Turntables. Record players. Decks. Wheels of steel. Tables. They get called just about everything except for their original name: phonograph. And they almost didn’t even get called that! Check out the list of names Thomas Edison & the crew thought of before deciding on “phonograph.”… Read more...
I hear cassettes are coming back in style, at least in a retro way… although I told a friend I was coming out with a new mix and was going to put it out on cassette, and he said he didn’t know if he’d even be able to play it. Well, either way, He couldn’t play it like this guy—in fact, I can’t even play records like this!… Read more...
I‘ve never been shy about my love for the wonderful soul music the Stax/Volt label released through out its lifetime, and I’ve been planning a tribute mix for the label for years. Of course, someone beat me to it… but for a change I’m not mad at all!… Read more...
Bike art by Jose Pulido
As many of you know, I am a bicycling fanatic. Ok, not like a spandex guy, but I simply don’t see the reason to operate a car in a situation where you can ride a bike. I ride my bike to work as often as possible… no matter what work it is!
The bike I ride…. everywhere.
In the 90′s I did a radio show and played hundreds of parties, bars, and clubs, but didn’t have access to a car. On reflection… Read more...
Like many obsessive music listeners, I hear music all the time. And not just when it’s playing—it’s in my head all the time. Oftentimes it’s a favorite song, but frequently it’s just vaguely recognizable beats with semi-familiar melodies floating in and out. This is the soundtrack to my daily comings and goings, always just out of the reach of my consciousness.
I had always wondered at those “songs” floating through my mind, but I never imagined that such a funky, free floating montage of music could actually be recorded and put to disc. And
I work at an Oakland Public School. I am rewarded daily knowing that I have the best students in the world, and that students who graduate from my school shape the world (I’m looking at you, Huey, Ron, Frank, Kev, etc). My job, unfortunately is not usually rewarding materially. Until last week.
I was brainstorming how to make this year extra special and I realized it… I needed a record player for my office. But not just any record player… I needed a classic… the kind I remembered from my OUSD youth. I knew they were out
“The answer” playlist… whenever I have a question about what to play
Hey folks, still trying to format & flesh out some of the interviews I’ve been receiving from various DJs that I look up to or have worked with. There are going to be some real gems in the next few days, but in the meantime, here’s one of my oldie & still goodies.
Summer Blaze 2003
I recorded this mix (obviously) in 2003, to help promote a new weekly Tuesday party that I had started at Carbon, near where I lived. It
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