ASK DR. HAL! Deals 21!
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009FOR THOSE IN THE KNOW:
TWO MORE SHOWS TO GO
STILL REMAIN TO ATTEND
AND THEN– IT’S THE END…
–BUT FOR NOW, COME AND TRY
Ask Dr. Hal ‘s Vingt-et-Un!
—-ARE YOU MISSING THESE PERFORMANCES? —–
WEDNESDAY, April 1st!
Yes, the Night of St. Stupid ‘s Day!
==PRESENTED ON OUR ALL-NEW STAGE==
AT
The Famous Chez Poulet Gallery-Cabaret
where SHOWTIME– more or less– BEGINS at around
=9:00 PM=
THE SLAPDOWN– Admission: $ 10-ISH
NO ONE turned away! A BARGAIN!
3359 Cesar Chavez St.
(Army) Street between Mission and South Van Ness. Just on the
edge of Bernal Heights. The old Odeon Neighborhood.
The Dr. Hal Report
Vol. IX No. 21
“April is the cruelest month…”
— T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land
THIS WEEK:
END IS NEAR! – COUNTDOWN TO DOOM – 2 MORE SHOWS! – LAST SHOW IS
APRIL 8th – RADIO REJECTS – GRASPING AT STRAWS? – EERIE GIANT ROBOT FROM
SPACE MELTS TANKS, GUNS WITH RAY BLASTS – THE LEGEND OF ROCKABYE POINT –
HILLBILLY APOCALYPSE – FRANK CHU SEES IT THRU – CAPPY’S MASTER PLAN – PETE
GOLDIE’S STARRY WISDOM: SMACKED BY AN ASTEROID FROM THE VOID – HOUSE
RULES RULE – QUESTIONABLE ANSWERS – SOCIAL NOTES – A SMOKIN’ HOT SHOW – –
PARADE OF PULCHRITUDE – CHICK IN A CHICKEN AT CHICKEN ‘S – WORTHY OF
NOTE: ST.. STUPID ‘S DAY IMMANENT – HELPING HOLLIS – LOOP! STATION SENSATION
WILL LOOP THE LOOP FRIDAY, APRIL 17TH AT YOSHI’S IN SANFRAN – KrOB’S FILM
FARM GOES DARK 1 MORE WEEK, THEN WILL RETURN MONDAY, APRIL 6TH WITH YET
MORE BUS RIDES, DOUBLE FEATURES & MATCHING DESTINATIONS – YOU CAN HEAR
COMMANDER 14 OF NONCHALANCE’S BROADCAST 24-7 IN UPPER DOLORES PARK –
DR. HAL & THE ODEON COCAINE ALL-STARS TO PLAY AT AMNESIA APRIL 19TH –
YOKED EVEN MORE WITH YOU TUBE – PUZZO’S NEWEST CLIPS
And so now we ‘re down to two shows. Only two more of these things to see.
Can you believe it? April 8th is our last show. Yes (read carefully here, O faithful few), just as at the
Ask Dr. Hal! Show the time comes when Chicken pulls out the la-a-a-ast question– the very last
question– so will that sad day in April be the final iteration of our quasi-legendary night club
juggernaut on Cesar Chavez Street at the (mostly) red-painted Jean Poulet Gallery-Cabaret. We’re
actually getting a good crowd– the last was our best ever– and are putting on some memorable
performances. But… these shows are coming to an end. We’ll be doing– it’s official– two MORE
SHOWS. Oh, yeah? Who says so? Why, Chicken John. He’s going to be leaving all of us in San
Francisco as he goes off to Europe on April 21st. It’s all so he can mess around installing ponderous
internal combustion engines from massive American cars in tippy-tippy Euro-“Art Boats” over there in
Slovenia. Yes, those Slovenians need an infusion of Detroit Iron in their flimsy, arty watercraft. And since
the show these days must take place in his house, though everyone else in our cast would be more than
happy, as we’ve pointed out before, to keep on with a “guest host” –a substitute Chicken, if you will, the
restive Mr. Rinaldi doesn’t want a crowd of people there while he’s away, unable to prevent them from
invading, shuffling into the various rooms including his atelier and sanctum sanctorum, stealing his shirt-studs
and collar stays, the sterling silverware, his collections of Fabergé eggs, dueling pistols, gilded snuff-boxes
and framed hunting prints, rifling through his drawers (he hates that), leaving fingerprints on the wallpaper,
making off with his cabinet of adorable vintage Hummel figurines and “borrowing” (more or less
permanently) his beloved arsenal of power tools. So, that’s it; we’re (soon going to be) out of there, it’s been
swell, and now, perforce, we begin our dreaded…
COUNTDOWN TO DOOM!
