Friday, July 29, 2005


A funk & soul day. Songs included:

Bobby Womack-Harry The Hippie
Isley Brothers-Summer Breeze
Bill Withers-What Is He To You?
Cameo-Candy
George Clinton-Atomic Dog
Van Hunt-Dust
Hot Chocolate-Brother Louie

Thursday, July 28, 2005


Songs included:

Runaways-American Nights
Penetration-Don't Dictate
Ruts-In A Rut
Buzzcocks-Promises
Neil Diamond-Solitary Man
4 Be 2s-One of the Lads
Smoking Popes-Rubella
Siouxsie & The Banshees-Arabian Nights

Wednesday, July 27, 2005


Steve went to the L.A. magazine party last night at the Friars
Club, then had lamb chops at the Palms. "Why is dessert last?"
Jonesy wonders. Jonesy doesn't do dodgy stuff anymore and is "an
upstanding citizen."

Songs included:

Bobby Sherman-Julie,Julie Do You Love Me?
David Bowie-Drive-In Saturday Night
Shabby Tiger-Slow Down
Dave Barry-Crying Game
Screaming Lord Sutch-Monster In Black Tights
Slade-How Does It Feel?

Monday, July 25, 2005

Robert Plant


Robert Plant on talking about many things :-)
Testing the swearing delay.

Wednesday, July 20, 2005

Tuesday, July 19, 2005

John Peel TK3K

Sadly a great John Peel related site has had to shut down.
teenagekicks3000.com

Mr. Shovel read a letter from Los Angeles Magazine saying that
they've named Jonesy DJ of the Year & inviting him (& a guest) to
a party. Mr. S hinted that he wants to be the guest, but Jonesy
wants "a bird in a long gown" instead. Jonesy has a new cell phone
that has a spacy, New Agey type ringtone. Also, Jonesy's new mic
is limp.

Songs included:
Pony Club-Stop
Hal-What A Lovely Dance
Millbrook Cathedral-Meet In The Field

Monday, July 18, 2005


Jonesy played footie over the weekend, then went to a lingerie
fashion show for ****Agent Provocateur*
***********

**** ****

**** ****

************Lots of the models said they listened to Jonesy's
Jukebox. Later, Jonesy drove through a stop sign and the cops
stopped him. He was honest and said he just wasn't paying
attention and they let him go with a warning

Songs included:

Billy Corgan-To Love Somebody
The Passions-I'm In Love With A German Film Star
Kraftwerk-The Model
The Church-Under The Milky Way
ABC- Look of Love
Frankie Goes To Hollywood-Relax

Friday, July 15, 2005


Jonesy went to some showbiz party at the Hollywood Roosevelt last
night.
Yet another Journey song today "Stoned In Love."

Thursday, July 14, 2005

Wednesday, July 13, 2005

Billy Corgan

Billy's playing at the Henry Fonda Last night and tonight.
Jonesy is seeing the 50 train coming along pretty quick i think.

They also talked about embarrassing photos and Steve thought his from the LongHair days
were bad. Maybe i should scan the picture that they had in Q magazine they have of his face all shiny and smooth. :-)

Billy Corgan


Guest: Billy Corgan. Billy diagnosed the cause of Jonesy's itchy
legs-mites!! "I had mites twice," sez Billy, "happens from
sleeping in bad hotels and on strange girls' floors." Jonesy
swears he's done neither lately. Lotsa talk about past lives,
religion, the Bible, death, flying, Chicago, scientists,
holograms, girls with bubble butts, etc. Jonesy wants to retire to
his own island with a Polynesian girl, ala Marlon Brando. Jonesy
got laid a lot in the '80s when he had long hair and rode a
motorcycle. Billy mentioned the book /Holographic Universe/ by
Michael Talbot (Link:***Holographic Universe

*
**********Billy
played "Now (& Then)" from his new CD "The Future Embrace" on
acoustic guitar in the studio. "Sounds like America!" sez Jonesy.
"That's not good," sez Billy. "No,no!" Jonesy backtracks, "I mean
Bread." "That's even worse!!" sez Billy. Billy's favorite guitar
players are Eddie Van Halen and Tony Iommi. Today is Mr. Shovel's
42nd birthday!!!

Monday, July 11, 2005


Steve finally confronted his neighbor who plays the loud,
excessive sub-woofer music. He'd previously delivered a letter to
their house (how polite!!), but over the weekend he walked over
the house (through the bushes!!) The neighbor sees him, goes "Oh,
it's you" and said he'd tone down the music. Steve is the
"quietest" neighbor one could have. Near the end of the show,
Steve suddenly developed a case of itchy legs and people called in
to diagnose the cause. (Was it a delayed reaction to bugs in the
bushes or were their mosquitoes in the studio?)

Songs included:

Black Brothers-Give Me Love
UFO-Lights Out
Jam-English Rose
Bad Brains-Banned in DC
Bernard Cribbins-Gossip Calypso

Friday, July 08, 2005

Heeeeeerreesss Stevie

The Man with the plan was back Wednesday.

