Hey Hoodlums! Since my band The Bloody Brains will be playing this Saturday, December 18th at the Little Cave bar in Highland Park (7pm! No Cover! 21 & Over! 5922 Figueroa Street!), here is a chance for you to hear what the band sounds like! This is a collection of live tracks by the BBs over the past year!
This New Year's Eve, why spend a fortune on some crazy admission fee to a club, when you can save some cash and have a great time at the Liquid Kitty's Wild New Year's Eve Bash!
The mind-numbing intoxicants will be flowing and the music will be blaring.
There is no cover charge!
DJ Reverend Dan of KXLU FM will be spinning his amazing rock and roll, 70's punk, new wave, soul & funk.
There will be complimentary noise makers and a countdown at midnight!
Valet parking is available.
Be There!
The Liquid Kitty is located at: Liquid Kitty 11780 W. Pico Blvd. Los Angeles, CA
On Saturday, December 18th, the Bloody Brains will be playing a FREE show at the Little Cave bar in Highland Park! The band (which features Reverend Dan on vocals and guitar) will play at 7pm, so you will have plenty of time to get to any holiday party you might have scheduled! No Cover! 21 & Over! Drink Specials! Be There!
The Little Cave is located at: 5922 Figueroa Street Highland Park
Direct from 1974 and the kindness of Brent Turner, we present another episode of the Top 40/Sci-Fi radio show The OIDAR Wavelength! For those just tuning in, The premise of the OIDAR Wavelength is that it is/was a musical program from the future, playing oldies from the 20th Century, and somehow, we back in the seventies were/are able to hear the program due to some space/time continuum. In between the (sometimes good, sometimes horribly horribly wretched) musical fodder, a mysterious announcer known only as "Programmer #9" relates twisted news and human interest stories from the future, the programs' present. It's kinda like Philip K. Dick doing American Top 40! Where were these recordings unearthed? It seems that Mr. Turner was at a local swap meet and came across a whole box of OIDAR Wavelength reel to reel tapes! And he sent some programs to me and now I share them with you! Remember, this was originally broadcast in 1974. In Los Angeles, the OIDAR Wavelength aired on KKDJ, a typical Top 40 station, usually starting just after the midnight hour. The file is hosted at Mediafire, so lemme know if all goes well when you try to download this 79mb file!
The Bloody Brains play the Little Cave bar in Highland Park on Saturday, December 18th at 7pm! Join Keith, Herman, Fritz and Reverend Dan as they kick out the jams with a high energy performance that will make the weekend before Christmas a whole lot merrier! No cover! 21 & Over! Drink specials! Be There!
The Little Cave is located at: 5922 Figueroa Street Highland Park, CA, 90042
Ever wonder what kind of movie would result if Ed Wood Jr. made a movie with David Lynch? This film is less than an hour, has no dialog (only narration), and it wasn't released for three years because the censors had no idea what to make of this movie. Enjoy!
Click the video to hear a Rock & Roll minimix of the kind of stuff I play at The Little Cave every Saturday from 6pm til 10pm! The Little Cave is located at 5922 Figueroa Street in Highland Park! Be There!
Hey Hoodlums! This Saturday, October30th, Halloween Eve, I'll be DJing the 15th Annual Liquid Kitty Halloween Bash! Enjoy the best cocktails in town along with the best Halloween music in the city! And, if you are one of those costume wearing types, there will be a midnight costume contest! Plus, parked just outside the Kitty will be Barbie's Q Truck serving up great BBQ! Martinis! BBQ! Halloween fun for all over 21! The action all starts at 10pm Saturday! Be There!
The Liquid Kitty is located at: 11780 Pico Blvd Los Angeles, CA, 90064
Hey Hoodlums! Tis' the season, so now every Saturday at the Little Cave bar in Highland Park, I'll be DJing the HAUNTED HAPPY HOUR! Every Saturday between 5pm and 9pm, stop by for a refreshing beverage and some great music spun by me, Reverend Dan!
The Little Cave is located at: 5922 Figueroa Street Highland Park, 90042 Click here for a map!
