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Jeff Crawford Founder of Bohemia Afterdark in 1982 and operated in Phoenix, AZ but early history is unknown until 1990 when they moved to Portland, Oregon. In 1992 they began airing on KPDX Portland and then they move to KWBP in 1994. In 1995 they began airing on 22 Network One affiliates. In 1997 Network One shut down and the service moved to KOIN and in 2001, the service moved back to Phoenix, airing on KASW, then in 2002, moved to KPHO-TV. In 2003 they got their own station, KPHE-LP, at the time broadcasting on channel 19 in Mesa, Arizona, and changed their name to Bohemia Visual Music. KPHE moved to channel 44 in Phoenix in 2005 and continued to broadcast until 2006 with broadcasting on KORS-CA digital subchannel 16.2 in Portland from September 2006 to March 2010. Bohemia Visual Music relaunched with a website as an internet broadcast on August 20, 2011. Websites bvmtv.com, bohemiavsiualmusic.com and bvmtv.com are part of the Bohemia Visual Music, Bohemia Afterdark brand for almost 40 years.
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Wednesday Jan 05, 2022
Wednesday Jan 05, 2022
Jeff Crawford host has guest Ben Munat former bass player with Rotor and Thrillhammer from Portland, Oregon. Ben is big influence on Portland's music scene for several decades. Ben is now Senior software engineer for Weedmaps, in my option is really cool! We discussed Portland's underground music scene of the late 80's and decades that followed there after. Plus in the conversation we covered, Tributes to some famous Portland musicians, artists and influencers who passed away.
mini-bio of Thrillhammer -
Thrillhammer is a short lived band of legend. Madness and pure energy followed the fellows (who would later form Hazel, Pond and Rotor) whereever they went ultimately resulting in the bands untimely demise. In 1992 Rough Trade in Germany posthumously issued the bands only release Giftless. Produced by Steve Albini the record is a document of Thrillhammer's vibrant power and strength.
Thrillhammer was formed in 1990 in Portland Oregon by David Triebwasser (Pond) on drums, Pete Krebs (Hazel) guitar and vocals, and Ben Munat (Rotor) on bass. The band managed a few one off shows in Seattle, Olympia and Portland and a short west coast tour rife with cops, guns, false charges of kidnapping, beatings by drug crazed maniacs, and high profile shows with the likes of Nirvana, Steel Pole Bathtub, Flipper and Urge Overkill. The band returned home and called it quits.
Songs -
Thrillhammer - Bride
Thrillhammer - Pretty Dead Girl
Thrillhammer - Jinx
Napalm Beach - Monster LIve at Satyricon (1987)
Snowbud and the Flower People - Bong Hit
Napalm Beach - Rock and Roll Hell
Sunday Jul 18, 2021
Sunday Jul 18, 2021
Chris Byrd good friends and fellow band mate with Eddy Detroit. “Where to start with Eddy Detroit? Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, it was there, in 1966, that he was in attendance for the first Iguanas gigs (Iggy Stooge's first band). He joined the White Panther party in Detroit and was "there" for the pre-punk sounds of The Stooges and MC5 ("We all smoked dope on the state Capitol and got beat up by the cops"). In the early '70s he traveled to London, where he stalked Marc Bolan and tried to seduce Tony Visconti's then-girlfriend Mary Hopkin. It was with Ms. Hopkin, when he was dropping off a demo tape at the Apple store, that he witnessed the moment when Ringo found out that The Beatles had broken up! (We've got the pictures to prove it!) In the mid-'70s, Detroit settled in Hollywood and started The Terminal Wave Band (bongo/synth/punk) which was the soundtrack to the hippy/biker/S&M/satanic/polyamorous scene that Detroit ruled in dingy, underground LA -- that's when he wasn't trying to seduce Nico (The Velvet Underground) to become one of his muses and lovers ("True story bub"). When rents in LA got too much for an acid-fried biker/S&M/punk, Eddy moved to Phoenix, AZ, and was seminal in fostering one of the most interesting underground musical scenes of the early '80s. He was an unofficial member of the Sun City Girls, toured with the Meat Puppets and Mighty Sphincter, and was the pith-helmeted shaman-in-residence at his club The Grotto!” – Forced Exposure
Songs -
Eddy Detroit "The Immortal Gods" Live from Brussels 2019
Eddy Detroit "I Am Pazu Zu" 1982
Eddy Detroit "Run To The Sun" 1982
Eddy Detroit "Nic Nak Kerouac" 1979
Eddy Detroit "Ghetto Lights" 1982
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Wednesday Jun 09, 2021
Wednesday Jun 09, 2021
Bohemia Afterdark first started as cable show in 1982 from Scottsdale, Arizona. Name of the show has nothing to do with the Jazz song by Kenny Clarke "Bohemia After Dark". His sing is first spelled differently then the television show. Afterdark as one word, such as things happen "Afterdark" spelled this way to be hip. Bohemia was a term used by Beatniks and other early counter culture "ism".
First Show starts with Opening of the show from 1991-1993 before Webster Colcord and Anal Solvent collaborated at Smegma Studios. Combining visual with audio to created the new opening (1994-2007) that was keep until 2007.
Music - Anal Solvent live from X-Ray Café 1993
Link - https://youtu.be/lb1jbUdDiwM
Interview Archive -
Alice In Chains Interview with Bohemia Afterdark Date: February 1991 Venue: Melody Ballroom
Music - God Wads V.F.W. Hall Phoenix,AZ Date: 4-28-1990 Directed / Produced by Jeff Crawford Copyright: bvmtv.com (Jeff Crawford)