COSMOS TOPPER 2000 FAVE RAVES FROM THE LAST YEAR OF THE 20TH CENTURY
KPPC-FM 106.7 Pasadena California Riffs 1967-1971 (Several Hippie Radio Web Pages Are Under Construction)
KPPC-FM 106.7 Pasadena, California web page by Chief Engineer Mike Callaghan: KPPC-FM 1967-1971 Photos
60's
UNDERGROUND RADIO tributes to creative Disc Jockeys:
B. MITCHEL REED and LES CARTER and TOM DONAHUE
B. MITCHEL REED Los Angeles Radio Legend
UNDERGROUND RADIOLAND MURDERS is a portion of my "Great American Cybernovel" that gives us one of several "true fiction" scenarios about the first FM Rock Underground Radio Station in Southern California: KPPC-FM 106.7 in Pasadena (originally located in the basement of the Pasadena Presbyterian Church and broadcasting hippie rebop from November 1, 1967 until the entire KPPC-FM staff was fired on October 24, 1971)
"UNDERGROUND RADIOLAND MURDERS" Hippie Radio Cybernovel by Ted Alvy
An early version of the current National Public Radio hour "Le Show" hosted by the many voices of HARRY SHEARER was broadcast on KPPC in 1970 and 1971 called "Destination Music".
THE FIRESIGN THEATRE broadcast on KPPC-FM from the basement of Pasadena Presbyterian Church beginning in November 1969 until they were fired in August 1970 at the KPPC 99 South Chester studios in Pasadena, California.
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Underground Radio (rebop from beatniks to hipsters to
hippies), Mallard, Zoot Horn Rollo, Magic Band,
Neon Park, Little Feat, Theodore Sturgeon, The Firesign
Theatre, Captain Beefheart, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia,
Paul Krassner,
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1995) and "TOPPER" Films and TV Show:
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COSMOS TOPPER 2000 FAVE RAVES FROM THE LAST YEAR OF THE 20TH CENTURY
COSMOS TOPPER 2000 Fave
Rave Music Group Of The Century:
THE BEATLES
COSMOS TOPPER 2000 Fave
Rave Songwriter Of The Century:
BOB DYLAN
COSMOS TOPPER 2000 Fave
Rave Guitar Master Of The Century:
JIMI HENDRIX
COSMOS TOPPER 2000 Fave
Rave Musician Of The Century:
CHARLES LLOYD Tenor Saxophone
COSMOS TOPPER 2000 Fave
Rave Composer Of The Century:
BERNARD HERRMANN Film Soundtracks
COSMOS TOPPER 2000 Fave
Rave Visual Artist Of The Century:
COSMOS TOPPER 2000 Fave
Rave Martial Artist Of The Century:
BRUCE LEE
COSMOS TOPPER 2000 Fave
Rave Novel Of The Year:
“FIERCE INVALIDS HOME FROM HOT CLIMATES” by TOM ROBBINS
COSMOS TOPPER 2000 Fave
Rave Album Of The Year:
LITTLE FEAT "CHINESE WORK SONGS" on CMC International Records
COSMOS TOPPER 2000 Fave
Rave Box Set Of The Year:
"HOTCAKES & OUTTAKES: 30 YEARS OF LITTLE FEAT" on Rhino Records
COSMOS TOPPER 2000 Fave
Rave Reissues Of The Year:
THE BAND "Music From Big Pink" [1968] (Capitol Records) with 9 Bonus
Tracks
THE BAND "The Band" [1969] (Capitol Records) with 7 Bonus Tracks
THE BAND "Stage Freight" [1970] (Capitol Records) with 4 Bonus Tracks
THE BAND "Cahoots" [1971] (Capitol Records) with 5 Bonus Tracks
COSMOS TOPPER 2000 Fave
Rave Reissues Of The Decade:
SPIRIT "Spirit" [1968] (Ode/Epic/Legacy) with 4 Bonus Tracks
SPIRIT "The Family That Plays Together" [1968] (Ode/Epic/ Legacy)
with 5 Bonus Tracks
SPIRIT "Clear" [1969] (Ode/Epic/ Legacy) with 4 Bonus Tracks
SPIRIT "Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus"
[1970] (Epic/ Legacy) with 4 Bonus Tracks
(Liner Notes by the legendary Guitarist RANDY CALIFORNIA)
COSMOS TOPPER 2000 Fave Rave Comedy Group Of The Decade:
THE FIRESIGN THEATRE 1998 CD "Give Me Immortality Or Give Me Death"
on Rhino Records
THE FIRESIGN THEATRE 1999 CD "Boom Dot Bust" on Rhino Records
COSMOS TOPPER 2001 Fave Rave Instrumental Album Of The Year:
ZOOT HORN ROLLO “We Saw A Bozo Under The Sea” on ZHR (www.zoothornrollo.com)
COSMOS TOPPER 2001 Fave Rave Songwriter Album Of The
Year
BOB DYLAN “Love And Theft” on
COSMOS TOPPER 2001 Fave Rave Artist Retrospective Album Of The Year
MIMI & RICHARD FARINA “The Complete Vanguard Recordings”
COSMOS TOPPER
Composers And Authors
Cosmic Hall Of Fame:
BOB DYLAN
JOHN LENNON
PAUL MCCARTNEY
GEORGE HARRISON
JIMI HENDRIX
MILES DAVIS
JOHN COLTRANE
CHARLES LLOYD
BERNARD HERRMANN
ALFRED HITCHCOCK
HUMPHREY BOGART
PAUL NEWMAN
JAMES DEAN
LENNY BRUCE
GROUCHO MARX
WOODY ALLEN
JACK NICHOLSON
RICHARD PRYOR
GEORGE CARLIN
B. MITCHEL REED
FRED NEIL
WILLIE NELSON
NEIL YOUNG
PAUL SIMON
RICHARD FARINA
THEODORE STURGEON
KURT VONNEGUT
TOM ROBBINS
SANDY KOUFAX
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR
BRUCE LEE
NEON PARK
LOWELL GEORGE
FRANK ZAPPA
RY COODER
BILL HARKLEROAD zoot horn rollo
RANDY CALIFORNIA
MICHAEL BLOOMFIELD
DAVID BROMBERG
CARLOS SANTANA
JERRY GARCIA
JACK KEROUAC
ALLEN GINSBERG
PAUL KRASSNER
HARRY SHEARER
PETER BERGMAN
DAVID OSSMAN
PHILIP PROCTOR
PHILIP AUSTIN
JERRY LEIBER
MIKE STOLLER
JUDY COLLINS
JONI MITCHELL
BONNIE RAITT
CHICK STRAND
CATHERINE DENEUVE
LAUREN BACALL
BETTE MIDLER
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60's
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