Flatbasset Radio: Episode #74

See, I know my destination, but I'm just not there...

Well hello again, podcast fans! Welcome to Flatbasset Radio: Episode #74!

Happy Leap Day, everybody! In honor of this rare, yet scheduled phenomena I figured I should get my shit together and make the most of this bonus day by sitting on my ass recording a new show. Mission: Accomplished.

In this week's episode I celebrate some anniversaries, play some new local music, check in on some old Bay Area friends, lament the lack of respect for Owatonna's greatest songwriter, the sadness running through a classic beat album, revisit a single that was supposed to break one of America's great punk bands, struggle with my accents, fawn over my favorite rapper, and get unreasonably excited about my first trip to see The Boss live! All that plus the Cover Of The Week & Flatbasset Flatclassic!

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 #74 (with all the appropriate iTunes tagging), just click here.

If you don't have the time or desire to download the show, just click the Mixcloud player below and you're good to go.

01. Tiny Deaths - Away

02. Edison - The Modem's Offset Overture

 

03. Har Mar Superstar - Youth Without Love

04. J Dilla - Don't Cry

05. Stars - Street Lights

06. Cibo Matto - White Pepper Ice Cream

07. Belle & Sebastian - Song For Sunshine

08. Bad Religion - A Walk

09. Aesop Rock - Rings

10. Big Cats - What If It Doesn't Get Better? (w/Lydia Liza)

11. Bruce Springsteen - The River











There you have it, folks! Enjoy!

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MinneClassics #4: "De La Souls" by P.O.S.

Found some things I could relate with, I wore out the tape...

(P.O.S. by Dan Monick)

Well hello again, podcast fans! Welcome to the fourth installment of my short-running MinneClassics series!

Folks, last week marked the 10 year anniversary of the release of P.O.S.'s second full-length album Audition. To mark the occasion I thought I'd devote a few minutes to discussing one of my favorite tracks from this classic album.

 Like a lot of people, Audition was just that, a first look at the rapper P.O.S. and the Doomtree collective. It was an introduction to a world that had equal love for both hardcore punk and underground hip-hop and decided that there was no point separating the two. The album is full of highlights, from the aggression of opener "Half-Cocked Concepts," the anger of "The Kill In Me," the straight-banging "Stand Up (Let's Get Murdered)," to spot-on guest spots from Slug, Craig Finn, Greg Attonito & Mike Mictlan, the album more than meets the goal of opening the door to world of Doomtree (a door that, 10 years on, was quickly flooded with like-minded individuals).

However, looking back, "De La Souls" is still the moment when it all comes together. Over a simple beat and autobiographical rhymes, P.O.S. invites us all in by opening up and telling his story. In doing so, he's asking that we respond by telling our own stories. He's inviting everybody to join in not by becoming an anonymous face in a larger movement, but by reaffirming that a group of like-minded individuals is still a group of individuals, with their own hopes, dreams, goals, & disappointments.  He's knocking down whatever was left of the wall between performer and audience and extending a hand.

Anyway, give the show a listen to hear what I'm talking about. As always, Flatbasset Radio & these MinneClassics are free. Just click the Mixcloud player below to give it a listen.

MinneClassics #4: "De La Souls" by P.O.S. by Tcdroogsma on Mixcloud

Hard to believe it's been 10 years. Still a a classic.

Thanks for stopping by, everybody!

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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's 25 Most Played Albums: January '16

Well hello again, everybody. Welcome back to the least consequential column on the internet!

Is it just me or did January fly by?  At this rate it's going to be 2017 before I even start remembering to stop writing 2015 on things. Does this happen to everybody as they get old or was it just this month?

Anyway, another month's passed, which means it's time for a little bit of instant nostalgia. As always, a huge, huge thanks to everybody who checked out the show this month, retweeted the show, or gave it a Facebook "Like." As I'm fond of mentioning, these shows take a lot of time to put together and, as much as I love doing them, a few little internet tokens of acknowledgement are greatly appreciated.

Anyway, here's Flatbasset Radio's Top 25 Most Played Albums of January, 2016. As always, these stats are pulled from my Last.fm page. Give it a follow if you're a super creeper and need to know what I'm listening to all the time.

01. Allan Kingdom - Northern Lights (104 plays)

02. The Social Disaster - Dark Side Of The Roller Rink (70 plays)

03. Brilliant Beast - Dissolve (70 plays)

04. Little Shalimar - Rubble Kings: The Album (39 plays)

05. Ripper - A.D. (35 plays)

06. Tora! Tora! Torrance! - A Cynics Nightmare (30 plays)

07. Fugazi - In On The Kill Taker (24 plays)

08. David Bowie - Low (22 plays)

09. Richard Ashcroft - Human Conditions (20 plays)

10. Billy Joel - Piano Man (20 plays)

11. Bruce Springsteen - The River (20 plays)

12. Fury Things - VHS (20 plays)

13. Killer Mike - Sunday Morning Massacres (18 plays)

14. Depeche Mode - Violator (18 plays)

15. Bad Religion - Against The Grain (18 plays)

16. Dead Wives - Buzzy Fuzzy (16 plays)

17. Al Church - Next Summer (16 plays)

18. Jay-Z - American Gangster (15 plays)

19. Freez & Mike Frey - Freez's Frozen French Freys (15 plays)

20. Elvis Costello - Spike (15 plays)

21. Trampled By Turtles - Wild Animals Remixes (15 plays)

22. The Dandy Warhols - ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down (14 plays)

23. All - Allroy's Revenge (14 plays)

24. Paper Tiger - Beat Tape (14 plays)

25. The Strokes - First Impressions Of Earth (14 plays)

Image via Tap Music
Stats via my Last.fm page

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