Today we had a interesting if one sided conversation with Sir Iggworth of Pop, James Osterberg.

Iggy Pop


Iggy Pop called in from Miami. It's changed a lot since he first
visited there, "walking around in his leather outfit talking to
old Jewish cabdrivers." Iggy likes the "diffused light" in FL (in
contrast to the "penetrating sunlight" in L.A.) He said that
Jonesy is the loudest natural guitar player he's ever heard. "Give
a bunch of guitar players the same guitar and the same Marshall
stacks, Jonesy will be the loudest."

Songs included:

Dandy Warhols-Everyone Is Totally Insane
Stooges-No Fun
Mick Ronson-Only After Dark
Sparks-This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both of Us
Hedwig & The Angry Inch-Tear Me Down
Clash-Clash City Rockers
Caesars -Spirit
Raveonettes-Ode to L.A.
UFO-Cherry

Thursday, July 07, 2005

E from the Eels


Guest: E from the Eels.

Songs included:

Raspberries-On The Beach
Kinks-Where Have All The Good Times Gone?
Four Lads- Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Van Halen-Dead Or Alive
Mill Brook Cathedral-Meet In The Field ???? (unsigned band)
Steve Harley-Red Is A Mean, Mean Colour

Wednesday, July 06, 2005

Linda Ramone


Jonesy's back!! Spent his vacation driving up the coast to San
Francisco. Looked at houses in Carmel, but can't afford one on his
"miniscule" salary. Linda Ramone called in re the screening of
"Rock & Roll High School" on Friday at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
She chastised Jonesy for playing a Journey song (who doesn't?).

Songs included:

C.W. McCall-Convoy
Roger Miller-King of the Road
Tony Joe White-Polk Salad Annie
White Stripes-I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
The Quick-Teacher's Pet
Kiss-Strutter
Fleetwood Mac-Albatross
Journey-Lovin', Touchin' Squeezin'
Suzi Quatro-Can the can
Norman Wisdom-Lambeth Walk
(Norman Wisdom was a Brit comedy star of the '50s. Website:
*Norman Wisdom.co.uk *
Holly Cook (Paul's daughter, Jonesy's goddaughter)-Yeah, Right
Had a pop-punk sound, the lyrics were a sassy comeback to a know
it all bloke.
Glen Matlock produced the song.

Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Jonesys gone on a summer holiday.. maybe for a week or two

He's off till July 5th ( maybe that surprise Live8 appearance is on after all :-)
Repeats this week;
Monday : Malcolm McLaren
Tuesday: Brian Wilson
Wednesday: Duff McKagan
Thursday: Aimee Mann + John Taylor and Nick Egan
Friday: Billy Idol and Steve Stevens
( Great live version of "Ready Steady Go")

Friday, June 24, 2005


Songs included:

Mink DeVille-Venus of Avenue D
Lou Reed-Charlie's Girl
Raspberries-Tonight
Steve Harley (Cockney Rebel)-Here Comes The Sun
Suzi Quatro- She's In Love With You
Neurotic Outsiders-Angelina

Thursday, June 23, 2005

Billy Bob Thornton

Its a guest every day at this pace.

Billy Bob Thornton


Guest: Billy Bob Thorton. Billy is a sucker for attention from
fans and always signs autographs, etc. and listens to their
"Slingblade" impersonations. Has a new CD "Hobo", which features
songs about people who have moved to L.A. to start new lives.
Jonesy tricked Billy Bob into doing a "Slingblade"soundbite.
****

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*************Songs included:

PJ Proby-A Place For Us
Mumps-I Like To Be Clean
James Gang-Funk 49
Glen Matlock & Philistines-White Knuckle

Wednesday, June 22, 2005


Jonesy ends the show with "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing!!!"
by the New Seekers.

Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Paul Anka

Luckily i had to be home waiting for SBC to fix my DSL line ( hopefully this recorded at my office ) ( got it )


Great, Great Show.

Jump, Black Hole Sun, Teen Spirit ( "Steam Spirit" ),etc from Pauls new album.
( Paul joking that he wanted to call the album "Smells like Paul Anka" )

Some just with Jonesys some with a bigger band.
Great interview. Talk re recording of Sid vicious on My Way.

Paul calling the chord changes as he was singing and the discussion over how Tom Jones' song ( "Shes a Lady" ) started ..all classics.

.. this is why Indie and Jonesy are here.

Paul Anka


Guest: Paul Anka. Paul has a new CD out "Rock Swings" a collection
of jazzy covers of rock songs, including Van Halen's "Jump" which
he performed live in-studio.

Got this via the John Lydon.com Yahoo group...

LIE8 If they're gonna lie about the bands that are playing, how do
we know the money is going where they say it is?

The Horses Mouth June 21st

Monday, June 20, 2005

Cherie Currie of the Runaways

I always come across these images but always forget to post a link;

Songs included:

Everything But The Girl-Waiting For A Star To Fall
Brian Jonestown Massacre-When Jokers Attack
Elliot Smith-Pretty(Ugly Before)
Mick Ronson-Growing Up And I'm Fine
Grant Lee Buffalo-The Whole Shebang


Friday, June 17, 2005


Jonesy's having bird problems again. He's taking his dates out to
parties and they're not "coughing up the goods" later. Is it karma
for: being such a scumbag"in the past or the kind of birds he's
dating?

