Sorry I'm late. I was originally scheduled to give a speech at the Republican National Convention...until the GOP heads running the show decided against it at the last minute. Darn.

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ID drop courtesy of Anji Bee.  Theme music by Cy Tru featuring Jonny Sonic.  Background music includes "Pop Champagne (Instrumental)" by Jim Jones and "Vanity (Instrumental)" by badLuck.

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Play catch-up with prior BSOTS GONE (buck)WILD episodes

this episode's track list:
1. Quakers - "Fitta Happier feat. Guilty Simpson & MED" (2012) {Stones Throw Store}
2. Don Streat - "Rapper Shot (Remix feat. Termanology, Lil Fame & DJ Grazzhopa" (2012) {iTunes}
3. Hint - "Watch The Media (feat. Profisee)" (2012) {iTunes}
4. Pisu - "Pop" (2011) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
5. s/s/s - "WIthout Any Doubt" (2012) {iTunes}
6. Count Bass D and DJ Pocket - "#PImpOrDie" (2012) {FREE DOWNLOAD | More On This Album}
7. Count Bass D and DJ Pocket - "#GigolosTheme" (2012) {FREE DOWNLOAD | More On This Album}
8. Supreme Team - "Interview #4080" (2012) {Stones Throw Store}
9. T-Bird - "Somebody Had A Drinking Problem Last Night" (2011) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
10. Labrinth - "Earthquake (feat. Busta Rhymes)" (2012) {iTunes}
11. M.I.A. - "Bad Girls (Switch Remix)" (2012) {Amazon MP3}
12. Machinedrum - "Fantastix" (2012) {iTunes}
13. Traxman - "Itz Crack" (2012) {iTunes}
14. Jeremiah Jae - "$easons" (2012) {iTunes}
15. Sleepin' Giantz - "Mucky" (2011) {Amazon MP3}

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Every now and then, it's good to clean out the harmonic closet and sweep through those areas of the external hard drive where cuts you have forgotten about are likely to be hiding out. So along with some new pieces, you'll hear some joints from years past that I'm just getting around to along with some underground classics. It all adds up to a blend session that's road trip and barbeque approved. At least I think so. Hopefully you'll say the same...

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ID drops courtesy of Fave, EJ Flavors, DarrenKeith, Hired Gun, Aspektz, Thad Reid, and Torae.

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Macedonia on Mixcloud
Macedonia's Tumblr page

this episode's track list:
1. Anthony Valadez - "Walking Away (feat. Damon Aaron)" (2012) {FREE DOWNLOAD | iTunes}
2. Bobby Womack - "The Bravest Man In The Universe" (2012) {iTunes}
3. Medline - "People Make The World Go Around" (2012) {FREE DOWNLOAD | MPM Store}
4. Maverick - "Yesterday's Lament" (2012) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
5. Lady Daisey - "My Story" (2010) {iTunes}
6. Julien Dyne - "Glisten Up" (2011) {iTunes}
7. The Stuyvesants - "The Fire (Untrue)" (2010) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
8. The Flavor Foundation - "The Getdown" (2012) {iTunes}
9. The CB's - "Misdemeanor (No Fakin' Remix)" (2009) {iTunes}
10. Visioneers - "Come And Play In The Milky Night" (2012) {iTunes}
11. Hired Gun - "Real Love" (2012) {Bandcamp}
12. Little Jackie - "The Stoop" (2008) {iTunes}
13. Sly & Robbie - "Bam Bam (Sly & Robbie Remix)" (2009) {FREE DOWNLOAD | Amazon MP3}
14. Sola Rosa - "Turn Around feat. Iva Lamkum (Suff Daddy Remix)" (2011) {iTunes}
15. Dotmatic - "The Night On Fire" (2011) {iTunes}
16. Latryx - "Lady Don't Tek No" (1997) {FREE DOWNLOAD | Amazon MP3}
17. Colonel Red - "Holla" (2011) {Amazon MP3}
18. Daru Jones feat. Kissey Asplund - "No Matter What They Say" (2010)
19. Jay Dee - "Rico Suave Bossa Nova" (2001) {iTunes}
20. Katalyst - "Clapping Song (feat. Coin Locker Kid)" (2011) {iTunes}
21. Shareholder Tom - "Cool Jerk'" (2011) {iTunes}
22. Chet Faker - "No Diggity" (2012) {iTunes}
23. James Pants - "Light My Fire" (2012) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
24. Paul Mac Innes & T.B.O.I. - "Choose Now" (2008) {iTunes}

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For those that may not know the deal, allow me to run it down for you.

