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riding the short bus to soul

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

krusty krate diggers

Music:

me play house of the deep, techy, funky, groovin, glitchy, jackin, soulful, melodic, new jack swing sample-ly, minimal, bleepy, bloopy, vocal, keyboard stabby, filtered french, acidy, dubby, disco-ey, 303ey, 808ey, moody, atari 2600-ey, slap bassline funk ilk. click below for the downloadable podcast of my latest mix to check what the heck I'm talking about...

As for the rest of the music and music related stuff I dig, in no particular order: Miles Davis, the Clash, Oliver Nelson, Lou Reed's Transformer, the Replacements, Radiohead, mid 50s-mid 60s cool jazz period, Wally's Cafe on Mass Ave, Mississippi John Hurt, P-Funk, every venue in Central Sq, Cassius, 80's keyboard stabby pop, Spirit Catcher, ETBG, Roni Size, Leonard Cohen, Tricky, the Beatles, John Coltrane, Fela Kuti, Troydon, BBE Sonic Maximizers, Blue Note, the Roots, Tom Waits, Art Blakey, Leonard Cohen, Sonny Rollins, Coldcut, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, Bill Evans, Massive Attack, 808s and 303s and 909s too.

Movies:

mostly documentaries about music but also cultural, political or social issues; Tom Dowd and the Language of Music, Westway to the World, Fog of War, New York Doll, Why We Fight, Just for Kicks, the Fall of Fujimori, Wordplay, Bastards of the Party, Just for Kicks, the Filth and Fury.

Television:

Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, Flight of the Conchords, Sundance Channel, Current TV, Frontline, anything on Discovery, History Channel, National Geographic, PBS. tv doesn't have to be a boob tube

Books:

Right now reading Bill Bryson's "A Brief History of almost everything" science for dum dums. the little 33 1/3 book on the Replacements "Let it Be"

Heroes:

Miles Davis, Joe Strummer