Thank you for your interest in Fog Town Network. Each episode in the series contains performances in music, comedy, dance, and spoken word. Some also feature short films by local filmmakers. We hope the series will be broadcast in your area soon. Until then, enjoy the following clips. To find all FTN performance clips currently online at YouTube, go to the apfogtown channel by clicking on YouTube.

MUSIC


Alvin Youngblood Hart--Gallows Pole
When listening to the young ALVIN YOUNGBLOOD HART, the word authenticity comes to mind. In this offering of "Gallows Pole" (or "Gallis Pole", as Leadbelly recorded it), he gives voice to the condemned. His lament seems to absorb its misery from centuries-old celtic oppression and funnel it through the African-American experience on this continent. Even now the gallows are with us--as the thousands who viewed Saddam's end right here on YouTube can attest. From FTN#34 in 1995.
Director: Albert P. Pappalardo
DP & Photon Wrangler: Charles Wagner
Audio Czar: Eric Wayne
TD: Nancy Thompson
Camera: Mark Weaver, Dennis Smith, Robin McClarren
AD: Andy Salop



Club Foot Orchestra
Buster Keaton's classic "Sherlock Jr." is one of the silent movies scored by CLUB FOOT ORCHESTRA . A cd with the same title was released in 1995. The tunes "Moonlight" and "In the Theater" from that cd previewed on FTN#7 in 1994. Video of Club Foot Orchestra seems hard to find!



Jim Cert on Fog Town Network
For Czech singer JIM CERT (Frantisek Horacek), the emotional territories of torment and rage, despair and defiance have no borders. Hear him conduct vocal forays all over this landscape. From FTN#2 in 1993.
Director: Mike Williams
DP and "Photon Wrangler": Charles Wagner
Audio: Allen Lam
Camera: Charles Wagner, Nicola Turner, Caroline Cabading
Recording Date: 5/16/93


Stephen Yerkey--"Maker's Mark"
STEPHEN YERKEY's style is for some like hard liquor--an acquired taste. We at Fog Town Network were delighted to become aware of him in San Francisco and eager to share his music with a wider audience. This song is from FTN#34 in 1995. DAVID PHILLIPS is on pedal steel with CLARK SUPRYNOWICZ on acoustic bass.
Director: Albert P. Pappalardo
DP and "Photon Wrangler": Charles Wagner
Audio Czar: Eric Wayne
TD: Mark Weaver
Camera: Charles Wagner, Amber Wolfe, Dennis Smith
Recording Date: 3/23/95


Me Jane--"Trouble Man"
"...I didn't make it, baby, playin' by the rules." San Francisco singer JANE HARDAWAY and guitar maestro MICHAEAL ROSS excel in this cover of Marvin Gaye's great tune. This aired on FTN#34. The old Folsom St. studio was rockin' that day in 1995. Chris Kee, bass. Robin Roth, drums. Chris Barnett, guitar & mandolin.
Director: Albert P. Pappalardo
DP and "Photon Wrangler": Charles Wagner
Audio Czar: Eric Wayne
Camera: Charles Wagner (? 2 others)
Recording Date: 9/10/95



Lavay Smith
LAVAY SMITH AND HER RED HOT SKILLET LICKERS performing "Between The Devil & the Deep Blue Sea". This Arlen-Koehler classic was charted by Cab Calloway in 1931 and Louis Armstrong in 1932, followed by many others.
Director: Albert P. Pappalardo
DP and "Photon Wrangler": Charles Wagner
Audio Czar: Eric Wayne
Recording Date: 4/30/95



Cake
CAKE: A studio recording of "Jolene" performed on Fog Town Network in 1994 several months before it was released on CD. (Or was it cassette tape back then?) I'm happy to see on other YouTube videos that they're still rockin'
Director: Albert P. Pappalardo
DP and "Photon Wrangler": Charles Wagner
Audio Czar: Eric Wayne
Recording Date: 5/14/94



Pamela Z --"Pearls"
PAMELA Z: First aired on FTN#16 in 1994. As noted on her website, Pamela Z is an "artist who works primarily with voice, live electronic processing, and sampling technology." One day we'll upload her performance of "Bald-Headed Boyfriend" with the Qube Chix featuring onstage head-shaving!
Director: Mike Williams
DP and "Photon Wrangler": Charles Wagner
Audio: Allen Lam, Tom Baker
TD: Raoul Modecke
Camera: Charles Wagner, Pilate Sultan, Nicola Turner
Floor Director: Andy Salop
Recording Date: 8/21/93



Richard Buckner --"The Worst Way"
RICHARD BUCKNER: Melodic and melancholic Richard Buckner offers this touching perfomance on FTN#15 from 1994.
Director: Albert P. Pappalardo
DP and "Photon Wrangler": Charles Wagner
Audio: Mike Williams
TD: Nancy Thompson
Camera: Charles Wagner, Pilate Sultan, Nicola Turner
Floor Director: Raoul Modecke
Recording Date: 1/22/94



Connie Champagne
CONNIE CHAMPAGNE: Connie's version of "Ruby's Arms" by Tom Waits is a gem. Everyone in the studio was transfixed during this live performance on FTN#15 in 1994--adoring fans, busy crew members, and cynical comic actors alike. With a tender accompaniment by JOSHUA RAOUL BRODY, Connie bares her soul, touches your heart, and demonstrates why she is a San Francisco treasure.
Director: Gunnar Oehman


Alvin Youngblood Hart
ALVIN YOUNGBLOOD HART, described on his website as "The Cosmic American Love Child Of Howlin Wolf and Link Wray!!!", appeared on Fog Town Network #29 which aired July 8, 1995. His first cd, "Big Mama's Door", earned rave reviews when released in 1996.
Fog Town Network is a variety tv show which aired in San Francisco from 1993-96. Co-hosts on this episode were improvisors CHRISTINA MARIE (Liquid Soap and Public Domain) and STEPHEN KEARIN (Bay Area Theater Sports, True Fiction Magazine, and 3 For All).
Director: Albert P. Pappalardo
DP & Photon Wrangler: Charles Wagner
Audio Czar: Eric Wayne
TD: Nancy Thompson
Camera: Mark Weaver, Dennis Smith, Robin McClarren
AD: Andy Salop


MORE MUSIC ON FOG TOWN NETWORK--STAY TUNED!
Voice Farm
Paula West & Ken Muir
The Qube Chix
Kitka
Box Set
Pele Juju
PMS
E. W. Wainwright and the African Roots of Jazz with Phavia Kujichagulia
Club Foot Orchestra
Regina Maria Pontillo
Claudia Gomez
Beth Custer
Charlie Hunter Trio
Daddy Goddus
Eric McFadden
Her Majesty the Baby
Yah Yah Littleman
Alphabet Soup
Those Darn Accordions
Le Guiche Fantastique (featuring "Guitarbot")
The Ben Marcato Trio
The Jazz Weasels
The Lord Weird Slough Feg
Bone Cootes
The Howard Wiley Quartet
Wisechild
Henry Clement & the Gumbo Band
Tee Fee
Barbara Imhoff
Max's Supper
Geist
Fists of Fury
Near Zero
Groove Shop
The Syrens
Alexis Jensen & Sara Jobin
Brian Burman & Amy Fairweather