it just figures that bazooka joe of solipsistic nation got to do his netlabel show one week before me. i've been wanting to focus on netlabels for a while now. chalk it up to bad timing, which can be par for the course while working with a dial-up connection. there's probably no way that i can post this episode without someone thinking that i stole someone else's concept. oh well. not much i can do about that...

netlabels featured include laced milk technogies, unfoundsound records, lo-kiwi, if else then, and no type.

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1. friends by the sea - "underneath the limerock"
2. van zalman - "sm_ss5_104005"
3. monta - "disappointment" {free download}
4. moosefrog - "strange tree" {free download}
5. realthings - "android fever" {free download}
6. don't let the tweekers see - "suuku" {free download}
7. idmonster - "the force may be with you"

background music: instrumental version of "hot on both sides" by techniken defunkus

promo featured: insommnia radio: the socal sessions

other key info:
macedonia on twitter

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this show features a little more in the way of electronic selections - had to show love to the digital domain this time out. consider the bleeps and bloops as the meat in the sandwich while a pair of hip-hop joints acts as the bread. one from foundation media, and three each from the podsafe music network and ioda promonet. some pretty good songs this time around, i think.

the show starts off with some killer IDs from bazooka joe of solipsistic nation and my man jonny sonic. and keep your ears on alert for some colorful phone-in commentary from ubuntu jenkins ("BLACK RAGE, WHAT?!?"). speaking of phone-in, dig that new voice mail, y'all: 206-339-8732.

and speaking of dig, if you dig this show, then please digg this show. thanks much...

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1. jneiro jarel - "do yo thang" [buylink listed below]
2. apsci - "bike messenger diaries" [buylink listed below]
3. divasonic - "i feel high" {buy via pmn or cdbaby}
4. axiotronic - "bits and bytes" [buylink listed below]
5. stark effect - "i miss you" {free ep download}
6. rsl - "elungelo"
7. butta verses - "war of the roses (feat. cl smooth)"

background music: "bathing" by techniken defunkus

promo featured: digivegas indie podcast

promonet links:

Download "Do Yo Thang" (mp3)
from "Three Piece Puzzle"
by Jneiro Jarel
Ropeadope Records

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

Apsci
"Bike Messenger Diaries" (mp3)
from "Thanks for Asking"
(Quannum Projects)

Buy at iTunes Music Store
Buy at eMusic
Buy at Insound
More On This Album

Axiotronic
"Bits And Bytes" (mp3)
from "Current"
(Electronic Eel Records)

Buy at iTunes Music Store
Buy at eMusic
More On This Album

other key info:
macedonia on twitter
endless shouting matches with yourself
shape of broad minds
electronic eel radio
the half show
ej flavors
friday night dance party
todd kelley a.k.a. the big la
flowink

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so i broke down and got yet another voice mail line for the show.  it will actually be a joint voice mail for Radio BSOTS and endless shouting matches with yourself.  it just makes sense to do this way; it's not like i ever got many callers back when i had the voice mail last time.  but i would really like to have one to take into 2008 and actually keep this time without being deactivated.

so here it is:  206-339-8732.  have at it, kids.

um, please?

this show is all about the beautiful friendship between myself and the heads over at foundation media, a marketing firm that has embraced the blogger and podcaster massive for artist support and promotion. all the better for us, 'cause these cats are bringing some serious hip-hop heat from some great independent labels.

the soundbite you hear right before the first song is an excerpt of danny hoch during a live performance of "jails, hospitals, and hip-hop," taken from the no more prisons compilation. the last song featured just happens to be up on ioda promonet as well, so i figured i'd make it easy on heads and provide those buylinks.

remember: if you dig this show, then please digg this show. thanks.

