OPAQUE MELODIES

A Special Halloween episode! Aired 10/31/2026 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA. Xiu Xiu  ~ Veneficium Alien Sex Fiend  ~ I’m Her Frankenstein Subtonix  ~ Black Nails in My Coffin Kommunity FK  ~ The Vision and The Voice 45 Grave  ~ Evil The Cramps  ~ Rockin' Bones The Circus  ~ Burn Witch Burn Chance Halliday  ~ Bury Me Deep Salty Holmes  ~ The Ghost Song Joy Division  ~ Shadowplay Middle C...

Aired 10/6/2026 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA. Angine de Poitrine ~ Angor Khun Narin's Electric Phin Band  ~ Poet Wong pt. 1 Ferries  ~ Leaves Behind The Durutti Column  ~ Agonistes Panda Bear & Sonic Boom  ~ Pray to You   Nirgal Vallis  ~ El Tiempero Tuulikki Bartosik  ~ Robertsfors Gwenno  ~ Y Gath Akusmi  ~ Drongo's Flute Phillip Golub  ~ Utopian Micronatien   Joni Mitchell  ~ A C...

Aired 9/1/2026 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA. Florence Reece / Almanac Singers  ~ Which side are you on? The Eighteenth Day Of May  ~ 'Deed I do Sam Amidon  ~ I'm On My Journey Home Ginger Baker  ~ Dust To Dust Basic  ~ Brutalist With Filigree The Durutti Column  ~ Your Shadow at Evening   Mark Lanegan Band  ~ Methamphetamine Blues Loop  ~ Breathe Into Me Kinski  ~ Gang of 3 Swervedriver...

Aired 8/18/2026 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA. Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band  ~ Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man The Last  ~ She Don't Know Why I'm Here John's Children  ~ Midsummer Night’s Scene The Squires  ~ Going All the Way The Kinks  ~ 20th Century Man The Byrds  ~ Everybody's Been Burned Acetone  ~ York Blvd. (rehearsal tape)   Lamin Fofana  ~ Blues Ramsey Lewis  ~ Eter...

Aired 7/7/2026 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA. Yawning Balch  ~ Dreaming With Eyes Open Ava Mendoza  ~ Pink River Dolphins   Chris Forsyth  ~ 7-11 Red Eye Acetone  ~ Louise   Chick Corea  ~ Sometime Ago-La Fiesta Charles Stepney  ~ Roadtrip   Archie Shepp  ~ Epitaph Of A Small Winner Big Bill Broonzy  ~ In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)   Günter Schickert  ~ Wald Jah Wobble, Jaki Li...

Aired 6/16/2026 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA The Teenage Radio Stars  ~ Wanna Be Your Baby The Riptides  ~ Tomorrows Tears The Surfside Six  ~ Cant You See The Sign The Dropbears  ~ Fun Loving The Particles  ~ The Trumpet Song Sacred Cowboys  ~ Nothing Grows In Texas The Scientists  ~ Solid Gold Hell   Thundercat  ~ Walking on the Moon Squarepusher  ~ K2 Central Hedvig Mollestad Weejuns...

Aired 6/2/2026 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA. The English Beat   ~ Mirror In The Bathroom X-Ray Spex  ~ Identity The Ramones  ~ Commando Bratmobile  ~ Cherry Bomb The Gossip  ~ Where the Girls Are The Fall  ~ The Joke Eddy Current Supression Ring  ~ Which Way to Go Stiff Little Fingers  ~ Roots, Radicals, Rockers and Reggae The Saints  ~ (I'm) Stranded   Talk Talk  ~ Happiness Is Easy Hy...

Aired 5/5/26 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA Chad Taylor Quintet  ~ Avian Shadow The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis  ~ Rules Of The Game Laddio Bolocko  ~ Laddio's Money (Death of a Pop Song) Witch  ~ Nasauka Tony Allen  ~ When One Road Close (Another One Go Open)   Donald Byrd  ~ The Little Rasti Akofa Akoussah  ~ Kimumbu Alabaster DePlume  ~ Give Me Away Aksak Maboul  ~ Proto-Kef...

