Children of the Night: Vampires Christmas

On Children of the Night: Vampires Christmas (originally aired 3 - 5 AM on 12/22/18 on WRIR 97.3 fm Richmond Independent Radio): Sure, vampires celebrate Christmas. We do all the traditional things. Hang stockings still filled with the feet of victims by the fire. Stick a bat on the top of the tree. Blood flavored candy canes. Waiting for Santa to come down the chimney on Christmas Eve so the little vampires can feast on his fat flesh. See, we’re just like you. We even like Christmas music though only a little mixed in with our usual eclectic sounds. Bands like The Move, John Mellencamp, Warren Zevon, White Denim, Bob & Doug McKenzie, Sammi Lanzetta, Luther Dickinson, Tom Russell, Fishbone, Outkast, Songs:Ohia, Steve Martin and more.

You can check it out on the Children of the Night page: http://www.wrir.org/show/children-of-the-night/ or the direct link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/201812220300.ChildrenoftheNight.mp3

Children of the Night: Get Out Of My Head, Vampire!

On Children of the Night: Get Out Of My Head, Vampire! (originall aired 12/15/18 3 - 5 AM on WRIR 97.3 fm Richmond Independent Radio): Ever since I woke up with those bites on my neck, I’ve been hearing the voices. Like an evil siren singing to me to join them. I hear the thoughts of wolves, the screams of bats, the crawling of insects and rats through my walls. GET THESE VOICES OUT OF MY HEAD! GET OUT OF MY HEAD, VAMPIRE! Maybe some music will help. How about an eclectic mix featuring Sofia Bolt, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, The Tornados, William Shatner, The Cactus Blossoms, Ben Folds Five, Dan Baird, Toro y Moi, Sleaford Mods, Van Morrison, Gallant and more.

If you miss the show, you can find it later on the Children of the Night page: http://www.wrir.org/show/children-of-the-night/ or head to the direct link of the show at http://files.wrir.org/shows/201812150300.ChildrenoftheNight.mp3

Children of the Night: Vampire’s So Scandalous!

On the next episode of Children of the Night: Vampire’s So Scandalous! (3 - 5 AM on WRIR 97.3 fm Richmond Independent Radio) That vampire’s so scandalous. All the parties, all the married women, some of whom mysteriously disappear, but nothing touches that guy. We call him the teflon vampire. He likes to play that scandalous rock n’ roll too with an eclectic mix from moe., Mike Krol, Prince, WINDHAND, Every Time I Die, Old 97’s, Jordan Klassen, Deep Dark Woods, and more!

If you miss the show, catch it on the Children of the Night page at http://www.wrir.org/show/children-of-the-night/ or go to the show directly at http://files.wrir.org/shows/201812080300.ChildrenoftheNight.mp3

Children of the Night: Love and Pain

On Children of the Night: Love and Pain (originally aired 3 - 5 AM 12/1/18 on WRIR 97.3 fm Richmond Independent Radio): Love and pain, Children of the Night. When you are undead, not enough of the former, too much of the latter. At least we’ve got this eclectic mix of music to heal our immortal souls w/music from Doyle Bramhall II, Shovels and Rope, Bob Dylan & The Band, Josh Ritter, Merry Clayton, DMA’s, Television, Neville Brothers, and more! Maybe a piece of pie will help too.

If you miss the show, you can check it out later on the Children of the Night page at: http://www.wrir.org/show/children-of-the-night/ or you can go directly to the show at http://files.wrir.org/shows/201812010300.ChildrenoftheNight.mp3

Children of the Night: Under the Blood of the Moon!

On tonight's episode of Children of the Night: Under the Blood of the Moon! (originally aired 11/24/18 3-5 AM on WRIR 97.3 fm Richmond Independent Radio) We stalk under the blood of the moon tonight, children of the night. We are shadows. We are music, an eclectic mix w/The Beths, Wild Tchoupitoulas, Buffalo Tom, Queens Of The Stone Age, The Beatles, Pan Sonic, The Avett Brothers, The O’Jays, and more!