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1. sev one - "war (feat. junior reid)"
2. prince ali - "the majors (feat. planet asia, casual, and keith murray)" {buy via dancetracks}
3. dj black panther - "the half (feat. maya azucena)"
4. spear of the nation - "clap" {buy via amazon}
5. soulstice - "be perfect" {buy via itunes}
6. dutchmassive - "better man (feat. median & von pea)"
7. hezekiah - "looking up (feat. bilal)" [buylink listed below]

promo featured: the chillcast with anji bee

background music: lupe fiasco - "superstar (instrumental)"

promonet links:

Hezekiah
"Looking Up" (mp3)
from "I Predict a Riot"
(Rawkus Records LLC)

Buy at iTunes Music Store
Buy at Napster
More On This Album

other key info:
macedonia on twitter
rap sessions
mark anthony neal
joan morgan
tracy sharpley-whiting
dead prez
mc and super producer kwame (check the youtube clip...)

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there are opening and closing interludes for this show, which i got from the new Heliocentrics album. it may be the one to top my best of list this year (if the Prefuse 73 joint doesn't edge it out) and was released through Now-Again/Stones Throw. props go out to Foundation Media for access to the Lupe Fiasco cut. keep in mind that i had this in mind to play long before "fiascogate" came about. that whole thing renders me speechless every time i even think about it...

just as a reminder, if you do the digg and you dig this show, then please digg this show. thank you for your support.

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1. sunny murray - "phase 1, 2, 3, 4" [buylink listed below]
2. floyd the locsmif - "always bless (feat. john robinson)" [buylink listed below]
3. lupe fiasco - "superstar (feat. mathew santos)"
4. mark rae - "lavish (feat. veba)" [buylink listed below]
5. mr. j. medeiros - "constance" [buylink listed below]
6. len wade - "everybody's clown" {free mp3}
7. two loons for tea - "sunset room" [buylink listed below]
8. sixtoo - "jackals and vipers in envy of man pt. 9" [buylink provided below]

theme music incorporates the song "hot on both sides" by techniken defunkus

promo featured: journey inside my mind

promonet links:
Sunny Murray
"Phase 1.2.3.4" (mp3)
from "Sunny Murray"
(ESP Disk)

Buy at iTunes Music Store
Buy at Rhapsody
More On This Album

Download "Always Bless (feat. John Robinson)" (mp3)
from "Divine Designz #1.2: Re-Discovered"
by Floyd the Locsmif
High Wire Music

• Buy at Amazon.com
• Buy at iTunes Music Store
• Buy at eMusic

"Lavish"

"Constance"

"Sunset Room"

"Jackals and Vipers in Envy of Man Part 9"

other key info:
macedonia on twitter
rabbit factory record label
enough is enough campaign
industry ears
voxunion
friday favecast
anji bee

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i have been sitting with the new Prefuse 73 album that drops later this month and it is phenomenal. "Class of 73 Bells" is probably the best choice for a single. it features the School of Seven Bells, a NY-based psychedelic pop outfit. i'm totally new to them, but they sound wonderful on this cut. angelic vocal harmonies wrapped around Prefuse's production - warm, orchestral and dreamy. the alternate take on this song is just as gorgeous, completely classical in arrangement. the biggest surprise, however, is the song "Smoking Red," where Prefuse teams up with Battles drummer John Stanier. the beats are simply brutal and a wall of sound crashes down on you, full of blurred chords and a roaring cloud of samples. for more info on the release and/or to hear samples, click here.

so here we are. episode number 50. man, am i glad this is over with. you can split this over evenly into two parts. the first 20 minutes are pretty upbeat, the last 20 are more reflective and quiet...partially due to volume level issues. voiceovers on this one are my biggest problem with this show. really just the second half.

beyond that, i didn't mention the two great cuts i found on promonet that are included in this show. that's how off my game i was. first off, there's a great updated version of a go-go classic from E.U. in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Spike Lee's School Daze film. (damn, has it really been that long?) closing tune is from Baby Elephant, a new project spearheaded by one of my major musical influences, producer Prince Paul. it's Paul, his longtime friend and collaborator Don Newkirk, and legendary P-Funk musician Bernie Worrell, who also spent time in Talking Heads. lots of special guests on the album, including George Clinton, Nona Hendryx, Yellowman, and David Byrne (who's on guest vocals for "How Does The Brain Wave?")