Aired 4/7/26 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA. Devo   ~ Freedom of Choice The Stranglers  ~ (Get a) Grip (on Yourself) XTC  ~ Millions Michael Brook & Pieter Nooten  ~ Searching Wall of Voodoo  ~ Me and My Dad Allez Allez  ~ Turn Up the Meter Devo  ~ Triumph Of The Will   Gap Band  ~ Early In The Morning (12' Version) Motherfuckers JMB & Co  ~ Breakers Part 1 Joni Mithchell  ~ The H...

Aired 3/3/2026 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA. D'Angelo  ~ Brown Sugar (Instrumental) Mona Lisa  ~ Can't Be Wasting My Time Janet Jackson  ~ Alright Nabihah Iqbal  ~ This World Couldn't See Us Dry Cleaning  ~ Hit My Head All Day Linda Smith  ~ Afternoon Tea   Prince  ~ Automatic (live) Frank Zappa  ~ Cosmik Debris (live) Motörhead  ~ Iron Horse / Born To Lose (instrumental) Patti Smith  ~...

Aired 2/3/2026 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA. Elijah Minnelli  ~ Watercraft Apologist Sun Araw / M. Geddes Gengras / The Congos  ~ Thanks and Praise Elijah Jamal Asani  ~ one ear to the land ,,, the other to each whisper of a cloud Will Mason Quartet  ~ Hymn Marshall Allen's Ghost Horizons  ~ Tachyons Flux From The Cosmic Blueprints (Live)   Steven R. Smith  ~ Portico Tiles The Pilot Shi...

Aired 1/20/2026 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA. Wilderness  ~ Marginal Over The Sound  ~ Burning Part of Me Clan of Xymox  ~ 7th Time Smerz  ~ But I Do CV Vision  ~ A Memory David Bowie  ~ Waiting For The Man (live)   Issy Pop & The Stooges  ~ Shake Appeal Death  ~ You're a Prisoner Hammered Hulls  ~ Needlepoint Tiger Faraquet  ~ Carefully Planned Ganser  ~ Projector Soccer Team  ~ Al...

Aired 2/6/2026 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA. Television  ~ Ain't That Nothin' (live) Minor Threat  ~ Cashing In The Slits  ~ Spend, Spend, Spend The Fall  ~ Who Makes The Nazis? Black Eyes  ~ Under the Waves Matt Johnson  ~ Delirious   Animal, Surrender!  ~ King Panic SML  ~ Moving Walkway Makaya McCraven  ~ The Beat Up Damon Locks  ~ Click Melvin Gibbs  ~ Gullah Jack Style African Head...

Aired 11/18/2025 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA. Etta James  ~ All the Way Down K. Frimpong & his Cubano Fiestas  ~ Yaw Barima Bitchin Bajas  ~ Reno Dun-Dun Band  ~ No. 1   Joseba Irazoki  ~ Hor Chesire Hotel Liam Grant  ~ Palmyra Raphael Rogiński  ~ Lyre The Horse Flies  ~ Who Throwed Lye on My Dog Miguel Noya  ~ Tactil   Cate Le Bon  ~ Mothers of Riches GOON  ~ This Morning Six Rabb...

Aired 10/29/2025 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA. The Birthday Party  ~ Nick The Stripper (live) Los Sleepers  ~ Zombie Los Holys  ~ Campo de Vampiros The Abstracts  ~ Nightmare The Sonics  ~ The Witch The Ebb-Tides  ~ Seance The Kinks  ~ Wicked Annabella Black Sabbath  ~ Black Sabbath   Judas Priest  ~ Night Crawler Misfits  ~ Night of the Living Dead Cramps  ~ What's Behind the Mask The...

Aired 10/21/2025 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA. Thomas Dinger  ~ Für Dich (bureau b Edit) The Soft Pink Truth  ~ Wanna Know Junior Boys  ~ Yes II Pino Palladino & Blake Mills  ~ Taka Nourished by Time  ~ It's Time Chicago Underground Duo  ~ Hyperglyph   Linda May Han Oh  ~ Noise Machinery (ft Ambrose Akinmusire & Tyshawn Sorey) Jakob Dreyer  ~ J-Song Bill Evans Trio ~ But Beautif...

Aired 09/16/2025 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA Bush Tetras  ~ It's So Weird Lijadu Sisters  ~ Amebo Burning Spear  ~ We Are Free Good Breed  ~ Heights Tidian Kone & Orchestre Poly-Rythmo  ~ Djanfa Magni Keith Kanga  ~ Butterfly (Version Two) Rites Of Spring  ~ By Design Fugazi  ~ Bulldog Front Fugazi  ~ Last Chance For A Slow Dance Fugazi  ~ Fell, Destroyed Fugazi  ~ Target Fugazi  ~...

