my wife had an operation to remove her gall bladder this past thursday. since then, my life has been devoted to looking out for her and making sure that the child is taken care of. all this adds up to another episode sneaking in at the eleventh hour. perhaps someday this won't keep happening, but i'm not going to act like that day is anytime soon.

so this show starts a two-part series dedicated to women artists within the podsafe spectrum. i always pick selections that i like and feel deserve some sort of attention, but listening to them altogether made me say, damn, this is gonna be a good show. and i hope you'll say the same. the chukimai/anji bee collab is just unbelievably gorgeous. and don't sleep on that phil asher remix of lyricl (dig the way she worked in that donny hathaway/roberta flack chorus in her song - it just works well).

music provided by the ever reliable podsafe music network and ioda promonet. this episode covers hip-hop, house, jazz, disco, and dark downtempo rhythms. and remember: if you're diggin' Radio BSOTS, please digg this show. respect...

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cocorosie * noah's ark {buy on emusic}

chukimai and anji bee * dispersion {buy on pmn}

arthur loves plastic * misfortune {buy on CDBaby}

eternia * love (buylink info provided below)

jody watley * i want your love (buylink info provided below)

lyricl * ooh u & i (phil asher mix) (buylink info provided below)

tamika johnson aset * dolby low kitty (buylink info provided below)

background music:
techniken defunkus - bathing

the theme music for radio bsots incorporates the song "hot on both sides," also by techniken defunkus. you can download the entire song here.

promonet links:

Download "Love" (mp3)
from "It's Called Life"
by Eternia
Urbnet Records

• Buy at iTunes Music Store
• Buy at RealNetworks / Rhapsody
• Buy at Napster

Download "I Want Your Love" (mp3)
from "The Makeover"
by Jody Watley
Avitone Recordings

• Buy at iTunes Music Store
• Buy at eMusic

Download "Ooh U & I" (mp3)
from "LyricL"
by LyricL
Altered Vibes Ltd.

Download "Dolby Low Kitty" (mp3)
from "Let A Sister In"
by Tamika Johnson Aset
Nephew of Frank Records

• Buy at RealNetworks / Rhapsody
• Stream from RealNetworks / Rhapsody

other key info:
in over your head
lovespirals' official website
chillcast karmacoda feature
alice coltrane on bendingcorners.com

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this show concludes the podsafe blackness steez. gettin' global on this one with joints from africa and germany, as well as some stateside joints. kinda thankful for the delay - because of it i was able to sneak in some saul williams.

music provided by the usual suspects: podsafe music network and ioda promonet. this one covers spoken word, r&b, disco, jazz, and hip-hop. damn. pretty varied show now that i think about it.

i mention something about preparing a rant for jersey todd, but it's already done. more info is provided towards the bottom of the show notes. and of course, if you dig Radio BSOTS, please digg this show. thanks...

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mishoo the drumkit * one person {mishoo on myspace}

menoosha * life drama

vieux farka toure * djolare (dj center remix)

myka nyne * picture book (buylink info provided below)

saul williams * talk to strangers (preview and buy at rhapsody)

afrologic * afro nite (buylink info provided below)

hugh masekela * witch doctor (preview and buy at bbemusic.com)

the theme music for radio bsots incorporates the song "hot on both sides" by techniken defunkus. you can download the entire song here.

promonet links:

Download "Picture Book" (mp3)
from "Citrus Sessions Vol. I"
by Myka Nyne
Citrus Recordings

• Buy at iTunes Music Store
• Buy at eMusic

Download "Afro Nite" (mp3)
from "Back To Da Future Of Dance 1.0"
by Afrologic
Blue Pie Productions

• Buy at iTunes Music Store
• Buy at eMusic

other key info:
saturday march 3, 2007 - macedonia hosts the listener hour on wfmu
macedonia featured as guest essayist on the jersey todd show

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coming up next on o.p.p. (other people's podcasts):

this week, i appeared on the Jersey Todd Show as a guest, offering the essay or rant of the week. it appears about 7-8 minutes into the episode. much love to Jersey Todd for allowing me the time and space to speak my mind. also, congratulations are in order: him and his wife just had their second child, miss Robyn Bella, on march 8, 2007. respect due... please click here to read a text version of my rant and/or listen to the show. for the record, i entitled the essay "Ain't Gonna Play The Fooliani (or "Giuli-What, Giuli-Who...").

