TVD’s The Idelic Hour with Jon Sidel

Greetings from Laurel Canyon!

Heartthrob Lone Star, burning up a cigarette / Smokestack Hollywood, banking on the parlay bet / Man, I think it would do ya some good / Take a walk around the neighborhood / Nevermind the pissing rain / Baptize your brain, blow your worries away

Rock n’ roll, rock n’ roll / Burning through the stereo / Bite me like an animal / Be a dear, fetch me a beer / It’s been a bitch year

For well over a decade, I’ve been writing this wee column to intro my radio show. My obsession with “rock ‘n’ roll” rarely fades. For your “Idelic host,” the key to life still boils down to two factors: cool friends and cool songs. It’s great to have old friends, but it’s making new ones that is the spice of life that keeps me going.

Over the years I have referred to turning on to a new song and band as an “Idelic Hit.” Each week I scour my “sources” to find that spark of joy that touched me as kid. Sharing “my finds” with you, whoever and wherever you are, makes my joy complete.

So THANK YOU. Yeah man, fucking A!

So, here goes December’s Idelic episodes that are chock full of Idelic Hits.

This year was a grind. A frustrating climate. Many had challenges, and this set has LA in mind. With our fires, ICE, and Dodgers, we had our ups and downs. Here are many of the new songs and bands the kept me going.

Next week another round and my annual #1 Idelic Hit (OK, call it band of the year!)

This years’s Idelic Hits, in no particular order:
Big Thief
Butterfly
Wednesday
Pile
Getdown Services
The Dare
Viagra Boys
Wet Leg
Ty Segall
Heartworms
Night Beats
bar italia
HUXLXY
Archer Oh
Sorry
Balu Brigada
Squid
Bass Drum Of Death
Lany Jones