KALX Show Descriptions
last updated: 9 November 2009

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  Midnight - 3:30 AM
regular DJ to be announced


3:30 AM - 6:00 AM
DJ Trainee


6:00 AM - 8:30 AM
DJ Trainee


9:00 AM - Noon
regular DJ to be announced


Noon - 3:00 PM
regular DJ to be announced


3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Alisa or Matsu
Alisa
Queen of the Cowbell.
Matsu  djmatsu@gmail.com
Putting the "AND" in Sex, Drugs, and Rock'n'Roll.


6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Murky Logic or Velvet Einstein
Murky Logic murkylogic@hotmail.com
Alt-post-avant-goth-rocka-hop-core. And other stuff.
Velvet Einstein  velvet_einstein@yahoo.com
From punk to classical, from Paris to Hong Kong, from noise to polyphony, from the islands of Cape Verde to the islands of Cape Verde to the island of Alameda, all without leaving the comfort of your frequency.


9:00 PM - Midnight
Chelsea Girl


  Midnight - 1:00 AM
Shortwave or Yo! KALX Raps
Shortwave
Music you can -- and cannot -- dance to. Jungle, techno, house, and other electronic music with beats (or not).
Yo! KALX Raps
KALXs own hip hop show.


1:00 AM - 3:30 AM
DJ Trainee


3:30 AM - 6:00 AM
DJ Trainee


6:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Probono Bonobo


9:00 AM - Noon
Mr. Baxter  heymisterbaxter@yahoo.com



12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
The Graduates  thegraduateskalx@gmail.com
"The Graduates" is a weekly show dedicated to graduate student research at UC Berkeley. It is produced by Stephanie Gerson, a master's student in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management. On the show, she interviews graduate students across campus about their work on topics ranging from web-controlled paint-ball guns to the effect of environmental, health, and social information on consumer behavior.


12:30 PM - 3:00 PM
regular DJ to be announced


3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Madame X


5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
The KALX Evening News


6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The Next Big Thing  robins@ix.netcom.com
Showcase for demo and pre-released music. CD-Rs and cassette formats OK... no vinyl, no mass-produced CDs. Featuring material available only on CD-Rs and cassettes. Hosted by Marshall Stax.


7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
regular DJ to be announced


9:30 PM - Midnight
regular DJ to be announced


  Midnight - 1:00 AM
Discourse on the Eighth & Ninth
modern, avant-garde, esoteric, and rare classical. Produced by Greg Scharpen.  scharpen@soda.csua.berkeley.edu


1:00 AM - 3:30 AM
DJ Trainee


3:30 AM - 6:00 AM
DJ Trainee


6:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Jesse Luscious  jt02@mindspring.com
What you hear is only most of what you get; requests, mostly of the rockin' kind, are incredibly welcome. It's opinion scattered among caffinated punk, hip-hop, ska, country, rap, rockabilly, and practically anything else thrown at the listeners like so much rotten, yet strange, fruit. Run-on sentences are a way of life!


9:00 AM - Noon
Dance Party Fife


Noon - 3:00 PM
The Muse  kalxmuse@gmail.com
When imagination blooms on the bowers of the Gods, the Muse provides the fruits--a la carte or full service. All genres considered (except Muzak).


3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
regular DJ to be announced


5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
The KALX Evening News


6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Majority Whip  trini@berkeley.edu
"Radio has helped to make people fixated on one particular kind of a sound and one particular kind of a style. And, a lot of people today, since music education is virtually nonexistent in public schools, they don't even know what they've been missing in terms of music from other cultures, music from America from other periods, (and) different styles. You may not like it all, but if you don't even know that it exists, how are you going to make up your mind?"
-- Frank Zappa


9:00 PM - Midnight
Leftfield Lance or 45 RPM
Leftfield Lance  leftfieldlance@gmail.com
Psychedlic guitar freakouts, free jazz blowouts, and anything and everything in off-kilter pop, soul, funk. Tune in and join me out in deep leftfield.
45 RPM  dj45rpm@aol.com
The Soundtrack to your life story, with a twist ending. From new wave to post-apocalypse, from garage punk to garage sale.


  Midnight - 1:00 AM
Why Baby Why
A comprehensive showcase of roots, country folk, bluegrass, and acoustic blues. New music and new reissues.


