Off The Hook With Gage

After slaying on the battlefields of Rock, suddenly presenting as a GENTLEMANLY WIZARD of ambient electronics may seem a curious turn, but an artist as multifaceted as GREG LISHER simply cannot be pinned down! * Yet, that is precisely what we will attempt to do when we put him in the HOT SEAT and grill him on the details of how he transformed from a DEBAUCHED Rockin' Road Warrior into the deep and...

After slaying on the battlefields of Rock, suddenly presenting as a GENTLEMANLY WIZARD of ambient electronics may seem a curious turn, but an artist as multifaceted as GREG LISHER simply cannot be pinned down! * Yet, that is precisely what we will attempt to do when we put him in the HOT SEAT and grill him on the details of how he transformed from a DEBAUCHED Rockin' Road Warrior into the deep and...

HUZZAH! The Summer Solstice is upon us! * And, as it HAPPENS TO FALL on the longest day of the year, that means you'll have more time to picnic in the park and DISCOVER STRANGE CREATURES in the tidepools of the LONGEST OFF THE HOOK OF THE YEAR! * Relax and leisurely enjoy that extra nano-nanosecond of OFF THE HOOK on KXSF 102.5FM  https://kxsf.fm/   HUZZAH!

WHO NEEDS A HUG? * At the end of a week surely one of the rottenest since January -one that has instilled alarm, fear and sadness, courtesy of our commander-in-grief-, now the Fates have added injury to insult by taking from us two of the most INFLUENTIAL AND BELOVED creators in all of music: SLY STONE and BRIAN WILSON. * We offer our tribute to the latter on today's OFF THE HOOK, along with new m...

Oh, the Pride and Petulance that plays out on the world stage! * OFF THE HOOK refrains from Macho Posturing and, while it looks out for its constituents (Off The Hook World), as far as Abominations go, its BILL of fare can be said to be neither pork-filled nor disgusting! * OFF THE HOOK serves and Benefits everyone (except, perhaps, those wishing to hear Corporate radio favored by Oligarchs)! * Vi...

What's the difference between a Rainbow and a COW? * I don't know, but when I tell you Today's OFF THE HOOK is JAM-PACKED, I'm just talking out my ass! * How can we know if it will really happen? * It's laughable, really. * Either way, it's here:  https://kxsf.fm/ One makes milk and the other has Fear Of Fitting In.

No phony phone-ins or pre-programmed pap! * Just a STRUGGLING JUGGLER on a tightrope trying to keep all the plates spinning and not crashing down around your ears! * (And WITHOUT A NET! So brave!) * This is REAL LIVE RADIO just like mama used to make! * And when something does go amiss, the resultant clatter of broken platters is EXHILARATING! * Feel the rush of RECKLESS ABANDON where anything can...

A Tincture for your troubles, OFF THE HOOK is the BALM that calms and invigorates your interior, mates! * While its Essence would seem Evanescent, this POTENT POTION lasts long beyond the quickest three-hour run in all of radio! * With JOLLY JAMS and Cooing Croons, OFF THE HOOK is Mighty Medicine indeed! * The Doctor will see you on KXSF 102.5 FM https://kxsf.fm/ ! *  Down the hatch!

SPECIAL FREE OFFER! * KXSF will provides FREE PROGRAMMING of the OFF THE HOOK music show! * It's called "The Show That Shows" because they tell you everything that is good right now. * FREE TICKETS to events will be offered during the program. * Interested parties should set their FM radio dial to 102.5 on Fridays from 1:00 to 4:00. * It can also be accessed via this link:  https://kxsf.fm/

One thing that bugs me about the CHAOS AND CALAMITY our Current Administration has brought to the country is: that's OFF THE HOOK's brand! * But, while there's no trace of benevolence in their actions, OFF THE HOOK wants nothing more than to make you PROSPER by bringing you the coolest, up-to-datest sounds! * The HAPPY HAVOC of OFF THE HOOK brings a certain KINETICISM that keeps you on your toes a...

A WHIRLING FLURRY of imagistic slurry awaits listeners of OFF THE HOOK today! * SOUNDS YOU CAN SEE in aural 3D! * The sharp edges of a cloud, a shadow described. * Clarity turned back on itself, a reversal of intent, bound to itself, ever unspooling. * How can this be? * It can't! * LISTEN AND SEE at 1:00 on OFF THE HOOK on KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/ if it can.

OFF THE HOOK, The Show That Shows, brings the goods: the LATEST GREATEST new tracks and the celebrated Birthday Segment! on KXSF 102.5FM  https://kxsf.fm/

UPBEAT! * Whether your heart is doing paradiddles or flams in this time of CONFUSION and loss, OFF THE HOOK tries to keep things HOPEFUL in this Season of Bad Stars. * Lives are ephemeral, but MUSIC IS ETERNAL, preserved in amber and passed from hand to heart. * OFF THE HOOK will not take from you that upon which you have become reliant: the lesser-knowns and unpopular will still have a voice. * R...

