Lightnin' Licks Radio

May the 4th isn't just Star Wars day or whatever - it is also the anniversary of Ernie Harwell's passing. This special bonus offering from Lightnin' Licks Radio, a rebroadcast of LLR's pilot episode, is dedicated to the memory and legacy of the legendary voice of the Detroit Tigers. Take a trip, and may the fourth...become the fifth.

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Baseball is returning. That's some welcome good news. The cleats clickin', the mitts poppin', the bats crackin'...oh man! The sounds of this soon-to-be-season are as satisfying as she gets, folks! In honor of MLB's Spring Training games kicking off (acceptable mixed-sports metaphor) this weekend, we're placing a special treat in our episode feed.

In episode 6, Deon told the story of creating the original pilot episode of Lightnin' Licks Radio in May of 2019. He did so to test all of the music and recording equipment in the basement and also to convince Jay that their stories could ultimately be rendered as a sonically palatable product, therefore presenting podcasting as a worthwhile endeavor. Well...it worked! Jay agreed to partner with Deon thus Lightnin' Licks Radio podcast was born.

This is that fateful pilot episode.

Although it doesn't sound too similar to what the podcast would eventually become as far as format is concerned, the storytelling element was strong from day one, with vinyl records and other found-sound/field recordings/archival audio sources playing an important role in the story. If you haven't already heard this episode and you enjoy baseball or poetry or stories of childhood memories, give it a listen. We think it's pretty cool.

When many Michiganders think spring, we think baseball. And many spring-loving, baseball-minded Mitten-dwellers have a special place in their hearts for Ernie Harwell, the voice of the Detroit Tigers for many generations. This episode was written and recorded a few days after news broke that Ernie's widow Lulu had passed away at the age of 99, not long before the 9th anniversary of her legendary broadcaster husband's death. We really hope you enjoy it.

Oh, and...Go Tigers :)

April 23, 2022  10 am - 11:15 am

(1) Escape From Synth City – Chasman (2) Ian Drury & The BlockHeads – This Is What We Find (3) The 3 Pieces – Backed Up Against The Wall (4) Plastics – Copy (Welcome Back Ver.) (5) De La Soul – Patti Duke (6) Mattiel – Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun (7) Zhane – Hey Mr. DJ (8) Radio 4 – Start A Fire (9) JunkYard Band – Sardines (10) Question Mark & The Mysterians – Can’t Get Enough Of You Baby (11) Eddie Russ – The Lope Song (12) Sneaker Pimps – 6 Underground (13) Black Milk – Brain (14) Negativland – The Perfect Cut (Rooty Poops) (15) MICHELLE – Mess U Made (16) The Move – Hello Susie (17) Terry Reid – Dean (18) Masters Of Reality – Domino (19) Neil Young – Bad News Beat (20) Nina Hagen – Born In Xixax (21) Drama – *Electronic Pink Panther

Recorded at Electric Kitsch, Bay City, Michigan, USA

April 23, 2020  11:16 am - 12:32 pm

22) Slade – Cum On Feel The Noize (23) Teenage Fan Club – Star Sign (24) The Ventures – Hanky Panky (25) Ural Thomas & The Pain – Smile (26) Surgery – Shimmer (27) Funky 4 + 1 – That’s The Joint (28) Holly & The Italians – Tell That Girl To Shut Up (29) Tom Petty – Hung Up And Overdue (30) Neko Case & The Sadies – Rated X (31) Gene Clark – Past Tense (33) Fetchin’ Bones – Stray (34) Gil Scott-Heron – Grandma’s Hands (35) King Crimson – Dig Me (36) Digable Planets – Little Renee (37) Lime Spiders – Slave Girl (38) The Sylvers – Stay Away From Me (39) Renegade Soundwave – Murder Music (40) SAULT – Free (41) Rotary Connection – Sunshine Of Your Love (42) OutKast – Da Art Of Storytellin’ (Part 2) (43) The Rezillos – Good Sculptures (My Baby Does)

