Rough Nights Make Great Radio

Retro SCOTTSO soothes his larynx with a cuppa something on KLW's broadcast veranda overlooking scenic Gowanus Canal.  He's had a rough night. But that won't affect The Professor's mighty croak.

KLW the KILLERWATT · Retro SCOTTSO #30

The show must go on. A phrase Retro SCOTTSO takes to heart. After all, your favorite KILLERWATT DJ and resident Doctor of Musicology is DEAD. 

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Plus an all new Things From Indie.

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#SpookyTooth  #TheAfghanWhigs #Soundgarden #GeorgeHarrison

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Vin Rides a Bullet Train to Your Heart

Vin CYCLONE's shirt says, "Conveni" (コンビニ). It's a record slash convenience store.

KLW the KILLERWATT · The POWER HOUR #10

KILLERWATT Program Director Vin CYCLONE returns, laying down scalding hot tracks framed by fits of uncharacteristic, cool mental clarity. Yea, Tokyo's loudest DJ is freaking entertaining. Click the player to start your journey from the delightfully ridiculous ... to the sublime.

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#PIGGS #KingPleasure #TheBrothersJohnson #Nebula #LouisPrima

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Rock Extravagance Back in Brooklyn

Brian Lindgren, ready to kick off the sophomore edition of Logical Progression.

KLW the KILLERWATT · Logical Progression #2

Logical Progression returns, ginning up New York's radio bombast to the max. Great songs. Even longer great songs. Figures. New KLW DJ Brian Lindgren knows how to pick 'em --- plus that keen insight into music we love to hear bluster about. Click the player and listen.

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#MonsterMagnet #JadeLizard #BangTango #AshelynSummers #DreamTheater

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NOEL Do Believe Rock's Alive

NOEL engineering musical epiphanies all along the global gig highway.

KLW the KILLERWATT · NOEL at the Controls #25

NOEL's at the Controls and the music couldn't sound better. Lock that dial onto the KILLERWATT, or click the player to hear it.

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#NeonLeon #Love #Hanson #LittleFeat

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SCOTTSO Promotes Mavericks

KLW the KILLERWATT · Things From Indie (RS #29)

Retro SCOTTSO's Things From Indie, exclusively, on the KILLERWATT. Hear independent artists in a set curated by the Professor himself.

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#JeniferConvertible #TimeOrDirt #PrincessPamela #TheReWdoNeZ

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SCOTTSO Gonna Tune You Up

Retro SCOTTSO selfies from the stage.

KLW the KILLERWATT · Retro SCOTTSO #29

Trust the Professor. Retro SCOTTSO knows his way around a guitar anthem or two. Want earcandy? Click the player and listen.

Plus an all new Things From Indie.

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#ZZTop #TRex #GrahamParker #SamanthaFishandJesseDayton

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Witness the Dawn of Logical Progression

Brian debuts Logical Progression, exclusively, on the KILLERWATT.

KLW the KILLERWATT · Logical Progression #1

Logical Progression is a brand new program hosted by Brian Lindgren. He's a fan of early FM radio, and when he pitched his concept to the suits at KILLERWATT, well, we thought we should give him an airshift before the poor kid resorts to podcasting. Imagine: You fired-up your old Scott FM tuner. Tweak the tuning for maximum meter deflection. Now lay down between your JBL L100 speakers, or affix a pair of  Koss Pro-4A headphones for analytical listening, and get with the progression. Click the player and listen.

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#10cc #LouReed #EddieJobson #DavidSylvianAndRobertFripp

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The Truth Lies on This Isle

Signal Hill islet, as it appeared in 1952 when the walk-bridge was still maintained and foliage dotted the KILLERWATT's transmitter/studio site, a man-made island of landfill located in the widest part of the Gowanus Canal.

KLW the KILLERWATT · Mixtape MANIA #12

Mixtape MANIA, click the player above!

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NOEL Sails East River for Radio

Noel on East 34th St., waiting on the Signal Hill, Brooklyn ferry.

KLW the KILLERWATT · NOEL at the Controls #24

You can't take the train to KLW's transmitter/studio site on Signal Hill, Brooklyn. We're situated on a man-made island in the widest part of the Gowanus Canal. The entire islet was purpose-built for radio broadcasting, records indicate, some-time between 1918 and 1920. Yes, there's an ancient, creaky little walking bridge connecting our little pile of landfill to greater Brooklyn. But Manhattan based NOEL at the Controls prefers a pleasant mini voyage on the ferry special from East 34th St.. A "special" because it stops at KILLERWATT's pier via special arrangement with the City. We'll explain in the next episode of The Blackout Tapes, KLW's chronicle of the Great Blackout of '77.

