No show tonight.

Sorry guys, I can't make it in tonight. I'll work on that podcast stuff this week and figure everything out. Chances are I have a host, I just have to iron out the legalities. It Came from the Desert: Legalize It. I'll keep you all posted!

Let's start a grass roots movement tonight!

Tonight I continue my campaign to win Best Local Radio Personality in the Electric City 2011 Readers' Poll, I will squash all contenders but only with your help! What you need to do is vote here and vote for yours truly, Divo. You ballot should look a little something like this.

Do it my minions. For your services, you will be rewarded with an awesome show tonight, full of heaviness and what not. So make sure to vote and to tune in at 10pm to VMFM 91.7. The listen live link is on the right. Let's rock.

Loveless tribute show tonight!

Along with the hard hitting desert riffs that will be melting your brain tonight, we will be dedicating the 2nd hour to My Bloody Valentine's Loveless which turned 20 this weekend. Loveless has been heralded as "The best album of the 90's" and on of the "most pivotal albums in modern rock history" and while it doesn't fit the format of the show, it has influenced artists of all genres and myself, personally.

The story behind Loveless is as engaging as the album itself. It was recorded in 19 different studios over the course of two years, and it cost Creation Records an estimated £250,000, nearly bankrupting the label. The recording process was plagued with health issues (most of the drums had to be sampled due to drummer Colm Ó Cíosóig's health and personal problems, the only live drum tracks are on Only Shallow and Touched), fighting between the band and label, legal trouble and equipment issues. At one point during the mastering process, the entire album went out of phase and had to be re-set from the memory of guitarist/singer Kevin Shields' memory. An album mastering generally takes a day, Loveless took 13.

Though a hit among critics, Loveless only sold a mere 250,000 copies due to the fact that the band only did a small tour in support of the album, the band's name was forbidden to be on the sleeve, and there were no singles, despite music videos being made for 3 songs. 

So what makes Loveless so damn special? The vocal are buried and the song structure for most of the tracks are the same. Well, Loveless is a triumph is guitar based rock. On most songs there are one or two guitar tracks with minimal effects. While most shoegaze artists relied on a chorus and flange pedal, Kevin Shields did most of his handy work by using the tremolo bar, and that's it. Instead of using a wah-wah pedal, he recorded the guitar track, replayed it through an equalizer and manually adjusted knobs. When asked if using a wah-wah would acheive the same effect, he replied, "In attitude toward sound, yes. But not in approach."

I could go on and on about all the little quirks about this album, like how Bilinda Butcher's voice is used as an instrument and how many vocal bits are sampled and used as such throughout the album or how most of the instrumentation is done by Shields himself or how when the vocals were being recorded, Butcher and Shields were cloaked behind a screen and the only was the engineers knew that something was being recorded were the VU meters moving or how there are 12 vocal tracks on When You Sleep because they couldn't nail down the perfect track, so they just mixed them all down, but I'm going to let the music speak for itself. Want to learn more? Check out the Loveless wiki!

Never heard Loveless before? Well, you're in luck! I will be spinning the album in its entirety during the 2nd hour of the show tonight. I hope you all enjoy the departure from the norm tonight. So remember to tune in tonight at 10PM EST on VMFM 91.7 by clicking the link on the right. See you tonight!

Dr. Love joins me on a very special Halloween episode tonight!

Dr. Love will join me in the studio tonight and will be giving relationship advice and so much more. A lot has happened to him since the failure of the film Dr. Love "Anoose" Explorr in 3D and album. He does not look well and he would appreciate if you tune in to hear his plight. I will also have some spooky tunes to get you in the mood for Halloween! So tune in at 10pm to 91.7 VMFM on your radio dial or on the link to the right, see you tonight!

Dim the lights and bust out the Cognac, new show tonight!

Tonight I'm back from break with a passion so fiery it will be engraved into your soul. We will be listening to select tracks from Elder's latest album and of course your favorite Desert Rock bands, one of which will be visiting the Union Transfer in Philadelphia this Thursday, Dead Meadow. Long time fans of the show know my love for these guys and, yes, I'm stoked to see them. Here, watch this video of cute Japanese girls sword fighting and tune in at 10pm EDT!

Fall Break

It Came from the Desert will return next week with selections from the latest release from Elder entitled Dead Roots Stirring. This is the one and only album I received this year from Meteor City, which is fine, because Elder more than makes up for the lack of other albums. Here is the title track to the album. See you all next week.

#Occupy your radio tonight...

...to hear the baddest ass music anywhere on the dial starting at 10pm. I have a great show lined up with bands including Heliotropes, Sleep, Freedom Hawk, Kyuss, and more. I will also be providing GRIPPING SOCIAL COMMENTARY regarding the #Occupy movement. Then it's back to the music where we discuss the upcoming Dead Meadow show!

No news regarding the podcast at the moment, still waiting on a host and legal stuff. Though when it does go live, there will be at least 3 shows ready to download. That's 6 hours of non stop ass shaking rock 'n roll. Play it for your mom, she'll get into it.

But for those who like to listen live, tune into 91.7 or online at 10pm, it's real easy, like shooting fish in a barrel!