Cup O' Joe w/ Smokie Bernstein

16/02/2024

Some of you know, I’ve found I have 3 1/2-siblings due to an ancestry test (contacted 1 so far), I did a summer show theme of being “Cicelian/Sicilian” - this is an extension of that playlist, inspired by one of my fav LPs… C U @ 9 am Sat. PT! 📻KBHR570.com Click pic for full view.

09/02/2024

Joel: Life's a mystery.
One man's life-altering experience
is another man's tenderloin.
- What's all this about?
- I'm one of you now.
I'm a Cicelian.

Shakes: "Lovers and madmen have
such seething brains,
such shaping fantasies,
that apprehend more than
cool reason ever comprehends.
The lunatic, the lover and the
poet are of imagination all compact.
One sees more devils than vast
hell can hold. That is the madman.
The lover all as frantic, sees
Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt. "

Chris: “Talkin' perceptions, people. Do we-we
really see each other for what we really are,
or do we just see what we want to see?
The image distorted by our own personal lenses.”

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KBHR570.com 9-11 PT Sat. Mornings!

02/02/2024

2-3 yrs. ago, this was the theme, but there were many requests, so here’s Part 2! Yes, we woke up to our daughter (left of Ed below) who’d been sleep flying when we went camping @ Patrick’s Point/Sumeg back then! KBHR570.com 9-11 PT, Saturday mornings! 🎶🛌💭🌙📻🎙️☕️

26/01/2024

No theme Saturday but thought this pic fits the post, as Booker T. is in the queue! They love the winter sun, a gift that keeps giving in a cup of water! And they kind of look like antlers! KBHR570.com 9-11 am PT 🦌☕️🍵✌🏼😎🎶🎙️📻🏔️

19/01/2024

Last week’s show was the depth of winter’s gestation, funeral tunes, and eventual birth of spring; so this week is a light tonic of 70s childhood memories from the A.M. Radio! I’m 10, 5, & 7 in the pics! Those bottles are from the Indian Wells Brewery gift shop up the 395! I had that Farrah poster when I was 12😅! I was Ace Frehley for Halloween when I was 11🤘🏼! KBHR570.com 9-11 Sat. mornings PT.

12/01/2024

Chris Stevens: "Whatever happened in there, I just, I want you guys to know... I really, really appreciate what you said about me.
It's kind of like being at my own funeral. I dug it." from Crime & Punishment

Tomorrow's theme: My Own Funeral Playlist, tho personal, it has universality... then a bit after the hour: as Winter will transition into Spring, Going Back to the Earth will morph into a renewed Birth! The days are getting a little bit longer! KBHR570.com 9-11 a.m. PT Saturdays

Pic: Lake Tahoe "End" but ripples go onward to deeper waters...

06/01/2024

Hey all, I'm about to start a scattered-at-random show, but if you're "feeling Minnesota" & want to feel a little California in a bit, chill out ... or thaw out, to this video, started season 2 of my travelogues!

No offense to appreciating a sip or nip of Mini-soda 🙃😉

Marvin Braude Bike Path: from Torrance to Will Rogers State Beaches, plus Temescal Cyn. Gateway Park hike to a waterfall, & Reseda Blvd. looping through Caba...

05/01/2024

Picked a random pic from my phone for this somewhat scattered-at-random playlist for Sat.! 9-11 am PT @ KBHR570.com ☕️🙂📻

29/12/2023

Happy last Friday of 2023! C U @ KBHR570.com 9-11 PT Sat. morning! Click pic for full view…
📻🎙️🎶☕️🍵

22/12/2023

Morning & evening views, happy day after solstice & 2 days before Christmas Eve! Raven mug by Allan Weir - Haida. Mostly Xmas w/ a few wintry tunes tomorrow, probably not ones you’ve heard too much of this season! I’ll be by the fire & Xmas tree from 9-11 am PT @ KBHR570.com

15/12/2023

After today, I’m like Joel, “I’ve got 2 weeks, 14 days…!” No theme tomorrow but several wintry/Xmas tunes scattered at random, love winter sunsets in my hood! Sat. 9-11 am PT @ KBHR570.com ☕️🎶☕️🎶☕️🎶☕️