Songs included:

Montrose-Rock The Nation
Sweet-Hellraiser
Mick Ronson-Only After Dark
Raveonettes-Ode To L.A.

Thursday, June 16, 2005

Raveonettes

Jonesys didnt seem to know that they had already been playing the last 2 nights when talking to them.

Live Songs;
"love in a trash can"
"Ode to LA"
"if i was young"

The Raveonettes


Jonesy tries to "hypnotize" listeners into leaving more "ding-dongs."
Guests: The Raveonettes. Sang "Love In A Trash Can" and "If I Was
Young" in-studio. They are playing a sold-out show at Spaceland
tonight.

Songs included:

ZZ Top-Francine
Blondie-I'm Always Touched By Your Presence, Dear
T-Rex-Groover
Roy Wood-Forever
Queen-I'm In Love With My Car
Dandy Warhols-Bohemian Like You

Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Medium Fried

Radio free ..

Indie is great but unlistinable throughout much of L.A. so it winds up being in Internet station in my world anyway. Still, if you have not acquainted your self with L.A.’s best new DJ Steve Jones you really should. He airs twice on Indie

The Doves

The Doves were the guest today.

Indie stream cut out at 1.40 pm but i should have the last hour from the rebroadcast.
Bloody internet !!!

Steve wanted a laminate if he was going to go to their show because he doesnt like being "banged about".
He wanted to be able to go anywhere; "backstage, drummers stool or roof"

The Doves


With his bushy 'stache, Jonesy now reckons he looks like a 70s
porn star****.
Guests: The Doves

Monday, June 13, 2005

Jenny Lens Punk Pix

Indie1031.fm: Joe Sib rules! I will miss Henry Rollins more than words can say. He brought so much into my life with his brilliant rants and musical choices. Yeah, they've got that Brit guy during the day whom I never miss. I wish they archived shows like Little Stevie, so you can listen over and over and avoid the crap they play over and over and over 90% of the time.


This site ( jennylens.net etc ) is extraordinary.

Pictures of a much smaller Steve :-)

The Bangles on today

Played pop trivia with the pontiff of pop and sang some songs.
inc Manic Monday ; Hazy shade of winter (?)
JONESING FOR THE BANGLES | 6/13/2005

Thats a great description from their site;
imagine Harold Steptoe doing the John Peel Show.

The Bangles


Guests: The Bangles. They sang "Manic Monday" and "Hazy Shade of
Winter" in-studio. Susanna counsled Jonesy about his problems with
the birds, suggesting he might become a Mormon and have several wives.

Songs included:

Clarence Carter-Patches
David Bowie-Laughing Gnome
Al Green-Let's Get Married

Friday, June 10, 2005


Songs included:

Space Hog-Cruel To Be Kind
Cockney Rebel-Hideaway
Iggy Pop-High On You
Stranglers-Golden Brown
She's So Selfish-Knack

Thursday, June 09, 2005


Jonesy looks like a "2 bob car dealer" *** or "the coach of the
Polish soccer team"***with his 'stache and warm-up jacket.

Songs included:

Suzi Quatro-Devilgate Drive
Scott Walker-If You Go Away
Staus Quo-Don't Waste My Time
The Sights-Last Chance
The Sweet-Heartbreak Today

Wednesday, June 08, 2005

John Doe

Today Steve and John Doe discuss football ( ie soccer ) tactics and sing an acoustic version of the "Midnight Cowboy" theme.

Guest: John Doe


Guest: John Doe

Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Aquabats today

On The Mighty Mighty Morning show !!! Charge

Yesterday was a bad driving day for Jonesy. He had a tire that
looked like it was slashed,then some inconsiderate guy in a Jaguar
parked to close to him in the Whole Foods parking lot and he had
to struggle to get back in his car. L.A. drivers have no courtesy.
"It's hard living in modern society," sez Mr. S., who added
motorists on Sunset Strip yesterday were "driving like asteriods
were coming." Nobody in L.A. uses turn signals, sez Steve. They
should hire people just to give tickets to people who don't use
turn signals." "They already have those," sez Mr.S., "they're
called police officiers." "No, just to give tickets to the people
w/o turn signals. They'd make a fortune."

Monday, June 06, 2005


Jonesy looks like a "swashbuckler" today, complete with 'stache.
Mr. S. has a new cell phone w/ the same service provider as
Jonesy, but his phone still won't work in the studio. Steve sang
some impromptu songs about "bad guys" such as Jack The Ripper and
Gengis Cohen (Kahn)"

Songs included:

Breakfast Club-Never Be The Same
Danny Wilson-Mary's Prayer
Everything But The Girl-Missing
Raspberries-Go All The Way
U2-Lemon
Pony Club-Thinking Of You

Saturday, June 04, 2005

Jonesy and the Secret Machines

For you to trip out on? (Laughing) I heard you guys this afternoon on Jonesy’s Jukebox
Brandon: We played “Nowhere Again”. We’ve never done that before, ever. It was a total surprise.
Ben: First of all, it was a surprise that it was Steve Jones who was interviewing us.

