10. Boxers instead of briefs.

9. Considering an eBay bid on vintage Oakland MC Hammer pants.

8. Back to dating Mescal chugging Barrio Latinas.

7. He stopped watching Tom and Doc and now looks beyond them to Larry and Emilio, but not to far enough to see Rocco.

6. Rented the Footloose DVD.

5. Stacy Adams instead of Hush Puppies.

4. Gets Herman Matthews to video Sir Tom Jones from behind.

3. Watches Dancing with the Stars at hotel bars.

2. Went to a Sons of Champlin concert now doesn’t feel so bad about his moves.

1. Takes attention off of his feet by every night blowing the top of the mothersucka.

10. Pompadour under his fedora.

9. Blowing confetti out of his Berry.

8. Glow in the dark, carnival issued Larry King suspenders.

7. Had Bruce Conte’s picture finally removed from TOP website.

6. Asked Funkapino to make Chicken Adobo and lumpia for the entire label.

5. Doc encouraged The Zen Blues Quartet to become the radio.

4. By avoiding Oakland.

3. Pleaded with Jack Mack to lower his cholesterol and a take a low dose aspirin a day.

2. By paying the bills so it doesn’t become Broke land.

1. Doing his funky man dance after bowling a strike.

Beginning today, through the end of next week, HornDrivenRadio.com will be playing the music of all the artists appearing on the “Strokeland Records” website. Strokeland Records, founded by Stephen “The Funky Doctor” Kupka, features music from not only the Strokeland Superband, but from regional and national artists from around the country.

Below is a list in artist order, of the music in our current rotation:

Alias Smith and Lane-Smile & Nod
Alias Smith and Lane-Little Buggers
Alias Smith and Lane-Flashback
Bill Bergman & The Metro Jets-Ipanema
Bill Bergman & The Metro Jets-One For Me One For You
Bill Bergman & The Metro Jets-The Ninth Of September
Bruce Conte-Don’t Give Up On Love
Bruce Conte-Saturday Night Women
Bruce Conte-Thump
Chad Rager Groove-Whipping Post
Chad Rager Groove-Squib Cakes
Chad Rager Groove-Straight, No Chaser
Doctor Funk-Can’t Fight The Funk
Doctor Funk-Livin In Bump City
Doctor Funk-Step Up To The Plate
Funkiphino-Hold On
Funkiphino-Juice
Funkiphino-Rise Above
Glenn Walters with the Strokeland Superband-Animal Walk
Glenn Walters with the Strokeland Superband-Diamond Billy’s Uptown Bar-B-Que
Glenn Walters with the Strokeland Superband-I Do My Best Work At Night
Hip Service-Hip2DaFunk
Hip Service-Sunday Morning
Hip Service-Nuff Said
Jack Mack & Heart Attack-Good Good Man
Jack Mack & Heart Attack-I Found A Love
Jack Mack & Heart Attack-Livin’ It Up
Jeff Tamelier-E & J 4 Way
Jeff Tamelier-Grease Release
Jeff Tamelier-East of the Caldecott
Jimmy McIntosh-G-Spot
Jimmy McIntosh-It Was a Virus
Jimmy McIntosh-Mama Funk
John Lee Sanders-Lost In The Shuffle
John Lee Sanders-It’s All Blues To Me
John Lee Sanders-Foreclose On The House Of Love
Jon Smith-Miss New Orleans
Jon Smith-Slow Jam
Jon Smith-You are my Sunshine
Larry Braggs-Are You Happy?
Larry Braggs-For Crying Out Loud
Larry Braggs-Willin’ To Learn
Lon Bronson-This Story Must Be Told
Lon Bronson-If You Aint Got Love
Lon Bronson-White Punks On Dope
Mark Dolin-Belly Up
Mark Dolin-Can’t Stop Thinkin’ About Ya
Mark Dolin-The Parkin’ Lot Hang
Mathews, David K.-Four by Five
Mathews, David K.-Airegin
Mathews, David K.-Nite Trane
Mic Gillette-Tell Mama
Mic Gillette-Open Up The Door
Mic Gillette-Funky Good Time – Complete
Mingo Fishtrap-Catch The Bus
Mingo Fishtrap-Dirty Gritty
Mingo Fishtrap-Out Of Control
Patrick Allen-Good Lovin’ Woman
Patrick Allen-You Lit A Fire In Me
Roger Smith-Fiesta
Roger Smith-Just Friends
Roger Smith-Sittin’ In
Ron E. Beck-When the Sun Goes Down
Ron E. Beck-Rainbow
Ron E. Beck-Can’t Go Back
Sage-Funksway
Sage-Ants
Sage-King of the Avenues
Santa Fe-Ain’t That Peculiar
Santa Fe-Livin’ For The City
Santa Fe-We Are Nothing
Strokeland Superband-A Soulful Kinda Love
Strokeland Superband-Bumped Up To First Class
Strokeland Superband -It Is What It Is
Strokeland Superband With Fred Ross-When Little Jesse Hit The Set
Strokeland Superband With Fred Ross-It’s The Law
Strokeland Superband With Fred Ross-It Was A Natural Disaster
Tony Adamo-In The Winelight
Tony Adamo-Groove Therapy
Tony Adamo-Up In It
Zen Blues Quartet-Body And Fender Man
Zen Blues Quartet-Get Your Business Straight
Zen Blues Quartet-You’re Gonna Need Me

