Off The Hook With Gage

The Show That Shows (OFF THE HOOK) has a few TRICKS up its sleeve! * Its SLEIGHT OF HAND is so deft that even WIZARDS cannot detect how it can conjure the ILLUSION of a top-shelf, professional operation! * With a wave of its hand, this slap-dash collection of unlikely sounds, hosted by an inane MC, appears to be a finely crafted, well-thought-out presentation of scholarly experience! * The MAGIC that ensues perplexes the senses and boggles the rational mind! * ABRACADABRA, PRESTO CHANGO, it's OFF THE HOOK on KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/ Let the hypnosis work for you!

Is it SEX you're after? * OFF THE HOOK has a very good record of matchmaking, bringing together saucy trombones and feisty castanets and other unlikely couplings! * Like to DANCE? * No one has ever prevented anyone from dancing to OFF THE HOOK! -we suggest the Crawl, except that's a swimming stroke, not a dance. * Is OFF THE HOOK all things to all people? * No.* I guess we can't be sure what OFF THE HOOK really is until we listen.   https://kxsf.fm/ So let's all listen and be one.

Regardless of how it may sound to you, your host is not easily satisfied! * The music must be INTERESTING, and/or BEAUTIFUL, and FRESH! * He is willing to sacrifice a bit of professionalism in his presentation, but the music must never fall short! * If it seems to, you are clearly a newcomer who has not yet been indoctrinated into the WHIMSICAL ways of OFF THE HOOK! * Please tune in to the Idiosyncratic Aberration that is OFF THE HOOK at 1:00 on KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/ and we'll reverberate together.

IF YOU'RE WEARING PANTS, you might as well take them off now, because Today's HALLOWEEN edition of OFF THE HOOK will scare them right off of you! * GHOSTS & GOBLINS, WITCHES & DEVILS, SPIDERS & BATS and DEATH DEATH DEATH will animate today's most unholy program! * Spells at https://kxsf.fm/ Maybe bring a diaper.

Like the Umbrella Mouth Gulper Eel, OFF THE HOOK goes deep! * Wriggling its way to the depths to scoop up GLITTERING GEMS in its mighty maw, the OFF THE HOOK Gulper surfaces with its once-submerged spoils in a RESPLENDENT display of Sub-aquatic Sounds! * But it's no bottom feeder! * Its appetite is for the Freshly Spawned -the gulped guppies that are winnowed from the minnows in the Great Aquarium of musical meals! * GO DEEP with OFF THE HOOK on KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/  No snorkel necessary!

It's funny and squishy and full of goodness! * LISTEN TO OFF THE HOOK! * It's right Up Your Street! * By its reputation, you'd think it's a Music Show, but nominally it's about a hook! * WHAT IS IT? * OFF THE HOOK, The Show That Shows, hooks you! * The guy on it is worth a dime, at least! * Cruise on into the GOOD TIMES on OFF THE HOOK -you'll laugh a lot!  https://kxsf.fm/  Take part.

BEAUTY FOR THE FEW! * Even though OFF THE HOOK's listenership is not that great, each individual listener IS great! * That's why the Herculean effort taken to produce each OFF THE HOOK program is WORTH IT! * Scouring the interwebs for new and NOVEL sounds is exhausting and often dirty work, but Off The Hookers expect the UNEXPECTED and deserve the IDIOSYNCRATIC voice that speaks to and for them! * OFF THE HOOK takes no days off to bring you the Last Word in New Music, because there IS no last word -it never stops coming! *     https://kxsf.fm/

OFF THE HOOK carries on: no shutdown, no cancellation, no sweeping changes! * Just The Life of a Showboy (me) at 1:00 on KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/  Business as usual!

"What's up with that guy?  He's always shoving WILLFULLY OBSCURE music down our throats." * "His oldies-Birthday segment is good and he gives away good tickets to shows, but the NEW MUSIC he plays -where does he get it?  Nobody's heard of it before." * "And he's a little out of control, like he doesn't know what he's doing." * "Kind of amateurish. It's a little exhausting." * "Most of the BEST MUSIC I never heard before I heard on OFF THE HOOK" * Take the bad with the good on KXSF 102.5FM  https://kxsf.fm/ Keeping you on edge.

Sure, you might have better things to do, but can you still do them? * As your freedoms erode, it's nice to know that OFF THE HOOK is still, for the time being, here. * It's impossible at this point to know what innocently careless thing your host might say or post that could get OFF THE HOOK shit-canned (dictators are capricious like that!). * It's not like KXSF has some big corporate merger pending (I hope!) * But you come to OFF THE HOOK to escape such unsavory (nay, soul-crushing) thoughts! * OFF THE HOOK on KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/  It's like w...

