the mixtape show

Yeah, yeah, I know. Been busy recently. I'll give a better update later, but yeah. In the meantime, a couple of things before I forget them: Iain Haywood interviews Dex Digital, podcast supremo* and founder of the internet music phenomenon The Mixtape Show...: I was interviewed, forever ago, on Durham21, which is apparently like an online college student mag on steroids. This is seriously the most ridiculously well-written and designed student site I've ever seen, so being on here is sort of an honor, I think. It's ...

So yeah, like I mentioned on the last show, I was interviewed on the CBC's Radio One, on a show called Search Engine. The link to the interview is up on the CBC front page (for now), and you can see the blog post for this week's show here, and direct download the show mp3 from their site here. They did a little mash-up of the Jena 6 podcast, which means that some of you are also on there. If nothing else, you can laugh at how I sound on the radio. Also note ...

and I thought I might share it with you. Matt from The Aesthetic Poetic (which I have actually recommended before) somehow got it into his head that it would be a good idea to ask me some questions and post the results. So if the prospect of looking at a textual account of my ability to dodge questions and jump all over the place in one sentence appeals to you, by all means click here and read. On the real though, Matt, good looking out on the interview. Everybody go to his site now and tell him that ...

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So I talked a lot in this episode. Hopefully nobody minds. Here's a few notes before we begin: [1] The footage for MTV's 10 Greatest Hip-Hop Groups of All Time is here, and the "postgame" footage, including Run and Chuck D musing briefly on the effect of crack on hip-hop, is here. [2] And yes, the Mixtape Show was listed in Q Magazine's (UK) Best 100 Places To Get Free Music Online. #1 in the podcast section. They said that I was "lively". [3] I do think that the Beastie Boys made some nice songs, especially productionwise. I wouldn't call myself a big fan, but they did their thing in their day. Plus, they were the featured group on during the official Mixtape Show Caucasian Appreciation Show. And around here, that counts for a lot. And now for that playlist. (instrumental - myspace.com/truestatiks.) Hasan Insane - Hustler's Clarity feat Jay-Z and Lil Wayne. Kid is nice with the beats. This one is just one of those that just works. Thanks for the tip, oux. myspace.com/hasaninsane DJ Lt Dan - Justify My Thug feat Jay-Z (b/w G Thang). I can't remember who first remixed Jay's Black Album, but this cat is definitely one of the earlier and more memorable ones. That acapella release also spawned the Grey Album, which in turn tipped the white liberal media off to this whole "remixing" and "hippity-hop" thing, at which point it started to get sort of lame. myspace.com/ltdanmixtapes. J*Davey - Untitled 1. Jack of J*Davey on this one. Free shoutout in the next episode to the first one to identify the instrumental. jdaveybaby.com.