JUST 2 MORE PLAY DATES, A DUO
of final, dwindling opportunities remaining to experience the awe and mystery, the wonder, laughter and
bemusement, the savagery and splendor, the ne plus ultra we like to call the Ask Dr. Hal! Show.
BUT… WE’LL CONTINUE AS BEFORE ON PIRATE CAT RADIO, RIGHT?
Wrong. Dr. Hal, KrOB, even Astronomer Royal Pete Goldie, have been permanently booted off SF’s
popular pirate FM station by station manager Dr. Monkey. Because we asked him not to advertise our
radio show when we weren’t there, confusing and disappointing our listeners, but he ignored us
despite repeated requests, Chicken got involved– and you can guess what happened next– he
exercised the “Nuclear Option–” that is, insulting Monkey so much that PCR’s chief factotum blew a
gasket– and now that grossly insulted individual (flamed as only Chicken can do) never wants to lay
eyes on any of our moon-faced mugs again– in short, none of us can e’er return. No, not, at least, to that
radio station…
FAINT GLIMMERS OF… HOPE?
There do exist a few evanescent wisps of hope that we yet may do some sort of post-Chicken
performances, even some sort of (non-Pirate Cat) radio. But ‘twould be ill-advised to comment
prematurely. As mighty KrOB Sabrepop himself would say, “I shall try, Master– I shall try.” That’s what
he’d say. So, we have only to say, keep watching this space– to see if the visionary, impractical idea
of a Chicken-less Dr. Hal Show somewhere else is a false hope– or instead one with an ever-so-slight
chance of becoming real. Meanwhile, in our remaining run at Chez Poulet, we’re more determined than
ever to make history in our own way. We’ve carried the show on for many years now– and are always
refining it a degree or so further, trying to ascertain what “works” and what we have to conclude never will.
KrOB’s on the job, as always, brewing up new surprises. And he’s got a real never-before-seen, poetic
and inspirational parable he wants to bring us this week, when the mandatory traditional Monster Clip will
show you how the entire U.S. Military feels when an emissary from a more advanced civilization, an
inhuman visitor from the stars, practices a little “Shock & Awe” on them, despite their (futile) best efforts,
when …
KrOB, San Francisco, presents:
ROBOT REVENGE: PAYBACK FROM BEYOND!
Yes, KrOB’s done it again. The imposing giant robot, having emerged from the colossal flying saucer that
landed in Washington, D.C., shoots intense beams of unknown actinic force from his helmet-like head,
blasting tanks, guns and other weapons, melting cannons and severing their molecular bonds, so great
and complete is the destruction, so that there is very little left… Just because a trigger-happy grunt
squeezed off a round and shot the alien ambassador. A scene from a movie well known to Dr. Hal and
KrOB. But the funny thing is that even when we suppose that we can’t show something that “everybody’s
seen,” it turns out that by and large they haven’t seen it. A movie older than they are wouldn’t interest them.
Although, they just might have seen the recent Keanu Reeves remake. Well, this is the genuine article, from
20th-Century Fox and Robert Wise, incorporating exquisite music by the late Twentieth Century’s greatest
composer, Bernard Hermann, and yet another in a series of unforgettable KrOB “Edits.” Scientific!
