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

Tomorrow's just an excuse away...

Well hello again, everybody.  Welcome to a particularly gonzo episode of Flatbasset Radio.

Sorry it's been so long since I've put together a new show.  If you've been listening to the last few episodes you know that my co-host MinneSarah headed off on a vacation to England & France.  Based on the pictures she's been throwing up on Instagram she's having a much more fun time than getting drunk with me and talking about music.

While she's been gone I've been having trouble filling the void here at Planet New Basset.  Turns out that I'm not really very good at carrying the show by myself.  However, even with MinneSarah half the world away, I'm not left entirely to my own devices.

A few months back, for Flatbasset Radio: Episode #41, I put together a mix built entirely out of songs given to me by my buddy Nick (aka Young Sandwich).  It was a pretty crazy mix made up almost entirely of songs that would never have found their way on to the show otherwise.  It turned out to be our most played episode of all time (which reminds me, big thanks to everybody who made it so popular.  Ya'll are the coolest).

Which brings us to this mix.  Back in July, Nick was kind enough to pass along another USB full of music that I would likely never have heard on my own.  This one, however, was a monster.  It was 56 songs that, according to Nick, he picked out while drinking.  By his own admission, it was pretty random.  I've been slowly working my way through this thing at the pace of five songs per week.  Just a couple of weeks ago I realized I hit the half-way mark on this bad boy and thought to myself, "Hell, Nicky's last mix went so well maybe I should give this another go."

I went through those first 28 songs and trimmed it down to about an hour long mix.  It turned out pretty fucking nutso.  Much like his last mix, I'm fairly certain none of these songs would have made it on to any other episode of the show.  That's not because they aren't excellent songs (they are), but more because Nick has a great ear for mood and a much broader musical pallet than I do.  For better or worse, his songs work best when presented all together.

As you can see above, this is Nick's Autumn Mix Pt. 1.  Once I finish working my way through the remaining 28 songs on the USB I'll put together the companion mix.  Until then, enjoy this one.  Put it on your phone, stuff your phone into that jacket you just dug out of the closet, and let it play.  Hell, you won't have to take off your gloves to change songs for a whole hour.  Good times.

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 #45 (Young Sandwich's Autumn Mix Pt. 1)

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

01. Rufus Wainwright - Grey Gardens
02. Guru - When You're Near
03. Billie Holiday - You've Changed
04. William S. Burroughs - The Sermon On The Mount 2
05. Talking Heads - Memories Can't Wait
06. James 'Son' Thomas - Mama Don't Low No Guitar Playin' Round Here
07. Traffic - The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys
08. GZA - Victim
09. Len - Steal My Sunshine
10. The The - Phantom Walls
11. Terry S. Taylor - Sound Effects Record #32
12. Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Sweet Fire
13. Smashing Pumpkins - Thirty-Three

Enjoy!

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