Songs The Clash Taught Us

Here's yesterday's special, "Songs The Clash Taught Us", for a limited time!

Friday, December 30 from 6 - 9 pm- Jesse Luscious spins covers of Clash tunes, covers of songs the Clash covered, and features the original versions of some of the many songs the Clash covered as done by the original artists!

Songs The Clash Taught Us download (247 MB 6-9pm)
Songs The Clash Taught Us Playlist

Strummer Show 2011!

image from Strummerville

Last Friday 12/23/11 was my 10th annual celebration of Joe Strummer on KALX, 1 day after the 9th anniversary of his death on 12/22/02. The show ran from 3pm to 9pm and is available as 2 3 hour mp3s below. No repeats!

Jesse Luscious was on the air in 2002 when the news of Strummer's death became known, and immediately began what's now an annual celebration of his music, from the 101ers to the Clash to the Latino Rockabilly War to the Mescaleros, with some surprising stops along the way (Janie Jones & the Lash, Ellen Foley, & the Pogues, to name just a few).

SPECIAL THANKS TO KALX DJS ZAIN, THE BERKSTER, CUPPA JOE & RUBBERBAND GIRL for their help!

The show will be available for a limited time only at the links below!
10th Annual Strummer show download part 1 (166MB mp3 3-6pm)
10th Annual Strummer show download part 2 (164MB mp3 6-9pm)
10th Annual Strummer show Playlist


====> Tomorrow, December 30th, from 6-9pm will be a special program Songs The Clash Taught Us. I'll be spinning covers of Clash tunes, covers of songs the Clash covered, and featuring the original versions of some of the many songs the Clash covered as done by the original artists!


Don't forget to tune in to KALX every day at 90.7 FM or on-line! The weekly Jesse Luscious program is Wednesday 6-9am (Pacific).

Strummer Show & Clash City Covers shows now on-line!

For a limited time you can download this year's Strummer show, and as a bonus, the Clash City Covers show too!

It's all free!

CLASH CITY COVERS:
Jesse Luscious spins 3 hours of Clash & Joe Strummer covers, mixed in with covers of songs the Clash covered, and a special segment, "Songs The Clash Taught Us"!

"Songs The Clash Taught Us" will be some of the original tunes covered by the Clash, like Junior Murvin's "Police & Thieves" & Vince Taylor's "Brand New Cadillac."

SPECIAL THANKS TO THESE KALX DJS, without their help it would've been a VERY short show!
Mack, Cuppa Joe, Citizen Zain, Madame X, & Rubberband Girl!

Clash City Covers mp3 download (247MB, 3 hours)
Clash City Covers playlist

9TH ANNUAL STRUMMER SHOW:
It's the 9th Annual Strummer Show celebrating the music of Joe Strummer and his bandmates in The Clash around the 8th anniversary of his death on December 22, 2002.

Jesse Luscious was on the air in 2002 when the news of Strummer's death became known, and immediately began what's now an annual celebration of his music, from the 101ers to the Clash to the Latino Rockabilly War to the Mescaleros, with some surprising stops along the way (Janie Jones & the Lash, Ellen Foley, & the Pogues, to name just a few).

SPECIAL THANKS TO KALX DJS CUPPA JOE & RUBBERBAND GIRL for their help!

9th Annual Strummer Show mp3 download part 1 (249MB, 3 hours)
9th Annual Strummer Show mp3 download part 2 (243 MB, 3 hours)
9th Annual Strummer Show playlist



Don't forget to tune in to KALX every day at 90.7 FM or on-line! The weekly Jesse Luscious program is Wednesday 6-9am (Pacific).

KALX DEATH MATCH TOMORROW!

Tomorrow night!

It's the 2nd KALX DEATH MATCH!

Jesse "The Liquidator" Luscious in a head-to-head musical throwdown with "The Hammer"- wait, she just cancelled- can't stand the heat? Hmm... anyway, The Liquidator will take on all comers, from 6pm- 7pm Friday May 28th on KALX streaming here & broadcast in the Bay Area at 90.7 FM!



(tune in 6-9am for the regularly scheduled Jesse Luscious program on KALX too!)

Censorship: What the bleep? Thursday in Frisco!

