2012 is overhyped.  The Western Canon travels a century back in time to celebrate the magic and mayhem of a different era.

The Western Canon - 1912

This month, Steve Moramarco hosts a telethon benefiting survivors of the recent 9.0 Los Angeles earthquake.

“The Save LA Telethon” was inspired by both the non-fictionalized fantasy of Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds radio broadcast and the groan-inducing telethons of iconic comedian Jerry Lewis.  The Canon decided to write songs imagining life in Los Angeles after the inevitable “Big One” of legend strikes.  It seemed to us that a gooney telethon for charity would be a likely way for the city to unite and face this disaster head on (and a fun way to tie our program together).  We hope you enjoy “The Save LA Telethon”.

Credits:
Johnny O'Donnell & Sacramento "Skeletal City"
Airships "Swingin' Digs"
Rachel Fannan & Michael Harris "Sosneado"
Gabriel Hart & The Savage Gospel "The Sun Ain't Gonna Cease to Shine"
John Carpenter "Slowly to the Shadows"
Warren John Thomas II & Jada Wagonsomer "Pearl Amidst the Plague"

Produced by Eric Rennaker @ Zombeat Recordings.

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The Western Canon- Save LA Telethon

This month, we've woven together a program consisting of original stories (courtesy of Joseph Mailander) and songs on some notorious LA neighborhoods and intersections.  

We'd like to give special thanks to guest narrator Joseph Mailander and this month's guest artists, Les Blanks and Dante Vs. Zombies.

TRACKLISTING:

Les Blanks "South Bay"
Sweaters "Dark Visions"
Rachel Fannan Featuring Michael Harris "Nuestra Reina de Los Angeles"
Johnny O'Donnell and Sacramento "Devil in Koreatown"
Dante Vs. Zombies "Penectomy Canyon Park Heights Adjacent"
Gabriel Hart and the Fourth Wall "Blacklight Night"

CHECK OUT OUR GUEST ARTISTS:
www.lesblanks.com
www.dantevszombies.com

ABOUT OUR NARRATOR:  Mailander is the founder/writer of www.street-hassle.blogspot.com, a local L.A. politics/civic-ephemera site, the author of The Plasma of Terror and much other fiction and poetry. He lives in Los Angeles. 

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