(above - a rare photo of the show's original studio, circa 2020)dear friends, welcome and thank you oh so much for being part of EPISODE 250 of The Radio Hour That Feels Like Two Hours. If you're like me, you're finding it diff...

I think we can all agree this is way, way too much work to get the Central Intelligence Agency off the hook But yes, Lars' relationship with the fans is very, very special. If you can call suing them a very special relationship. Pre...

Surely it is possible to eulogize a cultural icon with some measure of accuracy?  Like many of you, I read the many tributes to the Roberta Flack and her unworldly talent last week and was troubled by how many of them (perhaps byproduct...

I would like to apologize in advance for my utter failure to mount a proper tribute to The Jam’s Rick Buckler on very short notice. Upon hearing news of Rick’s passing, I’d planned on playing the widely discussed “fan club” aka boot of ‘In ...

like nearly everyone else, I’ve had to endure countless on and offline “HOT TAKES” about Kendrick Lamar’s SB halftime show, it’s astonishing this performance generated so much controversy compared to Burton Cummings’ appearance at the CFL Grey ...

There's an old cliche in the radio business --- you have forever to prepare your first show, but only a few hours to compile a memorial tribute to Rico Petroleum. OK, truth be told I had several hours but I had to walk the dog,, attend my ja...

as you may or may not have heard, the Coca Cola Corporation has issued a recall order in Europe for several  of their products (Coke Jr., Coke Edge,  Fanta Medium, Tab CMD,  Evil Sprite) due to what’s being called higher than ...

i dunno about the rest of you but there are (many) days where I’d rather not engage with any aspect of the real world (or for that matter, the television series, “The Real World” — whatever happened to Puck?) but I’ll still fully acknowledge my...

so they ran a battery of tests on my head yesterday and I’m thrilled to report the results revealed NOTHING.   You have no idea how many years I have waited to use that line.  Even better, the MRI contraption made some glorious chu...

happy new year, dear friends. I know those of you who love being tyrannized by the calendar are prone to making wild resolutions this time of year. Maybe this is the year you finally jump out of an airplane (preferably with a parachute) ...

much the way Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert’s scathing review of “Silent Night, Deadly Night” (1987, dir. Charles E. Sellier Jt.) ensured the film’s notoriety and commercial success, I sorely wish there was some august body, say, the Podcast Counc...

as I gaze out my front window at the scorched landscape of shuttered Poke bowl eateries, Reverb Appreciation Society pop up shops and abandoned Crocs repair centres (to be fair, those things are ugly as fuck but don't break nearly as often as y...

there's 13 shopping days left before xmas (possibly 12 if you don't wanna be standing around Target at 9pm xmas eve) and with that in mind, it's time this week for the annual Radio Hour That Feels Like Two Hours Holiday Gift Guide! What's it go...

Perhaps this goes without saying -- most things do -- but this program stands in John Starks Contrast to all things "Yacht Rock", or back as it was known in a more sensible era, motherfucking "soft rock". Suffice to say many of the persons invo...

I’m sure you were all deeply alarmed (as was I) earlier this week to learn the unscrupulous Wheelchair Full Of Old Men Records had plans to relaunch Sockeye while employing an AI approximation of vocalist Food Fortunata.  It’s a chillin...

Dear Friends, I realize many of you are some combination of worried / outraged over the recent news Dr. CHUD has been nominated to head the US Dept. Of Health and Human Services. . Whether it's his questionable credentials (ie. not rea...

An alleged "fan" of this program (don't worry, I know they dont' exist) wrote last wednesday asking, "now that Peter Thiel and X Æ A-12's Dad are co-presidents, would you like a slice of humble pie with your Soylent Green?"  Well, the joke...

I taped this week’s show on Monday night, presuming I’d be thoroughly distracted if I did so last night in the midst of election coverage. While I don’t expect a parade for this thoughtful decision (a small trophy will suffice), at this precise...

 as we approach yet another edition of Austin's Levitation Festival --- each year answering the question "what if Altamont was held at multiple locations that weren't within walking distance?" --- i am somewhat sorry to say that I''ve been...

much as I hate to share any personal details on the program, I do think it is fair to warn listeners that I have begun a full scale remodel of TRHTFLTH’s studios and offices, a mission whose tasks will include but not be limited to foundatio...

episode 229 comes to you on the precipice of Game 3 of the NLCS and I’m feeling pretty good about the New York Mets’ chances against the heavily favored Los Angeles Dodgers. I’ve got my lucky Mitchell & Ness throwback (“Manes” and “86” on t...

while I couldn’t be happier with the musical selections for this week’s program, I am saddened, nay, personally devastated that not one of my alleged friends bothered to send me the clip of Fox LA weatherman Adam Krueger paying homage to Dis...

This week’s episode was recorded just a stone’s throw from East Village Radio’s 1st avenue storefront though I don’t understand why anyone would be throwing stones at the station’s HQ.  Surely it would be more efficient just to bang on ...

I don’t like to talk about this very often but when i was a young adolescent, the Unification Church tried (unsuccessfully) to recruit me.  I don’t know if it was a matter of my being an usually difficult personality to break down or pe...

I don’t know if you’re aware of this, but apparently there are online tools —  artificial intelligence, if you will, that enable anyone to replace Perry Farrell in Jane’s Addiction with “The Shield”’s Michael Chiklis.  I know, you’...