Archive for September, 2005

Ill Crate episode 24

Monday, September 26th, 2005

The Ill Crate ends its protracted absence. There’s a little bit of KMFDM, but music is not what this episode’s all about. It’s all about Dead Comedians–Mitch Hedberg, Bill Hicks, and Sam Kinison. There’s also a bit about Hurricane Rita (which had yet to hit land during our taping); a final look back at Rock […]

To Live and Die in LA

Thursday, September 15th, 2005

Hey folks,

If you ran into a problem picking up the Ill Crate over the past few days, it might be due to that big power outage in Los Angeles a few days ago. No, seriously. Our hosting company is based in LA and their data center’s equipment was pretty well shaken down by the outage. […]

Ill Crate episode 23

Wednesday, September 14th, 2005

And now, episode 23, which we call “The Aristo-Crate.” Seriously, this is probably the sickest, most depraved episode yet. And that’s not just because the Big Dawg joins us for the first time. Well, okay, it is.

Actually, we call this one “Devil Music,” because we hear and discuss various songs on various satanic themes, from […]

Ill Crate episode 22

Monday, September 5th, 2005

The Countess returns to our palatial Zin City Studios high atop the Kenmore skyline and takes over the musical direction for this episode, which we call “The Countess Under the Covers.” Yes, it’s all cover versions of songs, and so we give a listen to Ministry doing a bit of Bob Dylan, The Moog Cookbook […]