Rocknowledgy

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Rocknowledgists, Thorriors, Broskeetos, Freaky Deakys and the like!  Valient Himself and the T-6000 dig deep this month with their very special guest Tony Reflex of the Adolescents!!

Tracklist in the comments on the #ROCKNOWLEDGY FB page!

Thanks for your support!!

Alahoyus Rocknowledgists, Thorriors, Freakies, and BOHABS!!! This month's special guest is "the handler/slave" to Jizmak Da Gusha, Brad Roberts of GWAR!!!  Track listing on Rocknowledgy FB page.

Valient's guest this week is Monique Powell, the vocalist from Save Ferris, and discusses her music history.

Check the Rocknowledgy FB page for playlist.

VALIENT HIMSELF & THE T-6000 ARE BACK!!! (AND FOR NOW WITHOUT COMMERCIALS!)

A TON OF EPS COMING YOUR WAY BASED ON INTERVIEWS RECORDED OUT ON WARPED TOUR THIS SUMMER.  1ST UP: JESS MARGERA FROM CKY.

Alahoyus Thorriors and Rocknowledgists!!  Me and the T-6000 have a very special treat for you this month!  We went to the studio in Nashville where Brent Hines was working on the new Mastodon record and then we went down to Alabama and recorded this episode!  It was an insane experience to say the least, but I'm here to tell you, Rocknowledgists, Thorriors, Mastodon fans and fans of music in general will enjoy this inside look- and I have no qualms about saying EXCLUSIVE SCOOP... on everything going on in the Masto-world!!  We talk about all of Brent's influences and he throws down a mean gauntlet of rocknowledge!  I ALMOST don't wanna give away the playlist because of how special all the stories are!!  Prepare for it boys and goils.  Spread the word!  This one's a keeper!!

Episode 42 playlist:

T-6000 intro, Mastodon- Octopus Has No Friends, Black Sabbath- Children of the Grave, Dire Straits- Sultans of Swing, Slim Whitman- I Remember You, Eric Clapton- Cocaine, Van Halen- Jump, Fiend Without A Face- Calypso, Neurosis- Locust Star, Melvins- Sacrifice, Thin Lizzy- Chinatown, Zebulon Pike- Space Is The Corpse Of Time, The Mars Volta- Drunkship of Lanterns, Suzukiton- VIII, T-6000 outro, Mastodon- Curl of the Burl

Alahoyus truest believers!  It is I Valient Himself back with the Nov episode of Rocknowledgy.... Yeah I'm a few days late.  It happens.  I was in Europe all month.  Anyway, this is a helluva show that me and the T-6000 whipped up for ya.  Oh- if it looks like somehow you missed episode 39, its because last month I was going crazy after my dad's passing, and basically just called it the wrong thing.  Anyway- the Tribute to my Pop episode is actually 39 not 38.  Besides that- thanks to all of you all over the world reaching out and sending me your condolences.  I'm so grateful for all the people I've met over the world (and the ones I've only spoken to online...).  You all keep me going, with writing, rocking, singing, painting, drawing, thinking, and the fact that you are still around after all these years makes me feel successful in my endevours.  Hope everyone had a good beginning to holidays whether you're celebrating Thanksgiving or Chanukah or whatever else was on your plate.  Sit back and enjoy, and I'll have something else ready for your stocking come XMESS.  Thanks yall!!

Episode 40 playlist: T-6000 intro, Lucifer's Friend- Natural Born Mover, Peter Tevis- A Gringo Like Me, Status Quo- Oh Baby, The Datsuns- In Love, Pat Travers- Rock'N'Roll Suzie, Thor- Sleeping Giant, Angelo Badalamenti- Red Bats With Teeth, Frank Black- (I want to live on an) Abstract Plain, Tuff Darts- Rats, Al Wilson- The Snake, Wishbone Ash- Blowin' Free, Orange Goblin- They Come Back (Harvest of Skulls), Socrates Drank The Conium- Killer, Gogogo Airheart- I Knew (unreleased version), Alan Parsons Project- The Eye In The Sky, Eddie Vedder- No Ceiling, Hawkwind- Master of the Universe, Was Not Was- Walk The Dinosaur

Hey everyone.  So so sorry for the long break.  After a long hiatus, I was geared up to begin again with a new episode on October 10th.  Unfortunately my Earth father passed away and it was heavy and terrible and all that.  So, without saying much more, I decided to push the other episode and make my first show back in many many months be an all out tribute to him and basically lay out my education in music (or my "Rocknowledgy" if you will) that started way way back and share with you guys some stories about my old man and some jams he laid on me that I never wanna forget.  So thanks for being patient with me, I should be back with episodes once a month from here on out, so if you're a new comer, add me up on itunes or a list serve or whatever and keep coming back for more.  Enough talk, check out the show!    

