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!