as promised, this is a show about the projects that i was involved in before Radio BSOTS came around. i go back to my high school days making tape collages, as well as college radio promos, feeble attempts at rocking the mic, and other pieces of silliness. it also goes into ON THE VERGE, the e-mail newsletter that would birth BOTH SIDES. i already know that this episode won't be for everyone, but if you do the digg and you dig this show, then please digg this show. i can't thank you enough for your support.

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audio snippets for this episode come from the following works:
"so bussit (yea, rock on)" [recorded by jason randall smith (jrs)/macedonia]
"audio stalkers (rmx)" [produced by jrs]
"the incredible cut-up city man" [produced by william d. jackson a.k.a. chyll will]
"wcdb remix" [promo produced by jrs]
"personality"[promo produced by jrs]
"listener appreciation week" [promo produced by jrs and christopher radtke]
"the process" [lyrics and vocals by jrs. backing track produced by the prunes]
"low (down) feat. mc shameless" [lyrics and vocals by jrs. backing track produced by dj krush]
"my voice" [produced by jrs under the name afronaut]

background music:
techniken defunkus - bathing
psykosoul - "badass chirren"
kcentric - "venus" {buy at pmn}
waajeed - tracks 18 and 27 (from the patty hearst beat tape)

promonet links:
E.U.
"Da Butt 2008" (mp3)
from "E.U. and Friends...School Daze revisited"
(TEDDY BEAR RECORDS)

Buy at iTunes Music Store
More On This Album

Baby Elephant
"How Does The Brain Wave?" (mp3)
from "Turn My Teeth Up!"
(Godforsaken Music Inc)

Buy at iTunes Music Store
More On This Album

other key info:
macedonia on twitter
wcdb albany 90.9 fm
wcdb historical society audio page
mark anthony neal

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i've said it before and i'll say it again: keep tabs on Jneiro Jarel. that's my man right there. if you don't know him, you may want to go back to his 2005 debut Three Piece Puzzle on the Ropeadope label. straight heat, very reminiscent of Tribe Called Quest-era boom bap. the following year brought his instrumental banger (and my personal favorite album of 2006), Beat Journey, recorded under the name Dr. Who Dat? this year Jneiro introduces his new group, Shape of Broad Minds, which is himself and his main man Jaawaad. the group also includes several of Jarel's pseudonyms, including Dr. Who Dat?, rapper Panama Black, and singer Rocque Won. yeah, the Madlib comparisons have been non-stop, particularly when you consider that his MC skills take a back seat to his production, but the results are always interesting and the SBM project is no exception. this is definitely some deep underwater vibe, so get your feet wet with this five-song EP.

"Let's Go" is the first single featuring MF Doom. it's that saturday night space boogie steez, may take some getting used to for some (in which case, check the Dr. Who Dat? remix of this song - HOTNESS). "Electric Blue" is a great example of the nod to Tribe, because it almost feels a rhythmic parallel to "Electric Relaxation," except the lyrical mood isn't as lustful, but more infatuation. the JJ remix of this song adds some bump to the underwater current. "Love Continues" is a nice bonus, jazzy, spacey, and in the pocket. so if you dig Tribe, Slum Village, Madlib, Dudley Perkins, Georgia Anne Muldrow, you get the picture...cop this.

if the EP has you curious and you want to hear more, check some samples from the Craft Of The Lost Art album. Beat Journey was a very tough act to follow and while i think the MC/DJ/Producer was more controlled on Three Piece Puzzle, the SBM project is meant to be more experimental, more loose. with that said, some songs work better than others, but again...you won't be bored. so put on your scuba gear and deep sea dive for these joints especially: "beast from the east," "lullabanger," "there 4 me," "stiff robots & drunken horses," and "12c."