Radio BSOTS is dedicated to independent and podsafe hip-hop, soul, funk, and electronic music and has been for almost seven years now.  Every now and again, I like to push at the genre boundaries a little bit, get a little more brash and reckless with what I play and rant in front of a microphone.  It's a holdover practice from a show that I used to produce called endless shouting matches with yourself.  There were 16 episodes of that show between 2006 and 2008.  After it podfaded into the sunset, I brought the "no holds barred" aesthetic of endless shouting matches to Camp Lo-Fi and BSOTS GONE (buck)WILD was born.

I get in touch with my inner Prince Paul for those shows.  Prince Paul, Negativland, and Steinski, who has been the biggest influence on me lately whenever I make "buckwild" episodes, but all three hold a special place in my heart.  And so do these shows.  A lot more work goes into them because they don't happen that often.  They are released only when I need a release, whenever I have to blow off some steam.  It's the sonic primal scream that I save for twice a year and I have to say...I'm really proud of these shows.

A new "buckwild" episode will be coming soon.  Not as soon as I would like, mind you, but it's coming.  I can tell you that it starts off with a rant that's been rumbling in my spirit for at least six months and I finally found the words to complete it a few weeks ago.  I can tell you that it will feature rants from the endless shouting matches days.  I can tell you that it will be all over the place musically, as is normally the case with these shows.  And I can tell you that the show is entitled "After The Bridge, Burn The Village."

That will be episode #127, firebombing the Web as soon as possible.  In the meantime, here's a list of the prior "buckwild" shows, beginning with episode #71 back in August of 2008...

BSOTS 071 - BSOTS GONE (buck)WILD...

BSOTS 075 - BGB: rhythms and sounds from the nice part of town...

BSOTS 081 - BGB: as absurd as gourmet pork rinds...

BSOTS 086 - BGB: how i be...

BSOTS 090 - BGB: this is not a game...

BSOTS 100 - BGB: the custserv chronicles (and other tales...)

BSOTS 103 - BGB: Avoiding Explosions Within A Nuclear Summer...

BSOTS 107 - BGB: The Return of the Analog Brother...

BSOTS 114 - BGB: Go Out Swinging...

BSOTS 119 - BGB:  As Far As It Depends On You...

There have been some interesting developments since the Free Music Archive first appeared online some three years ago. Each artist page now comes with suggestions for similar artists within the archive. The FMA has also been blessed with a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Every month there's a Tracks To Sync spotlight focusing on tracks set aside for noncommercial video producer use and now the site has started showcasing videos made featuring tracks from that series. If you follow the FMA on Twitter and Facebook or subscribe to their RSS feed, you'll be treated to the MP3 Of The Day, highlighting a selection from their vast archive. It's a great way to learn about new arrivals without feeling bogged down by the sheer volume of tracks within the archive.

So I'm back to finish what I started and put together another mix set of tunes from the FMA, including lots of hip-hop and beat science, some lovely head-nodding hybrids of electronic and rock stylings, some speech excerpts and spoken word, and even closing things out with gospel from the United States and Kenya. Feels like I've been away from the archive for far too long and now I'm in there almost every day looking for new stuff or finding cuts that I missed the first time around. Check the key info below for a link to another FMA mix of mine. Hope you enjoy this one...

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Theme music co-produced by Macedonia and Techniken Defunkus. ID drops courtesy of Aspetkz, Jonny Sonic, and India from Astronauts of Antiquity. Background music includes "Kyoto" by Nest and "Vanity (Instrumental)" by Badluck.

