HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! -- This Sat. 5 a.m. -- Party with Press Pass Music

It's going to be a gorgeous Halloween weekend and the Press Pass Music show will still resume this Saturday. So tune in! I'm going to be celebrating all night long and then I'm going to straight into the studio to bring you some Halloweenish songs by Orange County musicians.

If you have any requests, hit me up on my email: ashleyeliot@yahoo.com or call the request line.

You all better dress up and have an AMAZING night. If you want to come party with me and my lady friends then call my cell 949.922.2588. As for a costume... I wanted to be a ghostbuster.... yet we're having some issues with that so we'll see what happens.

Love you the longest time,
Ash

Show # 4 -- Oct. 25, 2008

What happened during show # 4?????????? WELL, I started the show with a song from the NEW Venus Infers album (The Truth About Venus Infers), which is set to be released Nov. 6 -- Detroit Bar will be the place for their release party. Then we had some softer sounds with folksy undertones. After I played a few songs that reminded me of Halloween... hence the song titles. Later, it became way more upbeat, hopefully waking up all you listeners. Throughout the show I played the NEW Venus Infers album.

I hope you liked what you heard. If you have an questions or comments, feel free to email me at ashleyeliot@yahoo.com. Also, check out my myspace to actually hear more about the bands I play -- www.myspace.com/presspassmusic. And you can follow me on Twitter -- www.twitter.com/ashleyeliot

Now, I'm going to continue on the music hunt for local musicians.

Here is the playlist from this week and expect next week to be very interesting... since it will be the morning after Halloween. Have a good one and thanks for listening to Press Pass Music!

Ash


Playist from 10-25-08


"Intro" -- Venus Infers -- The Truth About Venus Infers -- NEW
"Waterfalls" -- Venus Infers -- The Truth About Venus Infers -- NEW
"As Long As We're Laying The Cards On The Table" -- Ryan Baxley
"October" -- Barrett Johnson" -- In Case I Went Missing
"Recluse" -- Stacy Clark -- Apples & Oranges
"Empty Bottles" -- Stacy Clark -- Apples & Oranges
"Time Worth Saving" -- Cory Case -- Self-titled
"You're Makin' Me Nervous" -- Venus Infers -- The Truth About Venus Infers -- NEW
"Go Ghost" -- Pop Noir
"Mad Dad The Crusty Crab" -- The Growlers
"Dead of Night" -- The Bolts
"Skeletons" -- We Are The Arsenal
"Sick Dance" -- Angoras
"Ignorance Is Bliss" -- The Sweet Sweet Things -- We're Not Cool
"We're Not Cool" -- The Sweet Sweet Things -- We're Not Cool
"The Truth (About Venus Infers)" -- Venus Infers -- The Truth About Venus Infers -- NEW
"Lombard Street" -- Ralph Hinkley Syndrome -- Self-titled
"Rotten Apples" -- Voxhaul Broadcast -- Rotten Apples
"The Echo" -- Voxhaul Broadcast
"Shoot Us All Down" -- The American Gypsies
"Some Things Are Better The Way They're Remembered" -- Venus Infers -- The Truth About Venus Infers -- NEW
"These Times" -- The Damn Automatics
"Other Kind" -- The Damn Automatics
"Urgency" -- Starving For Gravity -- Urgency
"Stained Glass Blues" -- Aushua -- No Harm Done EP
"Feel So Stupid" -- Satisfaction -- Cougars, Sharks & Flying Sparks
"Hit Parade" -- Venus Infers -- The Truth About Venus Infers -- NEW

This weeks show... Saturday, Oct. 25

Well, we're almost a week away from Halloween and I'm going to let you know where you should be celebrating. This week's show, I will be finding the best places in OC to party it up this Halloween.

ALSO, I may seem like I'm a little obsessed with these guys.... but it's hard not to be. Venus Infers will officially release their album in a couple weeks but I've got the goods and I'm playing their entire album throughout the show this week. You will be very pleased.

For all you bands out there in OC land, let me know where you're playing and I will be sure to mention it on the show.

ALSO, are you a supporter of local independent music? CREATE YOUR PAGE at www.presspassmusic.ning.com. Lets get together...right now... on Press Pass Music.

Love you longtime,

Ash

Where will you be this Halloween? Let me know!

Show # 3 -- 10-18-08 -- I'm SO IMPRESSED

Well, show three was this morning. There is a lot to note: First off, I need to have a Monster or Rockstar or inject the caffeine right into my veins because I made a few boo boos this morning. BUT the music I played was still oh-so-HOT and I'm very impressed by our local musicians. I better hurry and play their music before they're discovered and KUCI won't let me play them anymore. Despite my lack of organization the show still rocked, well I hope. ; )

I played some grunge, folk, pop, punk and rockkkkkkkkkkkk! There were covers of 99 Red Balloons, Love Is A Battlefield and Steady As She Goes ( by Ugly Paint -- a band of eight 10-13 year olds.) .....there were talks of twittering ; ) .... there were DJs still in the studio who hung out with me.... it was a good time.

