Thursday, January 16th Captain Phil will be playing new music by John Hall (https://www.facebook.com/JonellLBD/), talking about the World Premiere of Weathering with You (https://gkids.com/films/weathering-with-you/) the new Anime film hitting theaters that night, filling you in on tour dates for the Prog Rock band Nektar (https://nektarsmusic.com/events/) and also speaking with Joe Olnick (JoeOlnick.com) Live on the air at 3:30pm about his album Iguana and then in the 4pm hour Part One of an exclusive interview with Actor David Frankham (https://www.facebook.com/people/David-Frankham/100008456617700) talking about his career in film and television, his time working with Vincent Price and his classic Star Trek episode: Is There No Truth in Beauty.

All this and the best new Prog Rock on any Planet!

David Frankham (https://www.facebook.com/people/David-Frankham/100008456617700) (born 16 February 1926) is an English film and television actor. After serving in India and Malaya in the Second World War, Frankham worked first as a news reader, and then a writer, interviewer and producer for the BBC from 1948 to 1955.

In 1955, Frankham moved to Hollywood to pursue a career as an actor. He soon found work, appearing on five episodes of the live television programme Matinee Theatre. He worked steadily in television, as well as appearing in films such as Return of the Fly (1959), Ten Who Dared (1960), Master of the World (1961), Tales of Terror (1962), The Spiral Road (1962), King Rat (1965), and The Great Santini (1979). Frankham provided the voice of Sergeant Tibbs the cat in Walt Disney's One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961).

He appeared in guest roles on American television from the late 1950s to the 1980s. His career peaked in the 1960s with frequent roles on such shows as Thriller, GE True, Twelve O'Clock High, The F.B.I., Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Beverly Hillbillies, The Outer Limits, Star Trek (episode "Is There in Truth No Beauty?"), then in Cannon, The Waltons, and McCloud during the 1970s.

In November 2012, Frankham's autobiography Which One Was David? was published by BearManor Media (http://www.bearmanormedia.com/which-one-was-david-by-david-frankham-with...).

JOE OLNICK,
IGUANA, Joe Olnick’s seventh (and latest) fusion album is a natural evolution of this guitarist’s music and career. His last album DOWNTOWN intensified his reputation in the Mid-Atlantic region, plus found him airplay across the United States from Alaska to New England to Texas, the Midwest, New England, Pacific Northwest, Middle Atlantic, and many states in between.
Joe’s music has a rocking vibe of “avant-jam” and fusion like Medeski, Martin & Wood and New Mastersounds. His previous album, DOWNTOWN received unique feedback from a range of journalists. MUSIC STREET JOURNAL called his music “classy.” THE MODERN BEAT heard “….a refreshingly original approach to the genre that’s never afraid to step outside of its confines. I could see anyone from fans of Coltrane to Clinton getting a rise out of this instrumental nuthouse.” MELODIC.NET heard the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ John Fruiscante in Joe’s guitar licks and “the famous Swedish guitar player Janne Schaffer” in Joe’s compositions. MUSIC YOU CAN USE felt Joe’s “trippy, wah-ed out guitar work” was a “glorious reminder of Jimi Hendrix, Tommy Bolin’s funkier jams, or the crazy German rock from the late ‘60s/early ‘70s.”
Joe Olnick’s lifetime in music includes playing sax as well as guitar & bass, and working as a recording engineer. He’s played his 10,000 hours in jambands. In 2012, he released his first CD, and continued self-producing with albums from ambient to jazz/rock genres.

IGUANA has rock influences, from Talking Heads to Pink Floyd to REM to the Allman Brothers. Comic book artist Ron Good designed the album art about the story of a misunderstood Iguana named Don, who eventually—after lots of struggles (like being stepped on and chased by other animals), ultimately gets his own hot rock to rest upon! “There are parallels of Don’s life with my own career,” Joe says. “I’m an artist producing original instrumental work, so it’s a struggle at times to get my music out there.”
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JOE OLNICK, IGUANA, The Compositions
1. Sticky Floor Nightclub. The funky groove at the beginning is based on a rhythm guitar vibe during the original recording session. I was actually thinking more of a Talking Heads groove at the beginning. The ending, with the crowd voices, has more of a Pink Floyd feel to it. What's also unique about this one are the bass solos.
2. Don's Theme. Somebody suggested at one point that it would be cool to have a theme that played when Don walked into the room. I never got that literal, but thought of a theme for Don as an Iguana. It would be kind of slow, plodding, and perhaps a little introspective.
3. February 2nd. A snippet of some sound experiments recorded on that day. This one was originally some harmonics that were partially filtered out, creating this weird sound with no attack on the notes.
4. Misadventures in Hi-Fi. The title is a play on R.E.M.'s album Adventures in Hi-Fi. This piece kind of reminded me of '90's-era R.E.M. with the main guitar riff, for some reason. I am a big fan of the old R.E.M. The sound effects kept it interesting, as it reinforced some of what Iguana Don had to go through, in 3-D.
5. Why? Recorded live in the studio as one long take, no editing. Took a few tries, though. I wanted something basic, where Don is wondering why life has to be how it is, and ultimately something that would bring him hope. I pictured something comforting around a campfire originally, as Don was on the move.
6. Hot Rocks. The big finale, where Don gets what he wants. This was actually the first piece that I worked on during overdubs, as I was testing out mics and just started playing this same riff over and over to compare them. Then I played it back, and heard something like Allman Brothers' Rambling Man, with all of the layered tracks. A great way to end the EP on a high note.

WEATHERING WITH YOU (https://gkids.com/films/weathering-with-you/)
A FILM BY MAKOTO SHINKAI
JAPAN, 2020, 111 MIN PG-13
GKIDS proudly presents the highly-anticipated new film from director Makoto Shinkai and producer Genki Kawamura, the creative team behind the critically-acclaimed, global smash hit Your Name. The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if to suggest his future. He lives his days in isolation, but finally finds work as a writer for a mysterious occult magazine. Then one day, Hodaka meets Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky…

FAN PREVIEW SCREENINGS
in Deer Park, Stony Brook and Holtsville
JANUARY 15 & 16
IN THEATERS JANUARY 17