Tuesday, November 30, 2004


Jonesy is a scrooge when it comes to Xmas. He can't wait til Jan.
2nd-bad childhood memories.
"Somebody buys me a present, then I have to buy them a present!"

Starz-Cherry Baby
Chairman of the Board-Everything Tuesday
Pink Noise Test-All The Same To Me
Shadows-The Savage
Supergroupies-Low Blue Flame
"The 2-Bob Express"--
Mike Sarne- Dodgy Looking Bird
Tommy Bruce-London Boys
Peters and Lee-Welcome Home
George Fomby-Leaning On A Lampost

Monday, November 29, 2004


Jonesy related a funny story about the time he tried Viagra. He
took it to see what would happen. Drove to a restaurant in his
pick-up truck and all of a sudden, the Viagra took effect. "I had
to leave me jacket done up"in the restaurant, Jonesy said. He
played footie over the weekend, and hit a post with his car while
in the Tower Video parking lot.

Songs included:
Clarence Carter-Patches (The saddest song ever, sez Steve, like
"Alone Again Naturally." He said he might do a "sad sack"Top 10.")
Features-Blow It Out
Telstar-Tornado
Head Automatica-Bleeding Heart Baby
Dawn Penn-No,No,No
Elliot Smith-Pretty(Ugly Before)
Daft Punk-Around The World
Toots & The Maytals-5446 Was My Number
Johnny Thunders-Daddy Rolling Stone (Jonesy,Steve Marriot & Phil
Lynott played on the track)

Friday, November 26, 2004


Steve tried staining a chair once and he made a mess and had to
buy stuff to clean it up. No guest today cause of the holiday
weekend.

Songs included:

Mud-Dynamite (Steve mentioned that their former guitarist Rob
Davies wrote one of Kylie Minogue's big hits)
Barry Blue-Dancin' On A Saturday Night
Kenny-Fancy Pants
Ruts-In A Rut
Morrissey-Every Day Is Like Sunday
Roy Wood-Look Through The Eyes Of A Fool
Bowie- Life On Mars
Jobriath-Morning Starship
Brett Smiley-Space Ace
Paul St. John-Flying Saucers Have Landed
Faces-Too Bad
Pistols & Ronnie Biggs-No One Is Innocent
Ronnie Biggs was the "thug" in the Great Train Robbery in England
in the '60s. For more on Ronnie Biggs and the Pistols, see Bad
Subjects
Blackfoot Sue-Standing In The Road

Wednesday, November 24, 2004


Steve had a stress test yesterday. His heart is fine but he weighs
250 pounds. He's "on a mission" to get to 300 pounds..

Tuesday, November 23, 2004

Guests: Blues Explosion

Live Songs;
"Burn it off"
Start of Pretty vacant ( String breaks )
Again w new strings .... it works . "Steve Jones Blues Explosion"
"Rattlin"
"Crunchy"


"The real band is coming in next . this is just to get the levels"

Blues explosion

live songs
"Pretty Vacant" 1st Attempt string broke
2nd attempt. worked

"rattlin'"

Guest: Blues Explosion

Monday, November 22, 2004


Steve spent the weekend in Mexico, at a "flash" resort. He
wondered about the meaning of the Blondie album title "Plastic
Letters." He thought it might have something to do with "johnnies"
(Brit slang for condoms) while Mr. Shovel ventured it had
something to do with letters on a marquee.

Songs included:
Features-Blow It Out
Roxy Music-Remake, Remodel
The Vacation-No Hard Feelings
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band-Urban Space Man
Lashes-Sometimes The Sun
Hammersmith Gorillas-Living In Style
Equals-Green Light
Burning Brides-Alternate Teenage Suicide
Nick Gilder-Hot Child In The City
Blondie-I'm Always Touched By Your Presence Dear

Thursday, November 18, 2004

Doug Fieger ( figer sp ??)

...of the Knack.

" .. and the real herpes"
"he was the sid vicious of the Beatles"
"we had a pete best .. Wally nightingale"

"mt big is the 6th largest atlantic act in the middle east"

"you had a Rod Stewart , a Sex pistol and a Mr big"

Live Songs
"Good Girls Don't"
"The Kids Are Alright"

Doug Fieger


Guest: Doug Fieger of the Knack. Doug played "Good Girls Don't"
and "The Kids Are Alright" in the studio. "Good Girls Don't" was
inspired by a phone conversation with a girl he knew in junior
high in Detroit.


Songs included:
Roxy Music-Ladytron
Pop Is Dead- The Knack
Surrender-Cheap Trick
Pretty Flamingo-Manfred Mann
Humble Pie-C'mon Everybody
Italian Girls-Rod Stewart
Starz-She's Just A Fallen Angel
Rick Springfield-Jesse's Girl
Equals-Baby Come Back

Wednesday, November 17, 2004


Songs included:

The Church-Under The Milky Way
Bob Dylan-The Man In Me
Al Green- Sha-la-la Means I Love You
Hot Chocolate -Brother Louie

Tuesday, November 16, 2004


Steve played "Problems" onstage at the Key Club last night with
the Cardboard Vampyres

Songs included:
Zolar X-Timeless
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Buzzcocks-Fiction Romance
Iggy Pop-Cold Metal
T-Rex-Light Of Love
Dave Barry-Little Things
Unit 4 Plus 2-Concrete And Clay
Caesar's Palace-Spill Your Guts
Suzi Quatro-48 Crash

Monday, November 15, 2004

The Buzzcocks and a bloke from The Adored

"You let me down . I loved the Clash. I never knew they nicked tea bags"

"We had that band Joy division opening up for us"

"Talking of being closed Monday. We once broke into Dachau concentration camp"

Guest: The Buzzcocks


Guest: The Buzzcocks

Friday, November 12, 2004

Keith Morris

morrissey


Morrissey played the Universal Amphitheatre Thurs. nite, in a show
sponsored by the "Sleeping Giant" (Steve's term for KROQ).
Apparently, Morrissey mentioned Jonesy onstage, and the folks at
the "other station" weren't too happy about that.