1:00 AM - 3:30 AM
DJ Trainee


3:30 AM - 6:00 AM
DJ Trainee


6:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Bungalow Bill


9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Alternate Tunings
Exploring a unique musical instrument each episode. Co-opting the term EDUTAINMENT like it's never been co-opted!
Third Wednesday of every month.


9:30 AM - Noon
regular DJ to be announced


Noon - 3:00 PM
Sex for Teens (aka Sex 14s)  kalxsex14s@gmail.com
Wandering the foggy moors of dreamland with only a Victrola to light the way. Where songs about Jesus and Satan intermix with ditties about cheeses and seitan. Tipping sacred cows as we stumble towards a kind of Valhalla where Ish Kabibble shares a table with Subbulakshmi.


3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
regular DJ to be announced


5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
The KALX Evening News


6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
regular DJ to be announced


9:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Bear Talk
(Sept-May only)
The only call-in talk show devoted exclusively to Cal sports. During the show, call 510-642-0993.


9:30 PM - Midnight
regular DJ to be announced


  Midnight - 1:00 AM
Information Overload
Difficult, experimental, avant-garde, industrial, noise, and adventurous music
Produced by Mike Burma.


1:00 AM - 3:30 AM
regular DJ to be announced


3:30 - 6:00 AM
DJ Trainee


6:00 AM - 9:00 AM
regular DJ to be announced


9:00 - 9:30 AM
Northgate Magazine
News magazine devoted produced by the UC Graduate School of Journalism.


9:30 AM - Noon
The Good Foot  goodfoot_kalx@yahoo.com


Noon - 12:30 PM
Arts in Review
covers the local arts community with interviews of actors, directors and other performance artists. Emphasis on the Bay Area's alternative, underexposed arts scene. Produced by Greg Scharpen.  scharpen@soda.csua.berkeley.edu


12:30 PM - 3:00 PM
regular DJ to be announced


3:00 - 5:30 PM
regular DJ to be announced


5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
The KALX Evening News


6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Concrete Skyline
Electronica (IDM, glitch, ambient, trip-hop, drum and bass), Rock (indie rock, shoegazer, dream-pop, math-rock, prog rock, instrumental metal, virtuoso guitar), Hip hop (alternative and golden age rap, turntabilism), local bay area musicians, orchestral / sountrack score, four part harmony / a cappella, and classic comedy.


9:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Soapbox Derby  soapboxderby.kalx@gmail.com
Call in political talk show


9:30 PM - Midnight
Meaty Paws  meatypaws@earthlink.net
Hick Music and the State of the Day.


  Midnight - 1:00 AM
Midnight Express or At War with Heaven
Midnight Express
One hour of whatever the DJ wants to play. Hear their passion.
At War with Heaven
Metal up your...


1:00 - 3:30 AM
regular DJ to be announced


3:30 - 6:00 AM
DJ Trainee


6:00 AM - 9:00 AM
regular DJ to be announced


9:00 AM - Noon
Mixtress 9
Don't stop the rock! From bebop to j-pop and beyond! This raverocker girl stirs it up! Can u dig it ?!


Noon - 12:30 PM
Sight Unseen
There are certain basic elements that are part of every single persons life. The way in which these elements develop is what defines personality, purpose, and experience. By exploring these individual themes and the varying ways they manifest and develop in art, listeners will have an opportunity to learn about themselves, their own personality, and find a new way of looking at the world around them. Sight Unseen speaks with artists of all mediums. Each program consists of two long format interviews, a local events calendar, and music. Host: Tania Ketenjian  tania@radiotania.org


12:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Poindexter


3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
regular DJ to be announced


5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
The KALX Evening News


6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Rubberband Girl  rubberbandgirl@myway.com
Sad saps and pop tarts. Friday night staying-in music.


9:00 PM - Midnight
Jah Wobs


  Midnight - 1:00 AM
Round Midnight
All that Jazz...for one hour!


1:00 AM - 3:30 AM
regular DJ to be announced


3:30 - 6:00 AM
DJ Trainee


6:00 AM - 9:00 AM
regular DJ to be announced


9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
A new DJ's first time on the air


11:00 AM - Noon
Women Hold Up Half the Sky
Talk radio and music by and about women. Featuring weekly interviews with women involved in politics, health policy, gender issues, and technology, the women's events calendar, and analysis of world, national, and local news.