SUPER FESTIVE STUFF happens on this week's continuation of the SUPER CELEBRATORY celebration of KXSF's 7th Anniversary of being on the airwaves! * (Mostly, I'm thinking, music.) * OFF THE HOOK BRINGS IT: the latest crop of NEW SOUNDS -and a smattering of old!! * Whether KXSF 102.5FM or https://kxsf.fm/, It's three hours of RECKLESS WONDER!

SUPER FESTIVE STUFF happens on this week's continuation of the SUPER CELEBRATORY celebration of KXSF's 7th Anniversary of being on the airwaves! * (Mostly, I'm thinking, music.) * OFF THE HOOK BRINGS IT: the latest crop of NEW SOUNDS -and a smattering of old!! * Whether KXSF 102.5FM or https://kxsf.fm/, It's three hours of RECKLESS WONDER!

When is OFF THE HOOK not off the hook? * When it has the responsibility of getting you to listen to this damn show! * Toward that end, may I entice OLDIES lovers with an extended, massive, Virgo-engorged Birthday Segment? * Plus, I could promise to refrain from begging you for station donations (haha / *wink* -you know it's fundraising week)! * Whatever it was, your excuse for not listening has just withered away -you're ON the hook to listen to OFF THE HOOK: on KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/

Every week, OFF THE HOOK tries to ORGANIZE sets of music that let you MARCH to a different drummer! * We don't PROTEST the LABOR that goes into it, because, at the end of DAY, it's worth it! * The VOICES HEARD -lesser-known, struggling artists- need a PLATFORM and appreciate your SUPPORT! * They REPRESENT the DEMOCRATIC programming heard on OFF THE HOOK and make for a most DIVERSE three hours! * Join the MASSES on KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/ and on Monday.

HERE IT COMES AGAIN, ready to haul you out of this week's Pit of Despair! * OFF THE HOOK, the little tow truck that does, will never let you sink! * The Show That Shows (and showers every week FOR YOU) has your back! * It knows you (it's about the music, right?) and holds our weekly rendezvous dear (why not send a check or donate with paypal?) * In the cruddy quagmire that is Today, OFF THE HOOK takes you away -for three hours on KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/

A MATTER OF RECORD * In this climate of historical erasure, cultural and otherwise, OFF THE HOOK goes to great lengths to produce UNFORGETABLE programs! * Their residency in your memory is indelible, legal and un-deportable, but to safeguard its legacy, it would be but a small matter of recording episodes of OFF THE HOOK for yourself, lest they are forever banished by our archival archrival Remander-In-Chief! * Set your recording timer for 1:00PM Pacific Time at KXSF 102.5FM or here: https://kxsf.fm/ for good times to save and savor!

OFF THE HOOK wants to be your FEEL GOOD ISLAND, where, while the sounds may be harsh, the VIBE IS CHILL, and you don't need to listen through your hands! * You DON'T NEED A YACHT to get there and recurring features like the Birthday Segment bring a COMFORTING FAMILIARITY that allows us to pretend there is still a future! * Join the Illusion that is the Reality that is the Illusion that is OFF THE HOOK, an Island unto itself!  KXSF 102.5 FM San Francisco  Off The Hook Fri Aug 8 with Gage Kenady on KXSF-LP 102.5 FM

GOOD MUSIC for Good People! * Bad People stay away! Beat it! SCRAM! * It is incumbent upon you Good People to help OFF THE HOOK maintain a standard that upholds the standards that are in keeping with those set by those who are the final arbiters of that which constitutes Good Radio (namely OFF THE HOOK) by providing an example of Proper Listenershiphood that is a model of unquestioned Good Taste (even when debatable)! * But even Good People can be BAD ASS, so make sure to bring your Bad Ass Good People friends along! * Bad People may listen from a...

Is it suspicious that last week's EXTREMELY LOCALIZED power outage occurred moments before the beginning of the HIGHLY OUTSPOKEN Off The Hook? * Or was it merely the Fates chuckling in my direction after tempting them? * Either way, it will have NO CHILLING EFFECT on today's OFF THE HOOK program! * KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/

OFF THE HOOK turned down two HOT DATE offers last night in order to fine-tune today's show in selfless dedication to its self-imposed remit: to drag those stubborn MULES away from their troughs of over-familiar feed, fill them with EXOTIC morsels, and slap their rears for them to run off and tell their sheepish friends! * Hungry? * This bib-optional metaphor is a feast for all on KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/

Business as per usual on Today's OFF THE HOOK: a bunch of GREAT NEW JAMS (now, when you need them the most), the Birthday Segment, ticket giveaways, and ME! * Check ME out on Off The Hook Fri Jul 4 with Gage Kenady on KXSF-LP 102.5 FM or KXSF 102.5 FM https://kxsf.fm/  I hope it rains.