"Brandon: Steve handed us a guitar and said, “Here – can you play it?” You can’t really say no, you know? He prefaced it with like, “There’s a lot of bands that come in here that can’t even play their own music and songs.” And it’s like, all right!"

Friday, June 03, 2005

John Waite


Jonesy had a dream last night that he was smoking cigarettes
again. It freaked him out. Mr. Shovel, doing an iffy Freud
impersonation, (***"What are you, Dr. Strangelove?",****** sez
Jonesy******), *** questions the meaning of the dream. He suggests
that Dr. Freud would say the cigarettes are a stand-in for another
similiarly shaped object. "Are you being offensive?" sez Jonesy.

Guest: John Waite

John has just moved to Santa Monica from NY and has a new album
coming out. Jonesy, John and John's guitar player Jimmy do
in-studio versions of "Dock of The Bay", "The Young Ones" and
"Missing You." We learn that after the Professionals tour of
America, their bodyguard threatened to kill Jonesy, so Jonesy
stayed in New York-for a couple years!

Thursday, June 02, 2005

Caesars


Guest: Caesars. The band is playing a sold out show at the
Troubadour tonight. Jonesy's still sick, but he really wanted to
meet the band so he made it in today.


Live Songs;
"Sort it out"
"Jerk it out"
"Its not the fall that hurts"

Friday, May 27, 2005

Peter Murphy


Steve is looking forward to the weekend. He "used to be a
layabout, now he's just one of the masses."

Guest: Peter Murphy.He is playing the Henry Fonda Theatre tonight
& played "Space Oddity" in-studio.

Songs included:

Bobby Sherman-Julie, Julie, Do Ya love Me?
Scott Walker-If You Go Away
Jobriath-Space Clown
T-Rex-Life's A Gas
Shaun Cassidy- Hey, Deanie

Wednesday, May 25, 2005


It seems Steve has changed his mind about the sex thing. "I
thought you weren't interested in sex," sez Mr. Shovel. "You
slipped. You're not evolved anymore." "I'm still more evolved than
you." sez Steve. Jonesy "is not the animal he used to be" and
girls turn into friends because I don't make a move." "I'm a lame
old sod," he sez.

Popmatters interview

Interview ...


PM: Do you actually like Journey? [Journey gets airtime on Jonesy's Jukebox]

SJ: Yeah, Journey's great. Back then I couldn't like it because it wasn't cool. When you get older, you just appreciate a good song, whether you're wearing flares or bondage pants. I love catchy pop rock. You can't knock a good song. But my first day, if I would have played Journey, I think I would have buried myself. I had to ease into that stuff.

Tuesday, May 24, 2005


Jonesy has evolved, he says, and is no longer that interested in
sex, he sez,cuz in the past he had lots of meaningless sex and can
now view it as a humorous thing. However, Mr. Shovel is still his
"honey." "I'm circumcised," Jonesy tells him. :Why do people have
sex? Steve asks,"Got to be for that last 4 seconds. Why else would
you do it. I mean, maybe not for birds, but for blokes.."

J. Geils Band-First I Look At The Purse
David Bowie-Diamond Dogs
Shadows-Beautiful Land
Ten Years After-Goin Home
Van Halen-Dead Or Alive
Heavy Metal Kids-Hangin' On
Arthur & The Johnsons-There's Someone

Monday, May 23, 2005

Guest: Mike Doughty,


Guest: Mike Doughty, formerly of Soul Coughing, now on a solo
tour. Played an acoustic version of Kenny Rogers' "The Gambler"
in-studio.

mike doughty

Steves interview technique from the other side

JONESY: What's that one Soul Coughing song I like? That I play all the time?
MIKE: I don't know..."Circles."
JONESY: No.
MIKE: "Super Bon Bon?"
JONESY: Yeah. Can you gonna play that one for us, then?
MIKE: No.

Friday, May 20, 2005


Jonesy read a letter he got from some scam artist claiming to be a
rich Saudi.

Songs included:

Danko Jones-Hot Damn Woman
Van Halen-Pretty Woman
Raspberries-Don't Know What I Want
Who-I'm A Boy
Alvin Stardust-Jealous Mind

Thursday, May 19, 2005


The studio needs to be feng-shui-ed.

Songs included:

Blue Mink-Melting Pot
Marc Bolan-Til Dawn
Damned-Morning Bird
Smokey-Alice
Cobra Verde-So Long Mary Ann
Danny Wilson-Mary's Prayer

Indie Billboard


It says;
This is the only billboard we can afford;
Keep us on air
.
BUY A CAR

Wednesday, May 18, 2005


Jonesy attended another one of those Sony Playstation celebrity
shindigs last night. Louis XIV played, and some people were
"walking around in a trance waiting to be discovered. It was
surreal." Steve wants to "expand his brain."

