R.I.P Dirk Dirksen, Majordomo of the "Fab Mab"

That's Mabuhay Gardens to you, which in 1976 became the first proper punkrock venue in San Francisco...for the countless number of bands who played there, the Mabuhay served as a lightning rod of activity, ambition and adventure.

And if the Mab was a lightning rod, Dirksen was a cattle prod, shocking patrons and performers out of any self-satisfied complacencies, however artistically noble or naive, goading them beyond their preconceptions and pretensions, forcing them to realize one's fullest potential as creative beings. And make some bucks, throw popcorn around and generally FSU in the process, too.

A rare and unique artist and patron, as only San Francisco could produce and nurture. Requiecsat in pace.

broadcast 11/25/06

intro: PACKABEATS - Theme From 'The Traitors'

BRIAN WILSON - Saturday Morning In The City
THE SLITS - Heard It Through The Grapevine
VIC GODARD/SUBWAY SECT - Lazy So And So
SUBURBAN KIDS WITH BIBLICAL NAMES - Seems To Be On My Mind

JOSEF K - Sorry For Laughing
TALKING HEADS - The Book I Read (live New Jersey 1977)
MANICURED NOISE - Faith
KEITH LLOYD - Time Is Tight

THE BOYFRIENDS - Remember
JENS LEKMAN - Sweet Summer's Night On Hammer Hill
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN - We Are The Sleepyheads
FLAME - Big Wheel Turning
ELVIS COSTELLO/ATTRACTIONS - Big Tears

MISSION OF BURMA - Nancy Reagan's Head
NO DOCTORS - Biggest
GRAVES BROS. DELUXE - White Devil's Death Song
DANNY AND THE DRESSMAKERS - Don't Make Another Bass Guitar, Mr. Rickenbacker
MANICURED NOISE - Dreams Money Can Buy

LISA DEWEY - Thirty Years In You
DOLLY MIXTURE - Understanding
SAINT ETIENNE - Clark County Record Fair
EVERLY BROS. - Signs That Will Never Change

LOU REED - Walk On The Wild Side (live Chicago 1978)
AMIDA - Virtue Was Your Downfall
LUXEMBOURG - What The Housewives Won't Tell You
DENIM - Middle Of The Road

outro: THE MOVE - Down On The Bay