other key info:
The Music Podcast Consortium's Facebook Fan Page
Macedonia on Mixcloud
Macedonia's Tumblr page
brought back like lazarus: another FMA mix from Macedonia

this episode's track list:
1. Beat Culture - "Midori" (2012) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
2. Action Davis - "Rehab" (2012) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
3. Heavy Links - "Quality Control" (2011) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
4. Lushlife - "Magnolia (Live at WFMU)" (2012) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
5. MUTE - "Eeekin Days" (2012) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
6. Just Plain Ant - "The F**kiteer" (2012) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
7. Blaster Al Ackerman - "hello poetry lovers" (2012) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
8. OCDJ - "Fresh Socks, New Socks" (2007) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
9. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - "Speech at Santa Rita, CA (excerpt)" (1968) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
10. Nikki Giovanni - "In The Spirit Of Martin" (2002) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
11. Duke Hugh - "The Blue Marble" (2010) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
12. Silence Is Full Of Birds - "Flowers" (2010) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
13. Global Goon - "Isared" (2011) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
14. The Stepkids - "Ying Yang Ramble / Suburban Dream (Live at WFMU)" (2011) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
15. Wildahead Portibeast - "Timetomoveover" (2009) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
16. Tab - "Animal (featuring Kay M)" (2012) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
17. Monokle & Galun - "Happy Sun" (2010) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
18. Peterloo Massacre - "Never Forget" (2011) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
19. Suzi Analogue + Stalley - "Gate 28 (Analogue Radiowave Edit)" (2010) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
20. Blank & Kytt - "Deniro" (2012) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
21. Raleigh Moncrief - "Yea, Longin'" (2010) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
22. LASERS - "Berlin" (2012) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
23. The Sensation Friendly Six - "Smile On Jesus" {FREE DOWNLOAD}
24. The Anchoras - "Jah Love" (2011) {FREE DOWNLOAD}

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On behalf of the fallible, I stand before you a weary, weathered, and worn soldier, a reluctant disciple working my way up to GOD chaser status, flesh duking it out with spirit on a daily basis.  I am individual erroneous, one amongst all who have sinned and come short of the glory of GOD and even when I would do good, evil is always present.  A saint who has seemingly run out of cheeks to turn, straining to recognize the stamp of the divine on us all while keeping ultraviolent office scenarios at arm's length (the likes of which would make Tarantino wish he had cameramen on the ready).

The bile in my stomach is a putrid mixture of resentment and bitterness over present-day outcomes and anger at the fact that I have no one to blame but myself.  Sarcasm and cyncism remain close running buddies, whispering in my ear from time to time that I really ought to cut grace and mercy loose.  But it takes entirely too much energy to be this damn caustic and the few times that I did try on selflessness in the dressing room, I was surprised at how well it fit.  "Looks good on you," my loving Father said.

When your paycheck resource is a place where common sense is shown the door and convoluted is the new simple, you begin to wonder if winning is even an option for you.  But getting up in the morning and heading out the door and hopping onto a train and sitting down at a desk and logging in and picking up the phone to lose - on a daily basis - no longer carries an appeal.  And in the game of life, I am fresh out of poker faces.  

I am limping, hobbling my way towards a place of personal integrity, a place where I'm able to do the right thing even when no one's looking, even when I know I won't get the credit.  I can honestly say that's a place that I haven't been to.  Not for any long stretch of time, anyway.  But I'm long overdue to make that place my permanent residence.  One where a peace that surpasses all understanding can wash over me, one where I can feel safe within my own skin, and one where iron lawn jockeys and Trayoning intenet memes and White male salivation over coming attractions for a slave revenge narrative can't find me.  And I will no longer have to explain why any excitement of mine over Obama's inauguration was killed with Oscar Grant in that Oakland subway station, nor will I have to blurt out reactionary phrases like "post-racial society, my ass."

Or to quote Paul Mooney, "White men can't jump.  They don't have to, they own the team."

And just like that, my bitterness has me sidetracked again.  Because this isn't about fixing everyone else, it's about me undergoing GOD's pruning knife, to hack away what's not beneficial in order to keep the branches that bear fruit.  I must admit that part of me lives this life simply to make sure that my daughter doesn't make the same mistakes that I have made, to ensure that her life is an improvement on my own.  But it's ultimately not fair to her to shield her from everything.  Nor is it my place to talk about my life as if it's over at age 38, for GOD did not give me a spirit of fear.

I am weathered.  I am worn.  But I am here.  I am persecuted, but not forsaken.  Cast down, but not destroyed.  I am fallible, but learning how to yield so that GOD's perfection can work through my imperfect self.