Songs included:

Tom Petty/Heartbreakers-American Girl
Foreigner-Dirty White Boy
Winkies-Trust In Dick
Atomic Rooster-Devil's Answer
Cliff Richard-Next Time

Tuesday, May 17, 2005

Julien Temple and Andrew Oldham

Talking with Temple
"I was going to ask you something ..
oh yes ... Do you think he ( Sid ) killed her ( Nancy ) "
Obviously catching producer Shovels face drop in shock
"Whats that face for .. ?"

Also;

Steve "Could you stop the profanity "
Silence from Temple
Steve "That was me asking in an American voice for you to stop swearing"
Temple "You've got a cheek"

Guests: Julien Temple and Andrew Loog Oldham


"The Great Rock 'N Roll Swindle" released on DVD today. Guests:
Julien Temple and Andrew Loog Oldham. Bill Wyman got the most
birds, Mick was tight w/ his money, but Jeff Lynne is the worst
tightwad.

Songs included:

John Cale-Heartbreak Hotel
Ian Hunter-Once Bitten, Twice Shy
Roger Miller-King of The Road
Wilco-She's A Jar
Tim Buckley-Dolphins

Wait a minute..... thats bollocks

So on the replays of Jonesy they edit when he says "Bollocks"

When Billy Gibbons ( ZZ Top ) could not remember the name of an album
and Steve suggested one it came out as "Never mind the b{silence}"

Nice :-)

Friday, May 13, 2005

Guests: E from the Eeels and Dave from the Wedding Present


Guests: E from the Eeels and Dave from the Wedding Present. E and
Jonesy did a rollicking version of "Polk Salad Annie" even though
they couldn't remember allthe words.. Jonesy has a "one-pack", not
a "six-pack" stomach-wise. Jonesy wants to invent a "sockfinder"
cuz he loses socks when he does the laundry.



Steve: "We are here with Mr. Wedding present . i forgot your name mate sorry"

Dave "Loads of silver discs. They were all for Smokey . They are massive in Norway"

Live Songs WP "What have i said now"

Thursday, May 12, 2005

guest: Aimee Mann


Guest: Aimee Mann. Aimee played songs off her her new album "The
Forgotten Arm" and Jonesy convinced her to play "Voices Carry" She
had to leave early for therapy. Jonesy went into his story about
the therapist he had who fell asleep. The therapist and his wife
later died in a plane crash

Songs: Voices Carry

Wednesday, May 11, 2005


Jonesy lamented the lack of females leaving "ding-dongs" and
winning contests. "Don't any birds listen? It's starting to
depress me." he sez.

Songs included:

Pretenders-Talk of the Town
The Normal-Warm Leatherette
New York Dolls-Mystery Girls
Siouxsie-Christine
Adam & Ants- Deutsche Girls

Tuesday, May 10, 2005

Sids 48th


Today would have been Sid's 48th birthday. Sid was a sweet guy til
"That bird took him the wrong way."

Songs included:

Sid Vicious-My Way, C'mon Everybody,Something Else
Pistols-God Save The Queen
Only Ones-Lovers Of Today
Bad Brains-Banned in D.C.
The Damned-Eloise
Top of the Pops theme song

Monday, May 09, 2005


When Jonesy was driving home last night, he saw Ronald Vaughn,
Rodney Bingemheimer's "Spaceman" friend from Mayor of the Sunset
Strip sleeping by a bus stop in Beverly Hills. "I met him at a
party in the '80s and he was normal," sez Jonesy. He then wondered
what makes people "go crazy." Saw a documentary about Al Green
over the weekend.

Everything but the girl-Missing
Frankie Goes To Hollywood-Relax
Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing
Iggy Pop-Tiny Girls
Ceasars-Sort It Out
Young Heart Attack-Starlight
Al Green-To Sir With Love
George Macrae-Been So Long
Rod Stewart-Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?

Friday, May 06, 2005

McLaren

Malcolm McLaren was the Guest today.
" I have STUFF to sell..."

Maybe the Lydon guest appearance isnt so far off.

Malcolm McLaren


Guest:Malcolm McLaren. Steve and Malcolm see each other for the
first time in 10 years. "Where's my money?" sez Steve as his
opening shot. Jonesy and Malcolm had a good time during the
interview w/ both of 'em laughing a lot, esp. Malcolm with that
jovial/creepy laugh of his. Malcolm told a story about how invited
John to audition for the Pistols. Vivenne (Westwood) told Malcolm
"There's this really handsome bloke named John who hangs out at
the shop. You should get him to be the singer." So, Malcolm
auditions John (you know the story, John sings "I'm 18" in front
of the jukebox at the Roebuck Pub.) and he's in the band. When
Malcolm sees Vivenne again, she goes "No!!! That was the wrong
John!!" The John she was referring to was John Simon Ritchie (Sid
Vicious). "You're going to have trouble with that one!" predicted
Vivenne. Malcolm played songs by some of his current "bands."
Chinese all-girl band called Wild Strawberries and a "hacker" song
(sound provided via old computers) by a guy from Chicago that was
pretty good. He is also producing the film version of "Fast Food
Nation."

