Evan O’Television

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. [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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, [...]

This week’s podcast is full of lovely, regretful gems, epic declarations of passion, and artful ballads of bitter ambivalence. The flavor is not far from the first O’Pinionated podcast in May-”Lost Verses.”  And it contains such treats as a brand new track by a dear old friend (Lands = Ramiro Fernandez recording with Troy Kidwell), [...]

No better place to be, than at my mother’s side, when I hear the great man, Cronkite has passed. She had read that Walter recently befriended, as a sailing partner, Mickey Hart– percussionist for our beloved Grateful Dead. So, at the outset of this worthy media reverie, I am treated to my mom’s best routine [...]

Today’s mix is like an after-hours midsummer night’s cooldown from the dance party marathon that was the Summer Pop series of podcasts.  It is also a sequel (of sorts) to the most popular podcast so far — namely the second 2Bougie2Strong (Jazz & Soul) mix.   This one doesn’t have any jazz instrumentals but it is [...]

“Can you hear me, that when it rains and shines,  (When it Rains and shines.) It’s just a state of mind?  (When it rains and shines.)  Can you hear me, can you hear me?” So, five weeks ago, when I kicked off this Summer Pop Podcast series, I had no idea that my particular choice [...]