Above you see embedded the entire pilot episode of the 1967 version of Jack Webb's Dragnet series. In the episode titled "The LSD Story", Sergeant Joe Friday (Webb) and his partner Bill Gannon (Henry Morgan) are introduced to the wild world of LSD when, out on a call, they meet Benjie "Blue Boy" Carver, a young man with his head buried in the ground looking at the center of the earth. You know the something is up with Benjie, because his face is painted blue on one side and yellow on the other. If you haven't seen the episode, you really should, if only to catch the vibe of this 1967 television series as it tries to wrap its head around the youth culture of the 1960s. Also, Dragnet was so perfectly minimal, it can't help but remind me of Ernie Bushmiller's Nancy comic strip from the fifties and sixties. Ernie Bushmiller kicks so ass.
But the reason for this posting is because my old apartment building appears in this episode of Dragnet! It's almost like I'm in the episode! In the 13th minute of "The LSD Story," Joe and Bill pull into a parking lot, and right there in the background is my old place on Dracena in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles!
I lived there for about ten years, and while I knew it was a cool old building from the 1920s (my apartment even had a genuine zinc lined icebox), I had no idea it was in the legendary Blue Boy Dragnet episode! The episode that, when it first aired in 1967, had everybody at St. Joseph's Elementary School talking about the freaky things we had seen on television the night before!
From the absolutely essential Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film by Michael Weldon (click and get your own copy): "Don't pass up an opportunity to see this incredible old adults-only oddity based in part on Poe's 'The Black Cat.' ...Highlights include the eating of a cat's eye, body snatching, two woman locked in a cellar fighting with syringes, a rapist who thinks he's a gorilla, and a bit of nudity in defiance of the Hayes Code...Esper and his scriptwriter wife Hildegarde also made Marijuana: Weed With Roots In Hell, and How To Undress In Front Of Your Husband."
The fine folks at The Little Cave bar in Highland Park have asked me (KXLU DJ Reverend Dan) to provide the music and theme for their Saturday afternoon Happy Hour. So, starting this Saturday, October 9th, I'll be hosting the HEADBANGER HAPPY HOUR! Yes, from 5pm til 9pm every Saturday afternoon, enjoy the finest in alcohol with the finest in headbanging entertainment, as I (KXLU DJ Reverend Dan) spin the best of 70's and 80's punk and metal! And no power ballads either, just good loud rock and roll for your drinking and headbanging pleasure!
The HEADBANGER HAPPY HOUR with KXLU DJ REVEREND DAN happens every Saturday afternoon at The Little Cave from 5pm to 9pm! BE THERE!
The Little Cave is located at: 5922 N Figueroa St Los Angeles, CA 90042
The Bloody Brains (the band where I scream and play guitar) are playing this Saturday at the Eagle Rock Music Festival! Not really but kinda. Here's the deal:
We are playing a FREE show at the Double-O Salon at 7PM on Saturday, October 2nd. The Eagle Rock Music Festival is happening a half block away on Colorado, so if you are in the area, be sure to see the Bloody Brains for FREE at the Double-O! All Ages! It's a HAIR SALON! Bring your parents! Or your grandparents! Bring everybody! It's FREE!!!
The Double-O Salon is located at 5046 Eagle Rock Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90041
I gotta thank The Shakes' Janet Housden. She not only interviewed me for LA Record magazine, she got the article published too! Click here to read the interview!
Hey Hoodlum! It KXLU FUNDRAZOR TIME, and it's time for you to SUPPORT THE ONLY TRULY INDEPENDENT RADIO STATION IN LOS ANGELES! KXLU is completely, and I mean COMPLETELY funded by our listeners, and if you spend any time at all around 88.9FM, then you really should support the station that keeps Music For Nimrods on the air! Just call (310) 338-5958 and one of the friendly phone operators will be happy to help you! Or you can pledge online at KXLU.COM! The station has a mess of great premiums to thank you for you help, and I'd like to suggest a few:
Reverend Dan Sings The Hits Of The 1800s! This is a five-track EP of yours truly performing popular songs of the 1800s in my own raucous style. With a minor $10 pledge to KXLU, you can hear me sing "Goober Peas", "The Flying Trapeze", "Little Brown Jug", "Blue Tail Fly" and Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Major-General's Song"! All vocals and instruments by Reverend Dan, recorded at Bookshelf Studio in Montecito Heights. Only a ten dollar pledge? How can you not call (310) 338-5958 right now!?!?!
Who the heck defaced "Aubrey Beardsley's Salome with the Head of John the Baptist" to have Salome scratching out some vinyl? Why it's your old buddy Reverend Dan, who designed this stylish KXLU Tote Bag! Simply pledge $25 worth of support to KXLU and this insanely useful tote bag can be yours!