Guest: Keith Morris. Keith played a few songs, talked about fans
crashing a sold-out Circle Jerks concert at the Henry Fonda. There
was also a discussion of farm girls in Nebraska and Jonesy's
admiration for their "thick calves" (not the ones in the barn.)

Songs included:
Slik-Dedicated
Bay City Rollers-Bye Bye Baby
David Bowie-Watch That Man
Sensational Alex Harvey Band-Faithealer (Alex Harvey was England's
answer to Alice Cooper, sez Steve)
Small Faces-Afterglow
Raspberries-Tonight
Ultravox-Vienna
Caesars (formerly Caesar's Palace)-Crackin' Up
Hello-Back In The New York Groove

Thursday, November 11, 2004

Slim Jim phantom

Guest: Slim Jim Phantom


Guest: Slim Jim Phantom

Jim has been touring with the newly reformed Stray Cats and with
Dead Men Walking (with Jonesy's old bandmate Glenn Matlock.) "Hey,
he liked my sandwiches,"Steve said cryptically. (If you read
John's book, you know what the "special sauce" was. )

Shakin' Stevens-This Old House
Barry Ryan-Eloise
10cc-Rubber Bullets
Tommy Bruce & The Bruisers-Lavender Blue
Swing Cats (Slim Jim, Lemmy,Johnny Ramone)- Good Rockin' Tonight

Wednesday, November 10, 2004


Steve told a funny story about gambling at the Hard Rock in Vegas
& standing in line to cash his chips in, when he saw Cameron Diaz
walk in and stand in line behind him. "'For a laugh", he pulled
his pants down, and soon eight security guards surrounded him. (He
didn't say whether Cameron was impressed by his physique.)

Songs included:
The Motels-Shame
Greg Kihn-The Break-up Song
A.C. Neuman-Miracle Drug
Blondie-Denise
General Public-Tenderness
Roxy Music-More Than This
Ian Dury-Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
Nick Lowe-So It Goes

Tuesday, November 09, 2004


Songs Included:

Harry James-Liquidator
Osmonds-Crazy Horses (their "hard rock" song)
Silverhead-Only You
John "Snakehip"Johnson-Naybe It's Because I'm A Londoner
Hard Place-Make The Cut
999-Emergency
Alex Harvey-Midnight Moves
New York Dolls-Bad Girl
Adam Ant-Strip

Monday, November 08, 2004


Steve lost $400 playing blackjack at the Sex Pistols table at the
Hard Rock in Vegas over the weekend. The dealer had no idea who he
was. "I listen to jazz,"she said. He was in Vegas to play with
Camp Freddy to celebrate the opening of the Chromehearts store at
the Hard Rock

Sweet Leaf-Black Sabbath
Blues Explosion-Burn It Off
Fu Manchu-Written In Stone
David Bowie-Soul Love
Status Quo-Roll Over, Lay Down
Sharks-Driving Sideways
Creation-Through My Eyes
The Dears-Lost In The Plot
and
The Wombles-Remember You're A Womble
(The Wombles were England's version of the Banana Splits-a buncha
teddy bear type characters playing guitar.)
Wombles Official Website

Wednesday, November 03, 2004

Michael Des Barres, Glenn Tilbrook

Live Songs
"Untouchable"
"Up the Junction"
"Reinventing the wheel"
"Baby i dont care"
"Another nail for my heart"
to end the show

Michael Des Barres


Steve and guest Michael Des Barres Michael Des Barres website
consoled Mr. Shovel about
the election results. "You have to take care of your side of the
street," said Jonesy. "Don't take it so hard." Michael talked
about appearing in "To Sir With Love" with Lulu and Sidney
Poitier, as well as a all-nude musical "The Dirtiest Show In
Town." (He played an androgynous rock star.)" It was a huge role,"
said Michael. "Did it shrivel?" Jonesy asked. "Stop it, Jonesy,"
Michael replied. Sting "has millions and millions of dollars "but
he's still bald."
Glenn Tilbrook was the guest for the second hour, and he played a
few songs in the studio.

Songs included:
Keith Richard-Take It So Hard
David Bowie-Five Years
Silverhead-More Than Your Mouth Can Hold ("Disguisting!" Steve
commented.)
Lulu-To Sir With Love
Eno-Needle in Camel's Eye

Monday, November 01, 2004


Jonesy won $1 in the lottery!

Songs included:

Smashing Pumpkins-1979
Amen Corner-If Paradise Is Half As Nice
George Michael-Faith
Manic Street Preachers-Empty Souls
Lashes-Something In The Sun