Recorded at Electric Kitsch, Bay City, Michigan, USA

April 23, 2022  12:33 pm - 1:50 pm

(44) The Waterboys – World Party (45) The Amboy Dukes – Baby Please Don’t Go (46) Kurt Vile – Fo Sho (47) Bootsy’s Rubber Band – Physical Love (48) Stevie Wonder – Boogie On Reggae Woman (49) Black Flag – Annihilate This Week (50) Beast In The Field – Great Watcher Of The Sky (51) Helado Negro – Run (52) El Policia -  De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da (53) Francis Bebey – Forest Nativity (54) The System – You Are In My System (55) Eric B. & Rakim – Paid In Full (56) Talking Heads – Mind (57) Sufjan Stevens – All of Me Wants All of You (REMIX) (58) Mike Krol – An Ambulance (59) The Pharcyde – Drop (60) Cockney Rebel – Hideaway (61) Joe Jackson – Pretty Boys (62) The Shangri-Las – Give Him A Great Big Kiss (63) The Clockers & She – Ms D.J. Rap It Up! Dub (LLR THEME SONG)

Recorded at Electric Kitsch, Bay City, Michigan, USA

Scoring a solitary megahit isn’t exactly a common occurrence for a recording artist. More often than not, they’ll land no singles on the charts whatsoever. When they are lucky enough to score a hit but subsequently fail to produce a follow-up, the label of “one-hit wonder” is often unceremoniously attached to their legacy. Jay & Deon discuss some of their favorite one-hit wonderful artists who deserve additional attention and admiration, then curate a mixtape featuring alternate choice cuts from their discographies.

One-hit wonderful mixtape:

[SIDE A] (1) Nada Surf – Blankest Year (2) Spacehog – Starside (3) Herbie Hancock – Fat Mama (4) Soft Cell – The Best Way To Kill (5) New Radicals – I Hope I Just Didn’t Give Away The Ending [SIDE B] (1) Sir Mix-A-Lot – Buttermilk Biscuits (2) The Darkness – Open Fire (3) DEVO – Gut Feeling (4) Digable Planets – Flyin’ High In The Brooklyn Sky (5) Big Country – Tall Ships Go

Sonic (non-mix) contributors to episode 22 of Lightnin’ Licks Radio Podcast include: LEE MOSES / BROTHERS JOHNSON / HOLLAND-DOZIER-HOLLAND / JAMES TODD SMITH / TIMEX SOCIAL CLUB / MARRS / YES / ISABELLA MANFRENI / AYO & TEO / WILL FERRELL / CAROLINA BARLOW / DEL SHANNON / ROMEO / HOWARD STERN / RICH FROM LONG ISLAND / EMINEM / AFROMAN / KID ROMO / TRI LAMBDA NERDS / LARRY B. SCOTT / M / AEROSMITH / DANIELLE BRISEBOIS / CARROLL O’CONNOR / JENNIFER ANISTON / DAVID SCHWIMMER / WORLD PARTY / THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES / PET SHOP BOYS / BESIDE & FAB 5 FREDDY / LESTER BOWIE / WAH WAH WATSON / THE BEATLES / THE OVERTON BERRY TRIO / HELEDO NEGRO / BLACK ON WHITE AFFAIR / THE CLOCKERS

RECORDED: 10APR2022  RELEASED: 15APR2022  COVER LOGO BY: BRYAN KONIECZKA  EPISODE ART: M.M. KNAPPS 

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Jay and Deon discuss their most recent musical obsessions while guest Licker Chris adds an unprecedented FOUR tracks to bonus mixtape number seven. A heaping helping of rock-n-roll, a pinch of twang, some greasy funk-n-R&B, and a dash modern pop make up the recipe to an audibly delicious entre your Lightnin’ Licks chefs have cooked up in their sonic kitchen. Chow time.

LLR Radio bonus mixtape #7

[SIDE 1] (1) P.M. Dawn - Downtown Venus (2) Beachwood Sparks - Midsummer Daydream (3) Sammy Davis, Jr. - Wichita Lineman (4) Max Q - Ot-Ven-Rot (5) Olivia Rodrigo - Brutal (6) Colin Blunstone - Caroline Goodbye [SIDE 2] (1) Roy Lee Johnson & the Villagers - Patch It Up (2) The Rave Ups - The Best I Can’t (3) Sarah Shook & the Disarmers - If It’s Poison (4) The Jim Carroll Band - People Who Died (5) Pony - Furniture (6) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Keeping Me Alive

