Off The Hook With Gage

The attention-grabbing antics of OFF THE HOOK are pretty much limited to these posts. * For the OFF THE HOOK show itself is a refined and generally sober experience that is above hyperbolic (often false) come-ons like "GYRATE MADLY TO THE FANTASTICALLY PULSATING SOUNDS OF OFF THE HOOK!" * nor needs to lure your libido with suggestive lines like "PROBING NEW SOUNDS THAT WILL PENETRATE THE INNER REC...

Move your hand to the right, shut the alarm * Hop five steps, turn the radio on * Throw your butt in the chair, take a puff: You're doin' the OFF THE HOOK! * (come on, it's easy!) * Get a-tappin' your feet, sip your bev * Leap out of your seat, bust a move * Throw your hands in the air, text a friend: we're doin' the OFF THE HOOK! * (getting more complicated now) * Get a quizzical look, knit your...

As Summer is upon us and the days now wane, the Sun within OFF THE HOOK burns ever brighter as we begin our leisurely plummet into Fall * But, tho' distractions be pleasurable and many, OFF THE HOOK shall not stray from your side and hopes that you will be not to constancy untrue * For this weekly benefaction is mutual, and as we sup together from life's Horn, our inspirations are replenishable an...

Ever feel like an ABDUCTEE? * Every Friday at 1:00 pm a switch flips in your head and you hypnotically make your way to the radio to have EXPERIMENTS performed on you by OFF THE HOOK! * How this thing started you don't remember, and where/when/how will it end?? * No one puts a gun to your head and OFF THE HOOK cleverly absolved itself of any responsibility from the get-go with the disclaimer of it...

AT LAST! * A radio program that keeps you FIT by refusing to cater to your lazy-ass tendency to listen to the familiar shop-worn sounds heard everywhere else! * OFF THE HOOK promotes HEALTHY LISTENING habits by offering diverse programming and introducing new strains of musical hybrids! * FINALLY!, a music broadcast that STRETCHES you and reduces musical flab! * While increasing flexibility, OFF T...

Sleep lost, relationships destroyed, bank account drained. * If that's the cost to produce INCREDIBLY STIMULATING RADIO, what do you care? * As long as it arrives on time, every week, on a silver platter, that's HIS sacrifice. * But ain't it funny that the thing that's aging Our Hero faster than a grape in the Mojave is the thing that's keeping him alive? * A high price to pay, but it's the only w...

You gotta love KXSF, the radio station * I mean, it's got all kindsa shows * from classy Classical, funky Jazz and punky Punk, to happy hoedowns and World Beat that can't be beat! * The friendly familiar sounds you can leave on non-stop to help you through your workaday world! * (did I forget to mention Rock'n'Roll?) * And there's The Show That Shows: OFF THE HOOK, a "destination show" for listene...

When is a Neil not an eel? * When it's a-kneel! * Well, then and all other times, too, when you think about it. * Necessarily true. * But OFF THE HOOK holds no truck with homespun prairie philosophies. * It is guided only by the inner logic of its poet-host, whoever he'll be. * And spit piffles tho it must, OFF THE HOOK's stern ripostes mayn't be worthy of reposts, but the sour confetti of a thous...

The REAL THING! * or is it? * OFF THE HOOK has been known for its QUIRKY PERSONA, but is it now a FAKE SO DEEP that every miscue, every verbal gaffe and every PERPLEXING bit of programming has been replicated? * And was it ever so? * Is Gage Kenady the creator or the creation? * Even he is now asking himself this question! * And why aren't you asking the same question about yourself? * Probably be...

Hey there, Empty Ears!  Silence is for losers! * Let OFF THE HOOK funnel sweet creamy noise into your head tunnels! * Sure to excite, calm or baffle -I don't know you! * Tickets gived away at unspecified designated moments! * Fun for the whole family and dogs! * and grandma! * OFF THE HOOK: a happening happening at 1:00 on KXSF 102.5FM and at https://kxsf.fm/   Listen to both at once!

SIGH! PURR! * Not words that generally elicit all-caps exclamation points * But how else to express the fact that the OFF THE HOOK radio program needn't hit you over the head with overly aggressive stimuli in order to bring you the BAM! of a gossamer-light/musically-heavy chamber piece or the POW! of a psyche-twisting lyric that has you questioning everything you thought you knew about yourself? *...

OFF THE HOOK doesn't like to tip its hand! * That's why, even though it has thousands of RECORDS, it doesn't keep NOTES (other than musical ones)! * That way you're assured that each week's program will not be LEAKED ahead of time, the better to take you by surprise! * And while OFF THE HOOK may SPY on its fellow DJs, the INFORMATION it puts to use will truly startle you in an ambush of programmin...

