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March 26th, 2007

My favourite female rapper

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

* Filed by Julien at 8:56 pm under download, hip hop, music

March 21st, 2007

On Public Performance

A number of you have likely seen Naturally 7‘s subway rendition of In the Air Tonight. Check it out quickly if you haven’t (RSS readers, the video is embedded on this blog post):

Have you ever seen something like this? Likely, you haven’t, and you never will– but have you ever considered why that is?

Next time you see someone singing on a subway, or in a public park, consider your reactions to it: the most basic of human activities, suppressed, now mostly reserved for television.

Notice how enthusiastic the metro riders are at the end, however. It’s likely they won’t see anything like this performance for a long time, and they know it.

Fear of shame, derision, and alienation control so much of our lives– but it’s pretty hard to be remarkable, and get noticed, if you can’t get past it.

* Filed by Julien at 1:08 am under music, random, video
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March 5th, 2007

Definitive freeloading

Seriously, it’s criminal that we all have to pay for music that sucks when stuff like this is free. This Definitive Swim compilation puts the previous freeload stuff I’ve blogged about to shame. Go grab yourself some of this.

Do you guys detect a pattern here? A new way of making money with music? If I owned a record label like Definitive Jux or Stones Throw, I would release all my compilations this way.

(But yeesh, I send so many links in the direction of Adult Swim you guys probably think I’m getting paid by them.)

* Filed by Julien at 2:24 pm under download, hip hop, music
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March 5th, 2007

RoboCop's hot ass

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The Return Of The Magnificent

So I recorded this show last week that is to be my last ‘studio’ show in two months or so. So it’s rambling BS until that time! I’ll try to put some songs in there too, though, so don’t stress.

I don’t remember much of what I talked about on this show, except for the fact that RoboCop has a hot ass for no reason whatsoever.

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* Filed by Julien at 1:06 pm under download, hip hop, music, podcast
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February 21st, 2007

Why am I doing radio out in the cold?

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My first regular show in about a month. I talk about the Homelessness Marathon, which is going on as I write this, about working through some of my long term goals, and the best t-shirt I have ever owned.

I also play a track from the band The Knife, which you should really check out. Click the picture, go listen to the tracks.

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* Filed by Julien at 3:47 am under download, music, podcast
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February 19th, 2007

Bum Rush the Charts, people.

This may actually work! Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff launched this meme the other day, Bum Rush the Charts, that’s attempting to send an indie artist to the top of the iTunes charts through a same-day purchase of one track. Here’s the blog in case you wanna follow what’s happening with it.

The way I see it, it can get even better than that: If we not only purchase the track, but I have a feeling this idea would catch on in social networking spheres (think Digg, etc.) – if we get enough attention, that would propel the purchases of this one track ever upward– who knows how far it could go.

* Filed by Julien at 12:13 pm under music, podcasting, random
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February 16th, 2007

Uh

This image so fascinated me earlier when I saw it on Philip Sherburne’s blog that I had no choice but to find out who these people were. It took me about an hour, but boy am I happy I did.

Readers, I introduce you to the Swedish band The Knife. I just bought their third album, and encourage you to do the same. Happy Friday.

* Filed by Julien at 7:25 pm under music, random
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February 3rd, 2007

Shir Khan + Pitchfork = Madness

Yeah, I know– talking about web ecology one day and then dance music the next. I’m not sure what’s going on with Julien, either… but listen up.

(Thanks Pitchfork, thanks Véro!)

* Filed by Julien at 7:19 pm under download, music, trends
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December 11th, 2006

We're not doing the awkward coffee thing

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Notes from being at a homeless shelter for a week, meeting the ex-girlfriend for the first time, and having no show notes whatsoever. Also, I literally end the podcast with 30 seconds of ‘blah blah blah’. Yes, really.

Since We Last Spoke

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* Filed by Julien at 11:37 am under download, hip hop, music, podcast
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October 10th, 2006

Stories and music from the homeless

Please take a second to go check out Homeless Nation’s podcasts. My friend Brett basically gives all these kids access to equipment and gets them to record their stories. It’s absolutely amazing.

(If you’re looking for somewhere to start, try this one… one of many great recordings.)

* Filed by Julien at 10:38 pm under download, music, podcasting
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