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Tim McDermott
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Public defender, former owner of Scooter’s Records in Hermosa Beach, KXLU dj since 1988. The Bomb Shelter airs most Friday nights from 8-9 PST on 88.9 FM in Los Angeles & kxlu.com.
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Having signed off last night with my hometown's Untouchables, I'll sign off tonight with D.C.'s Untouchables:
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The Untouchables - Nic Fit
YouTube video by AlmaBlackwel
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November 26, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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This is where my mom taught me how to bodysurf 51 years ago.
Picture of the Santa Monica Bay, taken from 21st Street and the Strand in Manhattan Beach. The Marine Street lifeguard tower is visible on the right side; the Santa Monica Mountains loom in the background.
November 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Reposted by Tim McDermott
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Tuesday on KXLU Los Angeles 88.9fm & kxlu.com!
10am - 12pm pst
FROG'S OFFICE HOURS with Jackson

12pm-2pm pst
MUSIC FOR NIMRODS with Reverend Dan

2pm pst
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT BASKETBALL
Loyola Marymount Lions vs Ohio Bobcats
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Reposted by Tim McDermott
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🎶Never meant to make your daughter spawn, we're just bad Anguilliformes🎶
November 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Remembering Lorenzo Charles on what would have been his 62nd birthday (he died in 2011). Provider of the best ending in the history of college hoops.
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N.C. State 54 - Houston 52 (1983)
YouTube video by Coach Brock
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November 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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BOTD, 1931: Nat Adderley (d. 2000).
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In The Bag
YouTube video by Nat Adderley Sextet - Topic
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November 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Happy 60th birthday to Tim Armstrong!
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DOWNFALL - New Regulations
YouTube video by ElAwelo69
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November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Signing off with the Untouchables:
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Wild Child
YouTube video by The Untouchables - Topic
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November 25, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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KINGS WIN!
#GoKingsGo
LA Kings players congratulate each other after their victory over Ottawa.
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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Cut the shit & start the pit.
#GoKingsGo
LA Kings players take the ice at the start of the 3rd period.
November 25, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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Ottawa getting the "Not Like Us" treatment over the Staples Center PA tonight. #GoKingsGo
Adrian Kempe skates to the front of the line during a warmup drill prior to tonight's Kings vs. Senators hockey game.
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Big Joe Turner died 40 years ago today.
A picture of a lucite covered granite grave marker in the Roosevelt Memorial Park cemetery in Gardena, California. There is a picture of Joe Turner etched into the marker on the right side. Engraved on the left, from top to bottom: "BOSS OF THE BLUES" BIG JOE TURNER 1911 - 1985 PATRICIA TURNER Partner in Life 1923 - 1990 KATIE BRYANT Joe's Sister 1908 - 1983 Donated by Friends of the Big Joe Turner Musicians Fund
November 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Whether a knife wielding cinematic badass or a Northern soul crooner, Jimmy Cliff brought maximum style to every performance.
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The Harder They Come - Knife Fight. I do not own the rights.
YouTube video by zerocomments
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November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Rest in peace, Jimmy Cliff.
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Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff has died - Jamaica Observer
International reggae icon Jimmy Cliff has died, his family announced Monday. In a post to his official social media pages, his wife Latifa Chambers said Cliff passed away after a battle with pneumonia...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde was released 33 years ago today. Best use of a Quincy Jones sample, ever.
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The Pharcyde - Passin' Me By (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by PharcydeVEVO
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November 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Happy heavenly birthday to Stax Records b-day twins Duck Dunn & Wayne Jackson, born November 24, 1941. Both played in the Mar-Keys; Duck played bass in Booker T. & the M.G.'s while trumpeter Wayne would also play in the Memphis Horns. Duck died in 2012; Wayne died in 2016.
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Last Night
YouTube video by The Mar-Keys - Topic
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November 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Born 102 years ago today: Juggy Murray (died 2005).
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Soul At Sunrise
YouTube video by Juggy Murray - Topic
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November 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Happy 84th birthday to Pete Best!
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THE PETE BEST COMBO / SOME OTHER GUY - 1965
YouTube video by MODSBEAT
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November 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Signing off with Gene Krupa & his Orchestra:
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Gene Krupa & His Orchestra – Lover/Leave Us Leap
YouTube video by Pavel Voronin
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November 24, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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And just who TF are you to judge me, professor?
jowolff.bsky.social Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 2d
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Never actually smoked the magic rock, but I do believe that this stuff right here is better than crack.
Picture of a bag of Naolinco coffee beans from Mexico, roasted by Alana's Coffee Roasters on Venice Boulevard in Los Angeles.
November 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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The morning haul from Dusty's (a partial view). We all gotta wait 'til December 5 before they debut on the Bomb Shelter, because I'm getting preempted by LMU basketball on November 29.
Picture of 6 LPs and 6 45s laid out in the trunk of a car.
November 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Born 96 years ago today: Pat Patrick (d. 1991).
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Eastern Vibrations
YouTube video by Pat Patrick & The Baritone Saxophone Retinue - Topic
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November 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Reposted by Tim McDermott
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Laurdine "Pat" Patrick Jr. (Nov 23 1929 – Dec 31 1991) - Sun Ra Arkestra - baritone sax, flutes, alto sax, fender bass. Patrick co-founded the Baritone Saxophone Retinue, which recorded two albums for Saturn Records
November 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Reposted by Tim McDermott
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Blues great R.L. Burnside (d. 2005) was born November 23, 1926 in Mississippi.
Detail of his signature on a poster from the 1993 King Biscuit Blues Festival.

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RL Burnside autograph
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM