Radio BSOTS show # 177 - pause. (for Jason Mizell)

 

("J-A-Y are the letters of his name..")

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This episode's track list (title / artist / source / license):

1.  "Way Back When (Featuring Chuck D)" by Just Plain Ant [blocSonic] (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
2.  "30​:​5 / moonshine ft. chadah​-​hadassah" by Yashiyah [Bandcamp] (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)
3.  "Larger Than Life" by Jazz One Beats [Dusted Wax Kingdom] (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)
4.  "Jazzweek" by Arze Kareem [Jamendo] (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)
5.  "Ignition" by Mute Speaker [Bandcamp] (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)
6.  "91 NITES" by Tha Silent Partner [blocSonic] (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
7.  "Road Warriors" by The Impossebulls [blocSonic] (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
8.  "LoveSigns" by Makaih Beats [Free Music Archive]  (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

For the past two decades, "pause" merely existed as long-form commentary on the BSOTS website.  Roughly a week after Jam Master Jay's murder, the bile in my belly fueled a rant in my brain and it all came spilling out onto my computer keyboard.  More emotional than logical, it wears my sarcasm and cynicism like spike-studded armor.  I'm definitely in my "I said what I said" bag here, back when I had no problems taking an either/or approach when dividing music into rigid yet subjective categories like "commercial" vs. "alternative" and viewing hip-hop as if it were a sonic civil war with only two sides:  "conscious" vs. "gangsta."  I had one foot out the door of the culture and the music when I wrote this and it shows.

Creative Commons licensed tunes break up the commentary, featuring selections from netlabels like blocSonic and Dusted Wax Kingdom as well as cuts scattered across Bandcamp, Jamendo, and the Free Music Archive.  The blocSonic cuts include guest verses from Chuck D of Public Enemy and Darryl "DMC" McDaniels of Run-DMC.  The sound of dusty vinyl underneath certain parts of the commentary comes directly from a project entitled This Is The End, Beautiful Friend by File Under Toner.  The description of this project on the Free Music Archive begins with the following question:  "Are the hiss, crackles, and pops on records protected by copyrights?"  All of the featured sounds are from the locked grooves at the end of various records, which get messed with using delay, reverb and other audio techniques.  I thought that these works added just the right amount of tension at certain times, more than traditional background music would.  The locked grooves running into themselves in this circumstance just sound so stark, like it's occupying the space where Jam Master Jay's cutting and scratching used to reside.

I live with me all the time, enough to know that the longer I hold on to this episode, the more that my own doubts and anxieties will keep me from releasing it into the podosphere, so I have to let it go.  It's going to do whatever it does.  Here's hoping that you will give this one a shot and consider it time well spent.

ID drop courtesy of Kahlief Adams. Theme music by Cy Tru (edited by Macedonia).

Background music:
Charlie Dreaming - Soft Hypnotic
qpe - milk
Ezekiel Honig - Plastic Rumblings
Vanity (Instrumental) by BADLUCK (CC BY 4.0).

Other key info:
Macedonia on Mixcloud
BSOTS on Bondfire Radio
Queue Points Podcast: Episodes 77 and 78
Hip-Hop Can Save America:  Parents Just Don't Understand

Radio BSOTS show #171 - BUCKWILD: The Faith-Based Practice of Podcasting

 
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This is a delayed transmission, recorded in December of 2019 with finishing touches and edits donethe following month.  It's rather odd how I keep returning to this knowing the inevitable delays that will prevent the next episode from surfacing online sooner than I would like.  The recording and editing of a show: those are the places I want to live all the time.  Things like show notes and updating RSS feeds, however...that's another story.  And then there's the "hey! look over here" aspect of it all, the marketing campaign that has to take place after you've created a thing, be it through social media blasts or other means.  It's a strange game of faith that content creators play.  In a day and an age where it seems like everyone wants to get in on podcasting, I find it rather presumptuous to think that someone would want to listen to mine (even though I know for a fact that some people have for years now).

Maybe I've been doing this for too long, but this is the thing that I turn to when the world (and particularly the work days) get to be too much.  I don't do this for monetization's sake.  I don't do this for sponsors.  I still do this for the reasons that I did it back in 2005: as a creative outlet and for my own sanity.  The need for a primal scream in my podcast feed every now and then was the whole reason why the "buckwild" episodes began in the first place. I was overdue for another one of these and considering that the world feels like it's on fire, perhaps these types of episodes ought to be released more frequently.

However you might have stumbled upon this, thank you for taking the time to listen.  It's 2020, y'all.  Here goes nothin'.