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when i got into work this morning, i saw a fax from a customer letting me know that he had received the wrong product. upon researching the issue to see if it was a warehouse mishap, i came to the realization that it was my fault. almost immediately afterwards, i felt a tightness in my chest.

the day became a slow descent into a deep depression. most of my days are engulfed by that which i don't want to deal with, but do so in order for the bills to be paid and baby girl can be taken care of. meanwhile, there's the podcast, which i'm struggling to find time for. morning voiceover sessions don't work anymore, not unless everything that i need to do the night before (iron clothes, make lunch, etc.) is taken care of. and even then, i only have about a half hour to work with before heading out the door. when i get home, i have to get things ready for the next morning. immediately ever that, i have to watch after simone while dinner's made. the obvious answer is wait until everybody's asleep, but that pattern changes depending upon simone's mood. she's being weaned and she's fighting us on that. she started screaming at 1:30 a.m. this morning. two and a half hours prior, i was exhausted at the computer, falling asleep while updating the podcast feed. who knows when i'll actually type show notes for this episode?

Radio BSOTS has reached show #50. i was recently featured as a guest dj on solipsistic nation and i've been submitting guest clips to podshow music rewind, which doesn't mean what it used to ever since the producer decided that he wants to switch over to video. there's a possibility that i could be featured on another podcast soon, plus i interviewed a great MC/producer for a future Impose Magazine article last week. you'd think i would be happier about all of this.

it's not enough. it doesn't take me permanently out of the hell that is my day job. it doesn't make the commute to day care in the mornings with a 26-pound child strapped to my chest any easier. it doesn't get chores and further childproofing of the house done. time has me in a stranglehold and he is laughing his ass off.

i often make time for exercising during my lunch break. today, instead of reading on my alternate days, i sat down at the bus stop where i eat lunch and tried my best to just go to sleep and not think about things for a while. there are days that i wonder where does a blogger/podcaster find the time to spruce up their website, add a few posts, check their stats (detailed - to the point where they know who's listening and where they're located), and engage in several social media websites? DO THESE PEOPLE HAVE CHILDREN? OR SIGNIFICANT OTHERS? and they do, then what the hell am i doing wrong?

time that i feel could be spent on all of these things and more has to be spent doing things i don't like and talking to people i can't stand. and my podcast is suffering from it. and i hate that. at the same time, i have to wonder what am i doing all of this for. comments rarely ever come back, so you may as well be pretending to have a radio show or speaking into a vacuum. (sigh) don't mind me. i need to get some things out or otherwise i won't be on an even keel when i get home. and i need to be on an even keel when i get there.

you would think that after two years of doing this show that i would have my "um" and "uh" problems under control while i'm in front of a microphone, but alas...i don't.

pretty varied show in terms of music. mostly pmn tracks with one from ioda promonet; the others are from other sources. i like the way that the cuts from maysa and luckyiam complement each other, since one is a cover tune and the other interweaves the melody from the song that was covered. for the record, "i can't help it" was penned by stevie wonder, but the soul scholars checking in knew that already...

just as a reminder, if you do the digg and you dig this show, then please digg this show. thank you for your support.

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1. copperpot - "come back home (feat. krs-one)" {cd universe}
2. zap mama - "affection" {amazon}
3. maysa - "i can't help it" {amazon}
4. luckyiam - "the best i can" {itunes / emusic}
5. the silk demise - "afterthought" {cdbaby / emusic}
6. frodo - "friday (spring 2007)" {free mp3}
7. galore - "shifta" {pmn}
8. ticklah - "want not (feat. tamar-kali)" [buylink provided below]

theme music incorporates the song "hot on both sides" by techniken defunkus

promo featured: podshow radio

promonet links:
Ticklah
"Want Not" (mp3)
from "Ticklah Vs. Axelrod"
(Easy Star Records)

Buy at Easy Star Records
More On This Album

other key info:
macedonia on twitter
friday favecast
podshow music rewind
solipsistic nation

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