This Saturday’s Revolution will feature a bunch of songs that fit into the Halloween theme. Edgar Winter, CCR, Santana, Pink Floyd, Donovan, the Count Five, Fleetwood Mac, Allman Brothers and the Amboy Dukes are just a few of the Freaks that will be tripping out with us this weekend. This will be no hallucination, unless of course you actually are tripping, then please go ahead. Just stop by with your goody bag and we will fill it up with plenty of treats. Here try the sugar cube..Let’s put the freak back into freaky. See you this Saturday for the show..Say You Want A Revolution..7a-10a.

Peace Out

I am happy to see that a segment of our population feels strong enought about the economic unjust in this country to take to the streets. There should have been a lot more of this in the last 10 years, especially as it applies to the useless wars we are mired in. In the 60s it was not uncommon for 100,000 people to march to Washington D.C. and voice their displeasure about the war, or civil rights. Today we have occupy Wall Street. Small in numbers but getting to the root of the crime…Wall Street. I wish them luck and plan to take my money out of the large bank and put it in my local Credit Union. As this conflict plays out, it will become increasingly clear that the powerful will stop at nothing, and I mean nothing , to hang onto the wealth. And they will be more than happy to wage war and kill countless innocents to make a buck. Greed is the real terrorist in this country. So good luck Occupiers of Wall Street. Here I have put together a few songs from the 60s that helped fuel the Revolution back then.

Turn, Turn, Turn. ..written by Pete Seger, I like the Byrds version

Blowing in The Wind…Bob Dylan

The Universal Soldier…Donovan

With God On Our Side…Bob Dylan

Give Peace A Chance…John Lennon

Most of these are anti-war songs, but Wall Street and War have been doing business together for decades. So hum along and Peace Out.

Saturday morning will be here before you know it, so get a few things together for the trip. We’ll take off around 7pm and finish up at…oh..who cares..I’m not that much into time..we finish when we finish. This Saturday, October 22nd is Leslie West’s b’day. He was that great big fella who played with the band Mountain and had the hit “Mississippi Queen”. Leslie has had a tough time of it this year. In June he had much of his right leg amputated from type 2 diabetes. He has been fit with a prothesis so he can still get around. In fact he will joining somthing called the 3 guitar tour. He also has his own album coming out called Unsual Suspects. Tune in this Saturday and he will speak right out loud on the Revolution. I’m also going to feature some tunes off the Beatles Rubber Soul album. Their first big leap into songs that transcend the simple love song. Are you done packing yet..don’t forget the incense and peppermint. Join the love-in this Saturday..shower first.

Peace out

The Sacramento City Council voted this week to name the alleys of the central city grid. The names will be a nod to our city’s history and character. City officials hope that someday to have cafes, housing and shops lining some of the corridors. What!?..If you do that can you still call them alleys? To me that’s what I call a street. Some of the names being considered include Solons Alley, a nod to our minor league team that onced called Sacrmento home. Tomato Alley, for obvious reasons, and Jazz alley, a reference to the Jazz festival that no longer exist. With all the challenges this city has at the moment, naming the alleys seems to be a little  silly. But then that’s what the Sac City Council does, make really dumb decisions. Take it from me, I have lived in the city limits for over 30 years..these people are lost. The guy who’s district contains all the alleys in question is Rob Fong, who represents my district. At least that what he claims, I have never ever seen him in my neighborhood, and he won’t return a call from his constituents…great, I guess he is too busy hiding in the alley. Well that’s my rant for today..gonna sneak back to the alley for some quiet time, before the construction starts.

Monday marked the birthday of Stanley Mouse, one of the original San Francisco poster artists. The poster art was as much part of the concert experience as the show itself. I just wish I had saved all those posters and handbills. Stanley came to California in the late 50s to look up Big Daddy Roth, the father of Weirdo Hot Rod Art. He met Big Daddy and worked with him for a number of years before drifting to San Francisco and hooking up with other artistic freaks. People like Alton Kelley, Rick Griffin, and Victor Moscoso. Together these guys gave a visual sense of the Revolution like nobody else. It was right away perfect for the times and a real souvenier of the San Francisco Freak scene. It was Stanley Mouse who did most of the Grateful Dead album art. The man was responsible for the iconic images to grace the SF underground. Today Mouse lives in Sonoma County where he continues to paint. Eventually his work would travel around the world. It was this kind of creativity that made this period of time, 1966-68, so colorful for us growing up in the Bay Area. Happy birthday Mouse…thanks for the flash.