Educational! View it all on our Giant Screen (or, if you prefer to, and it’s up, which it hasn’t been lately, on
our “size-challenged” screen). Narrated, as always, by Dr. Hal. But, before that…
WE START… WITH A KLASSIC KARTOON !
Every episode of Ask Dr. Hal! begins with the showing of a carefully selected, iconic American
animated cartoon. We wish to highlight and remember our comedic roots here– KrOB shows only
the best, relaxing and amusing our audience and getting them in “the mood.” Last week’s entry
was the incredible Draftee Daffy (1945), wherein Daffy Duck struggles mightily, even beyond the grave,
to avoid induction into the U.S. Armed Services. A fine Warner Bros. cartoon by animation god Bob
Clampett. But now… Well, if you know anything at all about the history of animated cartoons, you might
be amazed at our announcement here that we’ll be showing a Lantz cartoon. Because, frankly, these
mostly weren’t very good. Remember all those horrible Chilly Willy cartoons? They came from the Walter
Lantz studio. And “Inspector Willoughby…” ugh. Well, folks, we like to break the mold at Ask Dr. Hal!
–even our own– and so this time we are showing a Lantz cartoon– even a Chilly Willy. But the sawed-off,
boring, pantomimic penguin character is actually only briefly seen in The Legend of Rockabye Point
(1955). And this particular cartoon was directed by the great Tex Avery. There are other good names in the
credits, and it was actually nominated for an Academy Award (and who are we to dispute the Academy?).
We are, as always, taking pains to give you the whole thing, complete and uncut, just as you might have
seen it along with the main feature(s) at a Drive-In in 1955, out under the stars… Oh, yes, we think everyone
needs to see this cartoon, and the version we’re showing comes from a pristine, absolutely perfect print. So
join us at the good old Chez Poulet Gallery Cabaret this Wednesday night, won’t you? –in time to catch
up with yet another treasure of your Nation’s once-flourishing but now (that the Conspiracy has dumbed
it all down) mostly vanished popular culture. By the bye– you must know by now that we’re trying to
show you something wonderful here. So if you’re just going to socialize, and choose to ignore the
cartoon while we run it, do us and everyone else a favor– and go outside and have a cigarette, or play
in traffic. Remember, though, the rest of our show will start right up at the very moment the cartoon ends…
” The Legend of Rockabye Point offers a set-up familiar to those who dig the structure of the modern
cartoon, but rushes toward its transformation into an Avery-crafted de(and re-)construction of reality.”
—-B. H. Brainard, The Hidden Truth in Cartoons
HEY, WE GOT…
HELLCAT & HELLION HILLBILLIES– THE PO’BUCKET FAMILY!
In a tiny, tinny, tawdry, tatty, run-down, beat-up, half-pint, washed-up, low-class, two-bit trailer suspended high
above our Ask Dr. Hal! stage dwell the alcoholic, inbred Po’bucket Family, authentic mountain people from whom
Chicken has apparently been illegally collecting rent –and unspecified “services” –for their minimal share of his
echoing, cavernous domain. It’s furtively whispered that they pay not in money but in a certain product produced in
their clandestine “meth” lab. We choose to disbelieve this absurd canard– that trailer’s just too absurdly small. Even
hillbillies couldn’t pull such a thing off in such a reduced amount of space. (The term hillbilly is commonly known in
non-Appalachian areas, including Missouri’s Ozark Mountains and the Current River Basin of Missouri, as a reference
used in describing socially backward people that fit certain “countrified,” [e.g. rural] characteristics, largely considered
Celto-Cambrian [Scots-Irish] in descent.In this context, it is often, though not always a derogatory sobriquet. Although
those in question may not reside in a region that has hills of any kind, or even bumps, it’s averred that the word is
preferred to such disparaging terms as, say, white trash. In urban usage, it is sometimes used interchangeably with
the even less euphonious Redneck.) At any rate, no one in fact has yet been able to discern just how many there are of
these folks at Chicken’s. But be warned that quite often the sound of an ongoing show, audience laughter, etc. –will rouse
them out of their stereotypical lair like a seething, frenzied swarm of Appalachian ants, backwoods bees, cornhusker
chinch bugs, countrified cockroaches, hayseed hornets, hick hog moths, Podunk potato flea beetles, rube round-
headed apple tree borers, rusticated rice weevils, sodbuster skeeters, or yokel yellow mealworms. When this happens,
the show, we should warn you, may suffer a momentary interruption. We’re used to it by now, of course, after all this time.
