Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Cash Still King at KLW

Retro SCOTTSO's lucrative program segment: Things From Indie.

Things From Indie features a curated set of independent artists presented by The Professor himself, Retro SCOTTSO. Got an indie band? Want a feature-shot on future TFI broadcasts? Then please note: Fats accepts all major crypto currencies as well as cash slipped inside the jacket of your latest LP. Start by contacting Retro SCOTTSO here.

Check out the complete Retro SCOTTSO program this edition of Things From Indie was excerpted from.

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Saturday, April 20, 2024

Radio Legend Got Nothin' to Hide

The Professor sporting his Legends of Radio SCOTTSO Edition classic button-down by Calvin Klein. Yes, that was a plug.

Hear the Professor direct from Signal Hill, Brooklyn -- plus an all new Things From Indie -- exclusively, on the KILLERWATT.

Send requests in the comments below. Indie bands should contact Retro SCOTTSO here.

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#Fear #FatsDomino #ElectricLightOrchestra #Soundgarden

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Thursday, April 18, 2024

KILLERWATT BLOWS the BLACKOUT

The remains of KLW's studio on E. 31st St. in Manhattan one day after the Great Blackout and riots of 1977.

One take on our coverage.
Aircheck tapes of KLW have surfaced made by a listener from Battle Creek, Michigan on July 13, 1977, "The Blackout of 1977." The radio hobbyist's recording* documents the KILLERWATT cobbling together an emergency studio at the generator powered transmitter site on Signal Hill, Brooklyn. The station's Manhattan studio (pictured above) was looted then set afire. To this day, both studio and transmitter sites have remained on the tiny islet in the widest section of the Gowanus Canal: "Signal Hill." Hear the first three installments of "The BLACKOUT TAPES" in succession, including commentary from KLW notables.
*The quality of the audio reflects the off-the-air nature of the recording, that is, a consumer tape recorder's microphone placed in front of a 1960s vintage tube-type Zenith kitchen radio. Also note the recordist was 685 miles away from Signal Hill, Brooklyn, hearing the KILLERWATT's 50,000 watt AM signal via night-time "skip," or "skywave."


The Staff and Others (in order of appearance)

Vin CYCLONE: KLW Program Director (then DJ)
Retro SCOTTSO: Legendary DJ
Bobby ROBERTO: Voice of the KILLERWATT (then DJ, too)
NOEL at the Controls: (Rocking then and now)
Sid Walker: KILLERWATT Chief Engineer
Chad Burger:
Transmitter Engineer
Harold Rashmusher Jr.: Conflamed Media Global CEO
Harold's "Prostrate": (Rocking then and now)
Dave WASTED: KILLERWATT Resident Punk
The Pimp
Cop #1
Cop #2

(First published © ℗ 2021/Tese/KILLERWATT).

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Saturday, April 13, 2024

NOEL ROCKS

NOEL fronting NOEL Ford and the Fanatics featuring the back-line from hell, L-R: Dave WASTED, Vin CYCLONE and Bingo Sanatra. Not pictured: Walt STACK and Adam Tese. One helluva night.



NOEL's gonna control your acoustic environs for the next couple of hours. As KILLERWATT resident announcer Bobby ROBERTO says: "Relinquish control...here's NOEL." So click the player above, close your eyes, and picture yourself enjoying a rock n roll brunch,* luxuriating, on the viscous shores of the Gowanus Canal -- home of the KILLERWATT!

*Double scramble egg on a roll with cheddar. And kawfee!

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