Lost Notes

This season on Lost Notes: Groupies. Women of the Sunset Strip from the Pill to Punk.

As the first wave of LA punk started to take hold in Hollywood, both on and off the Sunset Strip, the girls of the rock n roll underground flattened scene hierarchy by carrying the…

The Groupie Dream

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As the first wave of LA punk started to take hold in Hollywood, both on and off the Sunset Strip, the girls of the rock n roll underground flattened scene hierarchy by carrying the…

Nov. 20

In the mid 1970s, as glam rock fizzled out, new kids began to trickle in on the block–kids who looked up to the groupies as party girl icons, as rock’n’roll legends, who went out there…

The Dawn of Punk

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In the mid 1970s, as glam rock fizzled out, new kids began to trickle in on the block–kids who looked up to the groupies as party girl icons, as rock’n’roll legends, who went out there…

Nov. 20

Rodney Bingenheimer’s English Disco. The Continental Hyatt House. The Rainbow Bar & Grill.

From the Slutmobile to the Starship

Music

Rodney Bingenheimer’s English Disco. The Continental Hyatt House. The Rainbow Bar & Grill.

Nov. 13, 2024

A teen magazine so daring, so outrageous, so scandalizing and sexually suggestive that it only lasted…five issues.

The Oral History of Star Magazine

Arts

A teen magazine so daring, so outrageous, so scandalizing and sexually suggestive that it only lasted…five issues.

Nov. 6, 2024

As a girl, Dee Dee Keel ditched the doldrums of Venice for the thrills of Hollywood.

Hollywood Encounters

Music

As a girl, Dee Dee Keel ditched the doldrums of Venice for the thrills of Hollywood.

Oct. 30, 2024

Venice Beach teen Dee Dee Keel was desperate to find out what was happening behind the scenes, in the clubs and hotel rooms of Hollywood: so she tracked an intriguing local rocker, Jim…

3: Girls Together Outrageously

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Venice Beach teen Dee Dee Keel was desperate to find out what was happening behind the scenes, in the clubs and hotel rooms of Hollywood: so she tracked an intriguing local rocker, Jim…

Oct. 23, 2024

The origin story of Miss Pamela Des Barres, the original queen of the groupies, author of the iconic memoir, I’m With the Band.

The Fairytale of Miss Pamela

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The origin story of Miss Pamela Des Barres, the original queen of the groupies, author of the iconic memoir, I’m With the Band.

Oct. 16, 2024

In 1973, fourteen-year old Valley girl Lori Lightning found herself as one of the teenage rulers of the Hollywood music scene.

Lori Lightning & The Baby Groupies

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In 1973, fourteen-year old Valley girl Lori Lightning found herself as one of the teenage rulers of the Hollywood music scene.

Oct. 16, 2024

Lost Notes: Bent by Nature

Bent By Nature Ep. 11: Don’t Look Back (With David Thomas)

Pere Ubu’s David Thomas reflects on the band’s late ‘80s “pop” era in this one-off epilogue episode, produced in David’s memory.

May 6

Bent By Nature - Ep. 10: Rollins

In the finale of "Bent By Nature," Henry Rollins shares his remembrances of Deirdre: the DJ, tastemaker, and human being who changed his life irrevocably.

Dec. 30, 2021

Bent By Nature - Ep. 9: Promised Land (with Julian Cope)

Days after underground post-punk luminary Julian Cope was announced as a guest on “SNAP!,” the show was off the air. Deirdre left KCRW for good in June of 1991. Then she left LA, too, for a while. The following year, she showed up in rural England to live with Cope and his family. Cope joins Bent By Nature to recount their unique relationship and roles in each other’s lives.

Dec. 23, 2021

Bent By Nature - Ep. 8: Half A World Away (with Michael Stipe)

R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe discusses his life in LA in the mid-’80s, at a time when he and Deirdre were kindred spirits pushing the boundaries of what was acceptable within mainstream culture — and how Deirdre helped shape both his musical trajectory and that of artists to come.

Dec. 16, 2021

Bent By Nature - Ep. 7: Ages of You

This week, we pay tribute to SNAP!’s listeners, whom Deirdre called the show’s “heart and soul.” It’s a story about two young women finding their way, and the courage that music gives us to imagine our futures.

Dec. 9, 2021

Bent By Nature - Ep. 6: Crossing Over (with David Lowery)

David Lowery of Camper Van Beethoven explains SNAP!'s place in a larger movement spreading across the country in the mid-’80s, and how the band navigated their own transition from indie darlings to major-label recording artists.

Dec. 2, 2021

Bent By Nature - Ep. 5: Haywire (with Kathy McCarty & Brian Beattie)

Venturing into flyover country’s freak scene with Glass Eye’s Kathy McCarty and Brian Beattie, Deirdre’s favorite independent act from Austin.

Nov. 25, 2021

Bent By Nature - Ep. 4: Almost Magic (with Syd Straw)

If Deirdre had an official partner-in-crime, it was Syd Straw, who appeared on "SNAP!" five times. She would sing with a band, or over backing tapes that she brought with her, or she would just guest DJ. And no topic was off limits. They had their own wild chemistry: funny, fearless, and more than a little bent.

Nov. 18, 2021

The Mighty Lemon Drops’ guitarist David Newton and his wife Bekki discuss the strange twists and turns which brought them together, with Deirdre in tow, as The Lemon Drops reached their ascendancy.

Lost Notes

The Groupie Dream

The Dawn of Punk

From the Slutmobile to the Starship

The Oral History of Star Magazine

Hollywood Encounters

3: Girls Together Outrageously

The Fairytale of Miss Pamela

Lori Lightning & The Baby Groupies

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