This Thursday 2/26 in San Francisco, I'll be part of the fun, rollicking Censorship panel in San Francisco- Fun? Rollicking? Censorship? Yeah, that's right! Show up & see how we do it!

“Censorship: What the 'bleep', I can't say that?”

Presented by Independent Arts & Media

TIME & DATE: Thursday, February 26th 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Chez Poulet- 3359 Army, San Francisco
DESCRIPTION: Freedom of Speech doesn't mean we can't say or print anything we want. We will discuss what can and can't be said; and if what we aren't allowed to say - should be said or not.

Our panel will tell what they know of censorship from what they have heard and what they have experienced in their lives.

SPEAKERS:
Jennifer Joseph - Manic D Press
Jesse Townley - Alternative Tentacles, KALX, & Gilman
John Hell - Community micro radio DJ on Pirate Cat Radio
Moderator - V. Vale - ReSearch Publication

Luscious on the Air!

It's the holiday season & that means I'm subbing many many shows on KALX here in Berkeley, in addition to DJing my regular Tuesday morning show from 6-9am. Tune in live either via 90.7FM or on-line at http://kalx.berkeley.edu.

The site streams all shows live, and you can see the last 24 hours of songs on the site anytime. Click on the link to the right to see all of my playlists.

Tues 12/23 6-9am
Wed 12/24 noon-3pm (my annual celebration of Joe Strummer!)
Fri 12/26 9am-noon
Sat 12/27 3pm-5:30pm
Mon 12/29 noon-3pm
Tues 12/20 6-9am
Wed 12/31 noon-3pm
Fri 1/2 3pm-6pm
(all times Pacific Standard Time)

P.S.- As always, these shows are holiday-free zones- that means NO x-mas, hannukah, or kwanza tunes! Rock the radness!

Hello RENT BOARD! Hello KALX!

*** Our Rent Board Slate Won!
*** Jesse Luscious back on KALX!


*** Our Rent Board Slate Won!

Thank you for all of your good wishes, volunteer hours, and donations to the Progressive Rent Board slate! It paid off as the 5 of us were handily elected to the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board. We will be sworn into office in early December.

#/votes %/votes
Nicole Drake 19256 18.13
Igor Tregub 19138 18.02
Judy E. Shelton 18691 17.59
Jack Harrison 16660 15.68
Jesse Townley 14170 13.34

The local election results mostly hewed to my endorsements, which was a pleasant (& rare!) surprise. The only close Berkeley race that so far isn't going my way is the hard fought District 5 race between Sophie Hahn (yay!) and Councilmember Laurie Capitelli.

With 6,660 ballots counted (absentee & provisional ballots are still being counted) Capitelli has a 400 vote lead. In 2004, 7,700 people voted on this race, and with this year's record turnout the vote total could easily go above 8,000. That said, 400 votes will be tough to make up for Sophie. Regardless of the outcome, she's happy that her supporters proved that there is much more diversity in opinion in our district than previously thought.

Like anyone with half a brain, I'm extremely relieved that McCain/Palin did not win the Presidency. I'm guardedly optimistic about Obama/Biden. The giddiness & joy that swept the streets Tuesday night was intoxicating. We watched the crowd outside of the Guerilla Cafe break into a spontaneous singing of "The Star Spangled Banner" after the night's hip-hop djs finished their set. People were blocking the streets in joy, not in anger or frustration.

Speaking of frustration- with all the good news locally (Jesse Arreguin in District 4!), state-wide, and nationally, one measure- Proposition 8- reminds us that we still have a fair ways to travel until we get to a truly just society. Updates on fighting for equal treatment under the law can be found here http://www.noonprop8.com/ and here http://www.aclunc.org/


*** Jesse Luscious back on KALX!

That's right, I'm back on the air as DJ Jesse Luscious, every Tuesday morning 6-9am, on KALX, 90.7 FM & streamed live at http://kalx.berkeley.edu The 1st show is Veteran's Day so tune in for at least a set or 2 of relevant tuneage.

Thanks to everyone who donated during our recent annual fundraiser- you truly ROCK! If you missed the programming, no worries. You can donate here:
http://givetocal.berkeley.edu/browse/?u=KALX%20Radio