After slaying on the battlefields of Rock, suddenly presenting as a GENTLEMANLY WIZARD of ambient electronics may seem a curious turn, but an artist as multifaceted as GREG LISHER simply cannot be pinned down! * Yet, that is precisely what we will attempt to do when we put him in the HOT SEAT and grill him on the details of how he transformed from a DEBAUCHED Rockin' Road Warrior into the deep and PENETRATING electronic artiste heard on his latest album Underwater Detection Method! * It may get LURID, it may get bloody, but do not turn away from the FASCINATING...

After slaying on the battlefields of Rock, suddenly presenting as a GENTLEMANLY WIZARD of ambient electronics may seem a curious turn, but an artist as multifaceted as GREG LISHER simply cannot be pinned down! * Yet, that is precisely what we will attempt to do when we put him in the HOT SEAT and grill him on the details of how he transformed from a DEBAUCHED Rockin' Road Warrior into the deep and PENETRATING electronic artiste heard on his latest album Underwater Detection Method! * It may get LURID, it may get bloody, but do not turn away from the FASCINATING...

HUZZAH! The Summer Solstice is upon us! * And, as it HAPPENS TO FALL on the longest day of the year, that means you'll have more time to picnic in the park and DISCOVER STRANGE CREATURES in the tidepools of the LONGEST OFF THE HOOK OF THE YEAR! * Relax and leisurely enjoy that extra nano-nanosecond of OFF THE HOOK on KXSF 102.5FM  https://kxsf.fm/  HUZZAH!

WHO NEEDS A HUG? * At the end of a week surely one of the rottenest since January -one that has instilled alarm, fear and sadness, courtesy of our commander-in-grief-, now the Fates have added injury to insult by taking from us two of the most INFLUENTIAL AND BELOVED creators in all of music: SLY STONE and BRIAN WILSON. * We offer our tribute to the latter on today's OFF THE HOOK, along with new music and the Birthday Segment. * Sometimes you just need a hug from someone who understands.  

OFF THE HOOK's arms are open on KXSF 102.5FM h...

Oh, the Pride and Petulance that plays out on the world stage! * OFF THE HOOK refrains from Macho Posturing and, while it looks out for its constituents (Off The Hook World), as far as Abominations go, its BILL of fare can be said to be neither pork-filled nor disgusting! * OFF THE HOOK serves and Benefits everyone (except, perhaps, those wishing to hear Corporate radio favored by Oligarchs)! * Virtue shining, but not waving on KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/  OFF THE HOOK: a Black Eye on bad daddies.

What's the difference between a Rainbow and a COW? * I don't know, but when I tell you Today's OFF THE HOOK is JAM-PACKED, I'm just talking out my ass! * How can we know if it will really happen? * It's laughable, really. * Either way, it's here:  https://kxsf.fm/ One makes milk and the other has Fear Of Fitting In.

No phony phone-ins or pre-programmed pap! * Just a STRUGGLING JUGGLER on a tightrope trying to keep all the plates spinning and not crashing down around your ears! * (And WITHOUT A NET! So brave!) * This is REAL LIVE RADIO just like mama used to make! * And when something does go amiss, the resultant clatter of broken platters is EXHILARATING! * Feel the rush of RECKLESS ABANDON where anything can happen (and usually does) on OFF THE HOOK on KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/ Wear a helmet.

A Tincture for your troubles, OFF THE HOOK is the BALM that calms and invigorates your interior, mates! * While its Essence would seem Evanescent, this POTENT POTION lasts long beyond the quickest three-hour run in all of radio! * With JOLLY JAMS and Cooing Croons, OFF THE HOOK is Mighty Medicine indeed! * The Doctor will see you on KXSF 102.5 FM https://kxsf.fm/ ! *  Down the hatch!