Some strategically-placed mirrors, a bit of smoke, and a couple of throw pillows and Voila! -an ever-widening 360-degree panorama of the LATEST MUSICAL SOUNDS, emanating from the cramped hovel of Light Rail Studios, appears before you:  what we call the OFF THE HOOK program! * How do we do it? * Well, it's not all mere illusion, my friend! * The sounds heard on OFF THE HOOK are real! * It just tak...

Can you dig it? * Tis the season to be in the flowerbed and OFF THE HOOK doesn't mind getting dirty in order to PLANT some new beauties in your earbuds! * But OFF THE HOOK digs deeper, replenishing fallow soil with groovy UNDERGROUND dirt, all the better to prepare a garden of unseen beauty and mysterious wonder! * For which flower is sweeter not sniffed? * Life is no bed of roses, but c'mon, enou...

As we begin to gently nudge Old Man Winter out the door ("This way, my dear.  Get Out!") and shake off that cold suit of armor, we already feel lighter and are ready to prance (in zephyrous attire) into the waiting arms of Spring. * But our thaw will not be complete until we exercise our Right to Sing, into the Equinoxical horizon before us. * It is the communal nature of this seasonal crossing th...

"Knock Knock!"  "Who's There?"  "OFF THE HOOK."  "OFF THE HOOK who?"  "There's only one OFF THE HOOK, you idiot!  Let me in, I have gifts for you!" * And so it goes, every week, OFF THE HOOK bearing gifts of Beauty, Wonder and Nostalgia, procured with great effort, painstakingly packaged to please you. * It would please OFF THE HOOK if you would open your door to OFF THE HOOK. * Hurry up!  It's co...

It's time once again for OFF THE HOOK, The Show That Shows! * I wonder if there will ever be a show that shows The Show That Shows a thing or two. * It's hard to imagine because The Show That Shows shows what other shows can't!  * They get it from OFF THE HOOK! * One thing's for sure: everyone can get it from OFF THE HOOK every Friday from 1:00 to 4:00!

Hello.  I am ChatBot D-5000, created by Radio Shack Corporation.  Gage has asked me to write his weekly Facebook post announcing his radio program OFF THE HOOK.  Gage provided me with keywords to ensure a favorable announcement in order to entice potential listeners to listen to his show.  Gage also provided me with a link to his previous shows.  I have listened to his shows.  After listening to h...

R.I.P. BURT BACHARACH 1928-2023 * We will celebrate his music today on OFF THE HOOK * We will also celebrate birthdays * KXSF 102.5 FM / http://kxsf.fm

Three weeks is an eternity in the world of NEW MUSIC releases and after two weeks off, Gage Kenady, host of OFF THE HOOK, is knee-deep in aurally-indigestible chaff after separating it from the wholesome, DELECTABLE MORSALS presented on today's program! (he leaves the chaff at home) * Of course, he'll have Birthday Celebrations and OF COURSE, there'll be a Tribute to lyrical guitar-slinger and poe...

Let's slog through this together: a new day, a new storm, a new OFF THE HOOK! * But OFF THE HOOK is no slog! * It's the time when we happily hunker down together before our radios and computers to consume the latest in WARM, COZY AND DRY sounds to shelter us from the storm.  It goes by like that! * Today we'll have a rightfully respectful Tribute to Guitar Artiste JEFF BECK (R.I.P.)! and Birthdays...

PUSSY STORM PETERS OUT * I know it's wrong to laugh at the forces of nature and the destruction it has wrought, but I just want listeners to know that while OFF THE HOOK has been handed a rainy reprieve, we still have a WALLOPER of a show today! * Even though we may stand on soggy ground, OFF THE HOOK, like pumice, remains FIRM, but will not sink! * (no hard rock here) * So, cozy up with a toddy (...

No longer nimble nor quick, let's face it: 2022 is a goner! * Song by song, OFF THE HOOK has wrung the poor dear nearly dry, I'm afraid. * And in these waning minutes, while the yet-played tunes wait in the wings for their chance to shine in the brilliant sun that is OFF THE HOOK, you would have us re-animate our past-plays in a parade of trophies because you failed to make the commitment to liste...

The Holidays are a BUMMER without some Xmas music say OFF THE HOOK, who've been stuffing your stocking since 2012! * Today we've got something for everybody: Ma and Pa, Grandma, little sis and even the sullen Goth teenager in your family! * Wrap your gifts, tinsel your tree and egg your noggin to songs of JOYOUS CELEBRATION and utter abject despair! * No one turned away! * From Advent Adherents to...

As we wind down this year of PEAKS and (mostly) valleys, this will be the final show of Autumn and may well be the final "real" OFF THE HOOK of the year! * You've got your likely (no promises) Xmas show next week and, following that, the possible (can't commit) end-of-year wrap-up show highlighting the BEST MUSIC that could be heard in 2022! * This week, however, you'll merely get the NEWEST BEST...