But we can’t tell you just to “ignore this bucolic brood,” as that is truly beyond anyone’s powers. Just last week, their
tin-pot trailer proved to be the scene of another regrettable domestic disturbance. It almost looked as though we were
going to make it through an entire show without hillbilly defilement, but it was not to be, when Ole Man Moses came
raging in looking for his wife (& looking to “discipline” her for some imagined infraction with a paddle which was more or
less a raw two-by-four). Strange indeed are the ways of the hill people. Oh well, nothing like a good argument to clear
the air on the home front, eh? It’s all we can do to continue when the whole clan suddenly erupts forth with rowdy èlan,
often in mid-show. Just surrender to the okie-fied inevitable– we have to– settle yourself in for the down-home shivaree, as
the whole clan sets in a-pickin’ and a-grinnin’ –and proffer a big, friendly Howdy-do! to Family Units “Big Jed” Moses,
“Daisy Duke” Spy and (of course), the smallest con-sarned varmint of ’em all, li’l Lucky. They’ll soon be leaving for
Europe– with Chicken…
BILL AND COO WITH FRANK CHU!
Yes, Frank is back! And we’ve got him! The Emperor Norton of our own time regularly appears at our show to
deliver his Message! And the tangled tale of Frank Chu was recently told in these pages. (See The Dr. Hal
Report, Vol. IX, Nos. 14, 15 & 16). These are worth looking up. Then, there’s also a Wikipedia article. Like the
original Norton, Frank is shown deference by the discriminating, given free meals and so on. Amazing how
history repeats itself, isn’t it? We will always welcome Frank Chu at Ask Dr. Hal! You’ll see him there. See him
right now, if you want to, in the Puzzling Evidence video clip of our February 25th show (Part 2) by clicking on
the link you’ll find in the Monstrous Column of URLs at the bottom of the Dr. Hal Report.
COMPUTER FREEBOOTER GETS CUTER!
In a cloud of swirling incense, David “Yo-Yo Pro” Capurro, a mainstay of our show for lo these many years,
provides a running visual commentary to all that is said and done as the show goes on. It works like this: we
mention a topic, David operates his keyboard, and almost instantly there’s a related image up on the screen. I.J.
(Internet Jockey) Capurro, also known for his alter-identity Yo-Yo Pro, one of the original Monsters of Yo-Yo and
Master of Yo-Yo Fu extraordinaire, is a multi-talented, accomplished baker and a competent guitarist. A cool
customer– but he really lives for but one purpose. His main delight in this life is to ask an anonymous question
at Ask Dr. Hal! and get Chicken, unknowingly, to pour him a free shot of Fernet. And in this, strangely enough, he
always succeeds. He sure can do it. So he does it. That settles it.
PETE GOLDIE ‘S SECRET BASE– IN SPACE!
