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Tony Molina Band – Left Of The Dial (Live)

The Tony Molina band pay tribute to one of the finest bands of the 80’s college radio era

Left Of The Dial

Slumberland recording artist Tony Molina and his merry men gathered at The Ivy Room in Albany California on April 17th 2019 and delivered a blistering ballz out 35 minute set of short sweet indie rawk gems and this 80’z cover originally by MPLS college rawk legends The Mats.

Jon Langford’s Four Lost Souls – I Thought He Was Dead

Long Jon Fanglord joined by musical compatriots John Szymanski, Tawny Newsome, and Bethany Thomas, onstage at The Make-Out Room in San Francisco CA.

They perform a track from their debut Bloodshot Records label album that was recorded literally in “the Nuthouse” with Elvis Presley’s former bassist, Norbert Putnam down in Muscle Shoals Alabama

the Four Lost Souls layin the langorous Langford lyrical harmonies on thick at the Make-Out Room

Shotwell – Once In Awhile (Live)

The lead track off the Geneva Avenue Fallout LP performed by Jimmy Shotwell with Steve Moriarty from The Gits on drums. Bonus dancing by Ivy and Guy, shot at St John The Evangelist Volx Kuche anniversary event March 28 2019 in San Francisco.

Once In Awhile – a song that has been a fixture in Shotwell setlists for decades, since its appearance on the Shotwell/Miami Solit LP is performed in this video of a show performed by the 2019 Shotwell Duo lineup of just Jimmy & Steve

Genitorturers – Devil In A Bottle

Here’s a clip of the infamous Florida Freak Show known as The @Genitorturers – caught doing their classic song “Devil In A Bottle” that I shot live in Berkeley at @TheUCTheatre while the band were on the 2019 #PrettyInKink Tour

Depraved Rock n Roll from FLA finally makes its way after XXX years to the Taube Family UC Theatre in Berkeley CA. The original studio version of this track was featured on the 2009 album “Blackheart Revolution”.


Oh, yeah! Well, I said I was a sinner, baby

Said I was alone

Saw the walls come-a crashing down

I’m goin’ out with a devil in a bottle, Devil in a bottle yeah (ooh yeah!)

Dale Crover Band – El Stupido (Altamont Cover)

Dale Crover welcomes the audience and intros his new band featuring Steven McDonald on bass, Toshi Kasai on guitar, and Mindee Jorgensen on drums by doing a cover of his olde San Francisco based band Altamont.

The debut album from DCB is out now on Joyful Noise Recordings

Dale Crover Band – El Stupido (live at Slim’s)

The Flesh Eaters – Cyrano De Berger’s Back (Live)

Cyrano de Bergerac is a character in a play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand, here he is as Cyrano de Berger is a lovelorn stalker, a feral figment of writer John Doe’s fertile imagination, as sung by Flesh Eaters frontman and punk poet Chris D live at a reunion show in San Francisco.

Originally featured on their album, “A Minute To Pray, A Second To Die” it is also a staple of set lists by both X and The Flesh Eaters if you go see either band on tour. The Flesh Eaters are currently signed to Yep Roc and promoting their first ever followup album with the original 1981 lineup.

Backed by by his pedigreed punk sewer group featuring John Doe on bass and DJ Bonebrake of X on xylophone , Bill Bateman and Dave Alvin of The Blasters, as well as Plugz/Los Lobos’ saxman Steve Berlin, Chris D has a noteweorthy gang of seasoned compatriots.

I got a couple of words to say
For all strong and silent types
Who don’t talk to the girls they wanna love
Though it means their lives, I say this, “It’s time to get stark”
Yet the words don’t come
Your eyes are blue as the coals that burn
In your black desire I’ll talk for you
Under the balcony in blue
I’ll talk for you, I’ll talk for you
For Cyrano de Bergers’ Back

I’ll have sympathetic years
To hear what your Roxanne will say
Though I love her 20 times more
I never say I should be the erosion
Of color on your cheek
Instead I make your man a girl
In between your sheets

I’ll talk for you
Ten hearts are beating true
This ain’t a lie, this ain’t behind
Cyrano de Berger’s Back

I got a couple of words to say
For all you strong and silent types
Who don’t talk to the girls they wanna love
Though it means their life

I should be the erosion
Of color on your cheek
Instead I’ll make your man a girl
In between your sheets

I’ve got ten arms for you
Ten hearts are beating true
This ain’t a lie

Jerry Rubin Did It! with author Pat Thomas

Author Pat Thomas discusses his book “DID IT! JERRY RUBIN – AN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY” in two separate videos

My longtime friend and underground culture historian Pat Thomas is seen in these video clips telling interesting anecdotes as he promotes his latest project, an expansive coffee table book for Fantagraphics Books about Yippie activist Jerry Rubin. Entitled ” DID IT! FROM YIPPIE TO YUPPIE: JERRY RUBIN, AN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY “, over 5 years Thomas combed through Rubin’s own archives and interviewed many of Jerry’s co-conspirators and even some of his enemies as he attempted to paint the fullest available portrait of an oft forgotten and misunderstood rebel icon.