this morning, i hosted WFMU's Listener Hour. with my podcast, i'm always concerned with making sure everything that i play is "podsafe" - getting permission from artists and labels or acquiring music from online safe havens like the podsafe music network or ioda promonet. with that said, it was nice to be able to spin whatever i wanted for an hour. i'm so happy that i got a chance to do this. still all smiles at the end of the day... brought back a lot of great memories of college radio for me...

after a nervous slip-up in the beginning, it was relatively smooth sailing from here. fumbling over my words a little bit, but it's been a while since i've been on the air (almost nine years since i last hosted a radio show at WCDB). i had a lot of fun and it was a great way to start off the morning. many thanks to Brian Turner for getting things set up. respect due to Bill Mac and Michael Shelley for great shows before me and after me, respectively.

below is a playlist on the songs broadcast for my edition of the Listener Hour. audio archives of the show are hosted by WFMU and can be found here. i'm listed under my birth name (jason smith) for march 3, 2007. normally, streaming MP3 files are online for two weeks before they're taken off the site. the realaudio files stay up there forever...

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(artist * title * album * label * format)
the company * gumboot dance * king kong (london production cast) * decca * LP
continental four * escape from planet earth * [45 single] * jay-walking * 7"

ultra living * entwurf * [split single] * after hours * 12"
bama the village poet * nothingness * ghettos of the mind * aware * LP
sun city girls * souvenirs from jangare * three fake female orgasms * majora * 2x7"
macedonia (afronaut) * my voice * analog delusions of grandeur * (no label) * CD-R
mysterious minds * it's real * mind over matter * mystic minds * LP

video kids * woodpeckers from space * woodpeckers from space (single) * break * 12"
belgradeyard sound system * munchies (edit) * munchies (single) * earsugar * 7"
ralph carmichael feat. pat boone * the addicts psalm * resurrection - the amplified bible of heavenly grooves * second coming * LP
lavice & company * thoughs (sic) were the days * good god!: a gospel funk hymnal * numero group * CD

daniel givens * light travel (fetch the future) * dayclear and first dark * aesthetics * CD
capitol k * pillow * pillow (single) * xl recordings * 12"
max tundra * coming up * cabasa (single) * domino * 12"
push * after hours * contemptous/after hours (single) * blue lunch * 7"

cosmo vitelli * we don't need no smurf here * we don't need no smurf here (single) * solid * 12"

it's a podsafe music celebration of Blackness, basically, with music provided by podsafe music network and promonet. some hip-hop, some rock, and some electronic music touched by a servant of GOD (you'll know it when you hear it...)

if you dig Radio BSOTS, please digg this show. thanks...

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x-clan * weapon x (buylink info provided below)

drop squad * the drop

king britt / sister gertrude morgan * let's make a record (buylink info provided below)

black sheep * who dat

phil moore browne * biomass (buylink info provided below)

nadir * guantanamo

tv on the radio * staring at the sun

background music used is the instrumental version of "hot on both sides" by techniken defunkus. you can download the entire song here.

promonet links:

Download "Weapon X" (mp3)
from "Return From Mecca"
by X-Clan
Suburban Noize Records

• Buy at iTunes Music Store
• Buy at RealNetworks / Rhapsody

Download "Let's Make a Record" (mp3)
from "King Britt Presents: Sister Gertrude Morgan"
by king britt
Ropeadope Records

• Buy at iTunes Music Store
• Buy at RealNetworks / Rhapsody

Download "Biomass" (mp3)
from "Baggage Smasher"
by Phil Moore Browne
Hot Dog City Record Co.

• Buy at iTunes Music Store
• Buy at eMusic

other key info:
saturday march 3, 2007 - macedonia hosts the listener hour on wfmu
solipsistic nation: the exquisite corpse mix

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about a half hour ago, i'm helping out a customer with correcting prices on their purchase order. somewhere in the middle of the conversation, the customer sighs and says, "i'm getting a headache...you do this for a living?" after a necessary pause (because i couldn't believe that i was given an opening like that by a customer), i simply said, "unfortunately, yes." a few more seconds go by and he respoonds with, "well, it's not what i would want to do for a living, i can tell you that."

that's it. i have GOT to get out of here. and if this doesn't get me active, nothing will.

this is the joint that turned me on to g-stone back in 1994, i think it was. when eightball records was still open in nyc, the cat playing records behind the counter wouldn't let me leave the store until he played something from k&d. the cut was "high noon." it had me dancing in the store. been one of my favorite cuts ever since.

