Episode 35: Songs of Love and Hate

And here's the longest episode in this show's history, without -- what the title might lead one to think -- any Leonard Cohen presence at all. (Love the guy's music, but none of it's podsafe.) Songs about love, or hate, or both.

Here's what you'll hear today (direct download here):

Lee Maddeford, "The Soft Hate Song"
Scarlet Box, "LoveHate"
Schulz, "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
Gloria Loring, "Tonight I Celebrate My Love for You"
Darek Oleszkiewicz, "You Don't Know What Love Is"
Sowl, "Love, Hate, Fuck Off"
Monk, "Fuck, I Still Love You"
Mahjong Connection, "Tainted Love"
Lee Maddeford, "The Hard Hate Song"



All tracks in this episode came from either the IODA Promonet or the Podsafe Music Network.

Download "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (mp3)
from "What Apology"
by Schulz
Sudden Death Records

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Download "You Don't Know What Love Is" (mp3)
from "Like A Dream"
by Darek Oleszkiewicz
Cryptogramophone

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Download "Fuck I Still Love You" (mp3)
from "Mountain"
by Monk
sevenahalf records

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Download "Tonight I Celebrate My Love For You" (mp3)
from "By Request"
by Gloria Loring
LML Music

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Download "Tainted Love" (mp3)
from "Tainted Love"
by Mahjong Connection
Mahjong Music LTD

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Episode 34: Something for Everybody

A little something for almost everybody today: Blues, rock, reggae, jazz, even a show tune. Start off slow, then speed up, then cool down, then dance around some more, then wind down nice and easy, giving your heart and ears a good workout.

Here's what you'll hear today (direct download here):

Sean Ryder Williams, "Give My Blues Away"
Katharine Whalen, "The Funnest Game"
Robert Guillaume, "Memory"
Bob Marley and the Wailers, "Soul Shakedown Party (Afrodisiac Sound System Remix)"
Rachel Griffin, "Come Home Soon My Love"



The first and last tracks you hear today come from the artists' albums. Tracks two through four come courtesy of the IODA Promonet.

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from "Midnight Blue"
by Robert Guillaume
SnailWorx

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Download "The Funnest Game" (mp3)
from "Dirty Little Secret"
by Katharine Whalen
M.C. Records

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Download "Soul Shakedown Party" (mp3)
from "Roots, Rock, Remixed"
by Bob Marley & The Wailers
rockr / Quango / Tuff Gong

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Nick Cave with Kylie Minogue: "Where the Wild Roses Grow"

Continuing a weekend of murder ballads.



Hell, this one was on an entire album titled Murder Ballads.

Episode 33: How I Could Just Kill a Man

No, Cypress Hill isn't on this podcast. Neither is Rage Against the Machine.

Could you kill a person? If so, who and why? I'll give my answer to that question in today's episode. Oh, yeah, and music -- lots of it.

Here's what you'll hear today (direct download here):

Greydon Square, "Roots"
Gustav Bertha, "Too Late to Say Goodbye"
Rufus Thomas, "Big Fine Hunk of Woman"
Team Salt, "Heart"
Janiva Magness, "A Woman Knows"



The late, great Rufus Thomas comes to you via the Podsafe Music Network. Janiva Magness comes to you courtesy of the IODA Promonet.

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from "Bury Him At The Crossroads"
by Janiva Magness
Northern Blues

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Janiva Magness: "Don't Let Your Memories"

Janiva Magness is a smoky blues singer you'll be hearing in tomorrow's episode. Great voice.



Tomorrow's episode also features return appearances by Greydon Square, Gustav Bertha and Team Salt, plus something by the late, great soul singer Rufus Thomas.

Episode 32: Carpe Diem - Seize the Day. Carpe Carp - Seize the Fish.

The last of several episodes recorded in advance of the Hypericon 3 trip. I'll be back at my paying job today, but wasn't sure I'd have time to do this one with my right equipment on time, so I did this one in advance as well. Look for a more traditional show Saturday.

Here's what you'll hear today (direct download here):

Dean Madonia: "The Raft of the Medusa"
Solstice Coil: "Even Poets Die"
The Furthurs: "Future Perfect"
The Afghan Music Project: "She Is Coming With Hesitation (Baa Shak Miyaaya)"
The Kingston Trio: "Tom Dooley"



The first track comes to you via the Podsafe Music Network. Tracks two and three come from the artists. Tracks four and five come via the IODA Promonet.

Download "She Is Coming With Hesitation" (mp3)
from "AMP"
by The Afghan Music Project
Afghan Music Project

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Download "Tom Dooley" (mp3)
from "Both Sides Of The Kingston Trio - Volume II"
by Kingston Trio
Silverwolf

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R-Three: "Help!"

Here's Rhett Redelings, aka R-Three, doing a Beatles classic.



If you're a friend of Rhett's over at MySpace -- and if not, why not? -- you'll have noticed that he's having to take a break from music due to some medical problems. Namely, he's injuring himself any time he plays guitar. Suffering for your art is one thing, but literally bleeding for it? Not so good.

Fortunately, he's got the company of his wife and his cameras. His Flickr photo stream is full of neat visions. It's worth checking out; LiveJournal users will find it syndicated under the account name "rthree_photos" or you can syndicate the feed into your own RSS viewing portal. (Or just bookmark it and visit often.)

Rhett's someone I've come to consider a genuine friend, not just a musician who's on my MySpace contacts list. He'll always have a permanent spot in my top 24 there, even if he never plays another note; though I sure hope he can some day. I wish him the best, a speedy recovery, or if that's not in the cards, happiness in chasing his muse into other avenues such as the photography.

Episode 31: Best Dressed

Here's another episode done well in advance; the title will make sense one verse into the third song. Sorry for the late-night posting; I just got back from the speculative fiction convention Hypericon 3 in Nashville. I attended as the trusty manservant of the lovely and talented Elizabeth Donald, who was there to sell romantic vampire thrillers and straight-up horror.

(The episode went up early this morning to subscribers, of course -- you can find the link to subscribe to the podcast straight from Libsyn over on the right-hand side of the page.)

Here's what you'll hear today (direct download here):

Deathboy: "Two to the Power"
Cheaters Club: "Go Ahead"
A Brokeheart Pro: "The Kitten Next Door"
Los Lonely Boys: "Don't Wanna Lose Your Love"
Cibelle: "Phoenix"



The first three tracks come from the artists' CDs or Web sites. Tracks four and five come via the IODA Promonet.

Download "I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love" (mp3)
from "Live At Blue Cat Blues - Dallas Texas"
by Los Lonely Boys
Blue Cat Blues Records

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Download "Phoenix" (mp3)
from "The Shine Of Dried Electric Leaves"
by Cibelle
Crammed Discs/ Six Degrees Records

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