If you miss the show, you can find it later on the Children of the Night page: http://www.wrir.org/show/children-of-the-night/

Here's the direct link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/201811240300.ChildrenoftheNight.mp3

Friday Breakfast Blend: Black Friday mix

BLACK FRIDAY SALE! Listen to one hour of Friday Breakfast Blend on WRIR 97.3 fm Richmond Independent Radio (the show originally aired 11/23 6 - 8 AM), get the second hour free! Friday Breakfast Blend now has special bonus guest host, Tony Jordan (from Children of the Night Sa 3 - 5 AM) for extra scrubbing power! He's got songs about shopping to get you fired up for the consumerist frenzy with the "Black Friday" mix. It'll be an eclectic one with music from Freshies, John Lee Hooker, Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers, Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Drive-By Truckers, The National, The Jam, Stephen Kellogg, Pet Shop Boys, Robert Hazard, and more! Tune in now and we'll throw in a free set of Ginsu knives!

If you miss it, you can check it out on the Friday Breakfast Blend page at http://www.wrir.org/show/friday-morning-breakfast-blend/

Here's the direct link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/201811230600.FridayBreakfastBlend.mp3

Children of the Night: Voodoo Vampire

On Children of the Night: Voodoo Vampire (originally aired 11/17/18 3 - 5 AM on WRIR 97.3 fm Richmond Independent Radio): Got some evil juju working tonight. The priestess has conjured up vampires and zombies to haunt the swamps of Richmond. She did it with an eclectic mix of music from Bob Dylan & The Band, The Billy Gibson Band, Tyler Ramsey, Public Service Broadcasting, Ghostpoet, L.A. Takedown, The National, The Story So Far, Old And In The Way, Yes and more.

If you miss the show, you can find it later on the Children of the Night page: http://www.wrir.org/show/children-of-the-night/ or at the direct link http://files.wrir.org/shows/201811170300.ChildrenoftheNight.mp3

Children of the Night: Vampires With No Shame

On Children of the Night: Vampires With No Shame (originally aired 11/10/18 3 - 5 AM on WRIR 97.3 fm Richmond Independent Radio): The Children of the Night have no shame. Now that it gets dark earlier, we can get out and feast on the happy hour crowd so much easier. And the nights are getting longer so we can prey until the wee hours of the morning. Our dining music this early morning includes The Replacements, Binker and Moses, Robyn Hitchcock, Mark Lanegan Band, The Seeds, Elvis Costello, Patrik Fitzgerald, Frightened Rabbit, and more!

Here's the link to the show. Note my show starts 29:33 into the file. Not sure what happened but there you go: http://files.wrir.org/shows/201811100300.ChildrenoftheNight.mp3

The show page with links to past shows can be found here: http://www.wrir.org/show/children-of-the-night/

Children of the Night: Underworld

On Children of the Night: Underworld (originally aired 11/3/18 3 - 5 AM on WRIR 97.3 fm Richmond Independent Radio): We hope you enjoyed Halloween. The Children of the Night did. Those trick or treaters are delicious. Such sweet blood when they are full of candy. But now we are back in the Underworld with an eclectic mix of music to celebrate with including Josh Ritter, White Denim, Phish from one of their Hampton shows this October, Bodega , Lucius, R.E.M. and more.

Here's a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/201811030300.ChildrenoftheNight.mp3

Children of the Night: The Halloween Show 2018

On Children of the Night: The Halloween Show 2018 (original air date 10/27/18 3 - 5 AM on WRIR 97.3 fm Richmond Independent Radio): Children of the Night love Halloween. It allows them to blend in with all the costumed freaks. So much easier to pick off victims. We have an eclectic mix for the overnight feeding including The Rolling Stones, Television, Widowspeak, Pearl Jam, The Flatlanders, Turkuaz, Dead Man’s Bones and more. Be careful. That vampire behind you might not be in costume.

