The Kitchen Sink

The Kitchen Sink is at it again; rocking the boat of March in celebration of another International Women's Day and Month this time with 50+ glorious minutes of music about the many, many women that make up the spectrum...from the men that love them. A testosterone-fueled collection of the good, the bad, and ugly that for better or for worse, will have your toes a tapping right along. With tunes by Joe Jackson, The Guess Who, Bell Biv Devoe, Billy Joel, The Rolling Stones, Styx, The Blasters, Cheap Trick, The Bee Gees, and Foreigner, the fun resides inside. Here, my dear...

The Kitchen Sink plays Rocky for Rocky, Toni "Rockalishous" Isbell, that is (details inside). And it's better digital than never after my 2016 VINYLTHON efforts fall totally apart. The Kitchen Sink asks...what songs, what LPs, did you completely wear out? Please feel free to share. Where it's all about the music...

My live and in-studio conversation with UMG recording star Genevieve Bellemare. No lie, this video is chock full of pops and scratches. I have just made a 2nd attempt at cleaning up and while this is a ton better...impurities remain. So, again, please try not to let them bother you too much because this really was a ton of fun to do. Ms. Geneviève Bellemare and guitarist Connor O'Shea visit The Kitchen Sink Podcast & Radio Show to talk about her album, MelancholyFever, their ties to the Pacific NW (Oregon State Beavers in the house), food (Voodoo Doughnut, Le Bistro Montage) and a whole lot more.

Because "it can't rain all the time"...WANNA BET! Recorded at KLBC Radio...edited at Santa Monica City College, here's another timely TKS episode from absolutely drenched southern California, The Kitchen Sink presents this water-logged collection of rain-inspired music for your precipitous pleasure. This one features music from Neko Case, The Weather Girls, Alice In Chains, Eddie Rabbit, Judy Garland, REM and a whole lot more. Break out your slickers and press play.

The Kitchen Sink invites you to come and get your ya-ya's out. We're bringing the hammer down on this 2016 International Women's Month with a collection of strong ladies that more than just celebrates. Press play to start releasing all that pent up anger and stress with the likes of Mae West, ADRON, Genevieve Bellemare, Aretha Franklin, Vasquez, The Pandoras, Dolly Parton, ZZ Ward, Elastica, The Pretenders, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Tracy Bonham, and Blondie. Where it's all about the joy of letting go.

International Women's Month continues on The Kitchen Sink as Kim Morris of The Thingz graces the "purple reign" studio at KLBC Radio. Kim helps "pop the top" on this first Monday episode of The Kitchen Sink as we discuss what it's like being a teacher by day and Rock-N-Roll bassist extraordinaire by night, Common Core, and what's next for these stalwarts of the Long Beach music scene. Want a taste of the Long Beach music scene? Well here it is...and all you have to is PRESS PLAY! You can purchase music from The Thingz on Bandcamp at www.thethingz.bandcamp.com. SHE'S A PIRANHA - OUT OF THIS WORLD TELL ME WHY, TROUBLE, & SHADOWS - TROUBLES BEGIN MOTHBALLS & BLOODMEAL - RED FUTURE

Besides being International Women's Month, March is (typically) the start of Roller Derby season and The Kitchen Sink decided what better way to kill two birds with one stone. So welcome to this, the first of hopefully many Kitchen Sink Southern California Roller Derby Reports. So come on inside to get caught up with the ladies of Beach Cities Roller Derby (BCRD), of Orange County Roller Derby (OCRD), and the Outlaw Renegade Rollergirls. Whether you know nothing about the sport, are a hardcore derby enthusiasts, or maybe you are just a little bit curious about what's going on in your neck of the woods...we've got you covered. Oh, and the music's pretty good, too.

The Kitchen Sink PLAYS SONGS FOR LOVERS and closes out the month of February in smashing style with a heartfelt, pop-filled episode rife with tales of seduction, broken hearts, and revenge. From The Pistol Annies and Carly Simon, to NIN and Liz Phair, it's 50 minutes of the kind of bittersweet romance and raw sensuality you likely know all too well. Special Guest include Cary Grant, Lindsey Crouse, Anne Bancroft, Joe Montegna, Richard Gere and many more. For your aural pleasure...

The Kitchen Sink helps you fight off those 'Christmas music blues' with this six string influenced holiday gift. It's the last TKS episode, the final KLBC Radio show, of the Fall semester and if, like me, you've already had it up to here with holiday music, then here it is. If you've got a thing for power chords and amazing riffs, then this is the one to shake loose those holiday doldrums. Featuring an angry Clark Griswold and other NSFW...seasonal expression, it's an hour long air-guitar workout that'll leave you sweaty, exhausted, and feeling cleansed. For letting me end your work week the right way over these past 9 episodes, the best to you and yours this holiday season and THANK YOU for continuing to spend some quality time. But now it's time to break out that dusty ol' air guitar and PRESS PLAY!!

It's quite literally all about the music in this one! No vocals allowed!! (...for the most part.) Classic arrangements from John Williams, Bernard Herrmann, and Henry Mancini, flow alongside great cuts from Southern Culture on the Skids, Pop Will Eat Itself, The Revels, Oasis, and more. Also including selections from local bands The Thingz, E Squared, Jesus Juice, and The Unpopable Trio. The perfect 'chill' podcast to calm your holiday nerves.

