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Riot on Sunset Strip

It's as if Ugly Things went to an L.A. beach in 1964

About Me

Definitive: go to the archive of WFMU, ( wfmu.org ) to hear a boss Riot on Sunset Strip radio gig on The Gaylord Fields Show, as broadcast Sunday, July 29, 2007 from 5-7 p.m.Luxuriamusic.com radio show: Sundays at 6 p.m. London, 1 p.m. New York, 10 a.m. California, it's "Riot on Sunset Strip"... with the first Sunday of every month "Volcanic Action" (Exotica & Surf). "Riot on Sunset Strip: Rock 'n' Roll's Last Stand in Hollywood" (foreword by Arthur Lee of Love) can be ordered on amazon.com. "Riot on Sunset Strip" author Domenic Priore has also released "Beatsville" (with Martin McIntosh, 2004), "Smile: The Story of Brian Wilson's Lost Masterpiece" (2005, forewords by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks) and with Brian Chidester produced "Dumb Angel #4: All Summer Long" in 2006. A new book we wrote "Pop Surf Culture: Music, Design, Film and Fashion from the Bohemian Surf Era" will be out in September, 2008, and can be ordered now from amazon.com as well... for pertinent Events, Blog etc. go to: www.dumbangelmagazine.com

My Interests

Modernist Architecture, Pre-1970 Surf Culture, Tikis, Bossa Nova, Alexander Girard, Nite Clubs, Oceanography

I'd like to meet:

Fans of hardcore Bebop, Jump, Burlesque, R&B, Rockabilly, Exotica, Folk, Surf, Soul, Girl Groups, Mod, Ye Ye, Garage, Psychedelic, Bubblegum, Go Go music... and Donna Loren.

Music:

pretty much everything prior to 1967, Punk Rock

Movies:

The T.A.M.I. Show, The Big T.N.T. Show, The Cool Ones, It's A Bikini World, Village of the Giants, Riot on Sunset Strip, The Endless Summer, High School Confidential, The Girl Can't Help It, A Hard Day's Night, Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort Of (Warhol's 1963 film shot in L.A.), Strictly Hot (Dale Davis surfing movie with a really bitchen soundtrack by The Dragons), Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove, The Party, I Love You Alice B. Tolkas, The Magic Christian and Being There. The Marx Brothers (films and LPs). Richard Pryor (LPs and films). Tie: Beach Party and Muscle Beach Party

Television:

Sea Hunt, Malibu U, Groovy, Surf's Up with Stan Richards, Surfing With Bill Burrud, Hollywood a Go Go, Ready Steady Go, Ralph Story's Los Angeles, Johnny Stacatto, 77 Sunset Strip, Peter Gunn, Route 66, Hawaiian Eye, The Outer Limits, Gidget, Karen (90 Bristol Court), Leave It To Beaver, You Bet Your Life, The Addams Family, I Dream of Jeanie, The Monkees, Batman, Laugh In, Hee Haw, The Dating Game, Shindig!, !!!The Beat!!!, Soul (PBS), Soul Train, Black Omnibus, The Gilmore Girls, The Office, Sanford and Son, Meet the Press, Real Time With Bill Maher, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, TV Nation, Tijuana: Window to the South, Origami (KCET, 1960s L.A. PBS daytime), Night Flight, It's Happening, The Sopranos, The Wire, Vampira, Ghoulardi, Zacherley, Fright Night’s “Seymour”, Dark Shadows, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Fractured Flickers, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Hoppity Hooper, George of the Jungle/SuperChicken/Tom Slick (did it ever get better than Jay Ward?), Shrimpenstein! (perhaps!), Roger Ramjet, Lancelot Link: Secret Chimp, Time For Beany, TV Funhouse, Triumph the Insult Dog, The Powerpuff Girls, Boondocks, La Cucaracha (soon, I hope), This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow (if only), The Beatles Cartoon. Tom Hatten should be hosting both Turner Movie Classics and AMC 24/7 by the way. He knows a hell of a lot more about Hollywood detail than all those guys combined, doesn't seem old and snobby and is a hell of a lot more fun. Plus, he wears Skipper gear.

