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Thursday:
David Landon is playing at Biscuits and Blues...
Butterfly Boucher and Ryan Auffenberg play the Cafe Du Nord
B-52's play Wente Vinyards ...
Spencer Day is at the Napa Valley Opera House....
The High Sierra Music Festival, Marin County Fair, and the Alameda County Fair are going on all weekend.
Arj Barker is at Cobb's Thursday and Friday.
Friday:
David Baron is at the Great American Music Hall....
Heavely States play the Uptown in Oakland.
The Rest:
Saturday night the Monophonics play the Boom Boom Room...
Sunday Bohemian Knuckle Boogie plays the Boom Boom Room.
New Releases Thursday:
Kelly Ransford, the KFOG Music Director, came in with new music from Melody Gardot "Who Will Comfort Me" and Spoon "Got Nuffin'." And the gang had a brief chat with Mike Krukow who is in St. Louis until Friday. Go Giants!
Have a fantastic weekend, KFOG.
Wednesday, July 1st:
Kevin Hunsanger (Green Apple Books) brought in a whole pile of great works of literature get the list here. Check out the new Green Apple blogs too!
Comedian Arj Barker spent time with KFOG today. Barker is a Bay Area native who most recently has been a recurring character 'Dave' on "Flight of the Conchords." He's back in town for a couple of shows at Cobb's Comedy Club tonight through Friday.
Tuesday, June 30th:
Chris Giorni of Tree Frog Treks stopped by to offer up all the wonders of wild science! He brought critters, he blew things up (not the critters though), and reminded us all that there are plenty of programs this summer to help kids get out and live science rather than just read about it. Giorni also wanted to remind Fogheads it is very important to Save The Frogs.
Monday, June 29th:
Webster and the gang called on the wisdom of Fogheads to help a fellow music lover this morning. Foghead Nicole emailed that she was going to be driving back to the Bay Area, from Alaska, and wanted to make a "mix tape" of California/San Francisco songs for the journey. Here's what we came up with: "Estimated Prophet" by the Grateful Dead, "Lights" by Journey, Green Day's "American Idiot", "(Wake Me Up) In San Francisco" by The Welcome Matt, Otis Redding's "(Sittin' on the) Dock of the Bay", Counting Crows "Sullivan Street", Brett Dennen's "San Francisco", Eric Clapton's live version of "San Francisco Bay Blues", and two from the Decemberists "Grace Cathederal Hill" and "O Valencia!"
Every Monday KFOG spends time with TV Critic Tim Goodman (SF Chronicle), today Tim talked about "Hung" (HBO) and he answered questions from Fogheads.
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Friday, June 26th:
The gang took a call from John Krasinski (The Office), he is starring in the new film Away We Go. Listen to the interview here. Giants Broadcaster Mike Krukow called in to talk baseball as he does every Friday, although next week we'll talk to Kruke on Thursday (the July 4th weekend starts early!). Mike Farrell (M*A*S*H) spent time with the Morning Show talking about his latest book Of Mule and Man.
San Francisco Supervisor Bevan Dufty stopped by KFOG today. He gave Fogheads the rundown of events for the upcoming Pride Weekend. From the Transgender March on Friday to the Pride Parade on Sunday, visit SF Gate to get a list of the many activities taking place in the city this weekend.
Wednesday, June 24th:
The KFOG Morning Show took a call from David Byrne. An avid bike rider, Byrne talked about his varied bicycle travels and his book "Bicycle Diaries." It was with the help of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition that David Byrne found bike-friendly KFOG to chat with today. If you missed the interview you can find it here:
David Byrne plays this Friday at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley.
Usually we reserve Mondays for TV Talk with Tim Goodman (SF Chronicle), but since Elvis Costello was in studio Monday Tim was ruthlessly bumped to today... and boy was he bitter about it, he unleashed a wrath of of fury all over "Jon & Kate Plus 8." Listen to the interview here.
Tuesday, June 23rd:
'The Daily Show's' Jason Jones called to talked about his feature "Iran: Behind the Veil" which is running this week on the Comedy Central. The gang also got tech savvy and took a call from one of the co-authors of The Twitter Book Sarah Milstein.
Monday, June 22nd: The KFOG Morning Show spent time with Brooklyn band Grizzley Bear today. They played a beautiful song for us - "All We Ask" - and then they were off to catch a nap before playing The Fillmore again tonight.
And Elvis Costello hung out at KFOG today. He talked with the gang and pick some tunes to play from his new album: Secret Profane and Sugarcane. Then he borrowed a guitar and played a few tunes live for us. See Elvis today at noon at Amoeba on Haight.
Vinyl Friday, June 19:
The KFOG Morning Show spent a few hours digging thru the amazing KFOG vinyl music library in honor of Vinyl Saturday. It was a blast from the past when Scoop brought in his Timothy Leary LSD record, and the Butterfield Blues Band. Every Friday during baseball season the gang has a chat with Mike Krukow, today Kruke requested a song off the very first vinyl record he bought (for 3 dollars) Meet The Beatles.
New Releases Thursday, June 18:
Live music started your morning with the local band Walty on KFOG today. Walty will cover the music of Thin Lizzy tonight for a show at the Hotel Utah. Listen to Walty on KFOG here.
Kelly Ransford, KFOG Music Director, brought in new music for us today. She played something from the soon to be released Levon Helm (The Band) album Electric Dirt, a cover of the Grateful Dead song "Tennessee Jed" is on it. Plus we heard new music from Grizzly Bear, the Brooklyn based band will be rolling through town with two shows at the Fillmore, Sunday and Monday, and you can hear Grizzly Bear live on the KFOG Morning show this Monday (6/22).
And tomorrow, Friday, calling all vinyl freaks... in honor of Vinyl Saturday, the KFOG Morning Show will be spinning some of their favorite records. Drop us a line with the story about your "first" at mornings@kfog.com.
Wednesday, June 17:
Author Charles Pierce called in to talk about his book Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free. Plus, Davy Rothbart sopped in. Rothbart started FOUND magazine and has a new book Requiem for a Paper Bag. Davy & Peter Rothbart will be joined by the Watson Twins tomorrow night at the Ghost Town Gallery in Oakland.
Tuesday, June 16:
SF/SPCA president Jan McHugh Smith spent time with KFOG today. She brought in Mindy and Gwen, two adorable kittens, to help remind us that June is Adopt-a-Shelter-Cat month and there are many cats and kittens out there looking for a new home. She also offered up some dates to remember: The Rescue, Recycle, Renew Adoption Fair is on June 20th, and Catnip (the cat-lovers mixer) is June 25th.
Dave Matthews called KFOG and, among other things, he talked about the recent death of band member LeRoi Moore and whether the release of his new album "Big Whisky and the GrooGrux King" was bittersweet for the band. Listen to Dave Matthews on KFOG here.
Don't forget to listen for a Dave Matthews archive track to win your Outside Lands 3-day passes from KFOG.
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