The most downloaded show I’ve ever made was this one, a totally non-hiphop mixtape style thing I made about two years ago. People still ask me where the file is, how can they get it, etc., so I figured I’d make it available.

Download the set here.

P.S.: Portishead’s new album Third can be streamed in full at Last.fm right now. Yeah, I know I’m old, thanks.

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The backstory is simple– Akon, who has sold a ton of albums (3 million of his second album, according to the story) has claimed this whole time that he spent three and a half years in prison for being the leader of a notorious car theft ring that focused on Porsches, BMWs, etc. etc. Problem is, it never happened.

Now, this just got out, so I don’t know anything about the reaction either Akon himself or his publicist, record company, etc. will have (they’ve already denied to comment), but as I see it, there’s only one solution, considering he’s in danger of becoming a 21st-century Milli Vanilli: to laugh it off.

The only move to save his career (and even then, we’ll see) would be, like: “Oh, you guys just figured this out? Huh, took you long enough, suckers.” Am I right? Because anything else will seem like backpedaling, he has no choice but to man up to the accusations and call everyone in the media an idiot for taking so long. Right? I mean, what else can he do?

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… and you can thank Neil Gorman and Nokia. Listen to see why. (The music is by Greydon Square… thanks Tim.)

The RSS feed is still here.

Also, for the next 3 months or so, Nokia is sponsoring the show. They sent me an N810 and I chat about it a bit in the thing. You can use the code “inoveryourhead” if you’re going to buy one, it’ll give you a 15% rebate on it (which is cheaper than Amazon).

So the plan is to do them every 10-14 days or so… feel free to harass me if I don’t (Podshow will, otherwise). :)

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Goddamn, it’s a good thing I’m not in Toronto right now, because I’d be a 95 pound, cocaine-snorting groupie for Fritz Helder. Shit. This album is like a perfect combination of vogue, neon 80s and Grandmaster Flash or something. Anyway, whatever, go listen to it.

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When I was young and played the accordion, I wanted to grow up and be the coolest accordion player alive, like Doctor Steel kind of is now. His music is kind of how I think nerd rap would sound if there were an accordion involved… which is to say, more intellectually interesting than traditionally good. Either way though, this dude looks damn cool.

(P.S.: I grabbed the pic from riotclitshave, which always has great pics.)

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The Seven Plagues of Modern Man, new tattoos, New York and Toronto are piece of shit cities. Etc.

[http://m.podshow.com/media/170/episodes/85531/inoveryourhead-85531-10-31-2007.mp3]

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Check out the Fluokids Miam les fruits mix on their Virb page. I swear it won’t crash your browser like Myspace. (Thanks to Boris for the link.)

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My 150th show, done from the balcony of a hotel room during SXSW 2007. The state and future of the web and of media personalities, my position within the structure, and where I hope to be. It all came out.

This was a great show to do.

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w00t, so I was tagged by Bill and Charlotte for this 7 song thing. You basically choose songs that you’re enjoying right now, share them through the post, and then spread it to more people. Here are mine. All of them I’ve discovered recently– I hope you like them:

• Up All Night, by El-P (eMusic)
• Baby’s Coming Back To Me, by Jarvis Cocker (iTunes)
• Ave, Lucifer, by Os Mutantes (eMusic)
• Let My People Go, by Darondo (eMusic)
• L’idole, by Adonowsky (iTunes)
• The Captain, by The Knife (iTunes)
• Never Gonna Give You Up, by Rick Astley (Try it, it’s good again.) :)

I tag the following 7 people: Patrick, Anji, Clyde, Marko, Emcee, Ed, and Leesa.

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Hey, here’s an article about my favourite female rapper, Bahamadia. It includes two downloadable tracks– check it out.

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