Newest Industry Presents - Flatbasset Radio: Episode #37

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When I start to feel that pull, turns out I just pulled myself...

For those of you who are unaware of the Flatbasset Radio format, here's what you're looking at: TCDroogsma is our resident MP3 junkie. As you've probably noticed in his Songs Of The Week column, he's not always the most positive music fan. In an effort to prove that he is, in fact, a fan of music, we give him an hour each week to play the songs he's digging and talk a little bit about them. Once he's recorded his podcast we put it right here on the website for free to stream and/or download!

This week's episode finds TCDroogsma throwing together an episode for the Memorial Day weekend.  He decided to steal an idea from his nemesis The Current and play three song blocks from three of his favorite artists.  Along the way he confesses that he's not working too hard on this one, tries to get a sponsorship from "whoever makes falafel chips," celebrates an icon's birthday, discusses just what's going to be written on his tombstone, triples down on the podcast's second-ever request, goes on "a" Weezer rant, but not all of his Weezer rants, puts on for his old minivan, shouts out his parents, and celebrates the 20th anniversary of "The Blue Album" by explaining how a Weezer track laid the blueprint for the rest of his life.

You can download the podcast for free by clicking the episode's title or stream the episode by clicking on the Mixcloud player below.

Flatbasset Radio: Episode #37 by Tcdroogsma on Mixcloud

Flatbasset Radio: Episode #37


01. Morrissey - Sister I'm A Poet
02. Morrissey - Jack The Ripper
03. Morrissey - A Song From Under The Floorboards
04. Beastie Boys - An Open Letter To NYC
05. Beastie Boys - The Sounds Of Science
06. Beastie Boys - Pass The Mic
07. Weezer - Pink Triangle
08. Weezer - Photograph
09. Weezer - Love Explosion
10. Weezer - The World Has Turned And Left Me Here

There you have it, music fans!  Enjoy!

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Flatbasset Radio Presents - MinneClassics #1: TCDroogsma on "Purexed"

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Hush, let 'em try to find the beauty in your face...

Well hello podcast fans!  Welcome to MinneClassics #1!

As you can probably tell from the fact that this is Episode #1, MinneClassics is a new feature here on Newest Industry.  Basically, TCDroogsma decided to create a feature which allows him (or his guests) to take some time and really shine the spotlight on a local artist and a song of theirs that is deemed "Classic."  They'll discuss the song, why they think it deserves "classic" status, and then play the song.

In this edition of MinneClassics, TCDroogsma discusses "Purexed" from P.O.S.'s album Never Better.  It's the 5 year anniversary of that albums release, so Droogsy discusses why the album was important to him, talks about his time living in NYC, what it was like when the Never Better tour rolled into the town, and how the video helped him make a major life decision.


Give his 12 minute podcast a listen below or download it for free by clicking on its title.

MinneClassics #1: "Purexed" by P.O.S. 

MinneClassics #1: "Purexed" by P.O.S. by Tcdroogsma on Mixcloud

As TCDroogsma mentions in the podcast, here's the "Purexed" video.

There you have it, podcast fans!  The first in what will be a long line of MinneClassics! Enjoy!

For more TCDroogsma be sure to give him a follow on Twitter (@TCDroogsma).  Previous episodes of Flatbasset Radio are archived on his Mixcloud page.  Stop by Flatbasset Radio's Facebook Page & give it a "Like" if you have the time.

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Newest Industry Presents: Flatbasset Radio - Episode #9 (Best Of 2012 Countdown!)

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(ALSO, I FIXED THE LINKS.  YOU CAN ACTUALLY LISTEN TO THE PODCAST NOW.) 

Threat Level: Orange Juice...

Well hello again, music fans! Welcome to Episode #9 of our weekly Flatbasset Podcast!

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the podcast, here's the story. Each week TCDroogsma participates in our Songs Of The Week column. Since he's typically kind of a jerk in that column we asked him if he'd like to put together a weekly podcast to prove that he actually does like music and, on occasion, has interesting things to say about it. Foolishly, we also asked him to wish our readers a Happy New Year. So now this exists:

Since this is the first week of the New Year we asked TCDroogsma to put together a Top 10 list of his favorite 2012 albums. Not only did he do that, but he also scolds children, explains a theory about British discographies, explains why Chris Martin put Coldplay on hiatus, actually says, “Nobody does Bloc Party quite like Bloc Party,” (which is arguably the dumbest sentence this blog has been affiliated with), and wishes everybody a happy new year!

Click the player above to listen to the podcast. Click the title below to download it for your very own.  Here's how the show breaks down:

Flatbasset Radio – Episode #9 (Best Of 2012 Countdown!)

10. Why? - Thirteen On High (from the album Mumps, Etc.)

09. Illogic & Blockhead – Heartless (from the album Preparing For Capture 2)

08. The Vaccines - Teenage Icon (from the album The Vaccines Come Of Age)

07. Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music (from the album R.A.P. Music)

06. Bloc Party - Real Talk (from the album Four)

05. P.O.S. - All Of It (from the album We Don't Even Live Here)

04. Aesop Rock – Leisureforce (from the album Skelethon)

03. The Cribs - Jaded Youth (from the album In The Belly Of The Brazen Bell) 

02. El-P - The Full Retard (from the album Cancer 4 Cure) 

01. Blur - Under The Westway (from the single Under The Westway)

So there you have it, everybody. That's the last 2012 list we'll be publishing here on Newest Industry. Bye by, 2012. Thanks for everything.

For more TCDroogmsa he can be found on Twitter (@TCDroogsma) or rambling away on his personal Flatbasset blog. Don't be surprised if that yellow hat makes its way into his day to day wardrobe.