God bless FREE RADIO! * I know many are pretty INVESTED in the weekly transmission of OFF THE HOOK, but I hope you don't put too much STOCK in it! * As we watch our life savings being "LIBERATED", isn't it a comfort to know that listening to OFF THE HOOK won't cost you a dime? * A lifeline to those needing to keep up on the Latest Musical Events, OFF THE HOOK presents a No-Risk portfolio of all th...

25 YEARS IN seems like a good time to assess the musical output of this Century! * And since it's the final installment of the CREME DE LA FEMME series celebrating Women's History Month, OFF THE HOOK brings you 21st CENTURY FOX! * This FEMALE-FOCUSED trajectory will reveal a LUMINOUS ARC that will illuminate and transform our souls for all time (or at least the five hours of today's program)! * Jo...

THEY WALK THE EARTH and they've been making Herstory from the git-go! * I'm talking about Women and we're going to celebrate their musical achievements today on the 2nd edition of this month's CREME DE LA FEMME series in observance of Women's History Month on OFF THE HOOK! * The Best of the current LadyScene (including gnarly rocker chicks) will be presented and the guys will have to wait their tu...

Well, it's March and you know what that means! * It means it's WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH! * And that means it's time to present the CREME DE LA FEMME on OFF THE HOOK! * Apart from the Birthday Segment, every song heard today on OFF THE HOOK will be Woman-driven, Woman-fronted, or Woman-performed! * Women Composers, Singers, Producers and Musicians show us what they got (like we don't already know)! *...

The Crashing, Careening CHAOS of OFF THE HOOK is part of the fun! * It keeps you on your toes and brings a PRICKLE-NECK SPARK Kineticism to a program where the host is in mortal combat with the equipment and the playlists aren't necessarily playful! * OFF THE HOOK: the only game in town in the Friday 1:00 to 4:00 hour in the Radio Wasteland! * https://kxsf.fm/ Chaos bottled!

OFF THE HOOK toils every week to uncover the COOLEST, most WAY OUT SOUNDS for YOUR delectation! * And, seven weeks into 2025, new OFF THE HOOK-WORTHY Musical Gems are rolling in at a rapidly accelerating pace, ready to be thrown before YOU in a thought-out, TANTALIZING display! * As a serious and well-rounded listener, YOU will also appreciate the Glory of our musical forebears in the Birthday Seg...

I know it's VALENTINE'S DAY and you're all expecting some SMOOCHY, Kissy-Face programming today, amirite? * Well, I'm sorry, but OFF THE HOOK doesn't recognize manipulative, money-grubbing Hallmark Holidays! * Demonstrations of AMOROUS FEELINGS are fine, but OFF THE HOOK is the Box of Aural Chocolates that AROUSES YOU on KXSF 102.5FM  https://kxsf.fm/ !  It's called Self-Love.

Enough with the BLUSTER! * Let's get down to Brass Tacks: OFF THE HOOK gives the Community what it needs:  Me!, my GREAT TASTE in music and most importantly: NEW FRIENDS! * Not only have you become a bit of the party dullard (Elton John? Really? Still?), but you yourself have grown a little weary of the same old faces. * You need new friends and NEW PERSPECTIVES! * And, more crucially, these New F...

EVERY RADIO SHOW FOR ITSELF! * It's the Wild West again and wild claims are being made! * Did you know that OFF THE HOOK reaches more ears than Voice of America and BBC World Service combined, generates the highest ad revenue of any non non-religious program in the world, and makes the rain fall upwards? How could it be reported on a reliable platform if it weren't true? * Join OFF THE HOOK for yo...

The buildup is INTOLERABLE! * What's he gonna do next?! * As you bite your nails down to the elbow, you find the TENSION ratcheting up to a nauseating degree! * What is this MADMAN capable of?! * Can no one STOP HIM?! * You feel faint, the room begins to spin! * Who is this MANIAC who commands our attention, nay, our will every waking moment until Friday rolls around? * Why, it's none other than y...

OFF THE HOOK is a mighty juggernaut in its own QUIETLY REMARKABLE way! * And dread not, it's not as dreadful as the naughty numbskulls who will be knocking on your noggins come not but a few days! * Your option: bolster the balustrades by bringing balance to bear and be not beholden to the byzantine bylaws of a banal brutality, but be bathed in the beauty of a billion badass jams on OFF THE HOOK,...

The UNIQUE AND REMARKABLE circumstances of OFF THE HOOK, a weekly program AFFORDED PROTECTIONS as an office of the public good, MANDATE that an UNCONDITIONAL DISCHARGE of UNPRECEDENTED music be RELEASED upon the Public, for it is JUDGED as beneficial to the populace, regardless of the day it FELL ON (is that any way to end a SENTENCE?)! * So, waste NO TIME! -OFF THE HOOK awaits your VERDICT on KXS...