Books:

Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King Jr., The Autobiography of Malcom X (Malcom X with Alex Haley), The Street That Never Slept (New York's 52nd Street by Arnold Shaw), Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies (Reyner Banham), Every Building on the Sunset Strip 1966 (Ed Ruscha), Thor Heryerdahl's "Kon Tiki"

Heroes:

Aquaman, Marine Boy, his Mermaid girlfriend, Mr. Natural, Popeye, (on a human level, Koufax, Wills, Drysdale, T. Davis, W. Davis, F. Howard, J. Podres, R. Perranoski - the 1963 L.A. Dodgers, man - that year only, N.Y. baseball observer, otherwise) and the little beatnik guy who bangs out crime-solving clues on his bongos during the Dick Tracy cartoon show.

My Blog

"Riot on Sunset Strip" celebrates the music of Love, and Gary McFarland

Today on "Riot on Sunset Strip," there will be a two-hour stream of music by the quintessential L.A. band of the 1960s - Love... and, to compliment their dynamic array, we will juxtapose Love wit...
Posted by Riot on Sunset Strip on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:50:00 PST

Riot on Sunset Strip, June 22, 2008 w/ guest Bill Earl

Today, L.A. Radio Historian Bill Earl guested on the show, and he brought with him The Greusomes in person.  Quinn the Eskimo also made a special appearance at the end in Luxuriamusic.com's camer...
Posted by Riot on Sunset Strip on Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:42:00 PST

Riot on Sunset Strip, June 15, 2008 (Father’s Day)

(bummed: first hour of the show dedicated to Meet the Press host Tim Russert, who I watched each Sunday morning prior to the radio show.  Hence, a bluesy set of garage and slow R&B ground out...
Posted by Riot on Sunset Strip on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:40:00 PST

Riot on Sunset Strip and Pretty World radio shows, June 8, 2008

Riot on Sunset Strip, June 8, 2008 (Luxuriamusic.com) The Hollywood Persuaders - "Drums a Go Go" Tony, Vic & Manuel - "That's The Hollywood Nightlife" (live at Gazzarri's, La Cienega, 1964) Don Ra...
Posted by Riot on Sunset Strip on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:19:00 PST

"Volcanic Action" for June 1st, 2008 (Summertime is Here, kiddies...)

The Belairs - "Volcanic Action" (recorded live at Pickwick Recreation Center, Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California) Marlow Stewart with The Illusions - "Earthquake" (recorded live at The Lido Ballro...
Posted by Riot on Sunset Strip on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:46:00 PST

Riot on Sunset Strip, May 25, 2008

The Hollywood Persuaders - "Drums a Go Go" Les McCann Ltd. - "Jubilation" (live at The Bit, Sunset & Gardner, 1960) The Turtles - "Outside Chance" (written by Warren Zevon, 1966) The Motorcycle Ab...
Posted by Riot on Sunset Strip on Mon, 26 May 2008 10:05:00 PST

Riot on Sunset Strip, May 18, 2008

(all bands from the Greater Los Angeles area except where noted...) The Hollywood Persuaders - "Drums a Go Go" Velvet Underground at The Trip ad The Velvet Underground - "Femme Fatale" (from New York,...
Posted by Riot on Sunset Strip on Sun, 18 May 2008 11:41:00 PST

Riot on Sunset Strip, Mothers Day 2008

Riot on Sunset Strip, May 11, 2008 (Mother's Day) Remember to support the Beverly Hills organization "Another Mother For Peace," who gave the world that great flower power logo with these wo...
Posted by Riot on Sunset Strip on Wed, 14 May 2008 07:06:00 PST

Riot on Sunset Strip, April 27, 2008

Riot on Sunset Strip, April 27, 2008 (Luxuriamusic.com) Hollywood Persuaders - "Drums A Go Go" David McCallum - "Satisfaction" (from "The Big T.N.T. Show") Pat Williams - "Laia Ladaia (Reza)" (theme f...
Posted by Riot on Sunset Strip on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:49:00 PST

Ash Grove edition of

Ash Grove 50th Anniversary Tribute: Riot on Sunset Strip, April 20, 2008 (Luxuriamusic.com) The Hollywood Persuaders - "Drums a Go Go" Spirit - "I've Got a Line on You" (group started out as The Red R...
Posted by Riot on Sunset Strip on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:01:00 PST