John Coltrane Lives by Lester Bangs, read by Reverend Dan

Be There!

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What's In The Fridge? Reverend Dan tries Firestone Walker 805 Ale

The Bloody Brains play Cafe Nela on Saturday December 16, 2017!

With Pat Todd & His Rank Outsiders, The Mike Livingston Trio and Toys That Kill!

The Oidar Wavelength Christmas Special (1974)

Direct from 1974 and the kindness of Brent Turner, we present the Christmas episode of the Top 40/Sci-Fi radio show The OIDAR Wavelength! The premise? The OIDAR Wavelength is 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 wretched) musical fodder, a mysterious announcer known only as "Programmer #9" relates twisted news and human interest stories from the future, the programs' present. And this is the Christmas episode! 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. Included with the broadcast are several commercials, including one for an outfit called Tapeworks. When you hear the ad, you will feel much, much better about your job! Enjoy The Show! Merry Christmas from the future!

This Halloween in Sierra Madre: The Bloody Brains at the Buccaneer!

Reverend Dan - Sweet Jane

Reverend Dan - Whipping Post

Saturday May 10, 2014 at Cafe Nela: THE BLOODY BRAINS!

January 19, 2013: The Messaround brings Pearl Harbour, The Bloody Brains...

THE MESSAROUND CELEBRATES JONNY WHITESIDE'S BIRTHDAY WITH PUNK-POP SIREN PEARL HARBOUR, PSYCH-POP SENSATIONS LOVEYDOVE, GARAGE DEVIANTS THEE TEEPEES, MAD MIDDLE AGED DELINQUENTS BLOODY BRAINS AND THE WORLD DEBUT OF EX-PEEKS NEW BAND THE BAD & THE BEAUTIFUL!

Come Out and Break Some Cake at this All Ages, Free Admission Jubilee Featuring Four of California's Most Exquisitely Artful and Socially Irredeemable Musical Sensations!

Powerhouse punk-pop siren PEARL HARBOUR returns to the Messaround! One of San Francisco's groundbreaking late 1970s new wave architects, by 1981 she was touring with the Clash, cutting her classic Don't Follow Me, I'm Lost Too LP (a highly prized artifact of that wild and walloping era) and stopping hearts, flipping wigs and short-circuiting synapses all around the globe. Pearl's colorful, cool-soul hot-rockabilly girl group au go-go sensibility, powerhouse pipes and astonishingly tight, banging, brilliant band always thrill.

LOVEYDOVE! One of our choicest homegrown musical sensations, boy-girl adventure team LoveyDove have created an unusually irresistible blend of artful expression, psychedelic atmospherics, deft craftsmanship and flat-out mushy romance. Sunny harmonics, midrange tempos and a childlike sense of wonder are all standard-issue ordnance in the LoveyDove armory, but it's the depth of involvement that band leaders Dan West and Azalia Snail consistently display that elevates the group to an altitude far more communicative and appealing than almost all of their indie-schmindie peers. Theirs is a deliciously chewy sound, loaded with dynamics, color and articulate lyrics that are both acutely chosen and shrewdly applied. Not hipster bohemian drone and definitely not for dummies.

THEE TEE PEES! A shockingly snotty and unpredictable garage rock combo brought you to by artful miscreant Jorge Ojeda (AKA Real Boss Hoss), a profoundly disturbed individual whose sonic vandalism always imparts a peculiarly crafty, improvisatory, semi-Dada aesthetic. With the critical, toxic assistance of howling mad Farfisa abuser Scott "Beerwolf" O'Connell, this untamed band of braves will assuredly bring you crashing to your knees with a thoroughly vile yet strangely alluring brand of savage big beat primitive.

BLOODY BRAINS! Certifiably among the raging-est, rocking-est bands in all of Los Angeles, the Brains never fail to bring the house down. With a hot, taut brand of head-on punk mayhem, garage trash and high psych drama, the foursome of Rev Dan, Fritz Freidenberg, Keith Lubow and Hermann Senac display both merciless glee and stunning musicality which rates as a nothing less than a gloriously lethal rock & roll combination. They will open the show, get down here early and take your punishment!