08/12/2023

Tomorrow’s theme: Jews Who Rock! 😃😎🤘🏼🎸🎙️🥁🎶☕️KBHR570.com 9-11 am PT

01/12/2023

Wildness, Wilderness! That coyote was hanging out around the block from my house, & that classic Sendak is in my house! C U Sat., 9-11 am PT @ KBHR570.com 🎶🎙️📻😎☕️

24/11/2023

The say the raven flies on Friday, top pic
from turkey-trot hike, but Saturday’s theme: LEFTOVERS… songs I didn’t get to over the year due to shift in vibe, requests, etc. They often taste better the following days anyways! C U 9-11 am PT! KBHR570.com

21/11/2023

On the way back from Target, listening to KISS, looks like he’s listening to it, too, good vibes in Granada Hills, those silly lyrics, tho😆! 😎🤟🏼Not a song I sent to Genevieve! See you tomorrow!

21/11/2023

“Is Oscar playing? Hey Oscar, are you in or out?” “Out p***y cat, out!” Oscar is taking tomorrow off, & I’m on vacay, so it’s a Smokie popup show!

Genevieve will pop on if she’s not too tired from travel as well: theme - I send a weekly song to her while she’s at University, so you’ll hear those! She’s up in Sonoma (tho looks like Sicily), hence the new Mac OS wallpaper! Jefferson often sleeps on her bed, he’ll be so excited to see her!

See you Wednesday @ KBHR570.com 6-8 pm PT.

17/11/2023

Ed must’ve talked the suits into playing this at my local theater ….
You've seen this a number
of times? Oh, yeah. Sure.
Yet you want to see it again. Why?
Well, just look at it. It's a great story.
It's beautiful, fearless.
You know that quote in the beginning where Kane says, "It might be fun to run a newspaper"?
Mm-hmm. Well, I think that's the
way Orson Welles approached this.
"It might be fun to make a movie. "
He didn't know what he was doing, and
yet he did something that was perfect.
Makes you think about what's possible…
Maybe this is it.
What?
White medicine.
It seems to have cured you.
Well, my stomach feels better.
But before long,
the movie'll be over,
and I still won't know
what to do with my life.
I'm really confused, Leonard.
The path to our destination
is not always a straight one, Ed.
We go down the wrong road.
We get lost. We turn back.
Maybe it doesn't matter
which road we embark on.
Maybe what matters
is that we embark. … from the ep ROSEBUD

Tomorrow’s show is film-inspired tunes @
KBHR570.com 9-11 am PT!

15/11/2023

“Now & Then” homage as if it were from 1964, fun alternate cover, Happy Almost Wednesday!

NEW video showing how I made this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnEWq1EmrCkThis recording contains no samples of other recordings. The music and vocals we...

04/11/2023

I played “Now & Then” on my show today, & this reaction video explains the technical process a bit further than the Beatles 12 min doc, which I’ll post on the comment section, both intriguing & the doc is a bit emotional. The more I listen, the more I like it, didn’t expect A Day in the Life, but it was sort of - JL was recording a demo while the tele was on!

In todays episode I give you my reaction and breakdown of the new Beatles song called "Now And Then".Please remember to hit subscribe here and on ...

03/11/2023

Happy November! It’s an endless summer here in LA, tho no longer in the 100s, so I’ll do a show Al fresco tomorrow from my yard, NO THEME, but some oldies to start off up through stuff from this year, including that Beatles tune! KBHR570.com 9-11 Sat. PT.

Pic is from my bike ride last night through Marina del Rey!

27/10/2023

“We wish we were Obi-Wan Kenobi and, for the most part we are, but there's a little Darth Vadar in all of us. Thing is, this ain't no either/or proposition. We're talking about dialectics, the good and the bad merging into us. You can run but you can't hide. My experience? Face the darkness, stare it down. Own it. As brother Nietzsche said, being human is a complicated gig. Give that old dark night of the soul a hug! Howl the eternal yes!” ~CS

Tomorrow is the 32nd anniversary of Joel et Jules, so we’ll celebrate w/ some tunes from that ep, along w/ some Halloween tracks, & “good” & “bad” songs at KBHR570.com 9-11 Sat morn PT! 🎃👻💀🌚🎤🎶🎧👨‍🎤📻🌈🎙️😎☕️ Feel free to follow my page for a post a week on upcoming shows :)

20/10/2023

I'm back tomorrow! When KBHR was off the air last week due to a billing error, VVolf didn't have the $ get it back on till his next check, so us Cicelians chipped in cuz we appreciate the vision of our station founder (along w/ Chris Valley) so much and the community vibe of this great mushroom, so Saturday's show theme is "Howlin' of the VVolf" - which fits nicely into the season & he's one cool dude!

