The Old Noggins' a Bubblin' and a Churnin'

Rookies,

So I have a few ideas floating around for themed shows. The first one is going to require your help as there are simply too many to choose from. I want to a Rock Movie Soundtrack thingy. What are your favorite movie related rock songs (i.e. Bryan Adam's "Anything I Do, I Do For You") Songs made and written for movies or at least made famous by movies. So do me a favor and send me your favorite movie rock songs to rock4rookies@gmail.com . I'll compile all your requests and make a sweet show out of it.

In more up coming news, Prof William Kolbrener (check out his blog here) will be joining me in the studio some time soon to go over his top ten list of greatest rock songs ever. Sweet.

In case your curious, here is the play list for this weeks show. One of the best parts was my surprise guest who showed up at the studio and that I got to play Goatwhore (Who suck!).

1. AC/DC - Highway to Hell
2. The Presidents of the United States of America - Lump
3. Stratovarious - Hunting High and Low
4. Static-X - I'm With Stupid
5. The Only Ones - Another Girl Another Planet
6. Smashing Pumpkins - Zero
7. Coheed and Cambria - Crossing the Frame
8. Smash Mouth - Beautiful Bomb
9. Drowning Pool - Reminded
10. Matchbox Twenty - Push
11. Rammstein - Wo Bist Du
12. RHCP - Breaking The Girl
13. Better Than Ezra - Extra Ordinary
14. Nickelback - Hang Nail
15. Saliva - Ladies and Gentlemen
16. Uriah Heep - Birds of Prey
17. Hootie and the Blowfish - Hold My hand
18. The Muppets - Bohemian Rhapsody
    
19. Blink 182 - What's My Age Again
20. Ill Nino - I am Loco
21. Theory of a Deadman - No Surprise
22. Goatwhore - Blood Guilt Eucharist
23. Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night
24. Collective Soul - Shine
25. Testament - Return to Serenity

Don't forget to check out the music videos posted below the show.

As always, check out the rest of the shows on www.rock4rookies.com.

Maximum Mike

The Times They Are a Changin

Greetings from the Rock Shop,

Its been a few months since the last posting which mean much had changed while a lot has stayed exactly the same.

Starting with myself, I'd have to say that my "network" has grown of late, I've been trying to get more interviews (which I've succeeded in getting) and I have a bunch of wicked ones on the way. So far I've done Useless ID and Kill The Drive. In the next few weeks I have the winner of the Global Battle of the Bands (which all my listeners thought was an Israeli high school music competition) Umlala!! I was at the final competition and Umlala were fantastic, they were great performers, got everyone laughing and dancing. Well see if they speak as well as they sing probably next week on the show. Also coming up are Got No Shame, Carusella, and Metallica.... fine, not Metallica but if they knew Rock 4 Rookies exsisted. they would totaly be on the show.

All these interviews have added a whole new spin on to Rock 4 Rookies which was kinda the point, as at some point, things tend to grow stagnant. New voices, co host Dj's, and themed shows, all do their best to keep the show fresh, of coursae, brand new rock also helps.

Recently Ive been doing my best to bring several new bands to the show every week, a taste of something new. Again, I have to add that these aren't always brand new bands but simply bands that I've never played on Rock 4 Rookies. I managed to do that very well a few weeks ago on a
"Protest Song" themed show, of which the highlight was, in my opinion, a beautiful rendition of Bob Dylan's "The times they are a changin" sung by the Pearl Jam great, Eddie Vedder!!

Now before I put out the playlist for this weeks show, it would be amiss if I didn't pimp the other shows on the Rock 4 Rookies Network. Country Love and the Indie Insurgence have been putting out solid shows for months now and so stand as the peak of those specific generes of music!! A special shout out to the Electronic Voyage for an amazing Spy Show a few weeks ago and Poprox, the reason I don't watch MTV anymore, the best music without annoyance!

I will of course keep eveyone updated as I am inspired but life is not with out its little quirks like work and school so the blog, unfortunetly, remains on the back burner.

Right now, its the play list for November 29th, 2009.

