Meet the New Year, same as the Old Year, only older.

The terminal show of the year: Erzuli Freda.

Yet another Sensational Soulstice of Soul. Joining forces with Yolanda Che and soiree musicale, we’ve unwrapped 4 hours of gifts exclusively from Marvin Gaye and James Brown. With JB and MG, it’s the sweet and the spice, the naughty and the nice and we urge you to offload all the drama of the season onto the capable shoulders of these two gentlemen. It’s both a welcome break and a crucial addition for all the elves in the workshop.

HO, HO HO… a-Whoa! We’ve unwrapped all manner of holiday delights for this evening. From Esquivel to Tom Waits, from Sherlock Holmes to Charles Bukowski, it’s all mincemeat to us.

December 3rd, as we’ve kicked off the holiday season with one of our favorite guests to brighten the flames of the Mahi Mahi Room. The Captain of Cosmic Karma, the Poet Prophet of Peace, Super-Sonic songwriter, prolific painter and all-around favorite uncle you never knew you had, Stephen J. Kalinich. An evening of stories, songs, sonnets, and pre-holiday soul-stirring with the one and only SJK!

On your marks, get set, gulp! In this transmission, we’ve ladled out a 4 hour, beast of a feast when we play an entire show hand-selected by The Duke of Musical Mailorder. In what could be the world’s first DJ set of food songs sent through the U.S. Post, 70 dolphin-safe, line-caught 45’s were packed on ice and shipped overnight for freshness. Dig in for a hearty repast of eating, drinking, and overindulging on our annual sonic smorgasbord!‬ It’s bound to be a culinary cluster cluck.

This transmission we welcomed the return of gee-tar slinger and journeyman twangologist, Mike Vernon. We’ve peeled off some slices of the new album from his group “M-Squad,” an instro-combo that embodies the golden age of Hollywood Noir, Space Age strategies, Mysterious Exotica, and the Suavest of Secret Agents. Mike presented the reissue project and upcoming show of “Prophetic Spirit.” Known only in legend from its performance on a 1967 NBC primetime special, the lost Prophetic Spirit album by The Moon Express finally arrived 50 years later.

Tonight on the show, we are delighted to have up Grammy winning composer and gentleman guitarist, Laurence Juber! Among his seemingly endless number of solo records, film and TV compositions, Laurence has played on such scores as varied as The Spy Who Loved Me, The Muppet Movie, & Ladyhawke, and with such artists as Charles Aznavour, Ringo Starr and Sylvie Vartin. Oh, and LJ was also lead guitarist for a band called “Wings” you may

Back in the saddle tonight, We’ve got the goods to thrill and delight! Just feast your eyes on the delish-shuss-ness that is “Synthesize The Soul,” new on the ossum Ostinato Records label. As much a history lesson of immigration and integration, as one that resonates with the politics and headlines of today. The story of these tunes from Cape Verde is also one of musical adaptation and innovation. Add some Pakistani Pop, Shadowy surf, Classic

Do you want to start off the year of the Rooster doing something awesome? Yes, you most certainly Molotov-Cock-A-Doodle-Do! Join us this week as once again, Martin Wong, the guardian angel of music for kids and grown-ups alike will present his benefit to Save Music in Chinatown 11: Rikk Agnew Band, Ford Madox Ford. Chinatown was one of the crucibles of punk rock in LA and Martin’s shows both honor the past and acknowledge the

Hark, The heralded playlists Sing, of songs on Motown, Federal and King! The Sensational Soulstice of Soul, Vol. X. wrapped up this last week as possibly our best yet. The first hour’s list comprises the incredible batch of rarities of James Brown, by the Duke of Funk, with enough fatback grease to Juke any Joint. The second playlist is the remainder of the show, with a solid hour of Marvin Gaye, then a bit of

Cash, grass or ‘stache, nobody rides for free– and no one proved that more and rose to the challenge than you, our loyal listeners in last weeks Beg-A-Thon, the yeast infection of public radio, known as the Fall Fun-Razor. And yet, you opened your hearts, wallets and safe deposit boxes and donated $2025 in two hours for KXLU – A record high for us here at the MCH. We can’t thank you enough, but we

On behalf of Cyrano and myself welcome to the reformatted, reinvigorated, and fully locked and reloaded website. Our goal is to stay better connected with our listeners via blog postings and a host of other new millennium devices. We appreciate that you believe The Molotov Cocktail Hour to be a primary, pipeline for “the world’s finest music.” We do what we can to shed light on the music that Cyrano and I have amassed over

Contrary to what one might believe, Mr. Vyacheslav Molotov–That Old Bolshy Soviet politician, protégé of Joe Stalin–was *not* the creator of the Molotov cocktail. However, like any truly great cocktail, it was in fact christened in his honour (by the not-so-amused Finnish army). Did he deserve such a distinction? Lenin called him “Iron-arsed.” Trotsky called him “mediocrity personified.” The American journalist John Gunther proclaimed “Molotov has a fine forehead.” We here at the Molotov Cocktail

A short video from Tiki Oasis 10 goofing around with my friend, the super funny Kate Flannery, aka Meredith from The Office and the star of her High-Larious comedy act, The Lampshades!