Born 80 years ago today: guitarist & songwriter Dan Hamilton (d. 1994). A touring member of the T-Bones; he also played on their version of "Let's Go Get Stoned" (1st recorded by the Coasters & taken to # 1 by Ray Charles). #1001CoverSongs Song # 434: youtu.be/QSj2uhuJ-0w?...

Happy 79th birthday to Ronnie Wood! youtu.be/0VSbY_62Qws?...

Ronald David "Ronnie" Wood. Born OTD in 1947, Hillingdon, Middlesex www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwyy...

Happy 58th birthday to Ian Svenonious! youtu.be/DYZqNiflBSI?...

Signing off with Alton Ellis singing Junior Walker's "What does it take (To win your love). #1001CoverSongs Song # 433: youtu.be/aOosEJ9KSlM?...

Just as I was dozing in a Sunday afternoon nap: MUNCINATOR X!

Congrats to Ryan Ward for belting his 1st major league home run!

I wish that a relief pitcher would exit the bullpen to the sound of "No Feelings," be it the Sex Pistols original or Banarama's cover version. #1001CoverSongs Song # 432: youtu.be/QFSPIshiqS4?...

If you influenced the Cramps, you did something right with your life. So it was for bongo beatin' rock & roller Kip Tyler, born May 31, 1929, died September 23, 1996. youtu.be/aPPSrPveeds?...

Born 99 years ago today in Helena, Arkansas, and educated at the fabled DuSable High School in Chicago: Red Holloway (d. 2012). Statistically speaking, there's probably a bad record out there that he played sax on, but I've never heard it. youtu.be/ODtdvfXuk3U?...

BOTD, 1948: John Bonham (d. 1980). A drummer so influential that halfway around the world, Peruvian surf bands like Los Comandos would do cover versions of Bonzo's Led Zep drum solo showpiece, "Moby Dick." #1001CoverSongs Song # 431: youtu.be/dOX0WX_wFIM?...

Signing off with the Filipina organist Beni Obcemea doing the "Hawaii Five-O" theme. #1001CoverSongs Song # 430: youtu.be/Sir8WtbH18w?...

It's time for Dodger baseball! #LetsGoDodgers

If you missed last night's edition of the Bomb Shelter on KXLU, you can check our "The Song of the Barefoot Mailman" and other hits right here until June 12: spinitron.com/KXLU/pl/2250...

Remembering Gladys Horton on the 81st anniversary of her birth. The former lead singer of the Marvelettes died in 2011. youtu.be/neuY5AGJPbk?...

BOTD, 1944: Nicky Thomas (d. 1990). youtu.be/q9McWvvu0Y4?...

Happy 77th birthday to Klaus Flouride! youtu.be/Ua3XmqAO40k?...

Happy 71st birthday to Topper Headon! youtu.be/GsVjWd1mh4w?...

Signing off with a Pop-O-Pies song that, 6 years ago today, the International Voice of Reason played for 3 hours in a row on his much missed Friday morning show on KXLU. I wish he'd update his feed at @musicvideodrome.bsky.social. youtu.be/UzxkUst13TE?...

LIVE Stray Pop TONITE (Fri) 11pm-3am PDT on KXLU Los Angeles 88.9FM & KXLU.com!

Tonight on Music For Nimrods: Swamp Songs! Listen late Friday, early Saturday, 3am-6am pdt, KXLU Los Angeles, 88.9fm & kxlu.com!

DJ Frane has just dropped 2 mond blowing records on the Mystery Machine, and it's only 9:05. Tune in from now 'til 11 on 88.9 fm KXLU (in LA) and kxlu.com.

Area man with too many records attempts to cram too many into a 60 minute time slot. Tune in & listen to the result on the Bomb Shelter, 8 - 9 pm tonight on KXLU, 88.9 FM in Los Angeles and kxlu.com.

Remembering "Deadly" Headley Bennett on the 95th anniversary of his birth. The Jamaican saxophonist died in 2016. youtu.be/h1VYcEXTJvA?...

Born 91 years ago today: Sylvia Robinson (d. 2011). Her long & varied career ("Pillow Talk" & Sugar Hill Records ownership) began as a teenage R&B singer: youtu.be/BAFFFVJ9QoM?...

