108.9 The Hawk with Jason Gore and Geoff Garlock

Hawk Rock Talk - Queen: Live At Wembley 40th AnniversaryQueen’s legendary Live at Wembley Stadium concert turns 40, and Jason Gore is ready to celebrate one of the most important live albums of his life. Geoff Garlock also watched it, although he did occasionally fast-forward through Brian May’s guitar solo and Queen’s extended trip through the 1950s.Jason and Geoff look back at Queen’s massive July 12, 1986 Wembley performance, the peak of the Magic Tour and one of the final concerts Queen ever played with Freddie Mercury. They discuss Jason discovering Queen through “Another One Bites the Dust,” Wayne’s World and a mall record store employee named Rick; Freddie’s iconic yellow military jacket; John Deacon’s alarmingly short shorts; the mystery of Freddie Mercury’s onstage package; the audience couple that apparently hugged for the entire concert; and Queen’s unmatched ability to command a stadium.They also break down the explosive opening run of “One Vision” and “Tie Your Mother Down,” the return of “In the Lap of the Gods… Revisited,” Freddie’s legendary crowd work, the “Radio Ga Ga” claps, the emotional power of “Love of My Life” and “Who Wants to Live Forever,” and the slightly strange decision to place “Friends Will Be Friends” between “We Will Rock You” and “We Are the Champions.”Plus: Pantera reply guys, gas-station sunglasses, the UK kite festival, One Chicken, Status Quo somehow being the actual answer, the cheap-looking royal crown, and Geoff & Jason saying “nah.”Hawk Rock Summer continues next week with Rock Autopsy: Classic Rock One-Hit Wonders Part Two!Series Seven of 108.9 The Hawk premieres Monday, August 17th.Tell your friends about the show and support The Hawk at Patreon.com/1089TheHawk.

Hawk Rock Talk: Rock Autopsy: Classic Rock One Hit Wonders 1It’s Hawk Rock Summer, and Jason Gore and Geoff Garlock are putting on the gloves, grabbing the bone saw, and cracking open the chest cavity of Classic Rock Radio to examine one of its strangest organs: the classic rock one-hit wonder.What even counts as a one-hit wonder in classic rock? Did it have to make the Top 40? Does it count if the song barely charted, but every classic rock station played it eight times a day? Does it count if the band had other hits, but your local station decided, “No thank you, we will only be playing the one with the riff”?Jason and Geoff dig into a playlist of “that song!” bands, the groups whose names you may not know, whose albums you may never have heard, but whose one immortal track has been following you around your whole life through movie trailers, sports arenas, local classic rock stations, beer commercials, jukeboxes, and dads’ cars.Along the way, Jason and Geoff discuss Christian fuzz gospel death boogie, LA spirituality, Brighton Hot Dog Shoppe’s Seinfeld cup, Mungo holes, proto-metal holes, Paul Carrick’s voice, Gerry Rafferty’s Baker Street legacy, Tarantino soundtrack brain, Leslie West making a Les Paul look tiny, Arthur Brown as a pre-KISS theatrical freak, Argent records that Geoff keeps buying and selling, KISS’s “God Gave Rock and Roll to You II,” and whether Europe should legally be required to play “The Final Countdown” three times per set.This is Part One. Rock Autopsy continues in two weeks.Next week: Queen: Live At Wembley 40th Anniversary Special!Subscribe to 108.9 The Hawk on YouTube and wherever you get podcasts.Support the station on Patreon:patreon.com/1089thehawkGet more Hawk:1089thehawk.com

