BAY AREA RADIO HALL OF FAME
I worked on a morning show in 1995 that was bigger than Howard Stern here. Live 105.3 KITS from 1980s or 1990s, and it just got inducted into the bay area radio hall of fame as “legendary station”.
San Jose had the first continuous radio broadcast signal ever, I think 1905. So we’re the birthplace of radio. But I’m sending because of the nostalgia of radio!
It’s a time we all had to appear at once, together, and commune together because nothing was recorded. I grew up listening to specific radio shows on this station, and then got to work there. I did college radio too, and of course I’ve DJ’d for 20 years. But man it’s such good times and good memories.
So, this album is mostly old radios, CBs, Recording equipment, telegraph, teletypes, TVs, etc… it’s just a mecca of a time where we all had to commune together, as nothing was recorded. So great.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/yW389zjDhAtmbrM68
SF SKETCHFEST
The next day, I got to participate in a mock version of the old radio show for a comedy festival here in SF called Sketchfest. Two shows. Here’s some shots (you’re not supposed to take pics!) https://photos.app.goo.gl/AuHG1V9fJzWkMj4S8
In 1995, it was called “Live 105” because the morning show 6-10a had a live studio audience of about 20 people. It was bonkers. I just made the connection this weekend it is why I love Harmontown as a total analog for my old experience.
First Alex Bennett is *old*, and Lori too… old AM hosts that talked about beating cancer, getting remarried, etc. This was a geriatric convention. in 1995 when I was at the show I was 19, I was intern for the engineer Curtis who was 31. Alex at the time must have been 50. So everyone is old as dust. 2nd show 7-8.30p you could tell all these guys were exhausted. LOL
LARRY BUBBLES BROWN
It was Larry Bubbles Brown (he did traffic on the morning show, “accidents everywhere, blood on the highway, death incarnate!) He had these two jokes I’ve loved all my life:
“Being a comic is rough, you don’t make much. The walls of my apartment are so thin, the couple having sex next door can hear me masturbating”.
and
“You women… I don’t do to well with you. After sex, you always like to hug, and cuddle, and pillowtalk, and I just like to slam the trunk and push the car into the lake.
A good one: “Oakland has lost the As, the Raiders, and Warriors. In fact, did you know Oakland airport is relocating to Las Vegas?”
BOBBY SLAYTON
Then Bobby Slayton did a GREAT set. The “pitbull of comedy” talked about retiring because he was sick of the bullshit. He had a great joke about comedians getting cancelled, and he was like, “You know what Louis CK did, right? He’s a friend, and brilliant. What he did is after sets he would take women back to his hotel, lock the door, get naked, and masturbate in front of them without their permission”… “YOU CAN’T EVEN DO THAT ANYMORE”. He also is historically edgy, and was but smart… he did a Jenner joke and it was pro trans as Hegseth doesn’t want trans people? They cut off their dicks, buddy. They’re the bravest people on the planet”
Then he spoke at length about his dinner with Epstein, Woody Allen, Louis Black, and David Blaine. Blaine was big at Epstein’s parties. Slayton never saw any gross shit, but realized he didn’t know Epstein til one day Bobby brought his girlfriend over and Epstein was out of his mind disgusting and making passes. Bobby told him off and he left.
Surprisingly vulnerable. Epstein is everywhere dude. He leverage fucking EVERYTHING. He liked comics, a lot, apparently. The story was amazing, and SF Sketchfest recorded it, and I will be sharing the show with you.
WILL DURST
Then WILL DURST?!?!?!… a satirist like Mort Sahl or Will Rogers. I thought he died years ago from a stroke. He’s just in a bed, and hasn’t been out in 5 years and he DID GREAT. So funny. He did some SF stuff:
San Francisco is a contradiction… North Beach? There’s no Beach. It’s on the East side of the city. It should be East NoBeach. Sunset? You never see the goddamned sunset! The fog is so thick, you can’t see around you, the hills are so disorienting, San Francisco is the only place in the world you can get lost standing still!
MUSIC:
They also had Bud E. Love who we had live in the studio at times, but we did remote shows at the starlight room too. LOL
This guy is a hoot, like an old vegas act with puns and covers of zeppelin or skynrd in lounge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDFdbU82kIs
he just makes up stories and lies. it’s hilarious.