For those who know the words of prayer, I simply ask that you pray my strength in the Lord, that I will take the suit of selflessness off the rack once again, that He will guide my feet while I run this race.  Because as much as I would like to, I can't afford to run this race in vain.

Took me long enough to do this one, but all episodes happen in their own time.  No time like the present to celebrate the greatness of the Free Music Archive, which has been live on the Web a little over three years now.  If you haven't checked out this great resource yet, hopefully this mix will give you some incentive to visit the site, download some tunes, and even sign yourself up so you create mixes of your own and share them with others.

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Theme music produced by Cy Tru. ID drops courtesy of TGrundy and EJ Flavors. Background music includes "Kyoto" by Nest and "Vanity (Instrumental)" by Badluck.

other key info:
The Music Podcast Consortium's Facebook Fan Page
Macedonia on Mixcloud
Macedonia's Tumblr page
FMA podcasts from Liz Berg, Lou Ziegler, and Jason Sigal
Us & Us Episode #19: "Love And Some 45s..."

this episode's track list:
1. Patrick Lee - "Quittin' Time" (2010) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
2. Cvees - "Spread Love To Ya" (2005) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
3. Dorian Concept - "You See Less" (2006) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
4. Luck & Ripps - "Never Be Another" (2009) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
5. Zap Mama - "Wadidyusay?" (2004) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
6. Handbook - "Been A While Since You Spoke" (2011) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
7. The Superfools - "Little Fluffy Clouds Plush Mix" (2012) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
8. Gary Wilson - "You Keep On Looking (Live at WFMU)" (2002) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
9. APB - "One Day (Live at WFMU)" (2011) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
10. Mike Doughty - "Interview Part 3 (excerpt)" (2011) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
11. Mike Doughty - "Gimme The Cake" (2011) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
12. Beastie Boys - "Now Get Busy" (2004) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
13. Lee Rosevere - "Transistor" (2006) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
14. Fuji Kureta - "What If" (2011) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
15. Yoko Absorbing - "Vinyl Blues Part 2" (2009) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
16. Phooka - "I'm From Kreuzberg" (2009) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
17. Renzu - "Fox Fire" (2011) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
18. Andrea - "Work The Middle" (2012) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
19. Spoek Mathambo - "Control (Live at WFMU)" (2012) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
20. Spookey Ruben - "My Female Friends" (2012) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
21. Rhoda - "New Farmer (feat. Mia Doi Todd)" (2010) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
22. Owltree - "June Slowness" (2008) {FREE DOWNLOAD}

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Yep, we're back. The Lenten season behind us, an endless supply of good music before us. We're goin' in...

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Theme music co-produced by Macedonia and Techniken Defunkus. ID drops courtesy of EJ Flavors and DarrenKeith. Background music includes "germinal ring" by Cyclops Joint and "hot on both sides (instrumental)" by Techniken Defunkus.

other key info:
The Music Podcast Consortium's Facebook Fan Page
Macedonia on Mixcloud
Macedonia's Tumblr page
Incognito Interview with Mr. Fresh

this episode's track list:
1. Bessie Jones and the Georgia Sea Island Singers - "Sink 'Em Low" (2012) {FREE DOWNLOAD | Amazon MP3}
2. Quantic & Alice Russell with the Combo Barbaro - "Look Around The Corner" (2012) {iTunes}
3. Ghost Mutt - "Figure You Out" (2012) {Bandcamp}
4. Boss Kite - "Jibba Jabba" (2012) {Bandcamp}
5. Matthew Dear - "In The Middle (I Met You There) (feat. Jonny Pierce)" (2012) {FREE DOWNLOAD | iTunes}
6. Xperiment vs. B. Lewis - "Alive" (2011) {Bandcamp}
7. Hint - "Aliens Enter (feat. T-Fly)" (2012) {iTunes}
8. Souleance - "La Ville Rose" (2012) {Bandcamp}
9. Robert Glasper Experiment - "Afro Blue (feat. Erykah Badu)" (2012) {iTunes}
10. Mo Kolours - "Keep It Up" (2012) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
11. James Pants - "Just Like A Dream" (2012) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
12. Shortcircles - "Time Time Time (feat. Evander Owens)" (2012) {iTunes}
13. Salva - "Obsession (feat. B. Bravo)" (2011) {Bandcamp}
14. Galapagoose - "Don't Break The Spell" (2012) {iTunes}
15. Bobby Womack - "Please Forgive My Heart" (2012) {iTunes}
16. Sonnymoon - "Magicians (MndsgnSalmonFromIpanemaMX)" (2012) {FREE DOWNLOAD| iTunes}
17. Kev Brown - "Another Random Joint" (2012) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
18. MUTE - "When The Chips Are Down" (2012) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
19. DFRNT - "Everything" (2012) {Bandcamp}
20. RareBit - "Emergence" (2012) {FREE DOWNLOAD | iTunes}
21. Fold - "So It Goes (feat. Kurt Vonnegut)" (2011) {Bandcamp}