Pat’s book explores Rubin’s early years as a working class Jewish kid in Ohio, through his wild adventures meeting Che Guevara and Abbie Hoffman as he morphs into a long haired 1960’s protest radical who ends up high on Nixon’s enemies list. As the decade fades, Rubin transforms in the 70’s from a man openly fomenting an antiwar revolution to pursuing capitalism on Wall Street and uses Studio 54 as a platform while trademarking the term “Social Networking” long before Mark Zuckerberg is born. All in all, I bet these videos will reveal something you likely did not know.

These two videos shot were shot by me in San Francisco and Berkeley CA, at speaking enagement to promote the Fantagraphics biography ” DID IT! FROM YIPPIE TO YUPPIE: JERRY RUBIN, AN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY by Pat Thomas. The locations were at both Green Apple Books near Golden Gate Park in San Francisco and Pegasus Books in Berkeley (the one at Pegasus Books is shot in with a 360° Camera and features guest Yippies).

While a graduate student briefly at UC Berkeley as the Free Speech movement took off in 1964, by 1965 Rubin dropped out and was enrolled on a path of revolutionary political struggle that would take him to Manhattan where co-conspirator Abbie Hoffman would enter his life in early 1967. They levitated the Pentagon together, formed the Yippies, and made headlines across the world as members of the Chicago 8, earning the ire of Nixon and the FBI, as well as many in the media, and even on the left. While admiration came initially from the counter culture press, and folks like John & Yoko, Rubin’s abrasive approach and methods often alienated people he’d perhaps prefer as allies. With the 70’s came sweeping cultural shifts, and Rubin eventually broke from his agitprop antics as the movement’s momentum waned, and when forced to confront himself and the times’ turning tides, he largely withdrew from public life and became a businessman and part of the ‘me generation’. A complex character, Rubin’s approach to life is illuminated in the book via the author’s access to his personal archives granted graciously by his ex-wife Mimi. Pat Thomas, a longtime fan of 60’s radical political figures from afar, zeroed in on Rubin’s friends and foes as he strove to create the most definitive look at this off misunderstood figure of the 60’s Revolutionary era. In this video Pat shares excerpts of Rubin making fun of his past on Saturday Night Live, excerpts of his infamous mid 1980’s Regan era Yippie vs Yuppie debates with Abbie Hoffman. Near the end of the clip, several former compatriots of Rubin’s step up for Q & A and speak to their experience s with him, both good and bad, political and often extremely personal. Guest speakers include old Rubin compatriots like Judy Gumbo, Lawrence Schechtman, and Kate Coleman. This excerpt video of a longer talk is shot with a 360 degree camera so will move viewpoint at viewer discretion.

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Mark Eitzel’s Lovely Day (en hommage à Bill Withers)

 Mark Eitzel escapes his erudite ecologian elfen escape hatch to rejoin the downtrodden denizens of the Mission District to deliver the sacred holiday rendition of Bill Wither’s Lovely Day.

He is backed by Marc & the Casuals, featuring Pete Strauss on bass, Todd Roper on drums, Tom Ayres on the guitar towards the viewers left and Bart Davenport on the guitar seen to “stage left” with musical maven Marc Capelle holding it down in the back on the keys.


This video was shot at the annual Christmas Craptacular, from whence videos arrive every so often, so stay tuned. Feel free to also visit my YouTube page http://YouTube.com/LilMikeSF 

where for over 10 years I’ve deposited digitized detritus including clips from past & present Craptaculars, as well as conflagrations of questionable content that have seen well over 2 million views.

Spike Slawson – Kissin’ Cousins (Elvis Tribute Tune)

An incest inspired chart topping fave from the 1964 film of the same name, Spike Slawson ( of Uke Hunt / Me First & The Gimme Gimmes) performs Kissin’ Cousins originally made famous by Elvis Presley.

Recorded at The Make-Out Room in San Francisco Aug 25th 2016 at an event organized by Eric Moffat paying tribute to the songs of both Elvis Presley and Elvis Costello and their many musical influences. A solo ukelele performance of an Elvis Presley classic at the tail end of The Almost Blue Revue Look for more videos from Elvis vs Elvis – Tribute to Two Legends! Songs from Almost Blue & Blue Hawaii! coming to this website soon!

Rumor has it in August of 2019, yet another Elvis tribute night will occur at the Make-Out Room in San Francisco , this time presented by Steve Indig.