Peel sessions

Peel sessions

Thursday, May 05, 2005

Rock to Jock

OC Register
Article

Michael Steele, Indie 103.1 program director, says the goal is to provide listeners with something fresh.

"Everything about Los Angeles and Orange County radio is so slick and produced, and that's great - I worked at KISS-FM and had Rick Dees and that's the ultimately slick radio," Steele says. "And those stations do really well.

"But when I was designing Indie, I knew that to compete, I had to put something on the radio that was radically different."

So he signed Jones to host a midday show, on which he meanders in a Cockney accent through his vast store of rock memories - many of them involving guitars and amplifiers he's nicked off other bands.

Most days he interviews fellow musicians about everything from English soccer to girlfriends they've shared, and plays whatever strikes his fancy, often struggling to recall song titles at the end of sets.

The show started in a haphazard fashion today, with Jonesy still
running down the hallway as Mr. S. manned the mic.Jonesy is not in
a relationship because "he doesn't want to get screamed at when he
looks at other birds." Per future relationships/marriage "that
door ain't closed." Steve also went into his spiel about how
priests should get married (or at least have the services of
hookers.) Men are always looking at birds other than their
girlfriend, but "Birds don't want to be with every bloke."
"Someday you'll find the right woman," Mr. Shovel assures Jonesy.

Songs included:

Altered Images-Happy Birthday
Heavy Metal Kids-Hang On
Mazzy Star-Fade Into You
"Some guy sang a song"
Eels-Railroad Man
Super Groupies-Low Blue Flame

Wednesday, May 04, 2005

guest: Tony Wilson


Guest: Tony Wilson. Tony inspired the movie "24 Hour Party
People." A producer,promoter and radio personality in England, he
booked the Pistols on their infamous Bill Grundy TV show
appearance. We learn that he had to cover up Siouxsie's swastika
armband with gaffers tape. He was very disappointed in the fact
that Jonesy likes Boston! Played a song by some young Brit rap
group he's promoting and Jonesy had to stop the song because it
had the f word in it! (Sorry RSPCA!!) Jonesy really wants Cliff
Richard as a guest on the show. "What did you do in New York?"
Tony asked as he interviewed Steve about his post-Pistols life.
"Lived with a hooker and did heroin," Jonesy responded. "She was a
nice girl." Jonesy hurt his back from "spinning" (the trendy
exercise) too much.

Tuesday, May 03, 2005

Guests: British Sea Power


The English footie season never ends.Jonesy goes on about birds
with strong legs again. Guest: British Sea Power They were
"shocked at the (phony)breasts" in L.A.,sang a few songs
in-studio, including "How Will I Ever Find My Way Home?"

Songs included:

Rod Stewart-The Killing of Georgie
Roger Miller-King of the Road
Brook Benton-Rainy Night in Georgia
Tony Jo White-Polk Salad Annie
Spoon-Sister Jack
Tornadoes-Ice Cream Man
Greg Kihn-Breakup Song
Heartbreakers-Born To Lose
Love-Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and
Hilldale
The Fame-Get On The Beat

Monday, May 02, 2005


Chelsea won!! Jonesy got back in one piece from playing w/ Camp
Freddy in Vegas. Tone Loc & Annabella Lwin joined 'em onstage. He
really has to lose weight cuz he didn't get any action. One day in
Vegas was enough for him. He lost $600 gambling & rode down a
water "Tunnel.". Saw Bon Jovi and said they were "disappointingly
dull." Asked Mr. Shovel what it would take to make him his
"honey." ("Yes, we're back to that. C'mon, we're all whores,"
Jonesy said, "Everyone has a price.") Mr. Shovel had a great time
at Coachella. Says the Pistols should headline there next year.
Steve will, if the $$$ are right.

Songs included:

Bon Jovi-Runaway
Super Furry Animals-Rings Around The World
Frankie Goes To Hollywood-Born To Run
FastWay-Say What You Will
Big Pig w/Little Porker-Baby Reggae
Geno Washington-Scooby Do
Foundations-Build Me Up, Buttercup
Walker Brothers-No Regrets

Wednesday, April 27, 2005

New Order and Tim Burgess

New Order on today for the second hour.
Singing songs live with the band
Also said that Lydon may be on when the swindle dvd is released, thats towards the end of May.
"Its all true apart from the bit with McLaren"
"Do you get paid for doing this ?"

"I want to have the blokes from Kraftwerk on.... i want to ask them about the war"

Nouvelle Vagues version of "Love will tear us apart " ; we hear everyone whistling the end part and a single Manc voice says "Catchy that, someone should write a song about that".

"King of bullshit"


Live Songs;
Tim Burgess "Who the cap fit" ( Bob Marley Cover)
New Order etc "Everytime i see you falling"
"Anarchy in the UK"

"I dont know the second verse.."
"one more" "Oh my god"
"Thats out careers over"

Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Requests

Someone phoned in with a request for the Beatles !!!!!
Dear God !! are these people not listening to the radio when it is on.

