Dancing Mattress Productions: Mental Nomad Podcast 151: Look Ahead in Anger

31 March 2010

Mental Nomad Podcast 151: Look Ahead in Anger

And we're back with a double-length episode made on the PC with the Record For All software -- a mix of familiar artists and newcomers. The talking bits will resume next week, hopefully; I think I've about got the mic issues worked out.

Here's what you'll hear today (right-click to download MP3 or to open in a new tab or window):

The Perfects: "When I Cared"
Julian Shah-Tayler: "Show Me Your Soul"
The Shanghai Restoration Project feat. Natural Fact of Unconscious Logic: "Touchdown"
Block Scholars feat. 2mental: "Lost Cause (radio edit)"
David Rovics: "Berkshire Hills"
David Rovics: "In the Name of God"
Heir to Madness: "Citadel of Self"
Loc Saint: "Depression"
Glen Bledsoe: "March of Folly"
The Perfects: "The Hidden"
Processor: "Greed"
K'Naan: "Soobax"
Glen Bledsoe: "Vernal Equinox"
The Shanghai Restoration Project feat. Dez: "Miss Shanghai"
Loc Saint: "Backstabberz"
Processor: "Won't Sleep"
Block Scholars feat. 2mental: "Broken Dreams (radio edit)"
K'Naan: "If Rap Gets Jealous"
Julian Shah-Tayler: "Electricity" (Blah Blah Blahnik)
Heir to Madness: "Wondrous Wrath" (Magnatune)
David Rovics: "After the Revolution (live at The Commons)"
Glen Bledsoe: "Fare Thee Well" (Magnatune)
Alistair Hulett: "The Internationale (L'Internationale)" (played with permission in his memory)

(Total play time: 1:44:19)

Tracks 1 and 10 come from the album Future Automatic, available as a download at the band's site; tracks 2 and 19 are from the upcoming album Blah Blah Blahnik; tracks 3, 12, 14 and 18 are courtesy of the IODA Promonet and may be downloaded below as long as their promotions last; tracks 5, 6, 21 and 23 are played with permission of the artists; and the remaining tracks come via Magnatune.

The Alistair Hulett track in today's show was previously featured in the 2009 Labor Day special and is played in memory of a great musician for the working class.

Since we last spoke, I've graduated from college, applied to graduate school (waiting to hear back) and -- more directly related to the podcasts -- have deleted the separate blog for Pod Across America. I've also launched a personal blog that includes my thoughts on any number of subjects and notes as I'm stepping back into fiction writing, not entirely willingly.