In what some consider the best part of our show, ADH Science expert Pete Goldie leads attendees through the
endless reaches of the Universe in his continuing segment, ” (The) Waste(s) of Space.” Pete will be on hand this
week too, to present more of the newest discoveries made in the eternal realms of the unfathomable void. Hey,
kids! Ask Pete about how the Earth was actually recently struck by an asteroid! This primordial object detonated in the upper
atmosphere with a searing flash and the blast radius of a tactical atomic device with a yield of 1,000 tons of TNT, over Sudan’s
remote Nubian Desert, near Station Six between Wadi Halfa and, to the Southeast, Abu Hamed. In the distant desert land, ruled
over by cruel dictator and, according to the World Criminal Court, international war criminal Mohammed-al-Bashir, the brilliant
light of the explosion frightened villagers and tribesmen close by and everywhere along the Nile. Meteoritic, or bolide fragments
were retrieved from the impact site– the asteroid that yielded these was a very rare F-class object known as a Ureilite. Its
original weight prior to the airburst, its explosive contact with the upper atmosphere, is estimated as being in the neighborhood
of 90 tons. And a single piece now being analyzed contains widely varied and colored forms of carbon, including countless
microscopic diamonds– nanodiamonds, they’re called –along with graphite and iron carbide. More interestingly, it contains
traces of organic compounds, too, including amino acids. It looks as if our solar system was ready to generate our kind of life,
even before the Earth was formed. How about that–that’s our cosmos for you. And, despite the needlessly abusive low-
comedy sallies of Chicken, as sure as Entropy, Pete (when not interrupted by a rampaging rogue gorilla, a giant,
dancing human-sized chicken, a monstrous cross-species hybrid of the two forms or an unseemly eructation of
copulating, screaming, roof-dwelling hillbillies) just could be going to be telling each and every one of us al-l-l-l-l-l
about it. Enjoy!
CHICKEN JOHN SEZ:
“Hey, everybody– come see the Ask Dr. Hal! Show in a brand new location: my living room. It’s four guys doing
improv, on 4 different levels. It can be amazing,”
NOT A BAR– BUT YOU CAN DRINK!
So there won’t be any hooch for sale, OK, alcoholics? We don’t do the show in a bar any more. So, though it’s OK to
drink, if you want to you need to BRING YOUR OWN. We encourage you to BRING ALCOHOL. Of course, good questions
will still be ree-warded in the traditional manner– with that old standby, Fernet Branca, TM –the “Miracle Liquor.” That’s how
Paul Pot and David “Cappy” Capurro (see above) do it, folks– and that’s the one way you can still get a drink at Ask Dr. Hal!
THE ASK DR. HAL! SHOW – FEATURING FRANK CHU – CHICKEN JOHN – DR. HAL – KrOB – PETE GOLDIE – DAVID
CAPURRO – ALL QUESTIONS CHEERFULLY ANSWERED – BARDIC RECITATIONS – FERNET GIVEAWAYS –
CARTOONS – KrOB MONSTER CLIP EDITS – WITH OUR VERY SPECIAL GUESTS THOSE ROOF-DWELLING
HILLBILLIES THE “PO’BUCKETS” – DONATION TEN DOLLARS OR SO – AS CLOSE AS YOU THINK YOU CAN COME –
OUR DROP DEAD GORGEOUS DOOR-GIRL WILL TAKE YOUR MONEY AND STEAL YOUR HEART AS YOU CROSS
HER PALM & OUR THRESHOLD. MAN! ISN’T SHE LOVELY? WELL– ALL RIGHT, WE ADMIT IT– IT WON’T BE HER.
YES, IT’LL BE ROBERT LEVY. YOU SEE, THAT DOOR-GIRL GOT WISE TO US– AND IS GONE– LONG GONE…
ANYWAY, COME ALL, COME ONE, SHOWS ALMOST ALL DONE…
SOCIAL NOTES
A series of Twittering tweets followed last wks. show, squawking and shedding feathers, to say nothing of the
fate of the newspapers in the bottom of the cage… But unless what a little bird babbled to me was just a bilious
bag of birdseed, these were positive reviews… ADH was found by some to be at the peak of its form, which since
we aim to please, is the bee’s knees. No complaints from frantic Frogstar Darling, caustic Cappy’s pal kinetic
Ken, pensive Paul Pot, legal-minded Lightning, or jovial Jimmy… Erudite Erik, no eremite, came out of his cell to
see us…He’s a Techgnostic, too… Malapert Mable Syrup seemed to be having fun, as did rapturous Rhiannon
Charisse… Sloe-eyed Stacia, also joyous Julie Holoabird, who danced with us during the 2-minute Dance Party,
jewel-like Jessy Face, chanteuse & thespian of Stars & Garters fame– wotta lotta beauties– maybe they’re what
inspired us that nite… Radiant Robin Coomer, definitely, too, who passed us a smokeable emolument (as well
as a donative dollop of the other kind), exquisite Emily, noted painter luscious Lynn Rubenzer, nonpareil Nieves
Rathbun (avec joltin’ Jasper “Sprout” Rathbun) & redheaded lovely Lena Strayhorn, who never strays from
reading the Dr. Hal Report from top to bottom… Then there was charming Cherry Zombrowski, slipping into
something comfortable– i.e. aiiee! –a human-sized giant chicken suit, all to assist paideutic “Prof” Pete Goldie
in the presentation of the Sponsor’s Product rounding off his scientific segment… She looks good both getting
into and out of a giant chicken suit, in the tradition of charismatic “Chicken Dawn” Stott, who has also graced
the feathery garb…WORTHY OF NOTE: It’s that time of year again– time for sacred St. Stupid’s march around
the bases of Ess Eff’s tyrannical towers. Wednesday, April 1st is swingin’ St. Stupid’s Day, & we know you’re
going to want to join blessed Bishop Joey (& Deacon Dr. Hal) as they and the others of the rag-tag band of
brothers & sisters meet at the Vaillancourt Fountain, area– you know, that fountain by audacious Armand
Vaillancourt that some say looks as if it came from a giant dog’s square intestines– the foot of Market St. at
precisely Noon on that great Day, the First of April. You may see a certain troika of Doggie Diner Heads there,
too. Then the army of clowns swings into action… You’ll hear the booming of the big bass drum as you near
the rendezvous point, and see others of your wildly-attired fellow weirdos also streaming toward the spot. Man,
you really have to work to burnish your misfit credentials in this burg! It’s been going on forever, by the bye– a
fateful ‘Frisco tradition. Anyone might be there– previous iterations have been joined by keystone-speaker Ken Kesey
and wild-haired Wavy Gravy. C’mon, you’ll love it– lots of laffs and the cops (hardly) never throw you in jail… But
of course this is also the date of the first Ask Dr. Hal! Show of April. You’ll hear about the St. Supid’s After-party
that nite at the Elbo Room. We aren’t publicizing it because this event directly competes with ours. Just the
same, the moment our show is over dedicated Dr. Hal will hie himself thither to perform, since said p’formance was
solicited… And, faithful few, if you have the stamina you too can show-hop at this time…HANDS OUT TO HOLLIS:
The fundraising continues, all to provide financial help for our pal, Junkyard siren honey-haired Hollis Hawthorne,
injured in a motorcycle mishap in India & still in need of funds tho’ now in Stanford Medical Hospital on these shores.
Sofar, th’ community has raised almost 100 grand in just the past few daze… Trouble is, they need 200K in all. They
do have the 1st half, & she’s made the transition to the U.S. You can take part & donate– keep in touch with the
latest developments at http://friendsofhollis.blogspot.com/ –or donate thru paypal @ elizastrack@gmail.com
–help do a good deed in this world. WORTHY OF NOTE: Updates on Upcoming Uphevals Here– & in the
Noosphere… Flash! Loop! Station is coming to Yoshi’s! It’s hard to describe what they do if you’ve been unlucky
enough not to see and hear them yet– we could just say, along with Chicken, that they’re the best band in San
Francisco. However you tell it, singular Sam Bass plays the cello while ravishing Robin Coomer unlimbers her fabulous
voice– it’s never clear just who is “accompanying” whom– while they simultaneously record loops of the music as
they produce it, and play and sing along with these loops as they go. It is fairly clear that their innovative use of the
newest looping technology enables them to create visceral compositions with strangely compelling emotional
power. Nobody else does this– and nobody could sing like radiant Robin. Once you’ve heard them– well, we confess
to hearing them in our dreams sometimes. Now, Friday, April 17th you can also hear and see them at Yoshi’s (the S.F.