Stop THinking


"Have you ever stopped thinking?" Jonesy asks Mr. Shovel. "You're
sure you're not on any new medication?,"asks Mr. S. Jonesy went to
hear Eno and some other bloke give a lecture last night, where
they talked about "bloody relativity and Einstein." So what did
Jonesy learn? "I learned I get hungry listening to people speak
for two hours. My mind drifts when I listen to people speak for
two hours and I think about sex and food." I "was gonna be Pope,
but they gave it to some German geezer" Jonesy sings in his
closing tune.

Songs included:

John Sebastian-Welcome Back Kotter
Stephen Bishop-On And On*
Danzig-Twist of Cain* (Ed. note-where else can you hear these two
songs one right after the other? Brillant.)
The Who-My Wife
"French bloke"-Anarchy in the UK
Keith Richard-Take It So Hard
Rupert Holmes-Escape(Pina Colada Song)
Helen Reddy-I Am Woman ("Women don't roar, they scream,"sez
Jonesy. "oh you're really scoring points now," sez Mr. S. "I'm
only joking. They know I'm joking!!" sez Jonesy.)
Queen-Lily Of The Valley/Now I'm Here

Monday, April 25, 2005


Songs included:

T-Rex-Hot Love
Mott The Hoople-Honaloochie Boogie
David Bowie-Lady Stardust

Friday, April 22, 2005

Urge Overkill

Urge Overkill


Live songs;
Heaven 90210
I can see clearly now ( Johnny Nash , lots of play on Eddie + Nash names)
A chaotic New Rose
Crown of Laughs
Emmaline ( cover of Hot Chocolate "Emma" )

and a lot of chat about the layering of guitars on Never Mind The Bollocks


Guests: Eddie & Nash from Urge Overkill.

Jonesy FM


Jack FM .. Jonesy FM

Thursday, April 21, 2005

night clubbing


Jonesy never liked pot or LSD, they were too "mind-y" and made him
paranoid. He preferred "happy opiates" and alcohol during his drug
days. Went to Guy's again last night, loves looking at the
"affected ones." "Was Paris there with her Trio?", asked Mr.
Shovel..... What is a a flagon of mead?

Cake-The Distance
Soul Coughing-Super Bon Bon
ABC-When Smokey Sings
James-She's A Star
Suede-Animal Nitrate
Blanc Mirage-Off The Ceiling

Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Anne Nightingale


Jonesy was cleaning out his closet and found some magnetic pillows
he bought to help cure his bad back. They didn't cure his back,
but caused "A noise in me bleedin' head."

Guest: BBC DJ Annie Nightingale . Annie was a presenter on "The
Old Grey Whistle Test" and the BBC's first female DJ.
*

*BBC Rewind-Annie Nighingale

Annie Nightingale

What a show .
Anne Nightingale, who i remember from Sunday nights on Radio One many many years ago, talking to Jonesy about Music, Duranies and Michael Des Barres.
Her story re Whispering Bob Harris being hit by Sid on the head with a bottle. Jonesy "Oh, yes, i was there "
Anne "he glassed him"

All great stuff.

Steve "He was a real twit"

Steve" Michael Des Barres says you drunk him under the table so he couldnt have sex. Do you remember that?"
Steve "mmmhhmmm ... nice" ( Steves whispering Bob Harris impersonation )

Anne" Who came up with the never trust the hippies"
Steve "me"

Tuesday, April 19, 2005

write in pope


No write-in win for Jonesy as Pope.The new pope had to choose a
"showbiz" name. Jonesy's "showbiz pope" name would be Pope Bobby
Vee. Kids today have no attention span & spend too much time on
their pagers and cell phones and sidekicks. Went to the Deadsy
show last night at the Whiskey.

Monday, April 18, 2005

popeil video


Jonesy watched a documentary about Ron Popeil over the weekend,
got a massage.

Songs included:

Divinyls-I Touch Myself
Henry Gross-Shannon
Starz-Cherry Baby
Cheap Trick-I Want You To Want Me (Studio Version)
Nick Gilder-Gotta Get Out
Blondie- In The Flesh
Men At Work-It's A Mistake
Tubes-Talk To You Later
Runaways-American Nights
Raspberries-I Wanna Be With You
Deadsy-Winners

Friday, April 15, 2005

Hall and Oates

Chris Kattan


Guest: Chris Kattan. Silliness ensues, including an impromptu jam
about trendy L.A. types to the tune of some Journey song (forgot
which one.) Lots of Starbucks, Whole Foods and Fred Segal
references. Sample lyric- *

*

*Jonesy-I slept with Cameron Diaz*
Chris-No You didn't
Jonesy-Yes, I did
Chris-I Don't believe you

(*I guess Cameron did like his physique. See 11/10 entry.)

