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The Pink Elephant’s Gravecast is an on-going audio exploration of all things K, recorded at Dub Narcotic Studio in Olympia, Washington. Host Calvin Johnson discusses the new All Your Friend's Friends [KLP255] video "Trial by Water" with MC (and the album's executive producer) Eprhyme. Kendl Winter & the Lowest Pair perform banjo duets and are ver excited about their show this weekend at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN. Heddie Leonne, another All Your Friend's Friends MC, talks about her new band Everybody Weekend and an upcoming all-female hip hop show she is producing in Olympia, WA Feb. 18.

The Pink Elephant’s Gravecast is an on-going audio exploration of all things K, recorded at the Dub Narcotic Studio in Olympia, Washington. Host Calvin Johnson discusses the K song of the Day by Jeremy Jay, "I Was Waiting" (from the Abandoned Apartments [KLP247] album) and Single of the Week "Channels" / "Seacliff" by Imaginary Pants (featuring Rose Melberg and Jon Manning). Calvin takes the Pink Elephant's Gravecast listeners deep inside the Dub Narcotic Studio for a session of Instant Pop Songs. Then Afrok's kitchen improvisation is followed by a review of the Hip Hop 4 the Homeless event last weekend, which featured a large All Your Friend's Friends [KLP255] presence. We listen to "Work Is the Principle" from that NW hip hop compilation. We end this episopde of the Pink Elephant's Graveyard with "Carry Me Down" by Ruby Fray from Grackle [KLP251].

The Pink Elephant’s Gravecast is an on-going audio exploration of all things K. Host Calvin Johnson discusses the twentieth anniversary of the Olympia combo Old Time Relijun with an examination of their Lost Light trilogy; the new Pop Group album, Citizen Zombie; the upcoming Hip Hop 4 the Homeless event in Downtown Olympia.

The Pink Elephant’s Gravecast, broadcast from the Dub Narcotic Studio in Olympia, Washington, is an on-going audio exploration of all things K.  This week's episode finds host Calvin Johnson continuing to explore the Hits - the Hits the rest of the world has somehow done without.Artists featured include Rebel Kind, Dream Boys, Trash Kit, Tringles, Wandering Lucy, Stickers, Thee XNTRX, Dean Wareham, Miriam Linna, Pine Hill Haints, Arlt & Thomas Bonvalet, Brianna Lea Pruitt and Ruby Fray.

On this episode of the Pink Elephant's Gravecast host Calvin Johnson goes beyond the usual few "recent acquisitions" to play all the Hits, the Hits the rest of the World has somehow done without. Included are songs by Katie & the Lichen, Ocean Party, Little Wings, Mirah, White Rainbow, Quintron, Cock and Swan, Chain & the Gang, Jeremy Jay, Young Hunting, Mecca Normal, Shivas and Morrissey.

The Pink Elephant's Graveyard celebrates the new documentary All Your Friend's Friends about the making of the NW hip hop compilation by the same name, released this autumn on K. Sinlge of the week is by Tringles; we play requests for Softies, Dub Narcotic Sound System and Lois.

The artifacts for this episode are varied and diverse: host Calvin Johnson visits with All Your Friend's Friends NW hip hop compilation producer Eprhyme; Sub Pop U.S.A. underground sounds are unearthed; the Shivas show up and turn on then head to Europe; Kendl Wnter and the Lowest Pair share a banjo duet. you know what to do.

The All Your Friend's Friends [KLP255] compilation continues to captivate the Pink Elephant's Graveyard inhabitants with its sprightly mix of NW hip hop, good cheer and judicious use of the 'f' word (eep!). Host Calvin Johnson speaks with Eprhyme, founder of thee XNTRX and executive producer of 

In this episode Calvin highlights All Your Friend's Friends, a brand-spanking-new hip hop compilation album, out now on K. Also featured: fresh tracks live in-studio from Ruby Fray, Single Of the Week, and recent Australian aquisitions. All Your Friend's Friends: http://shop.krecs.com/collections/frontpage/products/klp255 Jumpkick the Legs Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJq4CqLr51c Kitchen Freestyles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nrqEFuZkAA&list=UUogORSAA2pQhT2lptBeIYdg Single Of The Week: http://pdxindub.com/product/zweimal-stepper/ Ocean Party: http://theoceanparty.bandcamp.com/  