Sonic (non-mix) contributors to Lightnin’ Licks Radio’s “What are you listeng to?” bonus episode # 7 include: DJ NUMARK / JURASSIC FIVE / DAVE MATTHEWS BAND / E BROS. / ENDANGERED SPECIES / ABBA / THE BEATLES / CLAUDE FRANCOIS / SPINNING WHEEL / JIMMY WEBB / ARGENT / THE RAMONES / LEONARDO DICAPPRIO / ERNIE HUDSON /MASSIVE INTERNAL COMPLICATIONS / MYTEE G. POETIC / RUBBER ROOM / DANGER MOUSE / CONCRETE CLIK / SHOW & AG / TALKING HEADS / HARRY NILSSON / MARVIN GAYE / LELAND BLUE / DONNY BROWN / NICK PIAZZA / CHRIS ORRICK & LASSO / ODDISEE / ELASTICA / THE WIRE / THE STRANGLERS / ALLEN GINSBERG/ PINK FLOYD.

SPECIAL THANKS TO ELECTRIC KITSCH, DOUGIE JENKINS AND CHRIS FLISEK. PHOTO CREDIT: SARA MULLINS. RECORDED: 3/5/22 RELEASED: 3/20/22

"C." - LLR's favorite records by artists or bands whose names start with the letter C. It's cool.

Third verse – same as the first (and second). In the early 1970s, legendary collaborator and self-proclaimed non-musician Brian Eno famously designed a deck of 115 cards containing elliptical imperatives to spark in the user creative connections unobtainable through regular modes of work. He called his creation "Oblique Strategies." For nearly one half of a century, countless artists and professionals across the globe have benefited from utilizing the oblique strategies technique when attempting to overcome a lull in creative output.

In 2021, idiot basement-dwelling hobby podcasters and self-proclaimed Lightnin' Lickers Jay and Deon found themselves uninspired when contemplating the potential themes of their upcoming twenty-first episode. Together, they decided... to default back to the alphabet. Because they knew the alphabet pretty good. They already used the letter A. Also B. So they proceeded to the letter C.

Genius is as genius does.

The C Section mixtape brought to you by the number 33-1/3, the the letter C:

[SIDE 1] (1) Come - Dead Molly (2) Valerie Carter - Ooh Child (3) Cymande - Brothers On The Slide (4) Kelly Jean Caldwell Band - Caroline Creature (5) Charli 2Na - Comin' Thru [SIDE 2] (1) Cap'N Jazz - Take On Me (2) Cabaret Voltaire - No One Here (3) Kenny Cox - Lost My Love (4) The Carpettes - Reach The Bottom (5) The Choice 4 - Angel Don't Fly Away

ADDITIONAL SONIC CONTRIBUTORS TO EPISODE 21 INCLUDE: LEE MOSES / HOLLAND DOZIER HOLLAND / BROTHERS JOHNSON / L.L. COOL J / CAMILLA CABELLO / THE CLASH / THE CURE / MARTIN SHORT / JOHN CANDY / DAVID RUDMAN / COOKIE MONSTER / 2 LIVE CREW / BROTHER MARQUIS / THE CARPETTES / COME / THE JESUS LIZARD / VALERIE CARTER / CYMANDE / MF DOOM / THE CHOICE 4 / THE STYLISTICS / VAN MCCOY / THE EBONYS / KENNY COX / LYMAN WOODARD ORGANIZATION / BOBJAMES / CABARET VOLTAIRE / THROBBING GRISTLE / SKINNY PUPPY / JURASSIC FIVE / OZOMATLI / CHARLI 2NA / CHARLIE THE TUNA / THE KELLY JEAN CALDWELL BAND / THE LEMONHEADS / EVAN DONDO / JULIANA HATFIELD / CAP'N JAZZ / JOAN OF ARC / THE PROMISE RING / AMERICAN FOOTBALL / A-HA / JIM CROCE / HEIGHT KEECH / MARLOWE / THE CLOCKERS.

SPECIAL THANKS TO DOUG JENKINS FOR HANGING OUT IN THE STUDIO WITH US.  RECORDED: 3/5/22  RELEASED: 3/9/2022

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It looks as though Jay and Deon are back on their bonus b#!!$#!t again. The SIXTH “What are you listening to?” episode of Lightnin’ Licks Radio features a candid dining room table discussion with special guest Licker Alan LaFave. The mixtape eventually created by these three blokes includes eleven wonderful cuts from the worlds of hip-hop, dance-rock, Turkish psych, sunshine pop and elsewhere across the universal sonic spectrum. Come take a trip with us.

