Saga of the Broader Sphere: update

the music blog show turned out really well-- with a well chosen blog, the flow for a good show is already in place. i only took out one track, a superlong mix, and i faded out another really long song.

other than the only rearrangement i did was to play the first song they ever posted (a throbbing gristle song, of course, off of the album 20 jazz funk greats) along with a brief mention of their first entry. i actually had some parts i wanted to read from that entry selected, but the woman before me ran way over on time so i cut it.

(tracklist and download)

20 jazz funk greats' authors wrote me back without much fanfare. they were just like "oh, cool, thanks."

what else did i expect, i guess? haha.

the show still ruled. that's the main point.

Saga of the Broader Sphere

Okay. I just wrote to the contact listed for the blog

http://www.20jazzfunkgreats.co.uk/wordpress/

and let them know I'm using their blog on the MIXTAPE MIXTAPE show tonight. Hopefully they think it's wonderful for me to be crossplatforming like this, and this will be the start of a long and lovely series of collaborations between FM and the internet.

Will post any outcome. Until then be sure to cz out the show tonight at 11pm Eastern, WRIR.org (97.3FM in the RVa).

Blog House Transmission

To follow up on my post about radio shows featuring blogs, I'd like to announce I've made that a regular (monthly) edition of the MIXTAPE MIXTAPE show on WRIR. I think it's going to be cool. If anyone wants to suggest a blog to feature hit me up.

Next step is let bloggers know what I'm doing and see what they say.

Holla.

Oh, and here is the most recent MIXTAPE MIXTAPE (including audio download). The show airs Sunday nights 11-1 eastern, with rotating hosts. I will be doing the blog feature every first Sunday, starting Feb 1.

Fine Art: Don't Call it a Comeback

First a painter won the Turner Prize and now this...

http://www.steinerlenzlinger.ch/index.html

I want to be in this world.

Click on the picture to make it bigger. Even prettier...

Blog House Meets Indie Radio

Last night on WRIR I hosted the Mixtape Mixtape show. Normally listeners or volunteers submit the mixtapes, but since I was subbing and out/loop with submissions, I found my own mixtape online. That and I love me some online mixtapes-- I had been anticipating a chance to share some of my faves with Richmond.

I conceived last night's show as a shoutout to my favorite music blog Discobelle, and I featured a mix submitted to Discobelle back in May, by the Swedish group Stockholm Syndrome. I also threw in several original remixes that had been posted to the site.

(Unfortunately the recording of my show didn't take, otherwise I would have posted it.)

I plan to do more shows like this in the future featuring other cool music blogs that post mixes/remixes.

I think in the past the legality of broadcasting mixes without permission has been questioned; however, I feel like people who post to blogs would be happy about it. Yes the mixes are often exclusive, but still. Even recording the radio broadcasts, the mixes still contain voice breaks, PSA's for fire safety, etc. And more importantly I'm giving shouts out to the blog.

With situations like this I keep running into whether I should open up dialog with the people I'm shouting out. I should, yes. Can o Worms, yes, but awesome opportunities.

TBC.

Empty Skeleton

Check out the music blog Mary Claire is writing for:

♫ http://emptyskeleton.blogspot.com/

Tons of interesting music.

Kanye is a Pop Arteest

At first I was tempted to say "shut up" to Pitchfork for the comment that dubbed Kanye's singing on SNL "rough."

Then I saw the performance. Oh well.

I guess he's what is known as a "studio singer." Whatever. Who ever criticizes Madonna or Britney for being studio singers? Let me reiterate: Kanye is a pop artist. Stop applying R&B/Hip Hop standards to him.

I enjoyed the background visuals.

Kanye West - Love Lockdown - SNL - 12/13/2008
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Kanye West - Heartless / Pinocchio Story - SNL - 12/13/2008
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