Arrington de Dionyso makes world music... Using performance and visual art, he traverses the nameless territories held between surrealism and the folk imagery of rock and roll. De Dionyso’s most recent project, Malaikat dan Singa, is a trance-punk outfit featuring bass clarinet, guitars, multiple drummers and his trademark wild vocals often sung in Indonesian. Malaikat dan Singa translates as “Angels and Lions.”  

On this quick and easy Pink Elephant's Gravecast host Calvin Johnson (the Hive Dwellers) examines the new Shivas album You Know What to Do [KLP252], single of the week by No Babies and the upcoming NW hip hop compilation All Your Friend's Friends [KLP255].

Screaming Females is a rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey featuring Marissa Paternoster on guitar and vocals, Jarrett Dougherty on drums, and King Mike on bass. The "Screamales" visit with GraveCast Host Calvin about their new live record, their friends Shellshag and swimming on tour. 

This episode of the Pink Elephant's Graveyard is an exploration of music discovered on a recent West Coast tour by  the Hive Dwellers (of which Calvin Johnson is a member, along with Ben Kapp and Gabriel Will). We follow the Hive Dwellers from Washington through California and back to Oregon. All of these recordings were acquired on the journey, or represent a path crossed with the particular artist featured, including local combos (Ings, Panduhs,Secret Cat

As the repository of all things uniquely K, the Pink Elephant's Graveyard is pleased to explore the new Northwest hip-hop compilation, All Your Friend's Friends [KLP255].All Your Friend's Friends is a seminal Northwest hip hop compilation album, produced entirely of samples pulled from the catalogue of said legendary K. Featuring 30 MCs from the Northwest region, including members of mega-crews Sandpeople and Oldominion, the album also introduces a host of hidden talent from Olympia, WA - K

Stand up comedian Zach Mandeville talks about Olympia comedy and Tumwater bands with Calvin Johnson and Ian Vanek on the 17th edition of the GRAVECAST. Leave a 5 star written review and send a screen grab with your address and we'll you a small gift. 

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Hayes Waring joins Calvin Johnson in the Dub Narcotic Studio to discuss Andy Warhol, Pittsburgh and Washington D.C. Together the boys have some laughs and play new and old K music from Treepeople's 1st record, The Pinheads, Ruby Fray, Wandering Lucy, The Make Up, Mecca Normal, The Pine Hill Haints and more.  

Last Month the Maxines made one of their rare public appearances at the K-sponsoredHelsing Junction Sleep Over, providing the Pink elephant’s Graveyard with a golden opportunity to corral members Matt Murillo and Kelly Norman for an informal chat with host Calvin Johnson  

Selector Dub Narcotic (Calvin Johnson) spins deep dub cuts specifically the melodica sounds of Augustus Pablo, Leonard Chin, Santic records, Jackie Mittoo, Studio One, Yard Music, Crystalites, Derrick Harriott, Rockers International, King Tubby, London Underground, Skrill Meadow, Karl Blau and more. 

The Pink Elephant’s Graveyard cannot be denied. Located in the far reaches of that nebulous body known as the interweb, K has been stashing valuable artifacts there for your retrieval. What is K? A fair question to which we can only point upward, to the upper  echelons of the etherworld where relevant K artifacts are stored and displayed.   Taking a break from cataloging the many facets of K-istic creative expression by those who matter to us most we have decided to use an entire episode of the Pink Elephant’s Gravecast to explore recent acquisitions of phonograph records and cassette tapes. This batch includes 45 EPs from Singapore recently discovered by Kelly Norman of the Maxines; new recordings acquired while touring in Spain (see above album by Aries from La Castanya records) and the most recent releases by the Washington, D.C. combos Chain & the Gang and Priests.