Aired 9/3/2025 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA Don Caballero   ~ Fire Back About Your New Baby's Sex Editrix  ~ Flesh Debt Xmal Deutschland  ~ Blut Ist Liebe Saâda Bonaire  ~ The Facts Tones On Tail  ~ You, the Night, and the Music Tropical Fuck Storm  ~ Joe Meek Will Inherit the Earth BLACK SABBATH Paranoid (live) Sweet Leaf (live) Planet Caravan Killing Yourself to Live Symptom of the Un...

Aired 8/19/2025 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA. Talking Heads ~  Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) (live) Preoccupations ~ Focus Moin  ~  See (ft. Sophia Al-Maia) Happy Go Licky  ~  Twist and Shout Alex Chilton  ~  Hey! Little Child Johnny Thunders  ~  Great Big Kiss   Jeffery Alexander & Heavy Lidders  ~  Star Power Gong  ~  Foghat Digs Holes In Space Skyjoggers  ~  Newtonin Kanu...

Aired 7/15/2025 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA Brainstorm   ~ Journey To The Light Urszula Dudziak  ~ Kasia's Dance Donald Byrd  ~ Sister Love Budos Band  ~ The Strigoi The Royal Arctic Institute  ~ Sailor Goes Swimming Moondog  ~ I'm This, I'm That Jim Hall Trio  ~ Thanks For The Memory Ben Lamar Gay  ~ there, inside the morning glory Beat Circus  ~ Big Top Suite Pt 2 : Clowns Crimson Ja...

Aired 7/1/2025 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay Avalanche Kaito  ~ Viima Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs  ~ Stitches VR SEX  ~ Hush Money Millionaire The Drin  ~ Go Your Way Alone Hedvig Mollestad Trio  ~ Itta Elkotsh  ~ Zikr Sunn Trio  ~ The Evocation of King Taresh Tigran Hamasyan  ~ The Quest Begins Circles Around The Sun  ~ Added Addition Tian Niu  ~ Deng Ni Zai Yu Zhong Faust  ~ Jennife...

Aired 6/3/25 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA Robert Quine / Fred Maher  ~ Pick Up 801  ~ East of Asteroid Population II  ~ Le thé est prêt Kinski  ~ Do You Like Long Hair? Spellling  ~ Sometimes   Gang of Four  ~ Not Great Men Grass Widow  ~ Shadow The Glands  ~ Ground Destroyer  ~ The Ignoramus of Love Bryan Ferry  ~ N.Y.C. / Desdemona Prince  ~ Do Me, Baby   Ibex Band ~  Zerafewa The You...

Special 100th episode! Aired 5/20/25 at 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA. Killing Joke ~  Change Suburban Lawns ~ Flavor Crystals Tones on Tail ~  Twist Horse Lords ~  Mess Mend L'Rain ~  Two Face Meshell Ndegeocello ~  Folie A Deux   Preacherman ~  Out of this World Grace Jones ~  Nightclubbing Annette Peacock ~  The Succubus Gloria Ann Taylor ~  Love Is a Hurtin' Thing (7" Version) A.R. Kane...

Aired 5/6/25 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA U.K. Subs  ~ Waiting For the Man X-Ray Spex  ~ Genetic Engineering Crisis  ~ White Youth Generation X  ~ Friday's Angels Minor Threat  ~ Good Guys (Don't Wear White) The Gits  ~ Second Skin The Ex  ~ Keep On Walking Emily Robb  ~ I Really Wanna Know how to Moonwalk Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet  ~ At a Distance Los Pirañas  ~ El nuevo Prometeo Los...

Aired 4/1/2025 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA ~MELVIN GIBBS~ SociaLybrium ~ Glory Story Dave Douglas ~  Lenape Arto Lindsay  ~ The Prize Sonny Sharrock  ~ Seize the Rainbow Power Tools  ~ When We Go Harriet Tubman  ~ The Green Book Blues   Black Truth Rhythm Band  ~ Ifetayo Dub Syndicate  ~ J.A. Minor Splitterzelle  ~ Periphery Hedvig Mollestad Trio  ~ Ding Dong You're Dead Jules Reidy  ~...