Playlist from the March 19, 2009 show

3-19-09 Press Pass Music playlist
"The Jester" - Mississippi Man
"Dancing in Unison" - Avenue of Giants
"Mind Tree" - Brookline
"Stranger's Road" - The Growlers
"Residents of Orange County" - Drew Danburry
"Who's Got Your Money" - Entice
"Pool Hall" - Halos
"Misfire" - Polaris At Noon
"The Siren" - Narwhal
"Cold Water" - Links
"Restoring The Light" - In Media Rest
"The Thieves" - The Steelwells
"Neon Atmosphere" - We Are The Pilots
"Passeporte" - Oliver Jane
"Comin' Up" - March B.
"Memories" - Marc B.
"Mellow" - Marc B.
"Me and My Guitar" - Marc B.
"The Right Way" - Marc B.

Davis of Venus Infers LIVE in the studio

On Thursday, Jan. 8 -- Press Pass Music had two VERY special guests: Davis Fetter, lead singer and guitarist of Venus Infers, and Jon Reiser, co-owner and booking wizard of Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa. Here is Davis performing a couple songs live on the show. Hope you like! I know I did!

AGAIN, Venus Infers is playing with Stereofix, The Sweet Sweet Things and Aushua this Tuesday in the OC Music Awards live showcase at Detroit Bar. It's a FREE show.


<3 Ash

The Halloween after party at Press Pass Music - Show #5 - 11-01-08

Happy Halloween Weekend!!!!!!!!

So here's what happened:
I was up at 7:30 a.m. Friday and stayed awake until 8:30 a.m. Saturday. It was my first alnighter while I have been a DJ... and oh it was a good time. Dressed as my alter ego aka Wonderwoman, 5 ladies and I party hopped in Newport then to Huntington.....ending the night at a friend's house at 3 a.m. playing Rockband and singing Pat Benetar. I went to the show still as Wonderwoman.... I played Halloweenish tunes by local musicians and passed out when I got home.

Then last night, my friend Nina and I continued the celebration by going to a lame club opening in Newport Beach but we walked right in and walked right out.... and rushed over to Durty Nelly's for some karaoke! We rocked out to Pat Benetar's "Heartbreaker ( yes, I have been obsessed with this song all weekend.... but you know I would have sang Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" if someone hadn't sang it already). Here are pics from last night... since I have a feeling the third member of our trio who assisted with our routine will be checking out my blog, well if he knows what's good for him. :P Oh and we also met McLovin!! ; )




Hopefully all of you guys had a memorable Halloween!

Here is the playlist from the Nov. 1 show:


"Land of the Brain Damage" - Hong Kong Six -- Self-titled
"Destroy Me" - Hong Kong Six -- Self-titled
"I Am Dead" -- Satisfaction -- Cougars, Sharks and Flying Sparks
"She's a Killer" -- Lunar Fiction -- Does anbody remember laughter?
"Pool Hall" -- Halos
"Run Kitty Run" -- The Makeout Party -- Play Pretend
"This and That" -- Audacity -- Final Distillery
"Gotta Go To Work" -- Gantez Warrior -- A Bear Sand Witch
"Beezelbub" -- Gantez Warrior -- A Bear Sand Witch
"Cobblestone Creep" -- the GROWLERS -- Greatest Hits
"Monsters with Misdemeanors" -- Yellow Red Sparks -- Live at the District
"Fear of Life" -- twointhemorning -- Vultures Circling
"Buried Alive" -- twointhemorning -- Vultures Circling
"The Fight" -- Mississippi Man -- The Casa Recordings
"Ghost Trails" -- Dusty Rhodes and the River Band -- First You Live
"Go Ghost" -- Pop Noir -- NEW
"Coors Lite" -- Japanese Motors -- Japanese Motors
"Not A Soul" -- The Appearance -- Lost In Aurora
"Transient Colors" -- Pacifica -- Transient Colors
"Isolated Black Shell" -- Pacifica -- Transient Colors
"Don't Wake The Dead" -- Narwhal
"Radio" -- Years -- Fixed on the Future
"Skeletons" -- We Are The Arsenal -- The Trees
"Catapult" -- The Union Line -- Self-titled
"Dancing With Werewolves" -- Great Glass
"Elevator" -- Metropolis -- Unclassifiable
"You're Makin' Me Nervous" -- Venus Infers --The Truth About Venus Infers -- NEW
"Kill the Lights" -- The Jakes -- This Is...The Jakes
"Watch Your Ways" -- The Living Suns -- Self-titled
"Take A Risk" -- Starving For Gravity

Thanks for listening!

Ash
Press Pass Music
Saturdays, 5 to 7 a.m.
KUCI 88.9 FM
myspace.com/presspass
www.presspassmusic.ning.com
ashleyeliot@yahoo.com
949.922.2588

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

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

Press Pass Music is officially on the air!

Hey Orange County music lovers,

The Press Pass Music show airs on KUCI 88.9 FM this Saturday, Oct. 4, from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. I know it's super early but I just became DJ and I have to pay my dues. I'm so happy to have this opportunity to feature local independent music.

Press Pass Music will focus on Orange County musicians, the actual music biz and what the heck is going on in our community. We have so much talent here and they deserve recognition. The Press Pass blog is dedicated to music news, interviews and upcoming shows.

I'm way nervous for Saturday because I really don't want to mess up and break something. Gosh, technology. Otherwise, I'm stoked. Check out the show and if you miss it because you passed out early ( lame!) or you're too drunk to turn on the radio, then no worries I will be uploading the shows onto itunes.

Let me know your thoughts on our local music scene and if you're a musician, send me your music!

You can email at ashleyeliot@yahoo.com or add me on the myspace: myspace.com/presspassmusic

Me love you long time,

Ashley Eliot *call me Ash
The Music Hunter
PRESS PASS MUSIC
"I want my press pass!"