Well, here we are ... the last Tuesday of the first month of 2012 ...
Last year on each of these particular Tuesdays, I decided to release a new "Thrift Store Vinyl Radio" program, and putting each show together ended up being a ton of fun. I haven't completely ruled out doing more of those shows this year, but I did realize recently that I have a HUGE amount of cassette tapes which have really amassed through the years, half of which I have NO IDEA what is on them ...
Soooo I thought it'd be quite an audio adventure to go through them and make a sort of strange "grab bag" kind of mixtape/sound collage radio show out of what I happened to find on them!
My basic "process" was taking handfuls of tapes and randomly placing them in plastic grocery bags, thus separating them. Then, for each show I will dump the load of tapes (one bag at the end of each month) onto the floor and just record stuff from what I come across!
Some tapes have no writing on them whatsoever, so in that respect I'm gonna have to simply say that the track is either "found sound" or maybe just guess at who the artist is ... haha ... I'm stoked about completely RANDOM this process will be! Going to thrift stores and not really having a set item that I'm looking for is such a passion of mine ... I love just suddenly chancing upon all sorts of hidden treasures and odd gems that I never expected to discover ... This will more or less be my attitude and philosophy with this "radio program" ...
And with that in mind, let's pop open the 1st bag and just see what happens! As always ... ENJOY!!!
(The 3rd track on this particular show is taken from a cassette by the local musician, Tan Lnz from Gadsden, AL and his stuff is pretty amazing! Check out his blog RIGHT HERE!)
You can download the mix HERE.
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2 random news items =
1. John Wendel posted this wonderful piece about the music of my favorite band ever, The Smiths that recently aired on NPR ... Have a listen : "Long Live The Smiths' Complete Works" ... thanks a ton, John!!!
2. Listen to this eye-opening piece about Alabama's absolutely embarrassing and horrible immigration law that aired on "This American Life" RIGHT HERE. Shame, shame Alabama lawmakers.
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VIDEO TIME! VIDEO TIME! VIDEO TIME! VIDEO TIME! VIDEO TIME!
1stly, Justin posted this awesome undergroundFrench 1977 classic by Plastic Bertrand ... cheers, J-Unit! =
Ryan posted this sppoky trailer for the new Die Antwoord album ... yikes! Thanks, R! =
And John Wendel posted this intense Boris video for their 2009 song, "Pink" ... Danke, John! =
Roy Burns recently posted this paint-smeared madness by Nurses ... Gracias! =
This 'un by Ant'lrd (Colin Blanton, originally from B'ham) has some rather cool old film footage in it =
Speaking of old film footage, this one by The Caretaker is chock full of it ... Creepy meets sleepy! =
Funnily enough, this next video actually sounds like something The Caretaker would do, but the sound is amazingly produced by actual TREERINGS ... It's a modified turntable that reads treerings and makes piano music out of them! HERE's the article and here's the video =
Dessert is upon us!
Jennifer Harrell posted this 1st one and I think it's hilarious! Kudos to this violinist for his grand sense of humor! Thanks, Jennifer! =
And Jennifer's sister, Sarah Harrell posted this funny early Woody Allen stand-up routine, "The Moose" ... cheers, Sarah! =
Oh Lord! Ryan sent me this ridiculous screaming preacher ... haha!!! Wow! =
And finally, Roy posted this dad and 2 kids performing "Everything Counts" by Depeche Mode ... Excellent! Merci! =
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