RIP GH Abernethy.

Song list: intro by T-6000, Manhattan Transfer- Boy from NYC, ZZ Top- Sharp Dressed Man, Bob Dylan- Rainy Day Women #12 & 35, The Doors- Spanish Caravan, Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Teach Your Children, The Seeds- Pushin' Too Hard, Sam the Sham- Little Red Ridin' Hood, The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today, The Lemon Pipers- Green Tamborine, Bubble Puppy - Hot Smoke & Sassafras, James Brown - I Got the Feelin', Atlanta Rhythm Section - So Into You, Country Joe & The Fish - The "Fish" Cheer/ I-Feel-Like-Im-Fixin-To-Die Rag (live at Woodstock), Barry McGuire- Eve of Destruction, Chicago Transit Authority- I'm A Man, Steely Dan- Don't Take Me Alive, Edwin Starr- 25 Miles, Temptations- Can't Get Next To You, outro by T-6000, Mamas and the Papas- Words of Love

Thanks to my sponsors this week: Eric Walls/Jersey Beat, Thrashhits.com, Sarateashop.com, Green Machine from Germany, Village Pawn in Greenville, NC, & Friends With Music podcast!!!

Alahoyus troo believers!  Its been months! i don't want to hold you up from rocking, lots to tell, much to do.  My present for you this year is 2 episodes in a row since I've been away so long.  They aren't xmas episodes, if you want that, go back to episode 19.  These are 2 new shows with jams cranked full throttle.  This is part one, get it while its hot....

Episode 36 playlist:  T6K- intro, Orang-utan- Chocolate Piano, Everybody- Seeing Isn't Believing #2, The Standells- Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White, Status Quo- Spinning Wheel Blues, Dag Nasty- Justification, Irma Thomas- Ruler of My Heart, Avail- Lombardy St., Biz Markie- Busy Doin' Nuthin', Excelsior- My Posse Don't Do Homework, Edgar Broughton Band- Evil, George Kranz- Din Daa Da, Saint Vitus- Born Too Late, Funkadelic- Who Says A Funk Band Can't Play Rock Music, Donald Fagen- The Weather In My Head, T6K- outro, Wino- Adrift

alahoyus broskeetos, brollums, hombres, Thorriors, Rocknowledgists, and wayward wastelanders!!  Its been a long time and I don't want to hold you up from this heavy set of killer jams!  I'm super proud of this episode as being on the road and at home for a sec allowed me to dig HARD through the archives and find a bunch of relatively unknown OLD local, regional and national stuff to share with you.  I have some older deep cuts and some brand new stuff for you from Torche!!! and Turbonegro!!  A really badass mix and some major NC love representin'.  Ok, enough jabberin, I'll let you get to it.  DIG DEEP!,

LOVE,

Valient and the T-6000

Episode 34 playlist:  Intro by T6K, April Wine- Say Hello, Danava- White Nights of Murder, Need New Body- Beach, Creta Bourzia- Marijuana Trajedy, Andromeda- Too Old, 2013 Wolves- TrenchSinner$MoneyHype, Those Poor Bastards- Crooked Man, The Curtains of Night- Golden Arrows, Fun Things- Lipstick, Andre Nickatina- The Al Capone Suite, The Lumps- Homework From Hell, Torche- Reverse Inverted, Turbonegro- You Give Me Worms, The Ladderback- Shoestrings and Chainrings, The Cadets- Blessed Are The Untravelled, Outro- T6K, The High Numbers- Leavin' Here

Alahoyus one and all.  Thank you to all Thorriors and Rocknowledgists out there.  Today we have a very special guest who throws us a very "AM radio" Rocknowledgy list.  Super psyched at how it came out.  Hello to you all from the T-6000 and me from here in Louisville on our day off.  More and more soon!

Episode 33 playlist:

Intro- T6K, Dwarves- Get Outta My Life, Stevie Wonder- Sir Duke, The Sonics- The Witch, The Seeds- No Escape, 13th Floor Elevators- You're Gonna Miss Me, Jackson 5- ABC, The Archies- Sugar, Sugar, Joan Jett- Make Believe, The Chordettes- Lollipop, Looking Glass- Brandy (You're a Fine Girl), Stevie Wonder- Livin' For the City, O'Jays- Backstabbers, Elton John- Crocodile Rock, The Spinners- Workin' My Way Back To You Babe, The Bronx- History's Stranglers, Zeke- Flat Track, The Supersuckers- Born with A Tail, Dwarves- I Will Deny