Noon - 3:00 PM
Midge  midgelet@gmail.com
Music for mimosas. Just woke up? Feel like dancing? Feel like crying? Feel confused? Good. From R. Kelly to Bartok. Really.


3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Summertime  SummertimeKALX@aol.com Summertime can be scorching hot with guitar jams, humid like some African funk, cool and shady like some country soul or like a dive into a pool of catchy melodies. It'll be that warm night where everything's just too great to want to sleep. Start your week off right with Summertime all year long. Saturday nights into Sunday mornings.


5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Film Close-Ups
A small group of film nuts talking at sometimes disarming length about independent, foreign or mainstream films and film-related happenings. Occasionally these nuts are allowed to interview the odd film star or movie director, sometimes even within the KALX studio itself! Wackiness ensues. Produced by Sonia Mistry. Hosted by Greg Scharpen, Sonia Mistry, Katie Stanford, Martina Tran and Chandler Bennett.


6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Sara & Guillaume  gskalx@gmail.com
Get the party going on your Saturday evening with a blend of dance music, art/avant-garde rock, and French artists, new and old.


9:00 PM - Midnight
KALX Live!
...Live in the KALX studio, local musicians of varied styles perform at the beginning of the show (9 PM to aproximately 10:30 PM). Then at around 10:30 PM, there will be a live broadcast from a local club and/or rerun of a previously taped live performances from a local venue.

Upcoming Performances:
   11/21 - The Dead Hensons
   11/28 - Kathleen Dunbar

Past Performances:
   7/12/08 - Q
   8/2/08 - Pillows
   8/9/08 - Steve Taylor Ramirez
   8/23/08 - The Empty Rooms
   9/6/08 - Misisipi Rider
   9/13/08 - The High Decibels
   9/20/08 - Mike Therieau Band
   10/4/08 - Butterfly Bones
   10/11/08 - The Bunny Numpkins
   10/18/08 - All My Pretty Ones
   11/15/08 - Cretaceous
   11/22/08 - Devon Hoff & Greg Ashley
   12/6/08 - Fion Rua from the Tigerbeat
   12/13/08 - Longband
   12/20/08 - Somehow At Sea
   1/17/09 - The Bye Bye Blackbirds
   1/31 - Andy Mason
   2/21 - The Loyd Family Players
   2/28 - The Botticellis
   3/7 - Last of the Blacksmiths, Shirzad Sharif
   3/14 - Winter's Fall
   3/21 - New Dysfunctions
   3/28 - DJ Quest
   4/4 - Music For Animals
   4/11 - The Panduhs
   4/18 - The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit
   4/25 - Phoenix Rising
   5/2 - Mr. Lonesome and the Bluebelles
   5/9 - Spaceblaster
   5/16 - Mount Vicious
   5/16 - The Drowsy Holler
   5/23 - Pollo Del Mar
   5/31 - Emily Jane White
   6/13 - Vandella
   6/20 - Zoyres
   6/27 - The Stone Foxes live from Cafe DuNord with OONA and Eion Harrington
   7/4 - Vitamin Party
   7/11 - Year One
   7/18 - Todd Shipley
   7/25 - The Ferocious Few
   8/22 - Hank IV
   8/29 - Oceanroyal
   9/5 - Drain the Sky
   9/12 - Yard Sale
   9/12 - Chris Caswell
   10/31 - Hobo Gobbelins
   11/7 - The Hotel Oakland


Are you a local band interested in playing on KALX live? Send a cassette, CD, record, 8-track or some recorded medium of your band along with a bio and/or press packet to:
   KALX Radio
   Attn: KALX Live Booking
   University of California
   26 Barrows Hall #5650
   Berkeley, CA 94720-5650
    kalxlive AT kalx.berkeley.edu

Non-local bands should talk to the Music Directors.


  Substitute DJs:
listen for them as they pop onto the KAL-X airwaves

Almost Paradise
All the dark glamour you'd expect of a Gothic New Wave Gypsy Cabaret, but hosted by someone nice. I am especially partial to acapella, cover versions, and anything sung in German. Request something!


Amazing Grace
From all corners of the globe, from all recesses of the mind....presenting all the sounds, all the time...