And it goes without saying, you just GOTTA have an official Reverend Dan's Music For Nimrods T-Shirt! Available in all-purpose black with Nimrods Green printing, this T-Shirt features not only the magical incantation from the beginning of the Music For Nimrods broadcast, but also a subliminal skull that just might frighten your friends into supporting KXLU! You can get this for a $30 pledge to KXLU! CALL NOW! (310) 338-5958!
See the Bloody Brains (the band I scream and play guitar in) on Halloween, Sunday, October 31st at the American Legion Hall in East Pasadena for FREE! Here's the deal: Sue and Al are celebrating their 13th wedding anniversary, and they decided to make a big party out of the event. So, spend Halloween afternoon with Sue, Al, Snotty Scotty and the Hankies and the Bloody Brains! Wear a costume! Enjoy a food and/or drink special! Get home in time to either go out to another party or to get in bed for work on Monday! Be There!
American Legion Hall 179 Vinedo Ave. Pasadena, California
Ah Fong at the Hooverville blog had some very kind words about my radio show:
"A few posts below is a piece about Pete Myers AKA The Mad Daddy. Whilst i was researching it I came across a reference to Music For Nimrods, hosted by a character called Reverend Dan. Not sure why, but my interest was piqued enough to make the effort to tune in. His three hour show goes out on the Los Angeles station KXLU at 3am on Saturday (which after a few weeks of missing the first hour i realised is 11AM Glasgow time) so i had to rouse early and take my place hunched over the PC in my underwear. Not for the first time i hear you say, but let’s press on; The Reverend’s show fucking rocked. He was spinning The Blasters, The Cramps, Lou Reed and The Nerves, all the good shit you never hear on radio (bar one show of course) AND he sounds like those crazy DJs you only see in films. The kind that can grate, but on the whole are fucking awesome. Anyways thanks to VLC player not only am I now able to record the show auto-magically but i can save it and share with you bums. Here’s the show from August 28th, check back often for updates, bitchez"
And then he links to a DropBox page where you can hear last Saturday's show! Right On! Thank you Ah Fong!
Here we have the Bloody Brains performing an original improvised song inspired by Keith Richards and his legendary desire for a coconut. The footage comes from the 1959 educational film "Holiday From Rules?". Recorded at Corman Ben's Garage.
The Bloody Brains are playing twice this week at the Redwood Bar & Grill in Downtown Los Angeles! We'll be playing Tuesday, August 17th with the Neighborhood Bullies and Johnny Cheapo! Then on Sunday August 22, we will be back again to play with The Mormons and Smooth Moves!
The Redwood Bar is located at: 316 West 2nd Street Los Angeles, CA 90012-3527
On Saturday, July 10, I, Reverend Dan, had the opportunity to spend THREE HOURS with legendary actor Clu Gulager on my radio program, Music For Nimrods! Also in attendance was Clu's son John Gulager, director of the FEAST trilogy of films! We talked, played records and had a great time! If you would like to listen to this interview, below you will find it in three parts. Click and enjoy!
In Part 1, Clu discusses his childhood in Oklahoma, military life at Camp Pendleton, acting in college, seeing the Grand Guignol in Paris, being on live television, and appearing as Billy the Kid in the series THE TALL MAN. (BTW, it takes about ten minutes to get to the actual interview, but Clu liked the intro so much, I had to include it!)
Part One of Clu & John Gulager on Reverend Dan's Music For Nimrods
In Part 2, Clu talks about appearing on the first 90 minute Western series THE VIRGINIAN, making his 1969 short A DAY WITH THE BOYS, creating the 1977 demo film JOHN AND NORMA NOVAK, acting in THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD, trying to stage a production of HAMLET in downtown Los Angeles, meeting Miriam Byrd-Nethery, and moving back to Oklahoma to make independent films.
Part Two of Clu & John Gulager on Reverend Dan's Music For Nimrods
In Part 3, Clu and John discuss acting, directing and the Clu Gulager Film Acting Workshop. Among other things!
Part Three of Clu & John Gulager on Reverend Dan's Music For Nimrods
I must thank Clu and John Gulager for taking the time to visit Music For Nimrods and for sharing so much! It was great show! For information on Clu Gulager, John Gulager and the Clu Gulager Film Acting Workshop, please visit Gulager.com!