Happy 74th birthday to Von Franco! Here's the Bomboras doing the Ventures' "The Ninth Wave." #1001CoverSongs Song # 430: youtu.be/gO4YiE8e1Ds?...

Signing off with another selection that my grandmothers would approve of: Lawrence Welk leading his orchestra through "Blue Velvet," a tune made famous by Bobby Vinton and permanently maimed by David Lynch. #1001CoverSongs Song # 429: youtu.be/IGyN3naz_DQ?...

Today's midday cover tune is brought to you by Jerry Murad's Harmonicats, performing Luigi Denza's popular Neapolitan song "Funiculi Funicula." #1001CoverSongs Song # 428: youtu.be/VG1jEpgOhQk?...

I took a 30-minute walk today and had four LAPD helicopters overhead. The average cost of the helicopter program in just that 30-minute period is $1,450. The street I was walking on hasn't had streetlights in over a year :)

KXLU Demolisten's Fred Kiko just hipped me to the fact that Hepcat and the Aggrolites will be playing FOR FREE on the 4th of July in the heart of the Village in Big Bear: www.bigbearmountainresort.com/things-to-do...

In the annals of Sonny & Cher covers, nobody played "The Beat Goes On" quite like the Screamers. Tomata du Plenty (born David X. Harrigan on May 28, 1948, died August 21, 2000) made the magic happen. #1001CoverSongs Song # 427: youtu.be/FKXgV655tlc?...

"Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times is enemy action." -- Ian Fleming, born May 28, 1928, died August 12, 1964.

BOTD, 1929: Sonny Burgess (d. 2017). youtu.be/lu8CcvTPg9k?...

If the sound of Vin Scully exclaiming, "And she is gone!" brings up one specific image, wish Kirk Gibson a happy 69th birthday!

Happy 81st birthday to Music Machine keyboard player Doug Rhodes! youtu.be/sxnogmoWQho?...

Remembering soul singer Johnny Ross on the 84th anniversary of his birth (he died in 2006). Here's his serviceable rendition of the Four Tops' "I Can't Help Myself." #1001CoverSongs Song # 426: youtu.be/dKFtCb259Bs?...

Happy 81st birthday to John Fogerty! youtu.be/lIPan-rEQJA?...

Happy heavenly birthday to Jerr West, AKA the logo, Zeke from Cabin Creek, Mr. Clutch, and with all due respect to Andy Pages, Hank Gathers, and Mikey Anderson, the greatest # 44 in the history of Los Angeles athletes. 1938 - 2024.

Happy 82nd birthday to Gladys Knight! Here she is with the Pips, singing the Shirley Ellis hit, "Nitty Gritty." #1001CoverSongs Song # 425: youtu.be/p3hnadwsxOk?...

Happy 76th birthday to Watty Burnett! youtu.be/cQKEaJKoQ-o?...

Born 116 years ago today: T-Bone Walker (d. 1975). youtu.be/PwMC3W3BE4c?...

Really sad news, hearing that the mighty Steve Barrow has passed. Partnered the Daddy Kool shops in the 70’s and compiled 100’s of essential sets. When he co-founded Blood & Fire in 1993, he transformed the reggae music business, making sure those players got their due. A knowledgeable, kind soul

Signing off with Joya Landis' version of "Kansas City," a Leiber & Stoller composition made famous by Wilbert Harrison. #1001CoverSongs Song # 424: youtu.be/r_2cLTwwVzY?...

Pages rubs the lamp (Tanner's bald head).

Pages!

It's taking me longer to make toast than it's taken Shohei & Freddie to swat 2 home runs.

Double fisted mail call from Todd Radom & Tuff Scout Records! Check out "The Ball Park and Beyond" in all its baseball esoterica glory at @toddradom.bsky.social; for a snippet of the wonderful new(ish) reggae tune by Anthony Klash, see @sidewalkdoctor.bsky.social

I don't know what periodical printed this ad, but this looks like an estate sale worth checking out.

A midday cover song courtesy of thee Mighty Caesars, doing Alternative TV's "Action Time Vision." #1001CoverSongs Song # 423: youtu.be/1ykHdy3IUYY?...

Remembering Jock Caruthers on the 116th anniversary of his birth, (he died in 1971). His baritone sax helped drive many classic Jimmie Lunceford tunes, such as "Muddy Water." youtu.be/3t__SgVaC2c?...