Evan O’Television

Did I hear you say, “All I want for Christmas is electronic funk and jazz?” Well, good.  ‘Cause I’m gonna stuff your stocking as full as I would if it were Kilted-Yak-Eve!
Check out the first track (a spanking-new cover, just out this week) and it should give you a sense of whether or not you’re [...]

Yes.  I know it’s a Summer Pop Mix in December.  But it’s a testimony to my belief in the longevity of the latest installment of tunes.  Don’t you want a little Pop in your life in the dead of winter?
I know I do. (Playlist is below the fold.)
O’Pinionated Mix – Summer Pop #6

Half as many songs as usual today.
But that’s only because these are twice as long.
Some epic-novel-type-slow-build cuts. (Playlist after the fold.)
O’Pinionated Mix #7 – “Stars Are Projectors”

No “Sophomore Slump” for this French-trained Interpretive Dance troupe.

Named for the breaking news item “Some Senate Democrats Do Actually Have Some Balls (and they’re nice Christmassy balls too!)”
So, I’m really feeling all the tunes on this mix right now.   I’ve got no idea why but I’ve been in a very hip-hop mood the past month.  Hence these latest 2 O’Pinionated installments.
Yes, I [...]

If you’ve been jonesin’ for another elliptical mix, alternating between nu-jazz and hip-hop, the wait is over.  This mix kicks off with two African originals:  Mulatu Astatke (specifically the Ethiopian giant’s recent collaboration with the UK Heliocentrics) and a cut off Tumi & The Volume’s self-titled album from 2005.
I am embarrassed to say I slept [...]

Todays batch is electronic and jazzy.  Extended beats for weekend leaf-raking.  Psychedelic pumpkin pie grooviness.
O’Pinionated Mix #6 – “This is Hinky”

Okay, so I’m not much of a punk purist and was never much of a juvenile delinquent, but I did spend serious amount of time in detention for my variations in class-clownery.
So it is with this spirit that I am inaugurating the return of MixTape Fridays.  Complete with a back-to-school special edition–  guitars cranked, in [...]

When I was in Kindergarten, our Canal Street class went on a field trip to West Brattleboro, to the Chelsea House– a converted barn which served as a folk music venue back in the day.  Unlike many of the other 5 and 6 year-olds in the crowd, I had been to the Chelsea House before, [...]