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One last insane rush to squeeze a show out before taking a break over the Lenten season. Hopefully it was worth it. See you after Easter Sunday.

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ID drops courtesy of EJ Flavors, Traum Diggs, McAD, Aspketz, Fave, Dave Cirino, Hired Gun, and Jonny Sonic.

other key info:
The Music Podcast Consortium's Facebook Fan Page
Macedonia on Mixcloud
Macedonia's Tumblr page

this episode's track list:
1. Bill Ortiz - "I Still Believe (feat. Linda Tillery and Zumbi from Zion I" (2012) {FREE DOWNLOAD | More On This Album}
2. Union - "Digital Delight (feat. Guilty Simpson)" (2012) {FREE DOWNLOAD | Amazon MP3}
3. Rashad & Confidence - "Days Of My Youth" (2011) {iTunes}
4. Dreadchild feat. Nature - "I Don't Make Believe" (2011) {iTunes}
5. Traum Diggs - "Back And Forth Thing (feat. Judah)" (2011) {Artist Website}
6. Moka Only & Chief - "For Always" (2011) {Bandcamp}
7. Miles Jones - "Say What (feat. Shad) (2011)
8. Wandering Monks - "Wandering Monks" (2011)
9. Julien Dyne - "Creebin" (2012) {iTunes}
10. Jay Dee - "Think Twice" (2001) {iTunes}
11. Allegra Dolores - "The Music OK Take 2 (Joyous Pain Mix)" (2011) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
12. Boog Brown & Apollo Brown - "Shine" (2010) {FREE DOWNLOAD | Amazon MP3}
13. Shuko x Amy Winehouse - "Best Friends (Shuko Remix)" (2011) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
14. Dave Cirino - "Heartbreak Romance" (2011) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
15. Git - "Destroy (feat. Distrakt)" (2011) {iTunes}
16. Hired Gun - "The Life (feat. Qwazaar) (2012) {Bandcamp}
17. Dirt E. Dutch - "Nowhere Fast (feat. Rabbi Darkside & Core Rhythm) (2011) {Bandcamp}
18. Black Star - "You Already Knew" (2011)
19. Georgia Anne Muldrow - "Seeds" (2012)
20. Will Sessions - "Memory Lane (Instrumental)" (2011) {FREE DOWNLOAD | Amazon MP3}
21. Bekay - "Open The Door (Let 'Em In)" (2011) {CDBaby.com}
22. Aakifah (Naajidah Correll) - "3 Strings" (2011) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
23. Kev Brown - "Mathematics Of The Gods" (2011) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
24. Saleem & The Music Lovers - "What The Fans Want" (2011) {iTunes}
25. Robert Glasper Experiment - "Black Radio feat. Yasiin Bey" (2012) {iTunes}

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Part two of the 2011 recap. No need to really expound on music that clearly speaks for itself. Let's just get into it, shall we?

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Theme music produced by Cy Tru. ID drops courtesy of Fave, TGrundy, and India of Astronauts of Antiquity. Background music includes "germinal ring" by Cyclops Joint and "Leave A Note (instrumental)" by Silhouette Brown.