1. Billy Ido - White Wedding
2. Bayside - Devotion and Desire
3. Blacksabbath - Supernaut
4. Slipknot - Dead Memories
5. Boxcar Racer - Tiny Voices
6. Them Crooked Vultures - Scumbag Blues
7. Interpol- Obstacle
8. Norman Greenbaum - Spirits in the Sky
9. Notimefor - Dress Up To Get Down
10. Fuel - Bittersweet
11. Smoking Popes - My Lucky Day
12. Slayer - Scarstruck
13. Puddle of Mudd - Spaceship
14. Fall Out Boy - From Now We Are Enemies
15. A Day To Remember - The Down Fall of Us All
16. Anvil - Jackhammer
17. Chickenfoot - Learning to Fall
18. Steel Panther - Death to All But Metal (I'm Sorry about this song guys)
19. 3 DoorsDown - Right Were I Belong
20. Stick To Your Guns - A Badge A Brand
21. Burn Halo - Save Me
22. The Strokes - The Modern Age
23. Sick Puppies - You're Going Down
24. Iron Maiden - Can I Play With Madness
25. Pop Evil - Jupiter in June
26. Eric Clapton - After Midnight
27. Protest the Hero - Goddess Gagged
28. ACDC - Fire Your Guns

As always check out this weeks show. Andif you ask, Ill definetly put up the playlist of whatever episode you want.

See you at the show.
Maximum Mike

Episode 80 and the Chaos That Reigns

Tonight I go live on Rock 4 Rookies for the 15th time. I have traveled back and forth from my home in the center of Israel to the capital 15 times. I have fretted, worried, and sweated on my way to the Rusty Mike Radio studio. I have also laughed, smiled, and rocked on the road to the live show.

Now I don't want to polish my own statue but sometimes I feel like I'm running my own online radio empire at www.rock4rookies.com !! Keeping things running smoothly isn't easy, its like being in charge of the UN,but we don't hate Israel. Its like organizing different races with different religions but in this case, the religion is music, the race is simply being different people with our own lives. Its hard to keep the herd grazing smoothly and I had help obviously (Thank you Web Master D) but the herd have grown. Our trance/electro show the Electronic Voyage has been picked up by another web site hence bringing hundreds of more listeners. Country Love with Ilona is now being broadcast on www.rustymikeradio.com, the home of my live show. We also have the Indie Insurgence, slowly but surely gaining ground in its fight against the mainstream. Finally in the last few months we've picked up a new show, the bubble gum Pop Rox, playing the best in pop music.

All of this...this Online Radio Empire, began 80 weeks ago with my first Rock 4 Rookies show. Its funny but when I go back to listen to that first show in the archives, I shudder at how bad I was as a Dj but I still love my music choices, it was and still is my favorite playlist.

So what is Rock 4 Rookies to me right now? Its every thing I wish I had a few years ago, all the music I wish people had been introducing me to. Now its your chance.
Join me tonight at 8pm Israel time(1pm New York) by click here to listen to my live show.

Graduation Day

Yo Rookies,
So in two days I start my first gig at www.rustymikeradio.com an internet radio station and its going to be live.
Many of you dont know how I make the shows youve heard on www.rock4rookies.com but Ill give you a clue, it involves a lot of editing and a lot of swearing. Ive invented curse words to describe how I feel when I have to repeat an entire speech cause Ive flubbed words or just lost track, or worse, finished and then realize I forgot something important. (My wifes inventive curses are great, she hates listening to me repeat things!!!)
So here we are on Tuesday, at 8pm I will begin something new, something I hope will be amazing and as usual, without you guys, itll be nothing! I hope that you all join me as I try to balance a brand new audience while still keeping you guys satisfied!! Everyone who has been with me up until this point, you are no longer rookies, you are now Veterans but I hope you continue on with me to get your Masters in Rock N Roll
See you at the show!
Playlist for Sunday April 19th 2009
1. Scarecrow Hill – Middle of the End
2. Ram Jam – Black Betty
3. Lamb of God – Redneck
4. David Bowie – The Man Who Sold the World
5. Saving Abel – Running From You
6. Freedom Call – Warriors
7. Korn – No Place To Hide
8. Limp Bizkit –Hot Dog
9. Cake – Never There
10. Jethro Tull – Living in the Past
11. James Hetfield - Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit has Done Got Out of Hand
12. Seether – Careless Whisper
13. Pop Evil – 100 in a 55
14. Marylin Manson – You Spin Me Right Around
15. Something Corporate – Konstantine
16. Better Than Toast – Cringe or Smile
17. Deep Purple – Lazy
18. Aerosmith – Fallen Angels
19. 3 Doors Down – Loser
20. Sum 41 –What I Believe
21. Sum 41 – Motivation
22. Sum 41 - We’re All To Blame
23. Sum 41 – Walking Disaster