BTW: I usually remind y'all in October to donate (note new system on the page). We're volunteers who bring you tunes new & old, whether it's from VVolf, Oscar, Cark, or me (or Otto) & the marathon themes. The $ goes to the server & website. We stream music, but if you dig a tune, buy it to support the artist, & of course buy NX w/ original music! KBHR570.com 9-11 Sat. PT.
Click pic for full view, & North to the future!

13/10/2023

A play on Our Tribe's dialogue...
Ever since Wix closed KBHR, we've been feeling this withdrawal, a kind of-kind of grief. KBHR is home. It's mother.
Source of hot tracks & cool vibes like brewskis. You know, I want to share a breakfast platter of tunes, I hit KBHR on Saturdays. Finish the show, I hit Nothing's Perfect at the top of the month. Wednesdays, The Oscar Project.
Friday rolls around - you hit The Buzz w/ Dj VVolf!
The themed marathons on Sundays.
Without the station, Maurice Minnifield, The tunes on the jukebox. The noise... I have no home. I have no place to hang my hat. No pot to pee-pee in...

Mornin' Cicely, many of us are feeling like Chris. VVolf is dealing w/ a billing issue, so no show tomorrow...
"Lest we give in to despair, let's put on those psychic raincoats, turn up the collars and think about sunnier times." North to the Future!

09/10/2023

Happy Sunday Evening! Thanks for the comments & messages to those who appreciated my rap history track I played last weekend! I decided to create a lyric video for it & use it in my class (no I wouldn't play, "Push It"😅), check it out if you missed it! Happy 50th to "Hippity Hoppity"!

When I was a music teacher, & our school had a theme of 20th Century Music from American Roots to the end of the 20th Century, I wrote this rap about rap for...

06/10/2023

Chris Stevens: Who were some of your influences?
Brad Bonner: Chili Peppers, U2... Pearl Jam's okay.
CS: I was wondering if maybe you were influenced by some of the greats like Hendrix or Tommy Bolin.
BB: Hendrix? ... Mmm-hmm.
CC: Purple Haze? ... Woodstock? ...
The Star Spangled Banner? You know, headband?
BB: Oh, black dude, right? He wrote The Star-Spangled
Banner, didn't he? ... 😅🤘🎸

The theme is music inspired from NX's Spinal Tap heavy ep, "Heroes" (S4 E4) @ KBHR570.com 9-11 Sat. morns PT

Feel free to comment below on any experiences you've had w/ these "Heroes"

29/09/2023

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, but Streamed... from a recording cuz I'll be on my way to Ohana Fest, tho in the Discord chat & checking my FB. I may not have 2 turntables, but I have a microphone... & Spotify😅... Happy 50th to Hip-Hop & Rap! Ol' skool tracks for ol skool memories @ ▶️KBHR570.com, 9-11 am PT!

24/09/2023

Thought I'd share my Travels w/ Smokie clip here, as some of you didn't see the original post in May, feel free to follow this extension page. My Smokie B. vibe is here in a longer form w/ original music/poetry/narration. Episode One is inspired by Ed's Cicely, playlist link is in comments, Chupey!

Slideshow & Video, accompanied by original music (except where noted), narration, & haiku reflecting on the last several days of our trip. Most pics are from...

22/09/2023

Gooood morrrning, Cicely, & a special Cosmic Howdy to those visiting Roslyn this week! Sherry & Avcassin won my little trivia game, so they both picked themes that I’ll mash up tomorrow, & thx 2 Whip Fox for posting the S. Fitzgerald quote, fit perfectly! KBHR570.com 9-11 am PT!
😎🤩📻🎙️🎶🏔️🫎🎸🥁☮️🤘🏼🎧

15/09/2023

It’s all tracks from musicians I’ve seen live this year & will see live next month - Ohana Fest (Sunday line up) & Peter Gabriel! Sat 9-11 am PT at KBHR570.com Click pic for full view, live music is a soul vitamin (so is NX, of course)!

08/09/2023

Happy Friday, made a killer sandwich the other night - leftover eggplant parmigiana (incl. a little blue cheese), roasted peppers, spinach, & shrooms then thought of the NX scene below & the theme! KBHR570.com