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.
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.
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)
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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