POP-ROCK and Drop It

Show 58

This week, my time in the army will give me a lot of time to come up with a new playlist but this show will definitely hold you over till Marnina blows your mind this coming week on http://www.rock4rookies.com/rock4rookiesfull.html
1. Trashmen – Surfin’ Bird
2. Bowling For Soup – Almost
3. Black Stone Cherry – Lonely Train
4. American Hi-Fi – Hell Yeah!
5. Mori Teitz Anuchi – Stand Me Down
6. Less Than Jake – Never Going Back to New Jersey
7. Third Eye Blind – Jumper
8. Static-X – Love Dump
9. Avril Lavigne –Sk8er Boi
10. The Dandy Warhols – We Used To Be Friends
11. Off By One – Torn – (Natalie Imbruglia Cover)
12. Pennywise – I Come From A Land Down Under
13. 36 Crazyfists – Destroy the Map
14. The All American Rejects – Gives you Hell
15. Nickelback – This Afternoon
16. Dashboard Confessional – Vindicated
17. Nine Days – Story of a girl
18. Rise Against – The Approaching Curve
19. Houston Calls – The Better Part of Valor
20. Weezer – The Good Life (Pinkerton)
21. Weezer – Hash Pipe (The Green Album)
22. Weezer – Keep Fishin (Maladroit)

Valentines Day Massacre Show

Rookies,
So the show went up on Sunday and Valentines Day is Saturday so this show is to get you in the mood. Looking through the play list you can see there aren't many love songs because I am sick to death of them. Instead of a day for Love lets make it a day for love of rock!!! Thats why I saluted Slayer, I just love them. Also, take special notice of Halowreck this week, they hail from Haifa and they are bad ass!!!
See you next week.

1. Three Days Grace – Pain
2. Flyleaf – Perfect
3. Sum 41 – In Too Deep
4. State of Shock – Breathe Again
5. Ben Kweller – Wasted and Ready
6. Eve 6 - Leech
7. Green Day – Working Class Hero
8. Hinder – Without You
9. Halowreck – Minister of War
10. The union underground – Across the Nation
11. Metallica – My Apocalypse
12. Story Of the Year – Anthem of our dying day
13. Nickelback – Too Bad
14. Dust For Life – Poison
15. Staind – Raining Again
16. Simple Plan – Promise
17. SOAD – Inner vision
18. Pearl Jam – Off He Goes
19. Slayer – Die By The Sword
20. Slayer – Raining Blood
21. Slayer - Disciple
22. Slayer – Eyes of the Insane

ROTMAN REQUEST SHOW

Without a doubt one of my favorite poeople and the most die hard listener to the show, Aryeh Rotman sent me a full playlist, including a salute for the show and I was more than Happy to play it.

First of all it gave me the week off (no compiling a playlist) and secondly he knows his rock so you guys were in safe hands!!
Aryeh is the third from the left!!!


The Show can be found at: http://www.rock4rookies.com/rock4rookiesfull.html

1. James Brown – Living in America
2. Nightwish – Amaranth
3. Linkin Park – Don’t Stay
4. The Offspring – Shes Got Issues
5. Bon Jovi – Dry County
6. Dire Straits – Romeo and Juliet
7. Nirvana – Come As You Are
8. Iron Maiden – Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter
9. Jonathan Coulton – Skullcrusher Mountain
10. Weird Al – Jurassic Park
11. Metallica – All Nightmare Long
12. Meat Loaf – Paradise by the Dashboard Light
13. Trans-Siberian Orchestra – Requiem (The Fifth)
14. Korn – Fight The Power
15. Sabaton – Metal Crue
16. Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb
17. My Chemical Romance – Welcome to the Black Parade
18. Led Zeppelin – Immigrant Song
19. Led Zeppelin - The Rain Song
20. Led Zeppelin – Kashmir
21. Led Zeppelin – Stairway To Heaven