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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 in the mood for the retro-outerspace-vibe that today’s mix is clocking. The title comes from the Tom Petty tune Spike. As always, right-click to download or play and Playlist is after the fold. 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.) 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.) 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 confess, Track #2 by Super Chron Flight Brothers, is in fact a repeat and was featured on an earlier O’Pinionated Mix (if anyone is paying this close attention to my mixes, I guess I’m surprised, beyond flattered, and perhaps even a little bit concerned). Well, what can I say it is that good. And I will definitely keep pumping it for years to come. …As is the case with everything else on this mix. Mostly newer rap by acts that were new to me in the aughts, but now already on repeat and much beloved – (Oddisee, Hell Razah, Modill, Binary Star, Knux etc.) Also some lifers who kept kickin it the way that I like it, well past the 90′s (PE, Masta Ace, Fatlip and Aceyalone). And how is it again that I like it? Say it with me: I like it 2 bougie 2 strong… 2 bougie 2 strong… 2 bougie 2 strong… 2Bougie 2Strong Mix #5 - 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 on Tumi & The Volume’s album when it first came out and only caught up with the re-issue this year on iTunes. This track should give you a taste of the album’s vibe- basically a South African version of the Roots, complete with live band as the foundation. Speaking of The Roots, Questlove’s Philadelphia Experiment is represented on this mix, as well as the newer Harlem Experiment follow-up from the same series (which also includes the superb Detroit Experiment). Finally I have to thank Sandy for introducing me to half of the rap tunes on here– including the far out Senim Silla, his former outfit Binary Star and of course, the always great Masta Ace– one of the most underrated cats in the game. Cut and paste or right-click the link. Playlist after the fold O’Pinionated Mix – 2 Bougie 2 Strong #4 “A Bowl of Cherries and Some Ghostmeat” Todays batch is electronic and jazzy. Extended beats for weekend leaf-raking. Psychedelic pumpkin pie grooviness. 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 an anti-authoritarian collision of punk, garage, and indie rock. Bad Brains and Pavement anarchicly coexisting alongside Joy Division and the Talking Heads. Who else is gonna give you that, huh? O’Pinionated Mix – 9th Grade Detention (Playlist below the fold) 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, presumably to see the Arwen Mountain String Band or (my mom’s group) Pearly and The Waistband, or some other artist popular among the counterculture adults, who were my constant companions in my earliest years. When the singer onstage decided to enhance her repetoire of kid’s songs, by taking requests, I think she was expecting my fellow kindergarteners to shower her with requests for “Old MacDonald” or “The Wheel’s On The Bus.” This would explain the awkward moment of silence and chuckling that followed, when the hi-pitched five-year-old with the tangled head of red curls shouted out a request for “One More Cup Of Coffee ‘Fore I Go”! What? It was a folk club, wasn’t it? Are you telling me they don’t know any Dylan? Well, tomorrow I’m heading down the Newport Folk Festival for the first time (to catch a truly amazing line-up). And so for today’s podcast, I’ve chosen to pay tribute to the gentleman who has made the most famous and controversial appearance ever at the fest (and the author of my favorite song when I was 5). Yep, all the songs on today’s mix are by Bob Dylan and for fun I have chosen to alternate between classics performed Bob himself and a truckload of my favorite covers– several of which come crashing down on that very same folk/electric divide that shook Newport all those years ago. Enjoy. Full Playlist is beyond the fold. 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), my favorite song of the spring and summer, and the greatest anthem about being born in Vermont that you’ve ever heard. Enjoy. (Full playlist is below the fold) |
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