Jason Gore and Geoff Garlock continue Hawk Rock Summer with Heavy Metal Mania, a brand-new Hawk Rock Talk where they each choose twelve heavy metal cassettes from a 1992 Columbia House ad.It’s one penny. It’s twelve cassettes. It’s a metal section that somehow includes Bon Jovi’s New Jersey, Pearl Jam’s Ten, and multiple records Columbia House may or may not have typed correctly.Jason and Geoff debate Sepultura, Scorpions, Spinal Tap, KISS, Anthrax, Alice In Chains, Faith No More, Judas Priest, Dio, Sabbath, Metallica, and the true emotional weight of finally opening that giant Columbia House shipment on your bed.Hawk Rock Summer continues all summer long until Monday, August 17th, when Series 7 of 108.9 The Hawk premieres! PATREON: https://patreon.com/1089thehawk

CLASSIC HAWK: 41 Greatest Rock Songs About America July 4th Weekend CountdownOriginally released July 4, 2022Fire up the grill, pop open a Soda Dad, crank the Seger and ask yourself one question: “Wait, did they really count down forty-one songs?”This week on Classic Hawk. 41 Greatest Rock Songs About America July 4th Weekend Countdown.Jason Gore and Geoff “The Angry Man” Garlock spent the entire July 4th weekend counting down the most American rock songs ever recorded.It’s classic rock. It’s America. It’s countdown radio. It’s sponsored by Sharney’s, where no one eats for free.Celebrate Independence Day the only way Val Verde knows how: with questionable rankings, unnecessary radio pageantry and two men trying to make sense of what counts as a “rock song about America.”

Hawk Rock Talk - The Horniest Classic Rock Songs of the 80’s!Jason Gore and Geoff Garlock kick off Hawk Rock Summer with a deep, shameful, extremely denim-covered investigation into the horniest classic rock songs of the 1980s.From BulletBoys screaming “Smooth Up In Ya” before the song even starts, to Aerosmith loving it up when they’re going down, Jason and Geoff ask the question rock historians have been too afraid to ask:Who was the horniest rock band of the 80s?Also discussed: Faith No More, Neil Young bootleg shirts, Genesis Blossoms, Tawny Kitaen, The Big Hairball, Tommy Lee on the 134, Jon Glaser’s My Dead Dad Was in ZZ Top, and why so many of these songs should maybe be turned off when your kid is in the car.Celebrate Hawk Rock Summer all summer long on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more! 108.9 The Hawk: Series Seven begins on 8/17/26! Support the station at https://patreon.com/1089thehawk.

Val Verde Vertical Film Festival with BriTANickSeason Six Finale!BriTANicK are back in Val Verde for their second appearance in four years, and this time Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher are not trying to sell out Dingbat’s. They’re here to present their Hulu comedy Pizza Movie at the Val Verde Vertical Film Festival, where every movie is shown the way God, Marvin Scorsese and a heavily armed theater staff intended: cropped into an unforgiving vertical nightmare. On this Season Six finale of 108.9 The Hawk, Whisp Turlington and Geoff “The Angry Man” Garlock welcome Brian and Nick to discuss Pizza Movie, written and directed by McElhaney and Kocher. mUnfortunately, Val Verde has its own questions. Is Ryan Reynolds in Pizza Movie? No. Is the vertical cut mostly black bars and half a face? Yes. Will there be eight 40-minute local shorts before the movie? Absolutely. Are there snipers outside the theater? Pip pop.Also in this broadcast:Whisp recovers from the Classic Rock Divorce Karaoke Semifinals at Shooters Bar & Buffet.Art Spart tries to give traffic while still trapped inside Ocarina of Time.And Val Verde becomes an all-day, every-day Purge town.Series Seven of 108.9 The Hawk starts Monday, August 17th!Until then, enjoy a HAWK ROCK SUMMER! Nothing but Hawk Rock Talks until the Series premiere!Listen and watch on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more.