one, not the Oakland one). Yoshi’s San Francisco, if you’ve never been, is at 1330 Fillmore at Eddy, on the ground
floor of the Fillmore Heritage Center. That’s on the front side of the building. If you drive there in a polluto-mobile,
valet parking is available, or just park yourself in the garage conveniently beneath the building. You’ll find the
entrance on Eddy Street. Click on http://www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco, you clickers. LOOP! SCOOP: —Now it’s
available– Loop! Station‘s newest CD, Love vs. Love. We’re assuming that you have their other CDs. This one will
complete the set– get it at Fry’s Electronics– or right here, by clicking on cds@cdbaby.com/loopstation4 –get more
on all this at www.loopthis.com — & support your local arts, if you’ve got the smarts… WORTHY OF NOTE: FILM FUN
Flash! Kinky KrOB’s Film Farm on the Bus ISN’T HAPPENING this upcoming Monday nite (April 30th). It’s just not
happening, man! Y’see, he took a break last wk. & now cheerful Chicken’s taking one out of town (NYC). But we
assure you, next week (April 6th) kra-a-azy KrOB’s Movie Show on the Odeon Applause Bus will unroll as usual on
two separate screens, one in front & one in back, showing another delirious Double Feature en route to & on the way
back from a Mystery Fun Destination. Yeah! With KrOB’s Patented Eyenoise– our favorite part of th’ programme…
We‘ll be there… The whole thing is a bargain– just ten measly bucks… with candy & booze served up by Film Farm’s
supreme Stewardess, slinky Spy Emerson. All Aboard! Meet in front of Ritual Roasters, 1026 Valencia Street at 6:30
PM & board the Big Green Bus… WORTHY OF NOTE: FAINEANT FOLLIES: The Era of Nonchalance is at hand! If you
know what that means (or would like to), have we got a project for you! Go to Dolores Park at any time. Bring a radio.
Once you’re there, tune it to 107.9 FM. Yes, when you’re in upper Dolores Park, you can listen to a continuous
hour-and-forty-five minute specially engineered dynamic Dr. Hal broadcast (there called Commander 14), running
24-7 on FM radio, 107.9 FM in (((stereo))). And it doesn’t stop there… WORTHY OF NOTE: Could be you saw how Stars
& Garters, along with kompliant KrOB & devoted Dr. Hal, performing with curvaceous Claire Mack, Joyous Jessy
Roadkill & Juniper-fresh Jessy Face(among others), put on a puppet-&-people segment based on the Hindenburg
Zeppelin Crash Disaster @ the Lakehurst, N.J. Naval Air Station, with mind-breaking Special Effects, over at
Amnesia? Flash! There’s more at Amnesia– don’t forget! DR. HAL & THE ODEON COCAINE ALL-STARS! You
guessed it, Pilgrim–Diabolical Dr. Hal & the Band are roaring back! Once again the All-Stars— consonant Chicken,
jammin’ Jason, cool cat Chris Campbell and demented Dr. Hal are coming out of sequestration to do a music set–
this time at Amnesia, 853 Valencia St., between 19th & 20th-– on Sunday nite– April 19th. Come hear deft Dr. Hal
sing with the band. We’re working up some new songs & old favorites, & we will wreak roccocco ‘n’ roll upon
you… Keep watching this space, for more, 4 more’s in store…
AMUSING PUZZLING EVIDENCE YOU TUBE CLIPS!
Did you know you can watch some of the show right this minute? Well, thanx to Puzzling Evidence, you
can! Go ahead– scope out a few of the hi-lites from previous episodes of Ask Dr. Hal! –on You Tube! It’s easy!
It’s fun! It’s time-consuming! And it’s technologically au courant, and absolutely the next best thing to being there
in person! How? How, you say? You do? Why are you talking to your computer? Go ahead– just click, clickety-click,
on these handy URLs.
