Here’s what’s on Acid Flashback Radio this weekend. For more on each show, see our weekend shows page.
Friday
Acid Flashback Friday (noon ET) welcomes guest DJ Ken from Mississippi, who takes over all three hours with a great mix of deep tracks, old and new. The first hour has Jethro Tull’s “Curious Ruminant,” Pink Floyd’s “See Emily Play,” Supertramp’s “A Soapbox Opera,” Stu Phillips with “4 O’Clock Tea (Laudanum),” and Premiata Forneria Marconi’s “Photos of Ghosts.” PFM are the Italian prog band whose 1973 album of that name was released in English with lyrics by Peter Sinfield, the original lyricist for King Crimson. Hour two brings Genya Ravan & Ten Wheel Drive with “Morning Much Better,” The Ides of March with “Tie-Dye Princess,” Hawkwind’s “Changes,” Brewer & Shipley’s “Tarkio Road,” Spooky Tooth’s take on “I Am the Walrus,” and a live “Kashmir” from Led Zeppelin. Genya Ravan came up as the singer of the 1960s all-girl group Goldie & the Gingerbreads, and The Ides of March are the Chicago-area band best known for “Vehicle.” Hour three has Audience with “Buy Me an Island,” Curved Air’s “Marie Antoinette,” The Incredible String Band’s “Painting Box,” Fanny’s cover of the Cream song “Badge,” and Fleetwood Mac’s “Albatross.” Audience were a British art-rock band led by Howard Werth, Curved Air were a British prog band fronted by Sonja Kristina, and Fanny were one of the first all-female rock bands to land a major label deal. Check out Today in Rock History to see what happened in the past on this day.
Saturday
Psychedelic Psaturday with DJ Kaigem (1 pm ET, replay at 11 pm ET): Eric opens this week’s show with The Underdogs and their Motown single “Love’s Gone Bad.” From there he moves on to Nice Biscuit, a Brisbane, Australia band who blend psych-rock with krautrock and garage on their 2024 album SOS, then San Francisco’s Quicksilver Messenger Service and Syd Barrett, the founding frontman of Pink Floyd. Next up is The Electric Flag, a band with some well known members, including guitarist Mike Bloomfield and drummer Buddy Miles, but it never matched the success the individual players found elsewhere. After the next break come The Easybeats, the Australian band behind the 1966 hit “Friday on My Mind,” followed by Vienna’s Hypnotic Floor, who mix psych, kraut and prog rock with fuzzy riffs and spaced-out synths. Eric will tell you more about these bands during the show, so tune in and turn on.
The Flower Power Hour with Ken & MJ (2 pm ET): Dig three hours of peace, love, and psychoactive audibles. Hour 1 flies Jefferson Airplane’s Volunteers album, with The Byrds, Steve Forbert, the Sutherland Brothers, Faces, the Stones, Little Feat, Melissa Etheridge, Richie Havens, and CSNY along for the ride. In Hour 2, Ken & MJ tangle with UFOs and ETs, with far out tunes from Klaatu, Yes, the Moody Blues, Fleetwood Mac, Bowie, and more, wrapping up with a massive interstellar closer from Pink Floyd. Then they get a good buzz on with a Rush feast in Hour 3, with side dishes of Spirit, Argent, Joni Mitchell, REO Speedwagon, Muddy Waters, and Paul Simon. Plus comedy and spoken word from the Firesign Theatre, Monty Python, Father Guido Sarducci, and Neil deGrasse Tyson. Complimentary magic dust, BYO munchies.
Sunday
Sunday Time Warp with Bart Shore (3 pm ET): This week’s Time Warp (Show #813) is the Halloween edition, and Bart goes for the spooky deep cuts, including Atlanta Rhythm Section’s “Spooky,” Crow’s “Evil Woman,” Big Joe Williams’ “Voodoo Blues,” Bobby Bare’s “Vampira,” and The Rolling Stones’ “Dancing with Mr. D.” Screamin’ Jay Hawkins casts “I Put a Spell on You” as only he can.
Psychedelic Time Warp Show #27 (4 pm ET): This themed show is about “Guilty Pleasures,” including liquids, powders, smokeables, and more. You’ll hear The Byrds, Jonathan Edwards, Brewer & Shipley, Jackson Browne, the Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd, Van Morrison, the Beatles, Billy Joel, Blue Oyster Cult, Simon & Garfunkel, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Roxy Music, The Standells, the Rolling Stones, the Velvet Underground, Styx, Little Feat, Traffic, Boston, and Jimi Hendrix. Plus comedy from Cheech & Chong and George Carlin.
Air Candy with Tom Wilson (6 pm ET): Tom Wilson’s Air Candy is a wonderfully creative, well-produced show, and this week he sends us his very first Halloween edition. It’s a mix he made back in 2011 that inspired a lot of the Halloween Air Candies to come. You’ll hear Lindisfarne’s “Lady Eleanor,” Genesis with “The Lady Lies” and “Return of the Giant Hogweed,” and Jethro Tull’s “The Witch’s Promise.” There’s also Howlin’ Wolf’s “I Ain’t Superstitious,” Frank Zappa and the Mothers with “The Zombie Woof,” and Bobby “Boris” Pickett’s “Monster Mash.” Add the Bonzo Dog Band, Monty Python’s “How to Tell a Witch,” and Fairport Convention’s “Tam Lin,” and you’ve got a spooky treat for the whole family.
The Grateful Dead Hour with David Gans (7 pm ET), Show #1988: David features the Dead’s September 21, 1974 show at the Palais des Sports in Paris, with “Bertha,” “Mexicali Blues,” “Sugaree,” “Promised Land” and “Fennario” in the first part, then “Me and My Uncle,” “Deal,” “The Race Is On,” “Loose Lucy” and “El Paso.” The hour closes with “Friend of the Devil” from American Beauty.
The Zecom Hour with Bart Shore (8 pm ET): This week Bart has new music from Neil Young, plus the last song Charlie Watts played on with The Rolling Stones, just released on a new EP. Also on the list are B.B. King, Buddy Guy and Bonnie Raitt, Boz Scaggs, and much more.
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