{"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 & Mission Express on KEXP"},"content":{"rendered":"

At long last, Chuck Prophet & Mission Express<\/strong> appeared recently on KEXP<\/strong> and played five great songs off his rockin’ new album, Temple Beautiful<\/strong>.\u00a0 The new album is an expressive homage to Prophet’s home, San Francisco, and its heroes and denizens.\u00a0 As we’ve written before, <\/strong><\/a>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 Castro Halloween<\/strong><\/em> (with its Nada Surf-meets-George Harrison’s gently-weeping-guitar-meets Tom Petty<\/strong> ending), Temple Beautiful<\/strong><\/em>, Willie Mays Is Up At Bat, <\/em>The Left Hand and the Right Hand <\/em><\/strong>(a poignant song about the nefarious porn-palace owners, the Mitchell Brothers), <\/em><\/strong>and White Night, Big City<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 Great stuff.\u00a0 Check it out.
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