Moontan, The Wet Horn and Samantha MuleThis week on 108.9 The Hawk, Whisp Turlington and Geoff “The Angry Man” Garlock survive All Request Friday, Grand Funk Railroad, and the sudden realization that Golden Earring’s Moontan might be a secret prog-rock masterpiece hiding behind “Radar Love.” What starts as a normal Hawk broadcast quickly becomes a cursed classic rock investigation involving Meg White’s texting style, Rock Dolls, BASTRD AI, Samantha Fox, Samantha Mule, and the terrifying possibility that Extreme’s Pornograffitti deserves a second look.Plus, the Val Verde Community Calendar returns with Farrelly Fest, the Channel 8 Fall Preview Upfronts, Otter Pop Festival, Paul Hogan just being in town, and Sharney’s Tower testing its new shrimp siren. AlsoWhisp opens All Request Friday by declaring Grand Funk Railroad one of Michigan’s worst exports.Rock Dolls introduces BASTRD 3.3-powered recycled rocker dolls, including a suspicious overstock of Eddie Moneys.Geoff reveals he was kicked in the head by Samantha Mule, Keith Talon’s extremely unsafe Samantha Fox alternative.A Good Rock Fact about “Radar Love” leads Whisp and Geoff into a deep dive on Golden Earring’s Moontan.Extreme’s “More Than Words” is examined as a marital aid, with mixed results.Next week! The Season Six finale with BriTANick!Listen and watch 108.9 The Hawk on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more. Support Val Verde’s second favorite classic rock radio station at Patreon.com/1089thehawk. Visit the station website at 1089thehawk.com. If you hear a wet horn followed by a woman saying, “Leave the elevator,” don’t panic. That’s not an emergency. That’s dinner service.

Welcome to CLASSIC HAWK - a weekly look back at the greatest broadcasts in 108.9 The Hawk history.Originally released on April 8, 2024, this episode sent Whisp Turlington and Geoff “The Angry Man” Garlock live to the quad on the campus of Val Verde University for QUAD JAM 24, with DC Pierson appearing as Handsome “Gary” Tornado. Whisp and Geoff broadcast from the heart of Val Verde higher education as Quad Jam 24 brings music, campus pride, and whatever Val Verde University considers “student life” directly to the Hawk airwaves. They speak with Handsome “Gary” Tornado, take in the full Quad Jam lineup, and remind listeners that no college event in Val Verde can simply be an event. It has to become a municipal, musical, and possibly academic situation.Lemme Get A Pull On That HawkNew episodes every Monday!Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTubeWatch full episodes and clips: https://www.youtube.com/@1089thehawkSupport the station on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/1089thehawkJoin the Rock Battalion: https://www.1089thehawk.com

Whisp Turlington and Geoff “The Angry Man” Garlock kick off the 7 a.m. hour with The Cars, a debate over how to pronounce Ric Ocasek, and a full investigation into Val Verde’s most confusing regional candy, Candy-O’s. Some bites are chocolate. Some are gummy. Some might be Vegemite. None of them are labeled, and that is exactly how Candy Time Candies wants it. Whisp introduces a game called Real, Real, Real Classic Rock Rock Rock Lyric, Lyric, Lyric Or Something Kegstand Said and Geoff’s weekly radio paycheck is once again on the line in a game he plays against himself.This week’s broadcast also brings Val Verde News about Shetland Creamery’s pony getting lodged in a tractor tire, the Oddities and Curiosities Expo at the Val Verde Civic Center, 77 dogs removed from one RV behind Crafty Jack’s, Bruce Springsteen’s Land of Hope and Dreams tour, Bono’s 25 unfinished U2 songs, and Food Gulch’s eternal promise: all of the food that fell in the gulch.Also on this week’s broadcast:Geoff reveals a Good Rock Fact about The Cars’ Candy-O and the unknowable contents of Candy-O’s candy.Dave Navarro runs the “Don’t Ask About The Jaw” booth at the Val Verde Oddities and Curiosities Expo.Big Truck heads to Mike and the Mechanics while Greg Lemonsour broadcasts from the terrifyingly organized new record store, The Record Dump.Listen and watch 108.9 The Hawk on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more. Support Val Verde’s second favorite classic rock radio station at Patreon.com/1089thehawk. Keep your hands away from the jaw, your pants out of politics, and never stand under a vertical stack of Herb Alpert records.