i love the fact that they replicated a simon & garfunkel album cover perfectly with their poses - it's almost eerie how exact it is. i hear that this is difficult to find on vinyl these days, so i figured i'd throw up the bleep player and let heads check out some joints. on the real, if you don't have it already, cop this...

i have got to find another system for getting my show notes done. no more of this "put them up two days after i post my show" crap...

this is the first BSOTS blends session of the new year. musically, it's all over the place. some house, a little broken beat, brass bands, electronic funk and pop...it's another one of those "you're just gonna have to trust me" mixes. i do like how things start off. there's something about the opener that reminds me of early prince. perhaps it's the bass and the freeze-dried drum kit sounds in it. then there's psykosoul, who's all about his royal badness. check out the title of the song: that's "prince" spelled backwards. the title is the exact copyright prince published his songs under for his first album.

some of these songs go on for way too long, so it's more of a string songs together type of thing than full-on segues. at any rate, hope there's something you dig on here.

speaking of which, if you're diggin' Radio BSOTS and you also happen to hang out at digg.com, please digg this podcast. thanks...

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the flavor foundation * when miles smiles

psykosoul * 1978 ecnirp music

yamasaki * deep six (something deeper) feat. emeson

roisin murphy * sow into you

skeletons & the girl-faced boys * git {free download available at ghostly.com

ron wess musaq * a time out on the towne tonite {buy song at pmn)

richard dorfmeister vs. madrid de los austrias * on the moon maybe (buylink information provided below)

nina simone * turn me on (tony humpries vocal mix)

spiritual south vs. sleeptalker sleepwalker * hullabaloo (buylink information provided below)

mark de cliwe-lowe * state of the mental (feat. bembe segue) {buylink information provided below}

youngblood brass band * sell me more or like you just don't care

promonet links:

Download "On the Moon Maybe" (mp3)
from "Grand Slam"
by Dorfmeister vs. Madrid de los Austrias
G-Stone Recordings

• Buy at RealNetworks / Rhapsody

Download "Hullabaloo" (mp3)
from "Hullabaloo / Calypso Blues"
by Spiritual South & Sleeptalker Sleepwalker
Raw Fusion Recordings

• Buy at iTunes Music Store
• Buy at eMusic

Download "State of the Mental" (mp3)
from "Slide b/w State of The Mental"
by Mark de Clive-Lowe
ABB Records

• Buy at iTunes Music Store
• Buy at eMusic

other key info:
macedonia spinning at yorokobi on friday 2.9.07 (presented by koncepshun.org)

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this show wraps up the look back at 2006 with a few artists i hadn't gotten around to yet. of course, i have to give my local heads some love, so i rock a quick mini-set on their behalf. hip-hop and electronic joints mainly for this episode.

both the dj wally and dj olive albums i rep for on this show are sick. ditto for dabrye as well. how sick? preview some cuts from each via the embedded bleep players and you be the judge.

and as i like to say as of late, if you're diggin' the show, please digg this show. respect due...

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dj wally/dj willie ross*a strole down sutter avenue {free download available at theagriculture.com}

dj olive*sub bass commandante {free download available at theagriculture.com}

kankick*blood in i eye {buylink information provided below}

dabrye*encoded flow (feat. kadence) {free download available at ghostly.com}

baba israel and yako*emergency (feat. toli nameless) {buy the album at CDBaby.com}

frequency activism*SUVs (feat. farbeon of 3rd party)

ezekiel honig*books on tape

jonny sonic*medicine

promonet links:

Download "Blood In I Eye" (mp3)
from "SERIOUS BUSINESS THIS!"
by Kankick
Ramp Recordings

• Buy at iTunes Music Store
• Buy at eMusic

other key info:
endless shouting matches with yourself
baba and yako's official website
frequency activism on myspace
jonny sonic's official website
buy 3rd party's separation of powers album at CDBaby.com

opening theme includes the closing portion of "hot on both sides" by techniken defunkus. (background music happens to be the instrumental from the same tune.) you can download the entire song here.

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show #53 of the Rewind premiered this week and i'm representing for Jonny Sonic in an exclusive clip for this episode. my bit's about 14.5 minutes into the show. other contributing podcasters this episode include Jack Elias of Get Jacked!, Mike Wills of New Music Today, Derek The Bandit of Sound Republic, and of course, Marcus Couch of The Scene Zine.

you can go here to check out this episode. just before my clip, Marcus takes a minute to tear Rob of podcast411 a new one regarding some remarks he made on a show recently. amazing the stuff you miss when you're not constantly plugged in...