Clu Gulager has been an iconic actor on television and in movies for over 50 years. This Saturday, July 10th, Clu joins Reverend Dan for a very unique episode of Music For Nimrods on KXLU Los Angeles, 88.9fm and KXLU.com! Just for reference, here is a PARTIAL list of stuff Clu has acted in:
Feast III: The Happy Finish (2009) (V) .... Bartender Feast II: Sloppy Seconds (2008) (V) .... Bartender Feast (2005) .... Bartender "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" .... Art McKendrick "Walker, Texas Ranger" .... Duke Jamison "Beavis and Butt-Head" .... Anderson's War Buddy "Kung Fu: The Legend Continues" .... Deputy Clay Hardin Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter (1994) (V) .... Man #1 Ambush in Waco: In the Line of Duty (1993) (TV) .... McLennan County Sheriff My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (1991) .... Dark Glasses The Willies (1990) .... Greeley Principal Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective (1990) (V) .... Desk Sergeant I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) .... Lt. Baker "MacGyver" .... Walt Kirby Tapeheads (1988) .... Norman Mart Teen Vamp (1988) .... The Reverend The Hidden (1987) .... Lt. Ed Flynn "Murder, She Wrote" .... Carl Mestin Summer Heat (1987) .... Will The Offspring (1987) .... Stanley Burnside "Simon & Simon" .... Nathan Sloan "North and South, Book II" .... Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan "The Fall Guy" .... Col. Halston "Magnum, P.I." .... Theo Wolf "Airwolf" .... Cullen Dixon A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) .... Ken Walsh The Return of the Living Dead (1985) .... Burt Into the Night (1985/I) .... Federal Agent "Knight Rider" .... Eugene Hanson "The Master" .... Mr. Christensen "CHiPs" .... Stoler "Quincy M.E." .... Larry Krushevitz Skyward (1980) (TV) .... Steve Ward Kenny Rogers as The Gambler (1980) (TV) .... Rufe Bennett Ski Lift to Death (1978) (TV) .... Marv Gillman "King" .... William Sullivan "Black Beauty" (1978) TV mini-series .... Reuben Smith "Hawaii Five-O" .... Arthur Lambert "Barnaby Jones" .... Mark Landy "Ellery Queen" .... Captain Thomas G. Horton "Phyllis" .... Rex "Police Story" .... Officer Williams "Three for the Road" "The Streets of San Francisco" .... Inspector George Turner "Cannon" .... B.J. Long "McCloud" .... Johnny Monahan "Get Christie Love!" "Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law" .... Georgie McQ (1974) .... Toms "Ironside" .... D.W. Donnelly "Insight" "Kung Fu" .... Sheriff Rutledge "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" .... Keith Raynor "Mannix" .... Lyle Foster "The Bold Ones: The New Doctors" .... Dan Corwin "The Mod Squad" .... Dustin Ellis "Bonanza" .... Billy Brenner "Medical Center" .... Jack "The F.B.I." The Last Picture Show (1971) .... Abilene "The Psychiatrist" "The Name of the Game" .... Bill Danziger / "San Francisco International Airport" .... Bob Hatten "The Virginian" .... Emmett Ryker The Killers (1964) .... Lee "Wagon Train" .... Caleb Jamieson "Dr. Kildare" .... Dr. Norman Gaye "Kraft Suspense Theatre" .... Dan Walsh "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" .... Jimmy K. Bresson "The Tall Man" .... William Bonney "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" .... Rod Collins "The Untouchables" .... Vincent 'Mad Dog' Coll "Have Gun - Will Travel" .... Roy Carter "Wanted: Dead or Alive" .... Joe Collins aka Jody Bannister "Playhouse 90" .... Zach "Goodyear Playhouse" .... Terrible "The United States Steel Hour"
And this guy agreed to come on my program! Can you believe it! We'll be playing records, talking about acting and maybe learning a little about life! So join Clu and myself this late late Friday night, early early Saturday morning from 3am - 6am on KXLU for an amazing edition of Music For Nimrods!
Hey Hoodlums! There's a KXLU Special Event that you need to know about: This Friday, tune in for a special SEVEN HOUR RADIO SPECTACULAR celebrating the First Friday Night of Summer with the First Friday Night of Summer Radio Beach Party with your host, Reverend Dan! Hoo Ha! Tune in to KXLU this Friday, June 25th at 11pm Pacific Time for SEVEN SOLID HOURS of Summertime Rock & Roll! Summer Songs! Beach Songs! Sun Songs! Plus TONS of Surf Music! If you live in Los Angeles area, tune in to KXLU at 88.9fm and if you live outside of Los Angeles, tune in to KXLU at KXLU.COM! See you this Friday night at 11pm and have a great Summer!!!