Here's the goods... the playlist. Support local independent music... live it... breath it....hear it.... share it.

You can download or stream the show at http://www.archive.org/details/PressPassMusic-10-18-08-Kuci88.9Fm.


Enjoy.



Ash




10-18-08 Playlist



"If It's Right" – Lunar Fiction – Does Anybody Remember Laughter

"Speakeasy" – Lunar Fiction – Sleep Through the Winter

"The Siren" – Narwhal

"Sinner's Ball" – Polaris At Noon – The Pilot EP

"What We Can With What We Got" – Another Day Late

"Time and Thought" – Another Day Late

"99 Red Balloons" – The Go-Sheilas

"Love Is A Battlefield" – We Are The Arsenal

"Steady As She Goes" – Ugly Paint

"Hanging With Strangers" – Danger Strangers

"..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Belmont Teal" – Mothers' Sons

"Plastic Shaman" – Mothers' Sons

"Photograph" – Handsome Grampa

"Stay Awake For The Ending" – Slings – The Old Hopeful Trail

"The Songbird – Slings – The Old Hopeful Trail

"Send Off" – Coco B's – The Fast-Track Holly Nova Symphony

"Modern Lover" – Coco B's

"Home Much Longer" – Brave Citizens

"Those Days Were Good Days ( As Sometimes They Are) – Sounder – Good Things Come And Go Like Bad Things

"I'm Fine and That's Fine – Yellow Red Sparks – One Off

"It Will (Don't Worry)" – Dolphin City – Discretion

"Lombard Street" – Ralph Hinkley Syndrome – Self-titled album

"What We Left In The Trunk" – The Santiago Steps – Okay Okay Okay

"On The Run/ California" – The Union Line – self-titled album

"Shake My Hand" – The Jakes – Shake My Hand

THIS IS WHAT GETS ME EXCITED.... the future musicians of OC

I just received a press release on this great event tomorrow night called Code Pink's Beat Breast Cancer Boot Camp at Kaleidoscope Courtyards Shopping Center in Mission Viejo. There is a band of 8 boys ranging from ages 10 to 13 who will be performing. Their name is Ugly Paint -- http://www.uglypaint.net/index.html.

This is what gets me excited... little boys of course... kidding. It's the future of not just Orange County music but music in general. These kids have already played the Coach House, the Laguna Niguel concerts in the park, street fairs and so on. Yes, all I've heard is a few cover songs of U2's "Vertigo" and The Raconteurs' "Steady As She Goes," but it's their initiative to pursue music and even use music to make the world a better place.

Last week, I sent out emails and posted bulletins about looking for a band/musician for the Friends of Lake Forest Animals benefit on Nov. 8. Who doesn't love animals? Who wouldn't want to use their music to better the community and world? I know, if I could really play the guitar, drums or sing ( I may own two guitars, a drum pad and mic, but we all know as much as I would like to be a musician, I'm meant to be the one who promotes good music rather than produce it) then I would use my music to help people, animals and this crazy mixed-up world. My response to finding a musician to play for pro bono has been minimal. I love how "management" decides where you play and how much you should charge... I love how it's a get out of jail free card.... I love that there are bands and musicians who are talented but use the talents to further their own selfish needs rather than for the good of our neighbors....

I just love that I may be promoting music that may be produced by shallowness.

My rant is over.... check out the Ugly Paint. Go to codepinkbootcamp.com for more information on the event.





Trying to voice the way and write the way ( check out my other blog -- thedailyjournalist.blogspot.com),

Ash
Press Pass Music
Saturdays, 5 to 7 a.m.
KUCI 88.9 FM
ashleyeliot@yahoo.com
949.922.2588

KUCI rocks. OC Weekly names KUCI best radio station

Yet I mean, there's not much to compare us too. What other OC radio stations are there?



Check out OC Weekly's story on KUCI being the best radio station.


http://www.ocweekly.com/bestof/2008/award/best-radio-station-255947/

Show #2 -- 10-11-08 -- I'm still here...

Well hello there listeners,

I completed my second show this morning.... wooooo hoooooooo! There were a lot of random goodies from local acts this show. I'm very pleased with all the talented musicians I have been finding here in Orange County. If you know of any bands that are local please let me know and I will try to play them next week.

This week's show I celebrated the Japanese Motors' new self-titled album. It came out last week so I played songs from the album throughtout the show. Also, this show I played old and new tracks by Venus Infers and found out that Trisha (previous lead singer of Venus Infers) has gone solo. Her new name is HoneyPie and her new music is quite great.

Thanks for listening you guys! Please email me if you want to talk music or if you have any comments: ashleyeliot@yahoo.com.

