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Sippin on Sizzurp

sandeepchauhan

About Me

A creative nomad, Sandeep programs and curates radio at 101.7 fm CHLY . He writes a blog for backofthebook and occasionally podcasts at the potatogun . He has a photo blog on flickr and a second one here .

Sandeep is also a freelance writer/copyeditor/dramatist/DJ/radio producer/camera operator.

Contact him through email: [email protected]

I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

Music, film, sports, beer, classic comics, food and love.

I'd like to meet:

Free jazz cats into hip-hop into country into punk dancehall into baile funk into bmore into electro into disco into funk into downtempo into soul.

Kids who step in front of tanks to halt their progress. Soul rebels resisting colonial, imperialist powers. Outernationalists who resist meta-narratives. Afronaughts who resist pigenholes.

People into music, theatre, film, radio, photography, reading, writing (and arithmatic).

People who want to BE.

Oh, and, I want to meet a woman who can sing all the words to Signed, Sealed, Delivered.

Music:

Coogi sweaters now. Act like you know. CHLY wedensdays 11pm - 1am PST Hip-hop, soul, funk, jazz, dancehall, roots rock reggae, ska, dub, electro, indie rock, psych rock, samba, baile funk, bossa nova, tropocalismo, miami bass, bmore, go-go, 80's and 90's r 'n' b, disco, bhangra,

Movies:

Playtime, Pan's Laybrinth, Amelie, A Very Long Engagement, Little Miss Sunshine, The Amazing Screw On Head, Syriana, Ocean's 11 & 12, Three Kings, Chappelle's Block Party, Wattstax, Man with a Movie Camera, Naked Driving.

Television:

LOST, Smallville, Veronica Mars, The Wire, Intelligence, CBC News Sunday, ZED (R.I.P.), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (R.I.P.), Angel (R.I.P.), Little Mosque on the Prarie, Da Vinci's Inquest/City Hall (R.I.P.), Basketball (College and Pro), Footie, CBC Newsworld, Battlestar Galactica

Books:

A fistful of Gitanes, Out of time, Rakim told me, Bomb the Suburbs, Can't Stop Won't Stop, Peanuts, Ignatz the Cat, Little Nemo in Slumberland, Never Drank The Kool-Aid.

Heroes:

My heroes don't appear on no stamp. Mes parents, Fela, Avi Lewis, Stephen Lewis, Mos Def, Pharohe Monch.

My Blog

La La that’s it (The Lateshift playlist 26 Sept 2007)

..>Artist Album Selection..> ..> BJORK VOLTA THE DULL FLAME OF DESIRE LOU RAWLS THE EDGE LIFETIME MONOLOGUE NATURAL SELF LET PEACE BE THE RULER FIRES WERE STARTED NICOLE WILLIS & THE SOUL INVE...
Posted by Sippin on Sizzurp on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 06:52:00 PST

Nah mix nah mingle (The Lateshift playlist Wednesday 19 Sept 2007)

..>Artist Album Selection..> ..> STEELE BEAUTTTAH AFRO-ROCK AFRICA ANANDA SHANKAR SITAR BEAT 1 DANCING DRUMS CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG 5:55 THE OPERATION HOT CHIP SHAKE A FIST SHAKE A FIST JAMIE LIDEL...
Posted by Sippin on Sizzurp on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:31:00 PST

Those teenage hopes (The Lateshift 28 March 2007)

The Lateshift 28 March 07 Side A (2300 - 00) DJ Food - Scratch yer head (Squarepusher remix) - ZEN RMXThe Cinematic Orchestra - To build a home (radio edit) - Ma FleurBettye LaVette - The High Road - ...
Posted by Sippin on Sizzurp on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 06:29:00 PST

Saw this and I had to post it...

The band that defines my post-adolescent life covering the band that defined my pre-adolescent life? There seems to be a sense of destiny here... The Roots - U2 Tribute @ NAACP Image...
Posted by Sippin on Sizzurp on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 11:39:00 PST

I need you (The Lateshift 14 March 2007)

The Lateshift14 March 07 Side A (2300 - 00)Peter Bjorn & John - Young Folks - Writer's BlockThe Weakerthans - My Favorite Chords - Left & LeavingBeck - Cellphone's Dead (Jamie Lidell's Limited...
Posted by Sippin on Sizzurp on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:25:00 PST

Silly 80's Jawn that could be my anthem

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Posted by Sippin on Sizzurp on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 01:50:00 PST

Back in a big way (The Late Shift playlist 28 Feb 07)

What a horrible end to a horrible month. The past seven days have been...stressful to say the least. From trips to the E.R., blowouts with friends and getting rejected for jobs -- well I'm glad to see...
Posted by Sippin on Sizzurp on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 01:44:00 PST

That was unexpected

It really, really, really was.
Posted by Sippin on Sizzurp on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 05:22:00 PST

Two things

One: I put my neck out today -- Im hoping it pays off.Two: A beautiful moment -- driving through the hood and seeing this kid with his headphones on -- rhyming to the track. Makes me wish I was 16 aga...
Posted by Sippin on Sizzurp on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 12:57:00 PST

Beat up little seagull (The Late Shift Playlist 07 Feb 07)

The Late ShiftWednesday 07 February 2007 A Side (23:00 - 00)Miriam Makeba - Pata Pata - The Empress of African SongKid Sister - Pro NailsFeist - One Evening (VV mix) - Open SeasonDr Rubberfunk - Live ...
Posted by Sippin on Sizzurp on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:22:00 PST