{"id":9841,"date":"2012-03-11T14:00:12","date_gmt":"2012-03-11T22:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=9841"},"modified":"2012-03-11T14:01:10","modified_gmt":"2012-03-11T22:01:10","slug":"chuck-prophet-mission-express-on-kexp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2012-03\/chuck-prophet-mission-express-on-kexp\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuck Prophet &#038; Mission Express on KEXP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At long last, <strong>Chuck Prophet &amp; Mission Express<\/strong> appeared recently on <strong>KEXP<\/strong> and played five great songs off his rockin&#8217; new album, <strong>Temple Beautiful<\/strong>.\u00a0 The new album is an expressive homage to Prophet&#8217;s home, San Francisco, and its heroes and denizens.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2011-02\/profiting-from-prophet-coming-to-the-lobero-on-219\/\"><strong>As we&#8217;ve written before, <\/strong><\/a><strong>Prophet is a national treasure<\/strong> and one of the most enjoyable live performers extant.\u00a0 Get out and see them when they come near to you.\u00a0 Check out <em><strong>Castro Halloween<\/strong><\/em> (with its <strong>Nada Surf-meets-George Harrison&#8217;s gently-weeping-guitar-meets Tom Petty<\/strong> ending), <em><strong>Temple Beautiful<\/strong><\/em>, <strong><em>Willie Mays Is Up At Bat, <\/em><em>The Left Hand and the Right Hand <\/em><\/strong>(a poignant song about the nefarious porn-palace owners, the Mitchell Brothers)<strong><em>, <\/em><\/strong>and <strong><em>White Night, Big City<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 Great stuff.\u00a0 Check it out.<strong> <em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chuck Prophet - Castro Halloween (Live on KEXP)\" width=\"635\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/coV9YRi_rkk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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