Bonus mixtape #6

[SIDE 1] (1) Tour Guide (2) A Tribe Called Quest - Steve Biko (Stir It Up) (3) Slim & The Beast - Billie (4) Ducks LTD. - 18 Cigarettes (5) Tkay Maidza - PB Jam (6) Kurt Vile - One Trick Ponies {20:19} [SIDE 2] (1) The Yellow Balloon - Can't Get Enough of Your Love (2) Angie Stone - Wish I Didn't Miss You (3) Erkin Koray - Dost Aci Söylermiş (4) Dragonette - Fixin' To Thrill (5) L.A. Witch - Ghost On The Highway (6) Buck Meek - Dream Daughter {21:37}

Artists contributing to the (non-mix) sound collage that accompanies the sixth bonus episode of Lightnin' Licks Radio podcast include: PAUL ANKA / HOWARD HESSEMAN / DAVE MATTHEWS BAND / DJ NUMARK / JURASSIC 5 / TED NUGENT / NEIL YOUNG AND CRAZYHORSE / WAR ON DRUGS / THE VIOLATORS / LOU REED / THE COATHANGERS / THE GUN CLUB / BLONDIE / CLYDE MCPHJATTER / JAMES BROWN / MICHAEL JACKSON / BUSTA RHYMES / JIMMY MCGRIFF / THE FIVE STAIRSTEPS / MOUNTAIN / SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE / FREDDIE HUBBARD / HANIF ABDURRIQIB / RON BUTLER / THE METERS / JAN AND DEAN / THE GRASS ROOTS / THE CLIQUE / R.E.M. / *UNCREDITED ANATOLIAN ROCK LIFTED FROM AQUARIUM DRUNKARD MIXTAPES / ADRIANNE LENKER / THE DRUMS / GEORGE MORRIS / KRS ONE / M.M.KNAPPS / D + D PROJECT / ANIMALS / HEIGHT KEECH / CAL TJADER.

Behold, the third annual ridiculously cheeky lovefest from your friends at Lightnin’ Licks Radio. Disgusting.

They walk in beauty, like the night

Of cloudless climes and starry skies;

And all that’s best of dark and bright

Meet in their aspect and their eyes;

Thus mellowed to that tender light

Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

One shade the more, one ray the less,

Had half impaired the nameless grace

Which waves in every raven tress,

Or softly lightens o’er their face;

Where thoughts serenely sweet express,

How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.

And on that cheek, and o’er that brow,

So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,

The smiles that win, the tints that glow,

But tell of days in goodness spent,

A mind at peace with all below,

A heart whose love is innocent!

-Lord Byron

“Love Is…” mixtape:

[SIDE 1] (1) Adrianne Lenker – anything (2) The Beach Boys – Forever (3) Funkadelic – I’ll Stay (4) Lou Reed – I Love You (5) O.V. Wright – Afflicted {20:20} [SIDE 2] (1) Paul Hyde and the Payolas – You’re the Only Love (2) Matt Pond PA – Specks (3) Little Ann – Deep Shadows (4) UGK featuring Outkast – Int’l Players Anthem (I Choose You) (5) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – The Wild One, Forever {20:30}