other key info:
The Music Podcast Consortium's Facebook Fan Page
Macedonia on Mixcloud
Macedonia's Tumblr page
The Cupid's Hunt Podcast Collaboration Facebook Fan Page
Whitney Houston tribute shows from TGrundy and DJ Diva
Anji Bee's Chillcast feature on Paul Mac Innes

this episode's track list:
1. Ultramarine - "Find A Way" (2011) {Soundcloud}
2. Lady Blacktronika - "Deep In The Life (feat. Ira Levi)" (2011) {Beatport}
3. Mark de Clive-Lowe - "The Why (feat. Nia Andrews)" (2011) {Amazon MP3}
4. Soulpersona starring Princess Freesia - "Introducing..." (2011) {iTunes}
5. Space Invadas - "Way We Feel" (2011) {iTunes}
6. Tall Black Guy - "Sonic Controller" (2011) {Bandcamp}
7. Favorite Flava - "Stacy" (2011) {Facebook}
8. Amenta - "Sticky" (2011) {Bandcamp}
9. The Roots - "Make My (feat. Big K.R.I.T. & Dice Raw)" (2011) {FREE DOWNLOAD | iTunes}
10. Chi Turner - "You Can Hear Things" (2011) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
11. Dave Painchaud - "In Transit" (2011) {CDBaby | Amazon MP3}
12. Amalia - "All The Funk I Need (Atjazz Love Soul Remix)" (2011) {Amazon MP3}
13. Seun Kuti & The Egypt 80 - "Rise" (2011) {Knitting Factory}
14. Thundercat - "For Love I Come" (2011) {FREE DOWNLOAD | iTunes}
15. Machinedrum - "Come1" (2011) {iTunes}

If you liked this show, please consider checking out these back episodes:

BSOTS 055 - 40 from the dos double-o-seven (pt. one)
BSOTS 096 - 2009 overview (pt. two)

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If it were already halfway through the year, maybe then I would feel uncomfortable about saying "Happy New Year." However, since we're not even done with the first month yet, I'm going to say it...

Happy New Year.

This year is already shaping up to be amazing musically, but forgive me if I'm still a little stuck on 2011. The amount of sonic spillover from last year could easily fill up this one. And there's always more that I know about, but never get a chance to hear. There's so much more that passes me by these days than I'm able to catch. Surprisingly enough, I'm okay with that. Probably because I know that I hear what I'm meant to hear. Music's cool like that.

No overly long intros. No needlessly extensive liner notes. Not this time. I believe in these artists, these albums, and these songs enough to simply let them speak for themselves.

Fifteen songs now, fifteen songs next episode. It's just a drop in the bucket from last year, but it represents the sounds that stayed with me the most. Hope you enjoy the show.

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Theme music co-produced by Macedonia and Techniken Defunkus. ID drops courtesy of Fave, Jonny Sonic, Thad Reid, EJ Flavors, and Darren Keith. Background music includes "germinal ring" by Cyclops Joint, and "Hot On Both Sides (instrumental)" by Techniken Defunkus.

other key info:
The Music Podcast Consortium's Facebook Fan Page
Macedonia on Mixcloud
Macedonia's Tumblr page
Best of 2011 mixes on the Free Music Archive

this episode's track list:
1. Akua Naru - "The Backflip" (2011) {Bandcamp | iTunes}
2. Oddisee - "Still Doing It (feat. yU)" (2011) {Bandcamp | Fat Beats}
3. Benny Sings - "Dreams" (2011) {FREE DOWNLOAD | Amazon MP3}
4. Bibio - "Anything New" (2011) {iTunes}
5. Jonti - "Hornet's Nest" (2011) {Stones Throw Store}
6. Saturn Never Sleeps - "Lotus" (2011) {FREE DOWNLOAD | Amazon MP3}
7. Shabazz Palaces - "Endeavors For Never" (2011) {Amazon MP3}
8. Kid Creole & The Coconuts - "Verily, Verily, Verily" (2011) {Amazon MP3}
9. Propaganda and Odd Thomas - "The City" (2011) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
10. When Saints Go Machine - "Parix" (2011) {Amazon MP3}
11. Sepalcure - "The One" (2011) {Beatport | Amazon MP3}
12. Wildcookie - "Touchy Touchy" (2011) {Amazon MP3}
13. The Stepkids - "La-La" (2011) {FREE DOWNLOAD | Stones Throw Store}
14. Phantogram - "Don't Move" (2011) {iTunes | Amazon MP3}
15. Lanu - "Roosevelt Blues (feat. Megan Washington)" (2011) {Amazon MP3}

If you liked this show, please consider checking out these back episodes:

BSOTS 080 - 2008 recap (pt. two)
BSOTS 095 - 2009 overview (pt. one)

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