The Bloody Brains (my very loud and very fast rock & roll band) will be playing a FREE show this Saturday night in the City of Industry at the Dawg House! Also playing will be Our Band Sucks, Thee Cormans and Mercy's Alibi. Four great bands for FREE? Yup! Four great bands for FREE! And cheap booze too! The Dawg House is located at:
15351 Gale Ave. Industry CA 91745
Coming July 16! The Bloody Brains and The Guilty Hearts at the Redwood Bar & Grill in Downtown Los Angeles!
On Saturday afternoon, March 13th, 2010 at the Unurban Cafe in Santa Monica, Mr. Ronald X. Sensor, former representative of the F.C.C. and alien abduction survivor, spoke with Mr. Gerry Fialka of the Media Ecology Soul Salon (MESS). Here is an excerpt of the interview:
Back in the 1980s, I worked at the Tower Records store in Anaheim, California. At this particular time, the Residents "Commercial Album" had just been released and Gregg Fylpaa, Mike Marsh and myself were really getting into the album. Evidently.
Mike had made the eyeball heads using paper-mache over punchballs (purchased at the Zody's across the street) and we each then customized our eyeball to our personal liking. We are hanging out next to store artist Karen Schmidt's Nash Rambler. It's probably Halloween.
"A collection of sneakers inspired by iconic bands who defined what it means to rock. The Clash. Cobain. Blondie. Kurt Cobain. And Converse. What a lineup."
On Saturday afternoon, March 13th at the Unurban Cafe in Santa Monica, join us for a very special conversation with the mysterious caller to Reverend Dan's Music For Nimrods,
Mr. Ronald X. Sensor! Former representative of the F.C.C. and alien abduction survivor.
Mr. Sensor will be interviewed by Gerry Fialka of the Media Ecology Soul Salon (MESS), and will discuss his philosophies, censorship, and his alien abduction survivor techniques. After the interview, I'll play some great music for your listening, dancing and coffee drinking enjoyment!
AND IT'S FREE! FREE! FREE!!!
Ronald X. Sensor and KXLU's Reverend Dan at the Unurban Cafe this Saturday Afternoon 2PM - 6PM
The MeowMeowz shop in Pasadena is throwing a party this Saturday night and YOU gotta be there! Four bands for only a dollar! In addition to the Bloody Brains (we play at 9:30), you can see Blood Penny, Piss-n-Blood, and Jellmunekita! (if you should get some bloooood on your face before the party, keep it there, you can get in for free!) DO NOT MISS THE BLOODY VALENTINE PARTY! ALL AGES ADMITTED!
2/6/2010 8:00 PM The Bloody Valentine Party With the Bloody Brains and 3 other bands for only $1! All Ages! 2014 N. LINCOLN AVE., Pasadena, California 91103 Cost: $1.00
This is a benefit for the family of John Street. John was killed in a motorcycle accident recently, and he left behind a wife with a part time job, and 3 small children. There will be a small cover charge and if you'd like to give more, that's fine. ALL OF THE PROCEEDS OF THIS SHOW GO TO THE FAMILY. We've been told (but can't confirm) that even some of the booze might be donated. Also playing are Bloodhook and The Mormons. Please help if you can!
For Christmas 2009, Carol got me a black Gristleism! This device was created by Throbbing Gristle & Christiaan Virant, and it plays 13 audio loops created by Throbbing Gristle. The listener can control the volume and speed of each loop. Please enjoy 60 seconds of Heathen Earth.
Hey Hoodlum! This is just a quick note to let you know that The Bloody Brains (the band I scream and play guitar in) will be appearing free for nothing THIS Friday, January 8th at the Buccaneer Lounge in Sierra Madre! Yup! Free for nothing and The Choke will be playing too! We go on around 11pm, so BE THERE!
The Bloody Brains @ The Buccaneer Lounge This Friday, January 8th! 21 & Over The Buccaneer Lounge 70 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. Sierra Madre
I've just posted the first hour of the first edition of Music For Nimrods for the year 2010! You can listen by visiting the Music For Nimrods website! Be well, and Happy New Year!
Host of Music For Nimrods, America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Radio Show! Heard late late Friday night, early early Saturday morning from 3am til 6am Pacific time on KXLU Los Angeles, 88.9fm and KXLU.COM!