Thursday, April 14, 2005

Chris Kattan

Hall and Oates


Chelsea is playing Liverpool. Guests-Hall & Oates. Played Sara
Smile & their new single "I Can Dream About You" in the studio."I
Can Dream About You"was a hit for Dan Hartman, a friend of theirs,
in 1985. Dan had written the song for them originally, but they
passed on recording it then. Dan died of AIDs in 1994. Will Hall &
Oates get into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame," "Probably after
Looking Glass!!", they joked.

Songs included:
Culture Club-Starman
Pilot-Magic
Jigsaw-Sky High
Brandy-Looking Glass
Starsailor-Good Souls

Wednesday, April 13, 2005


Steve wonders why Chrissie Hyde didn't call him when she was in
town. He insinuates that he was very "close" to her once back in
the day. "Maybe that's why she didn't call." sez Mr. S. Also,
white lines in the sky- poison? A Communist plot?

Songs included:

New York Dolls-Lookin' For A Kiss
Pony Club-Single
Judas Priest-Breakin The Law
Ramones-Can't Control Myself
Van Halen-Runnin' With The Devil
The King*-Come As You Are
* British band that does covers of rock songs with Elvis
impersonator type singer.

Tuesday, April 12, 2005


Chelsea beat Germany!!

Songs included:

Fu Manchu-So Far Behind
Deep Purple-Highway Star
RPG-Paralyzed
Montrose-Bad Motor Scooter
Killing Joke-War Dogs
Stooges-Real Cool Time
Faces-Miss Judy
Tony Christie-Is This The Way to Amarillo?

Monday, April 11, 2005

Seals


Jonesy watched a show about the Navy Seals on the Military Channel
while lying in bed, farting. "And the Navy Seals are out there,
defending your right to do that,"sez Mr. Shovel. Jonesy and Mr.
Shovel stick together in sickness & health. "Usually sickness,"
sez Mr. S.

Songs included:

Sweet-Fever of Love
Mud-Dynamite
Free-I'll Be Creepin'
Mott The Hoople-Foxy, Foxy
Dictators-The Next Big Thing
Glen Matlock/Philistines-Piece of The Action

Friday, April 08, 2005


Jonesy looks manly with his new post surgey scar, his stock with
the birds will go up, suggests Mr. Shovel. Jonesy sang a little
song about Chelsea FC (Football Club.)

Songs included:

Glen Matlock/Philistines-White Knuckle Ride
PiL-Public Image
Boys In Blue-Professionals
Billy Fury-A Thousand Stars
Brett Smiley-Space Ace
Queen-Killer Queen
Heavy Metal Kids-She's No Angel
Atomic Rooster-Devil's Answer
Silverhead-More Than Your Mouth Can Hold

Thursday, April 07, 2005

Kelly Osborne

Kelly Osborne


Jonesy had the cancer on his face removed yesterday. He came into
work wearing a "fashionable" bandage. Mr. Shovel saw U2 last night.

Guest: Kelly Osborne. Kelly can't spell, Jonesy learned to read
and write about eight years ago. Kelly just met her granddad a few
years ago by chance. (Her Mum, as you know, doesn't get along with
her Dad, Don Arden.) Played her new single "One Word." Nice song,
kinda pop-disco. Jonesy talked about some comfy socks he bought in
London years ago and showed Kelly his comfily attired feet.

Tuesday, April 05, 2005

Lisa Marie Presley

Lisa Marie Presley / Steve Lillywhite


Guests: Lisa Marie Presley (1st hour), Steve Lillywhite (2nd hour)
Lisa talked about her new album, played "Idiot" (w/ Jonesy on
guitar) but didn't want to play "Dirty Laundry" her new single.

P.S.--Jonesy played "Shannon" by Henry Gross--what's next "Wildfire?"

Monday, April 04, 2005

finger


One of Jonesy's neighbors was playing thumping bass music Sunday
and it drove him crazy. Mr. Shovel sustained an injury to his
finger over the weekend and had to go to the emergency room.
Jonesy reportsthat once, he had an infection in his finger and it
started to swell. He tried to pop it himself, didn't work--he went
to Ceders Sinani emergency room. "And there were guys there with
gunshot wounds. I felt like a right tough guy.." The show is
looking for an intern again.

Songs included:

George McRae-Rock Your Baby
Alice Cooper-Only Women Bleed
Blow Monkeys-Digging Your Scene
Dave Sampson-1999
Smashing Pumpkins-1979

Friday, April 01, 2005

Moby

Live Songs
"Satellite of Love" ( Lou Reed )
"Anarchy in the UK" Jazz version
"Join the Professionals" ( Steve singing/playing )
"" whistle song w Moby playing

Moby


Guest: Moby. Which friend of Jonesy's likes extremely hairy women
? He wouldn't say."If they look like the Wolfman, that turns him
on." Steve hung out with his buddies Owen and Luke last night.
"Name-dropper," Mr. Shovel commented. Moby will be doing a signing
at the Barnes & Noble at the Grove in L.A. He was nervous about it
cuz when he did a signing in DC once no one showed up, ala "Spinal
Tap." He played an acoustic jazz version of "Anarchy in the UK."
Jonesy played a rollicking version of "Join The Professionals."