This episode's track list:

1.  Cheese - The Return (CC license)
2.  Jonny Sonic - Blue #3
3.  Flying Lotus - Yellow Belly (feat. Tierra Whack)
4.  Little Simz - Boss
5.  Tenesha The Wordsmith - Dangerous Women
6.  Tha Silent Partner - Covfefe's Groove (CC license)
7.  Rodney P - The Next Chapter
8.  Gawd Status - Messiah Hybrids
9.  DJ Shadow - C​.​O​.​N​.​F​.​O​.​R​.​M. feat. Gift Of Gab, Lateef The Truth Speaker, Infamous Taz
10. Brother Ali - Red Light Zone
11. Vula Viel - Fire
12. Mikal Amin - We Keep It Movin'

BSOTS BONUS TRACK: Samurai Guru - Everyone Go Through It

ID drops courtesy of Anji Bee, Kahlee, Jonny Sonic, and Mr. Ivory Snow.  Background music includes the following:

Anti-Pop Consortium - The Hands Behind The Piano Of Time Is God
MUTE - Eeekin Days (CC license)
BADLUCK - Vanity (Instrumental) (CC license)

Other key info:  Opinions While Black

Radio BSOTS show #158 - BUCKWILD: The Anger Management Mixtape

Normally, Radio BSOTS is all about the music, a platform where I get all geeked out about artists and songs and I invite you to geek out with me. And then there's this little thing called BSOTS GONE (buck)WILD, an all-too-rare occurrence where the gloves come off and you learn about me alongside the music (for better or worse).

This year's "buckwild" experience is all about anger. Technically, many of these shows have dealt with anger in some way, shape, or form, but that's another story. Two forces of nature pop up on this show in the form of soundbites: Tastykeish of Bondfire Radio's TK In The AM and longtime activist / 2008 Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate Rosa Clemente. For conceptual continuity's sake, I make mention of a previous podcast episode as well as a blog post from over two years ago. Feel free to check those out if you're curious.

Sonic catharsis begins here. Lord knows I needed it and I'm sending this one out for all those in need of a primal scream.

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This episode's track list:

1. Lea Lea - "Psycho Killer" (2014) {Bandcamp}
2. Semi Hendrix (Ras Kass & Jack Splash) - "M.A.S.H. (feat. Kurupt)" (2015) {Bandcamp}
3. Willie the Kid & Bronze Nazareth feat. Roc Marciano - "Avalon" (2014) {iTunes}
4. Public Enemy - "Praise The Loud" (2015) {iTunes}
5. Respect Tha God - "Dum Dum" (2015) {iTunes}
6. Pete Cannon Meets Ghost Writerz - "How We Living" (2015) {iTunes}
7. Romare - "Pusherman" (2014) {Bandcamp}
8. Moki McFly - "Ghostride The Whip" (2014) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
9. Naked City - "Blood Is Thin" (1998) {Amazon}
10. iAreConscious - "If Only (Black Lives Mattered)" (2014) {Bandcamp (name your price)}
11. King Magnetic - "Our War" (2015) {iTunes}
12. Gensu Dean - "It Happened Before" (2015) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
13. yU - "Disturbed feat. B. Jamelle" (2011) {song no longer available}
14. Blaktroniks - "It Can Get Ugly" (2012) {iTunes}
15. Jonny Sonic - "Rugout" (2014) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
16. The Walkmen - "We've Been Had" (2001) {iTunes}

BSOTS BONUS TRACK: Blakesmith - "What Matters ft. Mmdelai" (2015) {Bandcamp}

Theme music produced by Cy Tru featuring Jonny Sonic. ID drops courtesy of Anji Bee, India of Astronauts of Antiquity, and Jonny Sonic.

Background music selections include the following:
"Pop Champagne (Instrumental)" by Jim Jones
"germinal ring" by Cyclops Joint
"Adolar Aluminum" by Comfort Fit
"five minutes, five seconds" by Kid 606 vs. Max Tundra
"Vanity (Instrumental)" by BADLUCK.

Other key info:

The Music Podcast Consortium's Facebook Fan Page
Macedonia on Mixcloud
Macedonia's Tumblr Page
Radio BSOTS on Bondfire Radio
Support The Free Music Archive

Radio BSOTS show #152 - BUCKWILD: The Shouting Match Never Really Ended... (pt. 2)

Without you, this show is an exercise in ego surrounded by harmonics.  Leave feedback at 1-206-278-0751 or the Speakpipe page, or email us at radiobsots@gmail.com.