SPECIAL FREE OFFER! * KXSF will provides FREE PROGRAMMING of the OFF THE HOOK music show! * It's called "The Show That Shows" because they tell you everything that is good right now. * FREE TICKETS to events will be offered during the program. * Interested parties should set their FM radio dial to 102.5 on Fridays from 1:00 to 4:00. * It can also be accessed via this link:  https://kxsf.fm/

One thing that bugs me about the CHAOS AND CALAMITY our Current Administration has brought to the country is: that's OFF THE HOOK's brand! * But, while there's no trace of benevolence in their actions, OFF THE HOOK wants nothing more than to make you PROSPER by bringing you the coolest, up-to-datest sounds! * The HAPPY HAVOC of OFF THE HOOK brings a certain KINETICISM that keeps you on your toes and MOVING FORWARD! * Tune in for a good kind of UNPREDICTABILITY on KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/ 

A WHIRLING FLURRY of imagistic slurry awaits listeners of OFF THE HOOK today! * SOUNDS YOU CAN SEE in aural 3D! * The sharp edges of a cloud, a shadow described. * Clarity turned back on itself, a reversal of intent, bound to itself, ever unspooling. * How can this be? * It can't! * LISTEN AND SEE at 1:00 on OFF THE HOOK on KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/ if it can.

OFF THE HOOK, The Show That Shows, brings the goods: the LATEST GREATEST new tracks and the celebrated Birthday Segment! on KXSF 102.5FM  https://kxsf.fm/

UPBEAT! * Whether your heart is doing paradiddles or flams in this time of CONFUSION and loss, OFF THE HOOK tries to keep things HOPEFUL in this Season of Bad Stars. * Lives are ephemeral, but MUSIC IS ETERNAL, preserved in amber and passed from hand to heart. * OFF THE HOOK will not take from you that upon which you have become reliant: the lesser-knowns and unpopular will still have a voice. * Recorded music and live talking will remain on OFF THE HOOK even as the world has gone off its axis. * Count on transmissions on KXSF 102.5FM  https://kxsf.fm/ f...

God bless FREE RADIO! * I know many are pretty INVESTED in the weekly transmission of OFF THE HOOK, but I hope you don't put too much STOCK in it! * As we watch our life savings being "LIBERATED", isn't it a comfort to know that listening to OFF THE HOOK won't cost you a dime? * A lifeline to those needing to keep up on the Latest Musical Events, OFF THE HOOK presents a No-Risk portfolio of all the music you can BEAR and that's no BULL! * Free of The Market, KXSF gives you Free Radio so you don't have to...

25 YEARS IN seems like a good time to assess the musical output of this Century! * And since it's the final installment of the CREME DE LA FEMME series celebrating Women's History Month, OFF THE HOOK brings you 21st CENTURY FOX! * This FEMALE-FOCUSED trajectory will reveal a LUMINOUS ARC that will illuminate and transform our souls for all time (or at least the five hours of today's program)! * Join us for this special Silver celebration on OFF THE HOOK at KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/ * Music smart as a 21st Century fox!

THEY WALK THE EARTH and they've been making Herstory from the git-go! * I'm talking about Women and we're going to celebrate their musical achievements today on the 2nd edition of this month's CREME DE LA FEMME series in observance of Women's History Month on OFF THE HOOK! * The Best of the current LadyScene (including gnarly rocker chicks) will be presented and the guys will have to wait their turn til the Birthday Segment! * RESPECT your Sisters OFF THE HOOK! * KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/

Well, it's March and you know what that means! * It means it's WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH! * And that means it's time to present the CREME DE LA FEMME on OFF THE HOOK! * Apart from the Birthday Segment, every song heard today on OFF THE HOOK will be Woman-driven, Woman-fronted, or Woman-performed! * Women Composers, Singers, Producers and Musicians show us what they got (like we don't already know)! * Tune in to OFF THE HOOK on KXSF https://kxsf.fm/ to hear what the guys ain't got!

The Crashing, Careening CHAOS of OFF THE HOOK is part of the fun! * It keeps you on your toes and brings a PRICKLE-NECK SPARK Kineticism to a program where the host is in mortal combat with the equipment and the playlists aren't necessarily playful! * OFF THE HOOK: the only game in town in the Friday 1:00 to 4:00 hour in the Radio Wasteland! * https://kxsf.fm/ Chaos bottled!

OFF THE HOOK toils every week to uncover the COOLEST, most WAY OUT SOUNDS for YOUR delectation! * And, seven weeks into 2025, new OFF THE HOOK-WORTHY Musical Gems are rolling in at a rapidly accelerating pace, ready to be thrown before YOU in a thought-out, TANTALIZING display! * As a serious and well-rounded listener, YOU will also appreciate the Glory of our musical forebears in the Birthday Segment, a bumper crop this week! * This Herculean Effort is the least we can do to satisfy a decerning and inquisitive mind such as YOURS! * Check it out on KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/