Here's a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/201810270300.ChildrenoftheNight.mp3

Children of the Night: Guitars, Cadillacs, Vampires

On Children of the Night: Guitars, Cadillacs, Vampires (original air date 10/20/18 3 - 5 AM on WRIR 97.3 fm Richmond Independent Radio): This vampire drives around town in a big 1972 Cadillac convertible. When cars were built with American steel and could fit 8 people in the back seat. The vampire cruises the streets with his guitar in the passenger seat, looking for victims or jam sessions. And sometimes the two are the same. He turns on the radio and spins the dial to 97.3 WRIR. This is what he hears: Matthew Ryan, Caitlyn Smith, Courtney Barnett, Prince, Peter Perrett, Dan Baird, Oh Sees, Tony Allen, Arc Angels, Melody’s Echo Chamber, Thundercat, and more.

Here's a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/201810200300.ChildrenoftheNight.mp3

Children of the Night: Vampires in the Weeds

On the episode of Children of the Night: Vampires in the Weeds (originally aired Saturday, 10/13/2018 3 - 5 AM on WRIR 97.3 fm Richmond Independent Radio): The vampires hide in the weeds, waiting for you to walk by. Or maybe they are really busy wait staff? Anyway, we’ve got an eclectic mix for your featuring Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Grateful Dead, Horse Feathers, Belly, Pile, The Seeds, Crushed Out, The Wombats, Miho Hatori, Queens Of The Stone Age, and more!

Children of the Night: RIP Marty Balin of Jefferson Airplane and Otis Rush

On the episode of Children of the Night that aired on 10/6/18 (3 - 5 AM on WRIR 97.3 fm Richmond Independent Radio), we paid tribute to the late Marty Balin of Jefferson Airplane and Otis Rush. We’ve also got tunes from them, Eric Clapton, Django Django, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Leftover Salmon, Phoebe Bridgers, White Denim, and more.

Children of the Night: Only Us Vampires

On the September 29th episode of Children of the Night: Only Us Vampires (originally aired 3 - 5 AM on WRIR 97.3 fm Richmond Independent Radio): It’s only us vampires up this late. Welcome to the tribe. We are rocking until we see the first, faint glimmer of daylight with an eclectic mix featuring Thrice, The Magpie Salute, Slaves, Grateful Dead, Jeff Tweedy, Eels, The Four Tops, Mayer Hawthorne, Magnetic Fields, Disclosure, Mott The Hoople, Marika Hackman, Amy Rigby, Paul Weller and more.

If you miss the show, you can catch it for up to two weeks on the sexy WRIRchive at wrir.org/listen. And here's a link to the show that lasts forever: http://files.wrir.org/shows/201809290300.ChildrenoftheNight.mp3

Children of the Night: Vampire Bacchanal

On Children of the Night: Vampire Bacchanal (originally aired 9/22/18 3 - 5 AM Saturday on WRIR 97.3 fm Richmond Independent Radio): Hope your Friday night is quite the bacchanal! We’re partying with the children of the night here and we’ve got the music to do it. An eclectic mix of music with Wrongtom Meets The Ragga Twins, Spain, Daron Malakian and Scars On Broadway, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, The Byrds, Big Gigantic, Little Wings, Wax Idols and more. So let the drunken revelry continue on to the dawn!

Here's the link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/201809220300.ChildrenoftheNight.mp3

Children of the Night: Vampires of the Storm

For those of you that might still be on my mailing list, HI!

Thought I might post the links to my radio shows on here, in case any of you are interested in listening and to keep the blog active.

So here's the info for last week's show and a link to the show.

On the 9/15 episode of Children of the Night: Vampires of the Storm (3 - 5 AM WRIR 97.3 fm Richmond Independent Radio): Beware of the Hurricane, er, the tropical storm, er, the rain! Yeah, the rain! While I’m glad Florence missed us, it did mean I had to scrap my plans to play Scorpions’ “Rock You Like a Hurricane” for three hours straight. Instead, we’ll have to make due with this eclectic mix featuring new, live R.E.M., IDLES, Neil Young And The Bluenotes, Roger Waters, Local Natives, Phish, Mates of State, The Delfonics and more.

Here's the link to the show. Note that there is dead air from 45 seconds in until 1:35 (that's a minute and 35 seconds): http://files.wrir.org/shows/201809150300.ChildrenoftheNight.mp3