Flatbasset Radio: Episode #81 (American Album Hall Of Fame Vol. 2)

If being afraid is a crime we'll hang side by side...

Well hello again, everybody! Welcome to the second annual installment of the Flatbasset Radio American Album Hall Of Fame!

That's right, folks, continuing the tradition we started during 4th Of July week last year, I'm back to induct six new albums to the Hall Of Fame. If you're new to the FRAAHOF (of "Fraaaahhoooffff..."), feel free to go back and check out the inaugural class from 2015 that made up the two parts of Flatbasset Radio: Episode #61.

This year I'm covering yet another wide-swath of American music. Before we get to the albums, though, here's a quick reminder of the FRAAHOF's crieria:

01. An album must be at least 10 years old to be inducted into the FRAAHOF

02. Only 6 albums per year may be inducted

03. Only 2 of those 6 albums may have been released over 30 years ago

04. No artist can appear in consecutive years 

So, with those criteria in mind, here's a look at this year's inductees:

Hell of a class, no? As per usual, I'll be playing three songs off each of the albums being inducted and talk for far too long about each of them. Sound good? Well, too bad, you get what you pay for.

So, now that you know, here's what the Flatbasset Radio American Album Hall Of Fame looks like as of today:

Pretty fuckin' sharp, eh? Alright, let's get to the show.

As always, Flatbasset Radio is completely free. I've finally set up a decent downloading site, so if you'd like to download Flatbasset Radio: Episode #81 (with all the appropriate iTunes tagging), click here for Part I & here for Part II

Now, let's get to it:

01. Arcarsenal
02. Enfilade
03. One-Armed Scissor

04. All Caps
05. America's Most Blunted
06. Money Folder

07. Bastards Of Young
08. Swingin' Party
09. Left Of The Dial








There's the first half. If you like it, have a listen to the second half.

01. I'm Always In Love
02. How To Fight Loneliness
03. Summer Teeth

04. Where It's At
05. Lord Only Knows
06. The New Pollution

07. Let's Go Crazy
08. When Doves Cry
09. Purple Rain








 There you have it, folks. Thanks for stopping by!



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Flatbasset Radio: Episode #73 (Young Sandwich's Lost Winter Mix)

Playin' solitaire 'til dawn with a pack of 51...

Well hello again, podcast fans! Welcome to Flatbasset Radio: Episode #73!

As you can see from the title up above, Episode #73 is the latest installment of my frequent collaborator Nick's Young Sandwich mixes. This one, however, is somehow even more special than his usual mixes. You see, Nick actually gave me this mix last January and, through a combination of being both somehow busy & lazy, I didn't get around to assembling and posting it last winter. Well, here we are a year later and I've been saving this one up. Honestly, it's probably his best yet.

If you haven't checked out Nick's Young Sandwich Mixes before, I highly suggest you do so. He's dropped off 7 other mixes over the years and they're all gold (all of which are available on my Mixcloud page). Not only are they devoid of my nasally banter, but they're an intoxicating mix of hip-hop, jazz, folk, and enough left turns to satisfy our internet-damaged attention spans. This Lost Winter Mix is no exception. Give it a listen.

As always, Flatbasset Radio is completely free. Just click the Mixcloud player below and you're good to go.

Flatbasset Radio: Episode #73 (Young Sandwich's Lost Winter Mix) by Tcdroogsma on Mixcloud

01. Beastie Boys - Super Disco Breakin'

02. The Centurions - Bullwinkle Pt. II

03. RZA - My Lovin' Is Digi

04. Jimi Hendrix - Hear My Train A Comin' (Acoustic)

05. Gorillaz - The Parish Of Space Dust

06. The Statler Brothers - Flowers On The Wall

07. Pharaoh Sanders - Country Mile

08. Tom Waits - Diamonds On My Windshield

09. Nine Inch Nails - Dead Souls

10. Ghostface Killah - Black Jesus

11. Ween - Push Th' Little Daisies

12. Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Petite Fleur (Little Flower)

13. A Tribe Called Quest - Oh My God

14. Sonic Youth - Swimsuit Issue

15. Beck - Truckdrivin' Neighbors Downstairs (Yellow Sweat)

16. Outkast (w/Norah Jones) - Take Off Your Cool

There you have it! Stay warm, everybody.

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Flatbasset Radio: Episode #50

What ya'll really waaaant? What ya'll really waaaant?

Well hello again, free music fans!  Welcome to Flatbasset Radio: Episode #50!

That's right, everybody, we've reached 50 episodes of this damn show.  Before I get into what actually happens on this show I want to say thanks to everybody for tuning in and making this a worthwhile endeavor for this long.  Yes, it's kind of a completely arbitrary thing since I would've done this show whether anybody was listening or not, but it would have been much less fulfilling if you good folks hadn't listened to it.  Thank you.

