The good brother DJ Nu-Mark stopped by on this one to bless us with an exclusive on-air listening party for his new 10″ release (with red vinyl!!) featuring Bump Knuckles and Large Professor (which you can cop in an ultra-cool package here), and he dropped gems ranging from why there is nothing greater than doing “you” to why no one truly gives a damn about a release date.
Then we played nothing but vinyl for the rest of the show and gave ourselves a big pat on the back for style points.
Class is in session.
I hope you brought your Handi Snacks and Fruit Packs.
Or ALIVE serious. Because this episode is LIVE!!!!
Okay..so here’s the rub…
Our good brother DJ Sloepoke came through for the first time in a LONG time and brought a toolbox full of about 200 James Brown 45s.
Rewind the track.
A toolbox.
With about 200 James Brown 45s inside.
And this IMMEDIATELY signaled the arrival of the funk upon the Starship Soundwaves.
And it stayed.
FOR THE ENTIRE TWO HOURS.
Nothing but James Brown 45s for the entire 2 hours on this one.
Brother Sloepoke also put out a mix this week to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Los Angeles uprising that took place on April 29th, 2012. Believe me when I tell you that there are mixes that are simply mixes, and then there is a piece like THIS MIX that tells a narrative and paints a vivid picture in the mind of the listener. For those who were too young or perhaps too removed to fully understand at the time what significance this uprising held for the people of Los Angeles, this mix does a wonderful job of closing that gap and bringing proper light to exactly what was transpiring for six days beyond the picture that was painted by the media in its desire to completely overlook the feelings that pushed the people of our city to levels of chaos, anger, and unrest that had not been seen since the Watts Riots of 1965.
We hope you dig this episode, and we hope you head on over here to pick up Sloepoke’s “LA Uprising” tribute mix.
The good brother House Shoes is on the cusp of releasing his debut LP titled “Let It Go” in June of 2012, and as a lead-up to said album’s release, he has compiled a mix comprised of past productions that he has done for extremely talented brothers such as Proof, MED, Quelle Chris, Invincible, Boog Brown, Quelle, Roc Marciano, and many more.
This is the first part of a two-part mix release, and it is fresh like mandarin oranges, fennel, and wonton strips on a bed of romaine lettuce.
Oh Batman, how I WISH we could share with you the rare, mined-from-the-caverns-of-extraterrestrial-mountainside gems that kind, generous, humble, and VASTLY knowledgeable man known as Danny Holloway came through and blessed US (that being YOU guys and gals as much as WE that were in-studio) with on this masterpiece of an episode.
But sadly, the man asked that we not divulge the playlist on this one so as to preserve the fun of folks listening to these 2 hours again and again and trying to Google lyrics to find out what these songs were (and tidbits of songs) with which Mr. Holloway decided to weave this all-45 tapestry of jaw-dropping sounds.
We sincerely hope you enjoy this one..and we thank you yet AGAIN for sticking with us each and every week!!
Join us as we sit down for 2 hours with Joel Van Dijk and are blessed with an array of forthcoming sounds from an array of forthcoming projects that the man currently has cooking in the kitchen.
I had this long, eloquent write-up done for this episode, and then the condemn WordPress acted up and saved NONE of it.
Which works out well I guess.
Because now you have to guess how eloquent the write-up was that took me a little over 20 minutes complete.
Suffice to say, if I took 20 minutes to write about the caliber of this episode and how much the off-air conversations were of great personal importance to me, you most likely will be looking to click on the link below to hear the audio from this here episode.