Annabelle  annabelledj@yahoo.com


Anonymous
Heavy metal, e-z listening, horror, disco, hardcore, jazz, harsh noise, pop, folk, new wave, industrial, etc.


Berkestir  jonberke@yahoo.com Eclectic dishes of musical diversity served up on vinyl dishes with digital Cdware.


The Bipolar Bear thebipolarbear907@gmail.com
dance parties!


Bird Alderon
A Taste Safari


Brother Grimm   tinydeaths@yahoo.com
The Pop Philosopher -- only slightly mental.


Carnacki  scharpen@soda.csua.berkeley.edu
Scandinavian folk classical ghost stories and cod surrealism. All Current music.


Charley Varrick  logjam1@sonic.net
The last of the independents.


C.K. Dexter-Haven  ckdh.kalx@gmail.com
Just when you think I'm gonna zig, I zag. Unless, of course, I zig. Or just fall down laughing.


Cuppa Joe  cuppajoe@nowhearthismusic.com
Caffeine in hand. Accidental and adventurous. Unstaid and unsettled. Experimental and empirical. Occasionally flustered but always passin' muster. Dammit Jim, I'm a simple country DJ, not a miracle worker! Get your radio-fu here!


Dave Dimond
An eclectic mix of many musical styles (mainly death metal, speed metal, doom metal, stoner metal, stoner doom metal, post metal, metal metal, and the entire Kenny G catalog).


D-Bert  deejaydbert@gmail.com  davinchang@berkeley.edu
A nice eclectic plate of classical, jazz, folk, hip hop, electronica, pop and rock music during your lunch break. Requests are welcome!


Degenerate  thedummkopf@hotmail.com Dark stompy energetic music to keep you awake at night. A blend of high-octane industrial and metal riddled with psychobilly, new wave, goth, electronic dance music, blues, and hateful babble. My job is to unplug you from that indie/pop rock/reggae/hip hop crap. Any requests in these areas will be ignored.


Disco Shawn  discoshawn@gmail.com
indie rock, post punk, hip hop, new wave, punk and a million other subgenres too tedious to list. and yes, he still plays that "techno" music - for the kids, of course. plenty of ridiculous segues too.


Eddy Bauer  erikbsansrakim@gmail.com
Old Stuff That Sounds New, New Stuff That Sounds Old.


Family Man  watry@prodigy.net
I lean towards rock, blues, soul, country, but am always looking for stuff that's new to me and you.


Gatsby
The very best in indie rock, hip hop, soul, funk, and electro-- with a generous helping of ego.


Girl in the Green Jacket  girlinthegreenjacket907@yahoo.com
Good Times with Cupcakes


JJ  jj@kalxlive.org
So long as it doesn't suck ass, you can hear it on my show . . . except Indian ragas, I will never play an Indian raga. Expect to hear country yodeling, punk, noise, new wave, blues, indie-rock, no-wave, doo-wop, indie-pop, ska, calypso, power-pop, lots of local bands, and the occasional on-air phone call.


The Return of E. Rodney Jones  erodneyjones@yahoo.com


Joanna Manqueros  Joannamanqueros@hotmail.com Music from all around the planet: India, Mali, Greece, Pakistan, Columbia, Tibet and beyond. International sounds from diverse genres, and periods of musical history. Travel as far as possible through music. Que viva la musica internacional.


Johnny Savage
For true rockers only.


Kaleid  djkaleid@gmail.com
An exploration into the composition of sound. Obligatory non-comprehensive list of genres: electronic, indie rock, new wave, industrial, jazz, funk, and, if you're lucky, Norwegian avant garde old school acid polka.


Kennybear  kennybear@comcast.net
He will sleep 'till noon,
but before it's dark,
he'll play every rockin' tune
this side of Til-den Park.

Kenny has it better
than a millionaire,
if you've got the chops
the Bear will give you some air!


Kitty  djkitaytay@gmail.com
I like to play cool music, And, yeah, I talk a lot.


Lou Guru
Always some classical, a lot of punk, a mixture of anything else weird or funny or mood-of-the-day, plus a lot of very innane commentary. Usually there's something French too.


Mack  mackslounge@gmail.com
Rockin' the joint with punk, r&b, garage, rockabilly, soul & jazz.