Join me Saturday 7-10am for “Say You Want A Revolution”..it’s a trip.

Well this Saturday kicks off National Popcorn Month, October. Let’s pop up some, get on a good case of the munchies and enjoy the show. Say You Want A Revolution will offer you so much tasty music, that you will love pigging out with me. Got a nice set of tunes about motoring through America, put out your thumb. You remember hitch-hiking right? A little Quicksilver, some Commander Cody and a bunch of the Beatles. Now, I am getting hungry. We have a bunch of artists who rocked last weekend’s Charity concert in Sonoma, including the Doobie Brothers and Leon Russell. The Stones and the Doors and all the usual suspects will be here for the wake-up call. And here is more good news, Sunday we continue the Revolution as our Sunday Special. From 10am-3pm, even more flashbacking. Better make more popcorn. See you this weekend, right here.

Peace out.

This weekend on “Say You Want A Revolution”, we will highlight some of the albums that seem to be in everyone’s record collection in the 60’s. Even in the early 70’s there seem to be a common thread in the music, let’s just call it originality, creativity, one of a kind. Included this week will be David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars. Talk about something different. David gave us Glam Rock, Space Rock, Gender Bending science fiction, all in this one mind blowing record. It’s a good start to your Saturday morning. Another favorite of mine is Neil Young’s Harvest. A folksinger who is comning into his own as a songwriter and who comes at it as only Neil can. This one is a classic. The Doors debut ranks among the best first efforts by anyband ever, and The Doors, brought us a little closer to the dark side, but with such glee! The Jefferson Airplane gave us Surrealistic Pillow just in time for the Summer of Love. It was the first really big album to come out of the Bay Area’s music revolution of the 60s. Of course there will be many other great albums represented this Saturday, including: Disreali Gears, Tommy, Beggars Banquet and Magical Mystery Tour..don’t miss a lick this weekend, come to the revolution and join me ..I promise I won’t go faster than 331/3 rpms.

Peace Out

OK, so what? The special teams unit scored more touchdowns than the offense. It’s a win and I’ll take it. Besides, watching the 49ers beat the Seahawks had an unusual angle to it; it was FUN. Most of the time, even a 49er win isn’t all that much fun to watch. Sunday’s game was Real Entertainment. Next week, the 49ers play the Cowboys, who aren’t what they once were, not by a long shot. I don’t want to jinx anything here, but the 49ers have a chance to start the season 2-0. Wild, man. And entertaining. By the way, while that IS indeed John Brodie in the photo, he did not play in Sunday’s game. -Jobe

• Solar cooking is the simplest, safest, most convenient way to cook food without consuming fuels or heating up the kitchen. The first solar cooker we know of was invented by Horace de Saussure, a Swiss naturalist experimenting as early as 1767.  A solar cooker is like a hot box, in which we can cook our food without any cooking gas or kerosene, electricity, coal or wood. Solar cooking is not only fun but it’s a great educational tool. Solar box cookers, constructed using cardboard, newspaper, aluminum foil, and a piece of glass will typically cook at temperatures between 225 – 275 F.  Box solar cookers have the advantage of slow, even cooking of large quantities of food. Variations include slanting the face toward the sun and the number of reflectors. With box cookers, the food will cook more quickly if it is divided into several smaller pots instead of having it all in one large pot. A good first food to try is a small quantity of rice, since it is fairly easy to cook and looks very different cooked than it does raw. Chicken or fish is also very easy to cook. There’s no need to rotate the oven to follow the sun, though it will improve cooking times. Bon Appetit!

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The year was 1964…Beatlemania! What an interesting trip to Florida for the Fab Four. On Friday, Sept 9th, on their way to Jacksonville from Montreal, their flight is diverted to Key West Florida..yes, that’s right, Margaritaville.

It turns out that Hurrican Dora was heading right for North Florida so somebody decided that the boys should go around the weather, fly to the keys and hang out until further notice. Despite no public announcement of a change in travel plans, hundreds of teenage fans meet The Fab Four. Having lived 10 years on the island of Key West, I can tell you,word travels fast, Jimmy Buffet called it the “Coconut Telegraph”. Just word of mouth, but news of the Beatles got around. They stayed in Key West until the 11th, when they are finally able to travel north for thier show in the Gator Bowl. That show had a lot of drama, the Beatles refused to perform because the stadium was segregated…welcome to the South boys. The Beatles visited the Sunshine State, 47 years ago this weekend, and they enjoyed the sun, water, the tropical drinks. Now where is my lost shaker of salt?