For homework, go to a local venue and check out the sights and sounds of your awesome Orange County musicians. They're working hard to get their music out into the world so the least you can do is listen. ; )

My playlist is below. Feel free to listen again to past shows on
http://www.archive.org/details/10-11-08PressPassMusic--Kuci88.9Fm--DjAsh


You can find me on myspace too! myspace.com/presspass
or follow me on twitter: twitter.com/ashleyeliot

Love you longtime,

Ash


Playlist -- 10-11-08
"Regrets a Paradise" -- Japanese Motors -- NEW self-titled alum
"Stand Tall" -- Dirty Heads -- Any Port in a Storm
"Dear Honey" -- Dusty Rhodes and the River Band -- First You Live
"Grampa Mac" - Dusty Rhodes and the River Band -- First You Live
"Bag Lady" -- The Studiofix -- Will Change Your Life
"Hi-Fi" -- Ralph Hinkley Syndrome -- Ralph Hinkley Syndrome
"Interlude" -- Japanese Motors -- NEW self-titled album
"Crooked Gun" -- Japanese Motors -- NEW self-titled album
"Girls of Prey" -- Pop Noir -- Girls of Prey
"Dancing With Werewolves" -- Great Glass Elevator -- Metropolis
Hero" -- Burning Tree Project -- Time and Color
"Satan Said Dance" -- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah -- From the movie "Choke"
"Major Tom" -- I Hate Kate -- Embrace the Curse
"Outta My Head" -- I Hate Kate -- Embrace the Curse
"Paralyzed" -- Vast Atlantic -- So Long
"Paddle to the Water" -- Vast Atlantic -- So Long
"Single Fins and Safety Pins" -- Japanese Motors -- NEW self-titled album
"Il Fait Beau" -- My Pet Saddle
"No Escape" -- Civalias -- You.Me.We.
"You Can't Scare Me At All" -- Venus Infers -- The White Album
"You Can't Scare Me At All" (old version) -- Venus Infers -- Self-titled album
"Never Get Enough" -- HoneyPie -- self-titled album
"The Untitled Communist Song" -- The Henry Clay People -- Blacklist the Kid with the Red Moustache
"Echolocation" -- The Henry Clay People -- self-titled album
"Being There" Faded Paper Figures -- Dynamo
"Airplanes" -- Local Natives -- Gorilla Manor
"Spendin' Days" -- Japanese Motors -- self-titled album

MY FIRST SHOW -- the playlist -- 10-4-08

HEY YOU GUYS!

The first Press Pass Music show debuted on KUCI 88.9 FM this morning from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. Ahhhhhh....... I can't believe I didn't break anything! I had a few bumps definitely but I overcame them. ; ) Thank you for everyone who listened and called in! I'm so happy to keep you entertained and keep you informed on OC's music scene. If you have any requests and want to hear some of your favorite local musicians, please let me know. Email me at ashleyeliot@yahoo.com or try me on the myspace -- myspace.com/presspassmusic.

If you missed the show (booooooo...jk), then go to archive.org and search for Press Pass Music and listen to my first ever show!!!!!

Here is the first Press Pass Music playlist for Oct. 4, 2008:

Song, Band, Album:

"Cough Syrup" -- The Jakes -- Shake My Hand
"Schizophrenia: -- The Jakes -- Shake My Hand
"1,000 Ways to Use a Dollar" -- The Living Suns -- Self
"What Are You to Me" -- Hello Morning -- All For This Illusion EP
"Single Fins & Safety Pins" -- The Japanese Motors -- Singles Fins & Safety Pins EP
"If it ain't Love" -- Ryan Baxley
"Don't Stop" -- Coco B's -- Coco B's
"Bluebird" -- Coco B's -- Coco B's
"Logos" -- Faded Paper Figures -- Dynamo
"It's All Wrong" -- The Makeout Party -- Play Pretend
"The United Communist Song" -- The Henry Clay People -- Blacklist the Kid with the Red Moustache
"(I Never) Been Here Before" -- Venus Infers -- The White Album
"You Can't Scare Me At All" -- Venus Infers -- The White Album
"Won't Let You" -- Stacy Clark -- Apples and Oranges
"Roll Right Over" -- Eye Alaska -- Yellow & Elephant
"Through Willow and Streams" -- Eye Alaska -- Yellow & Elephant
"I Make The Dead" -- Satisfaction -- Cougars, Sharks and Flying Sparks
"The Flower of Rhodes" -- Local Natives -- Orion Way
"Over My Head" -- We Are The Pilots -- Through the Eyes of the Inhabitants of Mars EP
"Saturn In The Sea" -- We Are The Pilots -- Through the Eyes of the Inhabitants of Mars EP
"Wake Up" -- The Breakup -- Don't Keep Us a Secret
"A Rowboat In The Perfect Storm" -- Halos
"All or Not" -- Brave Citzens -- Revolutions EP
"No Harm Done" -- Aushua -- No Harm Done EP
"Sister Saves" -- Aushua -- No Harm Done EP
"Best Days" -- Stereofix -- The Warning Sign EP