Pete Goldie blazes a trail as the show begins, detailing the Kepler Mission on March 11th (Pt. 1):
More of Blake’s Milton and a visit from Frank Chu swings the Show into magnum motion
March 11th (Pt. 2):
Pete Goldie peers at Comet 134340; Chicken’s recommendations on Baby & Child Care
start things March 4th (Pt. 1):
Satan’s panties & Superman’s orgasm are highlighted after more of Blake’s Milton March 4th (Pt. 2):
Making the best of a bad assignment, Dr. Hal improvises poetically on Politics & Economics
March 4th (Pt. 3):
Micturation apprehended is seen as a question, as is the Nature of the Conspiracy March 4th (Pt. 4):
The show launches with Chicken’s Monologue and Pete Goldie’s paideutic presentation; we
examine the surface of the planet Mars and look at active Neutron Stars February 25th (Pt. 1):
Midget cover bands, Hillbilly interference, and Frank Chu all contribute on February 25th (Pt. 2):
SubGenius propaganda leads the ADH onslaught on February 25th (Pt. 3):
The Skeleton in Armor closes the show with the saga of a Viking’s life and death on February 25th (Pt. 4):
Pete Goldie puts out a Church Air-flavored Science Sizzler @ ADH, more, on February 18th – The first part:
The Price of scrap steel and stock analysis from Chicken intros Dr. Hal’s Wm. Blake recitation on February 18th
in (Pt. 2):
More of February 18th’s hard-hitting Hal Show hammers the point(s) home (Pt. 3) including the dread KrOB
Moment:
Chicken gets a giant spider in the U.S. Mail– unwrapped –and welcomes Pete Goldie in the first
of two parts from ADH on February 11th (Pt. 1):
Frank Chu appears like a wandering ghost to haunt our rain-dogged Feb. 11th folly
(Pt. 2), more:
Just get an eyeload of the first part of February 4th’s febrile free-for-all (Pt. 1):
Now permit yourself a peek at the next cheering chunk from Puzz-Ev TV (Pt. 2):
Observe now the orisons of the terminal trefoil tingle of Feb. 4th’s farandole (Pt. 3):
Scrutinize spectacular samples from our circuitous circus on January 28th (Pt. 1):
Peruse the second part of January 28th’s nonpareil Nonesuch (Pt. 2):
The third part & 2nd iteration of Jan. 28th’s performance sensation (Pt. 3):
View variegated visions from our proactive presentation in mid-January of this young year
January 14th (Pt. 1):
The second part of PUZZ-EV’s commanding compilation of the best of ADH’s mid-month
marvel (Pt. 2):
Here’s the skinny on the first show of 2009, in You Tube Edit form, January 7th (Pt. 1):
The second helping of our succulent show smorgasbord (Pt. 2):
Look & wonder as you observe pivotal occurrences from our last show of the year (New Year’s
Eve) December 31st (Pt. 1):
The second half of PUZZ-EV’s hard-hitting slice of our New Year’s omnivorous omnibus (Pt. 2):
Gaze now at this exceptional edit, excerpted from our recent exhilarating December 24th
performance (Pt. 1):
Behold the second half of the exciting “extreme” excerpt of the show on December 24th
(Pt. 2):
Scope out outré out-takes from our December 17th serendipitous show:
Take in tantalizing tid-bits from our December 10th show. Try clicking on this:
Peer at picturesque portions picked from our December 3rd show. Click on this, or, if that doesn’t work, just cut and
paste it into your browser:
Audit choice fragments from our November 26th show on You Tube, courtesy of Puzzling Evidence. SEE Chicken
unfairly berate KrOB. HEAR Dr. Hal as he wanders farther afield even than usual in his meandering “answers” to
several questions.
Just go to:
See selected clips from November 19th’s show. Warning to Parents:
Chicken really ladles out those !!?@#$%?!! cuss-words.
Go to:
For those who would like to indulge themselves in one final wallow in the mire of partisan politics from last year’s
endless-seeming Presidential election, check out this ultra-entertaining (Adult-themed) Puzzling Evidence video
clip from the ADH Pirate Cat radio show featuring Dr. Hal, KrOB, Pete “Savant” Goldie and the additional appearance
of special guests Presidential Candidate John McTaint and vivacious wife Sindi McTaint. Yowza! Go to:
See you Wednesday night!