Light
By Hite
From the album Light of a Strange Day
#songoftheday: “Love as a Weapon” by Little Scream
Love as a Weapon
By Little Scream
From the album Cult Following
#songoftheday: “Plastic 100°C” by Sampha
#songoftheday: “T5” by Swet Shop Boys
Weekly Mix 13: April 2, 2017
Before we got to today’s show I want to welcome Blumenkraft from the pnut social media platform to the show. I actually know Blumenkraft from App.Net, which was a great social media platform that was ad free but unforutnately shut down last month. Anyway, I promoted my recent show on Pnut and Blumenkraft really enjoyed it and went back to download prevous episodes of The Weekly Mix. Blumenkraft, if you’re listening, welcome aboard and I hope you dig today’s show.
The other thing I wanted to chat about is the trip my girlfriend and I made to Los Angeles last Thursday to see The Firesign Theatre. You probably don’t know who they are but they are extremely important to me. The Firesign Theatre was a comedy group from the 60s who recorded these really complex concept albums. When I was a boy, about four years old, my dad would play them all the time. The Firesign Theatre had a lot of TV and radio commercial skits that confused me because at that age I was still struggling to distinguish reality from fantasy. They sounded like commercials but I knew something was not quite right. The Firesign Theatre shaped my own sense of humor and when I got into radio I would insert bits from their albums into my shows.
Last Wednesday I was talking to my friend Taylor about working on another show I produce called Pop Culture Intelligentsia. We were catching up with each other when he mentioned that he was going to provide sound effect for a life performance from The Firesign Theatre. Taylor only had a vague idea who they were and cetainly had no idea how important those guys are to me. I asked Taylor if he could get me into the show because those guys are senior citizens now, in fact, there are only two members still alive. I’d regret it if I didn’t see them. Taylor was kind enough to get me into the show and I even got to ask Phil Proctor, one of the founding members a question!
Okay, enough out of me. Enjoy today’s show.
- Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweat “I Need Never Get Old”
- Shirley Bassey “Spinning Wheel”
- Portugal. The Man “Feel It Still”
- Lauren Sanderson “Alotta Me”
- Yaeji “New York 93”
- Naadei “Not Nice”
- o k h o “Hey The House Is On Fire”
Illustration: GDBee ©2017mix
#songoftheday: “Hey, The House Is On Fire” by o k h o
Hey, The House Is On Fire
By o k h o
From the album Dog Days
#songoftheday: “Not Nice” by Naadei
#songoftheday: “Alotta Me” by Lauren Sanderson
Alotta Me
By Lauren Sanderson
From the album Alotta Me
#songoftheday: “Feel It Still” by Portugal. The Man
Feel It Still
By Portugal. The Man
From the album Feel It Still
#songoftheday: “Spinning Wheel – 1994 Remastered Version” by Shirley Bassey
Spinning Wheel – 1994 Remastered Version
By Shirley Bassey
From the album Something