Tonight, NOEL at the CONTROLS broadcasts another Peabody Award winning program, because NOEL knows how to present great records. Enough said. Click the player above to hear it.

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#JMascisAndTheFog #RagingSlab #Faces #LeafHound

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SCOTTSO's Wisdom Reveals Indie

His doors of perception are wide open. Enlighten yourself. Things From Indie.

KLW the KILLERWATT · Things From Indie (RS #28)

Take a trip into the realm of independent artists.

"The man who comes back through the Door in the Wall will never be quite the same as the man who went out. He will be wiser but less sure, happier but less self-satisfied, humbler in acknowledging his ignorance yet better equipped to understand the relationship of words to things, of systematic reasoning to the unfathomable mystery which it tries, forever vainly, to comprehend."

― Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception

Retro SCOTTSO's Things From Indie, exclusively, on the KILLERWATT.

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#SacredBull #Xzanthia #OldCity #RickHorvath

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Hail SCOTTSO King of Skullduggery

Retro SCOTTSO supports the fine art of skullduggery. And the fine arts. Prints available!

KLW the KILLERWATT · Retro SCOTTSO #28

Retro SCOTTSO makes no bones about it. He readily admits he's a famous radio jockey, celebrated drunk and old school record store owner in morte. 'Round midnight, he'll cop to being KILLERWATT's undisputed King of Skullduggery. He's bad in a good way. Tonight, KLW's very own Juju-DJ comes to you live and direct from Athens, Georgia. Expect magic. Click the player above.

Plus an all new Things From Indie.

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#MatthewSweet #WidespreadPanic #VicChesnutt #TheBaseballProject #DriveByTruckers

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Melissa Mixes Heady Concoction

KLW Engineer Ed "Fitz" Fitzgerald (L) and your lovely little host, Mel celebrating the Fourth at the KILLERWATT's transmitter site, Signal Hill, Brooklyn. KLW's AM antenna (R) adding electromagnetic fireworks to NYC's airwaves.

KLW the KILLERWATT · Mixtape MANIA #11

KILLERWATT Engineer Ed "Fitz" Fitzgerald has no compunctions about showing the world the source of his radio expertise. Every Fourth of July, Fitz is the life of our cookout at the foot of KLW's radio tower. Electromagnetic radiation, hot dogs, plus a singular potpourri of substances: effluvium from the Gowanus Canal mingles with psychedelic hallucinogens -- don't forget plain-old booze -- and the music.... A heady concoction! Listen to Mixtape MANIA, click the player above!

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#Volbeat #BadReligion #YeaYeaYeahs #CIV

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NOEL Loves You You Big Bubala

NOEL at the Controls.

KLW the KILLERWATT · NOEL at the Controls #23

NOEL's back behind KLW's mics. But the administrative suits at CMG (Conflamed Media Global), parent company of the KILLERWATT, are stupefied. "What's all this oddly catchy music?" they puzzle, afraid to make programming decisions. Pretending to be hip. So you see, we're lucky to have cool CEO, Harold Rashmusher Jr., a real mensch. He loves radio, and to him we can only say, "We love you, bubala, thanks a lot for letting us...."

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#JesseMalin #Kraftwerk #ThinLizzy #TheVelvetUnderground

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Indy Bands Break Out

KLW the KILLERWATT · Things From Indie (RS #27)

Retro SCOTTSO's Things From Indie, exclusively, on the KILLERWATT.

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#NoValentine #RossByron #FreelanceVandals

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Brown Shoes Don't Make It

Retro Vincent SCOTTSO gets into character for tonight's program.

KLW the KILLERWATT · Retro SCOTTSO #27

RS plays FZ, tonight on the KILLERWATT. Click the player and you're back, down front at the Palladium and beyond.

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#FrankZappa #GrandFunkRailroad #GTOs #AliceCooper

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And the Mixtape Played-On

MELISSA Mania recently browsing Amoeba's new Hollywood location.

KLW the KILLERWATT · Mixtape MANIA #10

Melissa's Mixtape MANIA! Click the player above.

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#XRaySpex #Plasmatics #TheAvengers #GoreGoreGirls

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NOEL's Back in Brooklyn

Beijing to Brooklyn, NOEL's at the Controls.

KLW the KILLERWATT · NOEL at the Controls #22

NOEL is controlling transmission. Noel will control all that you hear. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind ... to the KILLERWATT ... with NOEL at the Controls. Click the player to hear it.

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#TerryReid #Horslips #CAIVANO #TheFeelies

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