CONTRIBUTING SONIC PARTNERS OF LIGHTNIN’ LICKS RADIO’S TWENTIETH EPISODE INCLUDE: LEE MOSES / HOLLAND DOZIER HOLLAND / BROTHERS JOHNSON / JAMES TODD SMITH / LUTHER INGRAM / ISAAC HAYES / ROD STEWART / STAN GETZ / PONDEROSA TWINS + ONE / YE / DUNGEON FAMILY / TONE CAPONE / LUNIZ / LINDA LEE & CHARLES BUKOWSKI / PAT BENETAR / RASHAD “RINGO” SMITH / STETSASONIC / GRACE JONES / MONOPHONICS / O.V. WRIGHT / HI RHYTHM / PAUL HYDE & THE PAYOLA$ / BOB ROCK / METALLICA / VAL KILMER / MATT POND PA / OASIS / LOU REED / THE VELVET UNDERGROUND / P-FUNK ALL STARS / FUNKADELIC / PRINCE PAUL / DE LA SOUL / THE PARLIAMENTS / PAT LEWIS / THE DIRTBOMBS / LITTLE ANN / THE MARVELETTES / ANN BRIDGEFORTH / TARHEEL SLIM / ANDY GIBB / L.L. COOL J’S L.A. POSSEE / JUICY JAY / DJ PAUL / UGK / ORGANIZED NOIZE / THREE SIX MAFIA / OUTKAST / WILLIE HUTCH / CAROLYNE WILLIS / JULIA A. TILLMAN / LORNA MAXINE WILLARD / THE BEACH BOYS / DENNIS WILSON / JESSE & THE RIPPERS / BURT BACHARACH, MACK DAVID & THE FIVE BLOBS / ADRIANNE LENKER / PHIL WEINROBE / BUCK MEEK / BIG THIEF / BRIAN ENO / DAVE HAMILTON & HIS PEPPERS / TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS / SANDRA BROWN / MAX JULIAN / JAMES MARSTERS / SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR / HEIGHT KEECH & IALIVE / THE NECESSARY PEOPLE / THE CLOCKERS.

RECORDED: 05FEB2022 RELEASED: 10FEB2022 COVER ART: M.M. KNAPPS IMAGE OF SPECIAL GUEST OLLIE GLYZ APPEARS WITH PERMISSION FROM HIS FATHER, HOWARD. HAPPY VALENTIMEZ DAY!

[CONNECTION SUCCESSFUL] There will come a time, in the not-too-distant future, when robots will overtake most of the jobs that we humans presently perform. This includes content creation. Machine learning technologies and AI capabilities are growing by the second. AI-generated content will certainly soon be proliferating on the Internet, with consumers less likely to be capable of differentiating between robot content and genuine products of the creative human brain.

In the spirit of embracing the near-limitless potential of AI technology, a very special bonus episode of Lightnin' Licks Radio has been "created" in collaboration with the "good" people at Umbrella Laboratories. Welcome to the future, Lickers.

An AI application (Diltrizatron 20000) was tasked to analyze every second of content released by Lightnin’ Licks Radio from its inception to present day. The application was then programmed to create a new bonus episode reviewing the podcast’s past episodes, including generating host personalities (JAKE and DEONDRA) to interact with each other as well as the listening audience in Podcast America. This audio upload contains the resulting episode.

Sonic contributors to this bonus episode of Lightning Licks Radio include:  Lee Moses. Holland Dozier Holland. Brothers Johnson. James Todd Smith. Radiohead. Kraftwerk. The Nonce. Klapex. Shalamar. Mister Shadow. Shoes. Busta Rhymes. Timbaland. Eazy E. Slick Rick. Jam Master Jay. The Bomb Squad. Adam Horovitz. Missy Elliot. Todd Rundgren and Utopia. Jenny Lewis. Jonathon Rice. Boudleaux and Felice Bryant. Bernard Herrmann. Grateful Dead. DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince. Kool & the Gang. Biz Markie. Michael Diamond. Herbie Hancock. Alan Merrill. Jake Hooker. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. Bruce Springsteen. The Apache Relay. Boombox Hearts. Candlebox. CODA Curl. Can. Javon. Talking Heads. The Clash. Peaches. Daft Punk. L. L. Cool J. Joe Esposito. Chris Tucker. Electric Light Orchestra. The Cure. Method Man. Queen. Grimes. John Cougar Mellencamp. Tom McGovern. Ampersand Castles. Blowfly. Rick Moranis. Dave Thomas. Donald Byrd. Henry Winkler. Tom Bosely. Flying Lotus. Bon Iver. Three Dog Night. Phoebe Bridgers. Beastie Boys. John Cusack. Iben Hjejle. Charles Bradley. Daptone Players. Count Von Count. Jerry Nelson. The insect puppet parody group The Beetles, not the Fab Four but the Sesame Street band. Janelle Monae. Pharrell Williams. Tim Kasher. The Good Life. Height Keech. The Clockers. The human Lickers return for episode twenty, which drops on Valentine's Weekend, Twenty Twenty-two. Your listening is greatly appreciated. Goodbye. [END TRANSMISSION]