THE BAD & THE BEAUTIFUL, the new band from ex-Peeks thrillers Dewey & Alec, making their first time ever world debut. We don't even know what all exactly these crazy kids are a-gonna do--but we do know it'll be great!

Jonny Whiteside's Messaround with PEARL HARBOUR, LOVEYDOVE, THEE TEEPEES, THE BLOODY BRAINS, at Viva Cantina, 900 West Riverside Drive, Burbank, CA 91506; Sun., Jan. 19, 6 p.m.; all ages; free. FREE PARKING across the street at Pickwick Bowl (same owners). www.vivacantina.com

The Bloody Brains play the Silverlake Lounge on Halloween Night!

Halloween Night, join the Bloody Brains when they play the Silverlake Lounge!

Four great bands!

Thee Tee Pees, Way To Go Genius, The Teenage Frames, The Bloody Brains!

No Cover Charge!  Be There!

2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA

Reverend Dan DJs the Liquid Kitty Halloween Party This Saturday, October 26!

This Saturday, October 26, 2013, KXLU's Reverend Dan will DJ the Liquid Kitty Halloween Party!  Enjoy outstanding cocktails AND outstanding Rock 'n' Roll!  10pm til 1:45am!  Costume Contest at Midnight!  Be There!  No Cover!

The Liquid Kitty is located at:

11780 W. Pico Blvd,  Los Angeles

(310) 473-3707

My new CD is available from KXLU during FUNDRAZOR 2013!

It's my first CD! 35 years in the making! Available NOW during KXLU's FUNDRAZOR 2013, this 21 track collection showcases my very own musical recordings from the past few decades! 15 of the 21 songs are performed by me alone, with the assistance of either a Drumdrops record played at 78 rpm or that fine drummer in Garageband.  Everything else is me.  The other 6 songs feature my early 80s band the Phantoms!

This CD is exclusively available from KXLU during FUNDRAZOR 2013! Call and support independent radio at (310) 338-KXLU! Or support them at their website at KXLU.COM!

Bloody Brains play the Illeagle Rock Music Festival this Saturday October 5!

This Saturday at the Double-O Salon in Eagle Rock!
GMA! ACUSTALAPSE! THE BLOODY BRAINS!
5046 Eagle Rock Blvd!
Doors open 7PM! Be There!

1970's Cormier Chevrolet Jingle!

Recorded direct off the television back in the 1970s by Chris Matthews and/or Danny Hesse, here is the jingle that Cormier Chevrolet in Carson used for their television commercials.

The Bloody Brains return to the Buccaneer in Sierra Madre on Friday the 13th!

On Friday, September 13, 2013, me and the rest of the Bloody Brains return to the Buccaneer bar in Sierra Madre for not one, not two but THREE full sets of high-energy Rock 'n' Roll!  21 & Over!  No Cover Charge!  Free Parking too!  We will start playing around 9:30 and we'll finish in time for me to go do that week's edition of Music For Nimrods!  Be There!

The Buccaneer is located at:

70 W. Sierra Madre Blvd.

Sierra Madre, California, 91024

See The Bloody Brains This Saturday Night at the Cinema Bar in Culver City! Free!

This Saturday Night, August 24, 2013 at the Cinema Bar in Culver City: My band The Bloody Brains along with The Ingrates and Ward Dotson's Golden Sombrero! No Cover! 10pm - 1am!  21 & Over!

3967 Sepulveda Blvd in Culver City!

Tip the bartender and the bands!

Reverend Dan on the radio in Scotland on his birthday!

On Thursday, August 22, tune in to Sunny Govan Radio for the Switchback program with Paul Clarkson when he interviews Me!  Yes! At 10pm GMT,  I get to be on the same program as Pete "Mad Daddy" Myers!  In Scotland!  Thanks Paul!

Tune in to Sunny Govan Radio at SunnyGovanRadio.com!

On June 22nd, don't miss the Summer Stomp at the Old Towne Pub!

On Saturday, June 22, 2013, get ready for a crazy evening of wild Rock 'n' Roll mayhem when Thee Tee Pees, The Bloody Brains, Thee Cormans and Satan's Cheerleaders all come together for the Summer Stomp at the Old Towne Pub! Loud and Noisy and Not For Sissies! The Old Towne Pub is located down the alley at 23 E. Holly St. in Pasadena! Be There!