{"id":1651,"date":"2007-07-06T00:00:35","date_gmt":"2007-07-06T07:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/?p=1651"},"modified":"2018-10-01T19:30:53","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T02:30:53","slug":"solipsistic-nation-no-45-moods-for-moderns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/solipsistic-nation-no-45-moods-for-moderns\/","title":{"rendered":"solipsistic NATION No. 45: Moods for Moderns"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><p>When I was a lad my roommate, Jane, had a friend named Diego who had a radio show called Moods for Moderns. I never met Diego and I never heard his show but I imagined what the show might sound like: sophisticated, but whimsical; ironic, but earnest; gritty, but chic; a mix of both hip hop and lounge music. Kind of like today\u2019s show.<\/p>\n<p>The music featured on this week\u2019s episode of <strong>solipsistic NATION<\/strong> is suitable for your space age bachelor pad or your next cocktail party. When people at your next soir\u00e9 hear the music you\u2019re playing from this week\u2019s show they will instantly identify you as a person of class and elegance but who also plays life for the mad pinball game it is. Pour yourself a snifter of fine cognac and raise a toast to your fellow citizens of <strong>solipsistic NATION<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><i>Photo Credit: <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"sgoralnick web page\" href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/sgoralnick\/42050536\/\"> sgoralnick <\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?hide_cover=1&amp;light=1&amp;feed=%2Fsolipsisticnation%2Fmoods-for-moderns%2F\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Think Tank web page\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.iodalliance.com\/buy_album.php?id=D3D21DAEE5A348AB74ADF931A2E84A3BBDBA77C9E29F422257C59422DD98B617367E9F3A8BEB64D21B4B73937412D648\">Think Tank<\/a><\/strong> \u201cWhat Time It Is\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Zygote web page\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.iodalliance.com\/buy_album.php?id=CDBD9D7A1EF68B6D46A14FE74CDE4B097736493196D8E23536F719BF459074D16355EB222639F84013AA45024923E754\">Zygote<\/a><\/strong> \u201cAssault\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Bitman &amp; Roban web site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bitmanyroban.com\/\">Bitman &amp; Roban<\/a><\/strong> \u201cDespu\u00e9s del Almuerzo \u2013 Parte 3\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pinker Tones web site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thepinkertones.com\/\">Pinker Tones<\/a><\/strong> \u201cLove Tape\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"[dunkelbunt] Rhapsody page\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.iodalliance.com\/buy_album.php?id=E8027909108A52C09DE4DFDAE020FC65523FF6E138D64A9048415AD0CACB17346355EB222639F84013AA45024923E754\">[dunkelbunt]<\/a><\/strong> \u201cThe Chocolate Butterfly (Ft. Raf Mc &amp; Fanfare Ciocarlia)\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Nortec Collective web site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nor-tec.org\/\">Nortec Collective<\/a><\/strong> \u201cAlmada\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Plankton Man web site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.planktonman.com\/\">Plankton Man<\/a><\/strong> \u201cNo Hay Volver\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Zeph &amp; Azeem web page\" href=\"http:\/\/om-records.com\/artists\/zeph_&amp;_azeem\/releases\/rise_up\">Zeph &amp; Azeem<\/a><\/strong> \u201cPlay The Drum\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"A Plus web page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/My-Last-Good-Deed-Plus\/dp\/B000OLHG7U\">A Plus<\/a><\/strong> \u201cThe One (Ft. Bless Man)\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"J-Boogie's Dubtronic Science web page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.om-records.com\/releases\/om:hip_hop_volume_one\">J-Boogie\u2019s Dubtronic Science<\/a><\/strong> \u201cQue Pasa (Deuce Eclipse)\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"D.J. Waht web page\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.iodalliance.com\/buy_album.php?id=6B9CC0D59DE30880C69583EDB84A2E367736493196D8E23536F719BF459074D16355EB222639F84013AA45024923E754\">D.J. Waht<\/a><\/strong> \u201cBe Free To Speak\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Stereotyp web page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.g-stoned.com\/artists\/stereotyp\/releases.php?G-ID=bf2b58858faf6f3584e068a3129c41ce\">Stereotyp<\/a><\/strong> \u201cSatisfied\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"DJ Frane web page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cduniverse.com\/search\/xx\/music\/pid\/6314097\/a\/Electric+Garden+Of+Delights.htm\">DJ Frane<\/a><\/strong> \u201cThe Impossible Dream\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Bn Loco web page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sonic360.com\/Merchant2\/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&amp;Store_Code=sonic360&amp;Product_Code=HACD015&amp;Category_Code=\">Bn Loco<\/a><\/strong> \u201cTan Loco Como T&amp;#250\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"DJ Wally web page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theagriculture.com\/store.html\">DJ Wally<\/a><\/strong> \u201cThe 29th Day\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was a lad my roommate, Jane, had a friend named Diego who had a radio show called Moods for Moderns. I never met Diego and I never heard his show but I imagined what the show might sound like: sophisticated, but whimsical; ironic, but earnest; gritty, but chic; a mix of both hip &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/solipsistic-nation-no-45-moods-for-moderns\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;solipsistic NATION No. 45: Moods for Moderns&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1652,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-listen","category-solipsistic-nation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/photo-moodsformoderns-L.jpg?fit=380%2C250","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1651"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1653,"href":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1651\/revisions\/1653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}