   Full details...

Sunday Mayhem 30 Noon to 4pm
Vance
Anubis and friends celebrate the incredible writer Jack Vance. You may be expecting science fiction and fantasy radio plays with music and sound effects - but did you count on live puppet shows at Appreciation Hall and online?

Brother Duos

Monday, Mayhem 31 10:00am — 2:00pm   ·   Full details...

Monday Mayhem 31 10am to 2pm
Brother Duos
..and sister duos and harmonious duets of unrelated persons.