 





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Newest Industry Presents: Flatbasset Radio - Episode #3

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"Feelin' as hard as Vince Carter's knee cartilage is..."

Hello again, free music fans!  Welcome to the third episode of Flatbasset Radio!

For those of you who are new to the podcast, it's roughly an hour of music put together and given away each week by our regular contributor TCDroogsma.  It's typically about 10 songs broken up by TCDroogsma's rambling stories.

Click 'play' on the embedded player to give it a listen or click on the title below to download the podcast so you can listen to it at your own time.

 
This week finds TCDroogsma going on about his new favorite record label, discussing, Joy Division vs. New Order, finally getting on board with the best new rapper in the game, pimping another blog, and just straight pimpin'...

(He made us write that last line.  He does not actually do any pimping.  In fact, he gets a little emo at the end.)

Flatbasset Radio - Episode #3

Here's how the podcast breaks down:

01. I Am Dynamite - Stereo
02. Earl Sweatshirt - Chum
03. Baby Dayliner - You Push, I'll Go
04. Open Mike Eagle (w/Illogic & MarQ Spekt) - Nightmares III
05. Cars & Trains - The River Lethe
06. Astronautalis - Secrets On Our Lips
07. New Order - Temptation
08. Justin Meyers - Adult World
09. Young Jeezy & R. Kelly - Go Getta
10. Jets To Brazil - Autumn Walker

Download that one and give it a listen while scraping the snow of your car.

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Newest Industry Presents: Flatbasset - P.O.S. (All In A Day's Work MegaMixx)

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We are seriously taking the city...

Hello again, Twin Cities hip-hop fans!

It's been a great year for Twin Cities hip-hop. Brother Ali, MaLLy, I Self Devine, Big Quarters, Mike Mictlan... So much good music came out of the cities that it's almost unfair.

Today, though, we're here to celebrate the impending release of P.O.S.'s We Don't Even Live Here, which will hit the streets this coming Monday. This will be P.O.S.'s fourth solo album and, we're betting, will be high on the “Best Of” lists at the end of the year.

More to the point, to celebrate the release we asked our resident hip-hop junkie TCDroogsma to put together a little something for us. He came back with an hour long Flatbasset mix packed with P.O.S. jams.

As you can see, click the download tab below to download the free mix. Of course we'd like to take a moment to point out that, obviously, we do not own any of the music contained in the mix. We asked TCDroogsma to put it together as a celebration and that's just what he did. So please don't sue us. We don't have any money anyway.

TCDroogsma, any thoughts?

Y'know, I've been a Doomtree fans for a minute now and I thought it would be fun to put together a nice run of tracks that P.O.S. has been featured on rather than a typical “best of” type of thing.

If you remember, back when Never Better came out Fifth Element released a couple of bonus albums called Meat Tape and Meat Tape 2 that featured a bunch of harder to find stuff and stuff that, evidently, P.O.S. was digging at the time. That was kind of my plan with this mix. Think of it as Meat Tape 3 or P.O.S. & Friends Rappity Rap Party or I Already Know All These Songs.

It should be noted, of course, that I am not a DJ. If the fades and blends and such aren't up to par, that's why. Don't think of this mix as some chopped up, bangin' DJ mix (though, if someone did that with a bunch of P.O.S. guest spots I'm sure it would kill), think of this more like the best hour of radio that would never get played on the radio.

Obviously all of the tracks contain some sort of P.O.S. contribution. My apologies if I'm not giving full credit to everybody involved.

FLATBASSET - P.O.S. (ALL IN A DAY'S WORK MEGAMIXX)

Track List

01. P.O.S. - Audition M.D.

02. P.O.S. - Savion Glover

03. Building Better Bombs – The Action Pact

04. Mike Mictlan & Lazerbeak - Shux

05. Cenospecies – Thank You From The Bottom Of My Fuck You

06. Mux Mool - Death 9000 (Prof & P.O.S. Broadcasting Version)

07. P.O.S. (w/Craig Finn) – Safety In Speed (Heavy Metal)

08. Doomtree – Gander Back

09. Gayngs – No Scrubs (P.O.S. Regrind)

10. Cecil Otter - Travelling Dunk Tank

11. BK-One - A Day's Work

12. icollide (w/P.O.S. & Dessa) – Les Masquerade

13. P.O.S. (w/Astronautalis) – Hand Made Hand Gun

14. MK Larada – Teddy Bear & A Tazer (Break In Two Mix)

15. P.O.S. (w/Slug) – Bleeding Hearts Club (MPLS Chapter)

16. Scroobius Pip (w/P.O.S. & Sage Francis) – Let 'Em Come

17. Sims - Too Much

18. P.O.S. (w/Dosh) – Tons

19. P.O.S. (w/Sims, Dessa, & Cecil Otter) – Low Light Low Life

20. Illuminous 3 – No Kings

21. Doomtree – Fresh New Trash

Blaow! Hot fire!

Be sure to check out P.O.S.'s new album We Don't Even Live Here, on the streets October 22nd. He's also playing a record release show at First Avenue on the 26^th. Best believe we're gonna be there.

Also, if you haven't heard, P.O.S. has had some health issues come to light over the last couple days.  Turns out dude needs a kidney.  Tough times.  To help out financially, hit up the Paypal account at stefneedsanewkidney@gmail.com.

Thanks to TCDroogsma for putting the mix together for us. For more of TCDroogsma be sure to follow him on Twitter and/or Instagram or you can check out his own blog Flatbasset. He's still counting down Morrissey songs despite our best efforts. He's got problems, though. Problems.

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