Off The Hook With Gage

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!

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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...

UH-OH, now you've done it! * You've started reading these words and are now being INEXORABLY SUCKED into the whirling maw, through the gullet, and down to the very heart of OFF THE HOOK! * Fight though you might, your half-hearted struggle belies your protestations, for while OFF THE HOOK is that irksome friend you just can't shake, your curiosity is DELIRIOUS at what you might find in that pit! *...

You gave THANKS and now look at you! * A bloated corpus lying supine on the floor after gorging yourself silly during yesterday's gluttonous revels! * I hope you can get your more moderate housemate to help you tune into the ALL NEW and digestively restorative OFF THE HOOK! * While you were hoisting your nth glass of wine, someone was acting responsibly to ensure there would be NO LEFTOVERS on tod...

AS GOOD AS IT GETS! * OFF THE HOOK strives to do its level BEST to bring you STIMULATING programming each and every week! * It hopes you will be INSPIRED to hang the whole dang three hours of its host's IDIOSYNCRATIC CURATION! * But, who's kidding who? * Its host is just an opinionated old man who can barely manage to work the controls in the studio and his dream of OFF THE HOOK being seen as the...

Maybe DEMOCRACY is NOT DEAD after all! * The results are still coming in, but OFF THE HOOK appears to be on track to remain the Top Musical Radio Program Featuring Predominately Current Music of any Bay Area station operating on a mere two watts! * Yes, listeners have voted with their ears and, unlike many races, YOU can still vote by listening to OFF THE HOOK at http://kxsf.fm * FREE RADIO (plays...

Who's gonna wear your shoes when you want to run away from THE BLUES? * Well, you are! * And you're gonna run right over to OFF THE HOOK, where even SAD SONGS are glad! * It's not Rocket Science and it doesn't even make sense, but please trust The Show That Shows to show you a good time, sailor! * So, go on, RUN right now to  http://kxsf.fm  * OFF THE HOOK is a music-playing program.

TRICK OR TREAT? * With OFF THE HOOK it's usually both! * But, while OFF THE HOOK is always SPIRITED, it doesn't believe in GHOSTS! * Therefore, despite its proximity to HALLOWE'EN, and allowing that the GORY CORPSES of the past WILL RISE as they always do in the Birthday Segment, you will not smell the ROTTING FLESH of last year's BURIED hit parade, but will hear only FRESH BLOOD on Today's OFF TH...

UNSUNG though I may end up, I'll be DAMNED if I let my roster of ROISTEROUS ROCKERS suffer a similar fate! * These songs and their singers shall not be consigned to lonely, forgotten corners of the Musicverse, but shall have their day (if only one) via the OFF THE HOOK program! * Arcing triumphantly over the city span through the MIRACLE of RADIO technology, these BUMPTIOUS bellwethers of bold beg...

Woo-hoo! * OFF THE HOOK! * GO GO GO! * Today's OFF THE HOOK presents SONGS with a crushing lilt! * SOUNDS to make you successful! * OLDIES by the score (actually fewer than twelve)! * and FREE TICKETS to live performances! * Three hours CANNOT be spent more enjoyably! * So, what are you waiting for?  One o'clock? * YES! on KXSF 102.5FM! * KXSF 102.5 FM San Francisco  * OFF THE HOOK! * Put yourself...

IT'S MY BABY! * Giving birth to OFF THE HOOK every week is a MIRACULOUS thing and, after days of Labor, I DELIVER it to you alive, kicking and decidedly non-binary! * Now and then some insensitive clod will point out flaws THEY perceive, but to the proud parent they are all PERFECT! * Yes, OFF THE HOOK is my baby and I'm already Pregnant with ideas for the next one! * Attend the birth of this week...

OFF THE HOOK has always been HARDLY STRICTLY BLUEGRASS, but SPECIAL in its own unique way! * And while regular listeners are not bothered by its Very Rarely Bluegrass programming, they are also relieved to not have to traipse across town in overcrowded buses or surge-time taxis to dehydrate themselves fighting over blanket space! * Phew! * No, they are more than content to kick back with a couple...