If there is one picture that perfectly describes my Endless Shouting Matches period of podcasting, this would cover it.  I really was over the top on this show, but at least I can laugh about it now.  Besides that, this laid the groundwork for BSOTS GONE (buck)WILD, so it can't be all bad.  And there was some pretty cool music featured on this hot mess of a show.  The truth is that it wasn't meant to stick around longer than it did.  And I am more than okay with that.




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This episode's track list:

1.  A Tribe Called Red - "Burn Your Village To The Ground" (2014) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
2.  80's Babies - "3Fifths" (2014) {Bandcamp (name your price)}
3.  John Oswald - "Power'" (2001) {Amazon MP3}
4.  Fishbone - "Faceplant Scorpion Backpinch" (2007) {iTunes}
5.  John Rifle - "Billboard (pt. 1)" (2002) {Last FM}
6.  Conscious - "Traffic Niggahs: The Title" (2006)
7.  Saul Williams - "Telegram" (2004) {iTunes}
8.  Friendly Fires - "Paris" (2008) {iTunes}
9.  Bloc Party - "She's Hearing Voices" (2005) {iTunes}
10.  O.B.E. - "Sex Offender" (2006)
11.  Cars & Trains - "Broken Streetlamp Serenade" (2006) {iTunes}
12.  Tom Waits - "How's It Gonna End" (2004) {iTunes}
13.  Mark Templeton - "As The Day Grows Longer" (2007) {FREE DOWNLOAD}

Theme music produced by Cy Tru (featuring vocals by Jonny Sonic).  ID drops courtesy of Anji Bee and Fave.  Background music includes "Pop Champagne (instrumental)" by Jim Jones and "Vanity (instrumental)" by Badluck.  Cameo appearances from The Hired Gun and Jersey Todd.

Other key info:
The Music Podcast Consortium's Facebook Fan Page
Macedonia on Mixcloud
Macedonia's Tumblr Page
Black Podcasters United Facebook Fan Page
BSOTS 151 - BUCKWILD: The Shouting Match Never Really Ended (pt.1)
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Radio BSOTS show #151 - BUCKWILD: The Shouting Match Never Really Ended... (pt.1)

Without you, this show is an audience of one and I already know what it sounds like.  Leave feedback at 1-206-278-0751 or the Speakpipe page, or email us at radiobsots@gmail.com.

I feel the need to leave 2014 on a silly note and poke some fun at myself at the same time.  The BSOTS GONE (buck)WILD shows always provide a chance for me to inject some humor back into the podcast.  This show unearths some footage from a BSOTS spinoff called *endless shouting matches with yourself*.  It ran for 16 episodes (July 2006 - March 2008) and had an "anything goes" type of format.  My rants took center stage while the music added some sonic relief.  The truth is that *endless shouting matches* laid the foundation for the "buckwild" experience to exist within the BSOTS channel.

The spoken word piece that appears before the opening credits is one that I wrote back in January of 2000.  I first recorded it for episode #2 of *endless shouting matches*.  A re-recorded version appears on a previous "buckwild" episode (show #86, to be precise).  I had fun listening back to some of this footage and hopefully, you will as well.  But seeing as how this episode was recorded between a pair of non-indictments for police officers, the audio that opens the show places Eric Garner's demise into proper context regarding American history with a little help from Melissa Harris-Perry.



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This episode's track list:


1.  Jason Randall Smith (Macedonia) - "Spill" (2006)
2.  Foreknown - "Minivan" (2014) {FREE DOWNLOAD | iTunes}
3.  The Evolution Control Committee - "Hillbilly Beatboxing'" (2010) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
4.  El-P - "Smithereens" (2007) {Discogs}
5.  K.K./Overnite/Sway - "Gather Round" (2005)
6.  Universal Truth - "Rock City" (2005)
7.  7L & Esoteric - "Daisycutta feat. Kool Keith" (2006) {iTunes}
8.  Drop Squad - "The Drop" (2014) {Music Alley}
9.  Jonny Sonic - "Bourbon Sass" (2006) {FREE DOWNLOAD}
10.  Chicks On Speed - "Turn Of The Century" (2000) {iTunes}
11.  The Coup - "My Favorite Mutiny" (2006) {iTunes}
12.  Foreknown - "The Quartermaster" (2014) {FREE DOWNLOAD | iTunes}
13.  Planet Asia & Tzarizm - "Via Satellite (feat. MidaZ the BEAST & Casual)" (2014) {iTunes}

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

Other key info:
The Music Podcast Consortium's Facebook Fan Page
Macedonia on Mixcloud
Macedonia's Tumblr Page
Black Podcasters United Facebook Fan Page
BSOTS 150 - A Blackout Friday Blends Session
BSOTS 149 - Grooves and Gratitude
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Spawn On Me podcast