The Man Who Was Eaten By A Sandwich skooc@sbcglobal.net


Matokie  matokie.slaughter@gmail.com
Twang twang twang, bleep bleep bloop, ob la di, deedly boodly, raaaraaar, doo bee doo, scitchy scratch, bow chicka bow bow, bounce bounce bounce, la dee dah.


Matthew Africa  get@matthewafrica.com
black music, white heat.


Mike Burma  mikeburma@browbeat.com
Punk rock, fuzz-pop, avant-garde jazz, soundtracks, soundscapes, and tweaky noise weirdness.


Miss Ziggy  mzziggy@gmail.com
Songs that stomp, howl, and shake the walls a little.


Monster Zero
Roommate rock for your rubber room parties. Bounce off the walls! It won't hurt.


New Deal oiseauaudio@gmail.com
post-punk righteous noisy mutant disco soul pop jams


Peterhurney
This one likes to hijack the Midnight Express Show and take the Midnight Ukulele Express out for a spin once a month. You’ll hear the ukulele music that your mother never told you about.


Pop Goes the Weasel
Hello, my name is Pop...and I am a musical hedonist.


Queen Bee  queenbeekalx@yahoo.com
I play what I like, which is sometimes cheesy, sometimes underground hip hop, sometimes electro and new wave and usually high energy to make you shake yer stuff. I like fun music, but with substance and a damn good beat. Check out my playlists at http://blog.myspace.com/queenbeekalx or email me for more info!


DJ Rawman  djrawman@yahoo.com
Tidbits - this and that, a little somethin' somethin'. Do that thing. U knowww. Playlists available at djrawman.whatitiz.biz


Roscoe 2000  roscoe2ooo@hotmail.com
...what was that band...shoot...what was that band...um, the guy with the hair...damn, what was that band...


SamtheRam  peacocksound@sbcglobal.net
It's my pleasure to give a little help to my friends, when they can't be there for you all. When I sub, I make an effort; usually to play music reminiscent of what you would of been hearing at that time. I'm a avid listener to the station. I get very bored with my own taste, if I don't have outside stimuli. Grazing the peeks and valleys of the KALX library, is a labor of love. If it's not overplayed, I'll spin it! Requests are always considered. Some social-political trivia thrown in for good measure. Long live free form radio, the place where our impeccable taste comes together!


Scratchy Vinyl
Scratchy Vinyl plays music from the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's and newer. He doesn't care when it was made only that it keeps your toes tapping and a smile on your face


Sergio  sergio@sergioaudio.com
For the DJ by the DJ, Sergio's show delves into the roots of dance music. He seamlessly melds jazz, funk, disco, house, hip hop and any style with an ear-catching melody, hip-shaking beat and a whole lotta soul into each set. He strives to showcase local house and hip hop artists, regularly bringing in local (or international) guest DJs & musicians to share their style of music with the audience. Dedicated to preserving & paying respect to the vibe of The Loft or Paradise Garage, and making you feel like you're at a nightclub dancing your ass off, even if you're in your car.


Shrey  shreyas@slackers.net
popcore. dronewave. robot ragas. emotronica. vegetable punk. grime'n'bass. hindi-indie. softcore metal.


Spanky
hyper-active sugar addict where listeners hear things falling and crashing in the background


Studebaker
Not your father's dad-rock!


Terra Incognita  r_renfro@yahoo.com
Musical nourishment for the over-read and under-fed.


Therese  kalxtherese@gmail.com
Just in time for your Saturday night prowl, Therese will rawk off your socks with a feisty blend of indie, rock'n'roll, psych, folk, electro, and etc.


Tiger Lily  tigrlily@pacbell.net
A manic, sleep-deprived stew of '70s punk, glam, rockabilly, '50s rocknroll, doowop, '60s girl groups, pub rock, garage, punkrocknroll, and whatever else provokes riots on your own personal dancefloor.


Tumble Weed thetumbleweed@excite.com
Got'em, if you smoke'm. Spreading seeds of sound, far and near. Take the time to smell the weeds . . .


White Sugar  whitesugar@lkout.com Feel the funk with the sweetest mack you'll ever meat - White Sugar, baby, bringing the funk, rap, hip-hop, and r&b into your bedroom, right under your sheets, just the way you love it...


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