The Kitchen Sink grabs that wild hair and makes for another go 'round with country music. Is this 3rd time the charm? Guess you'll just have to press play in order to find out. Blending new and local music from Leon Bridges, Kathryn Dean (LA), The Abe Lincoln Story (LA), Pokey LaFarge, and Genevieve Bellemare (LA) alongside veterans like Chris Rea, The Black Crows, The Hoodoo Gurus, and Ennio Morricone, it's 60 minutes of country done Kitchen Sink-style.

It's ‪THE KITCHEN SINK's 2ND ANNUAL PRE-HALLOWEEN ‪#‎HALLOWEEN‬ SPOOKTACULAR!! And this time I'm happy to welcome "the hardest working woman in ‪‎Long_Beach‬", ‪Mimi_Masher‬, back into the "purple_rain" ‪KLBC radio‬ studio for another round of ‎shenanigans‬. It's all things Mimi in this one, and with her ‪‎BFF‬, ‎Gloria_Zef‬, in tow, well, as that saying goes "time flies when you're having fun"!! From Junior Roller Derby of Long Beach‬ to ‪‎Burrito Talk‬ to her new webisode, Two Hot Dishes‬, if you're looking for Mimi (Masher)...you came to the right place. Great conversation, great music and Halloween clips in this one. For your Halloween pleasure...

AKA, the Reese's episode because this one has two great tastes that go great together. One big, lovely ol' random, hodgepodge of music, both old and new. New tunes from the likes of Genevieve Bellemare, Leon Bridges, Pokey LaFarge, The Unpopable Trio and more. While on the "classics" side of the coin we have Love and Rockets, Talking Heads, Wire, and Long John Baldry to name but a few. It's not very often you get to hear such a mix, such diversity of music in one place, but this is how we do it...Friday evenings at 8:15pm (PST) on The Kitchen Sink.

THE ULTIMATE PODCAST FOR YOU SPEED AND CAR JUNKIES OUT THERE. THIS ONE HAS IT ALL WITH GREAT SONGS ABOUT CARS, AND GREAT CLIPS FROM MOVIES ABOUT CARS.

The Kitchen Sink takes on disaster in this eclectic mix of music. From fires and tornados to riots and floods, this one will have you running for your lives. And with tunes from the likes of Los Lobos, The Abe Lincoln Story, Peter Gabriel, The Damned, Fontella Bass, The Clash, and a whole lot more, you'll be hard-pressed to keep your toes from tapping as you seek refuge. And to the women and men who make up our 1st responders, you have not been forgotten. So thank you for logging on and giving a listen to the best mix, the most diverse mix...the most disastrous mix of music you will hear anywhere.

Come and celebrate The Kitchen Sink's brand new night with THIS 1st OF THE 2015 FALL SEMESTER EPISODES. Time to get your final summer ya-ya's out with this one. ‪ New‬ music from Adron & Pokey LaFarge. Whether or not your ‪‎Friday‬ night is just getting started, or you're done for the night...let ‪The Kitchen Sink‬ end your summer the right way. For your ‪aural‬ pleasure...

Are you ready for the summer? You will be after this 21-clip, 65 minute ode to school. It's finals week and this is the final TKS episode of the 2014-15 academic year. So let's make this "schoolhouse rock" one final time.

Bluegrass, Country, Folk, Norteno, Swing, call it what you want to, it's Americana from the heartland...Long Beach, California. The Bottled Spirits drop by The Kitchen Sink for some LIVE pickin' and grinnin'. Music from their EP, Blue Line Transit Blues, and soon to be released full-length debut. It's acoustic music and singing at their finest. And if you don't believe me, well...press play. Stay in touch with The Bottled Spirits at bottledspirits.bandcamp.com and thebottledspirits.com.

Unlike the previous TKS episode, there's nothing misleading about this one. Nearly an hour's worth of local and new music on the southern California and national levels. Local music from Shave, Kathryn Dean, Karl?, Perro Bravo, Genevieve Bellemare, Thy Squid, and Forty-Rod. Nationally it's Roseburg, Oregon and the ATL, Atlanta, Georgia, represented by ZZ Ward and Adron, respectively. Some seriously yummy, delicious tunes here, so good-friggin-luck NOT getting your toes-a-tapping or hips-a-swinging! Playing the best mix, the most diverse mix, of New and Local music you will hear anywhere!!

Deception only goes so far; at some point you have to come clean. What was initially promoted as a tool to attract listeners for the (at the time) approaching tax deadline, can now be revealed for the truth. Nope, this one has nothing to do with THE IRS, but has everything to do with IRS (International Record Syndicate) Records, the home to such 80s luminaries as: The Go-Go's, Wall Of Voodoo, Fine Young Cannibals, REM, Let's Active, and Oingo Boingo. Well, they're all here (plus a whole lot more) for your aurul pleasure. So if you've got a hankering for some old-school New Wave (is that redundant?), this is the episode for you.