For more information about Strokeland Records, or the artists currently playing, go to www.strokeland.com.

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10. Lime Kool-Aid.

9. Corned beef and cabbage burritos.

8. Blame Leprechauns for all purse snatchings.

7. Lucky Charms cereal for Supper.

6. Female thugs are called Hoochiegans.

5. Call each other ”O’ Homie”.

4. Shamrocks on the Ham hocks.

3. Kissing Barney stoned.

2. Perp walk parade down Broadway.

1. River dancing in house shoes at Eastmont mall.

Currently we are featuring the music from the North Carolina base band “Bull City Syndicate”. We have three songs in our current rotation from their CD “You Make Me Feel”, (I Wanna) Testify, Brother Man, & My Baby Loves You.

Notes From CDBaby about the band:
Ambitious. That’s the best way to describe the new release by North Carolina’s Bull City Syndicate. With Grammy-nominated producer John Custer at the helm of the project, You Make Me Feel is the most ambitious recording by a Raleigh/Durham-based band in a generation.

Over the course of 13 years, formerly known as Soul Kitchen & The Bull City Horns, Bull City Syndicate (BCS) has successfully scaled the local scene of dance-cover bands, ascending during those years from a top-drawing club act to one of the most in-demand private and corporate party bands in the Mid-Atlantic region. Then, someone had an idea . . . and a good one at that. Specifically, to hand over to a world-class producer the yet unrealized potential of nine individually unheralded talents, and have them recreate tunes from some of North Carolina’s rich history of funk, soul and pop songwriters.

Featuring songs exclusively written by composers with a significant connection to North Carolina, either by birth or current residency, BCS entered John Custer’s Jag Two Studios in October of 2006, and didn’t exit until the following April. The product of those six-plus months is a genuinely compelling funk/horn-band experience, referencing and paying homage to the broad spectrum of funk, soul and R&B’s most enduring musical traditions. Retro, while not blatantly so, the record often reminds us of what the current R&B hit-factories most often fail to deliver, namely, great melodies, real vocalists, and an in-your-face horn section. While it’s easy to point out the influences, (both subtle and overt), of Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Sly, James Brown, The Temptations, and the like, the originality of Custer’s horn arrangements help sidestep any presupposed comparisons to the most famous of horn bands – Earth, Wind & Fire, Tower of Power, or Chicago.

You Make Me Feel features tracks composed by Maceo Parker, George Clinton, Roberta Flack, Ben. E King, Bobby Patterson, John Custer, and as an added bonus, Raleigh’s own, Corey Parker, (yep – Maceo’s son), makes a special appearance on “Bull City Groove,” which he also co-wrote with producer John Custer.

The Players:

Clarke Egerton – Trombone/Guitar/Vocals
Vhondy Strickland – Saxophones/Flute
Charlie D’Agostino – Keyboards/Vocals
Steve Baker – Trumpet/Flugelhorn/Vocals
Matt Kanon – Guitars/Vocals
Dan Lantier – Vocals/Percussion
Rodney Ogden – Trumpet/Flugelhorn
Jeff Nelson – Bass Guitar
Todd Proctor – Drums

For more about Bull City Syndicate “Click Here”.

You can purchase the CD by clicking on the CD cover artwork at the top of this article.