Dennis Kelley

Dennis Kelley - Heroes & Villains - Saturday from 1 - 2 PM

The obsessive nature of Dennis Kelley, co-host of Heroes & Villains, became apparent at an early age. While his friends carried baseball cards, Kelley lugged LPs under his arm along with his ever-present drumsticks. When kids his age were just getting turned on to The Monkees, Kelley was poring over the latest releases by The Who, Moby Grape, Procol Harum and other bands he and his two older brothers had just seen at the Fillmore East.

Kelley became a musician at age 10 and never looked back. Over his 40-year career, he has opened for Devo, recorded with Todd Rundgren, produced and performed on an episode of MTV Unplugged and scored a feature-length video for The Church of the SubGenius.

Today, music is still Kelley’s obsession. In addition to DJing on LuxuriaMusic and at RiFiFi in NYC, he continues to play rock ‘n’roll with his high school bandmates in a group called BooneScuttle5, while making a living as a teacher and voice-over actor. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, Margie, two beagles and thousands of records—very few of which were made after 1970.

Philosophy of my radio show: a) That Brian Wilson was correct when he said, “Music is God’s voice,” and b) that God has one hell of a good sense of humor
Five artists LuxuriaMusic listeners will hear on my show (besides, obviously, Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys): Curt Boettcher, The Honeys, Terry Melcher, singers backed by The Wrecking Crew, The Surfsiders.
To derive maximum pleasure from my radio show: Put on your most comfortable clothes, mix a large Mai Tai and get in the chatroom.
When I’m not DJing I can be found: Plotting my next beach getaway, trawling eBay (while listening to LuxuriaMusic, of course) and deciding what beverage I’ll be mixing at 5pm.
Secret superpower I possess: The ability to thwart the aging process by playing carefully selected music.