Both appropriately and unfortunately I'm flying solo on this episode.  No MinneSarah on this episode, so my crap-tacular microphone and I are bringing the show back to its roots: playing stone cold jams while ranting like a lunatic.  Good stuff.  In this episode I discuss just how difficult it is to fuck up Big Star songs, celebrate St. Paul's finest power-pop band, confess to my very limited vocabulary, play a mini-set of Thanksgiving jams, attempt to figure out why Beck keeps turning up on the podcast, praise the value of gravy as it relates to Thanksgiving dinner, rattle of a list of things I'm thankful for this year and, importantly, rattle of a second list of things I am not thankful for, take full advantage of the one and only benefit of MinneSarah taking the week off, decide it's completely normal to have a "soft rock phase" in your early 30's, and go full cornball while bringing a tradition back to the show. All that plus the Cover Of The Week & The Flatbasset Flatclassic!

As always, this episode is available to download or stream.  Just click the episode title below for a download link or click on the Mixcloud player below to stream.

Flatbasset Radio: Episode #50

Flatbasset Radio: Episode #50 by Tcdroogsma on Mixcloud

01. The Persian Leaps - Fire Starter
02. Mr Twin Sister - Blush
03. Run The Jewels - Early (w/Boots)
04. Girlpool - Thirteen
05. Bad Religion - Lost Pilgrim
06. Beck - Nicotine & Gravy
07. William S. Burroughs - A Thanksgiving Prayer
08. Indians - I Am Haunted
09. Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette
10. Flowmack - DMX's Little Secret
11. American Scarecrows - Gods Of The West
12. Descendents - Thank You

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Flatbasset Radio: Episode #49 (Young Sandwich's Autumn Mix Pt. 2)

She's got tofu the size of Texas...

Well hello again, podcast fans!  Welcome to a special edition of Flatbasset Radio!

For those of you who are longtime listeners of the show, most of what I'm about to say will be redundant.  Sorry.  Thanks for being longtime listeners. For those of you who are new to the show, here's what you're looking at this week.

I have a buddy named Nick (aka Young Sandwich).  Now, Nick and I don't always agree on music or sports or food or alcohol or... well... lots of things.  Regardless, he's my dude and he's always trying to turn me on to new music.  Now, most of the time that "new" music consists of old music made by dead or nearly dead people (I see you, Neil Young).

Over the past year Nick's passed on a couple of USB drives worth of music that he thought I should check out.  Of course, being in my early 30's, I have trouble doing anything without sharing it on the internet.  I figured hell, since I have a radio show, I may as well explore these songs with a little help from my friends.  Back in July Nick passed along his first USB full of songs, which I listened to, evaluated, and sequenced into a show that became Flatbasset Radio: Episode #41 (Young Sandwich's USB Mix).  To date it stands as the most popular show Flatbasset Radio's ever produced.

Flatbasset Radio: Episode #41 (Young Sandwich's USB Mix) by Tcdroogsma on Mixcloud

Emboldened by the success of his first mix, Nick loaded up a second USB with songs he thought I should check out.  There was just one problem: the first USB had just enough songs to put together a show.  This second USB had a whopping 56 songs! 56! That's a lot of songs to sort through (especially when I was unfamiliar with nearly all the artists).

To make things a little easier on myself, I split the songs into bite size chunks.  Five songs per week, each receiving two spins.  Math being math, I reached the halfway point about six weeks after receiving the USB.  Again, being completely unable to just enjoy something myself, I decided to go through those first 28 songs, trim them down to an hour worth of music, and assemble them into a show.  Voila!  Flatbasset Radio: Episode #45 (Young Sandiwich's Autumn Mix Pt. 1), a particularly gonzo mix of songs that nobody (myself included) ever expected to hear on the show.

Flatbasset Radio: Episode #45 (Young Sandwich's Autumn Mix Pt. 1) by Tcdroogsma on Mixcloud

As you probably gathered by the title of that episode, there was an Autumn Mix Pt. 2 coming. Well, today's the day.  Again, I've spent five weeks going through the remaining songs, chopped them down into about an hour of music, assembled them into a show, and present them here for your enjoyment.

Young Sandwich's Autumn Mix Pt. 2 is, again, a pretty gonzo affair.  It's worth noting that, according to the man himself, the songs that make up the second half of that USB were picked as he eased into beers number 5 & 6.  It's a crazy mixture of East Coast rap, Venezuelan funk, old Grand Royal records, dead jazzbos, English hard rock, Southern rap, spaced out indie doo-wop, and a heartbreaking turn from Tom Waits.  It's a fantastic show if I do say so myself.  Good work, Young Sandwich.

As always, this episode is available to download or stream.  Just click the episode title below for a download link or click on the Mixcloud player below to stream.

Flatbasset Radio: Episode #49 (Young Sandwich's Autumn Mix Pt. 2)

Flatbasset Radio: Episode #49 (Young Sandwich's Autumn Mix Pt. 2) by Tcdroogsma on Mixcloud

01. Devo - S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain)
02. RZA - Lab Drunk
03. Los Amigos Invisibles - Ultra Funk
04. Ween - Drifter In The Dark
05. Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Salvation And Reminiscing
06. Guru - Take A Look (At Yourself)
07. Beastie Boys - Futterman's Rule
08. Tom Waits - Soldier's Things
09. Black Sabbath - Am I Going Insane (Radio)
10. Taj Mahal - Cajun Waltz
11. Beck - Nitemare Hippie Girl
12. Beastie Boys - Tough Guy
13. Outkast - Movin' Cool (The After Party)

Boom! Companion pieces for nearly two hours of Autumn music! Enjoy!

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