It just started raining like crazy here as I’m posting this. I’m going to go to sleep soon but enjoy this one!

Topics include but definitely are not reserved to: Having sex on a bicycle, living with college students, putting tables between people, etc. etc. I talked a lot.

• CL Smooth - Smoke is in the Air
• Lord Quas - The Clown (Episode C)
• J Dilla (RIP) - Workinonit

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Bonus link: George Washington

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Buck 65 has made a supremely bizarro mixtape available on his website called Strong Arm. I could directly link to it, but be nice and go visit his site; it’s in the Show and Tell section.

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I worked on like a million things today, and this was the last one. I probably sound way exhausted at the end. So it goes. This was also the first show I uploaded via the new Podshow site, and it worked pretty well. Try the player if you wanna listen to it in a browser.

• J Dilla (RIP) - Mash
• Create to Devastate - The Hit Man feat Masta Ace
• DJ Jazzy Jeff - Shake It Off
• The Coup - My Favourite Mutiny feat Talib Kweli
• Akir - No Longer My Home feat Mojo
• Theory - War feat Main Event
• Cumalus - Long Time Coming
• Masia One - Split Second Time
• Jean Grae - God’s Gift

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A lot of this stuff was picked up on the Podsafe Music Network, which has been picking up more and more decent hip-hop recently.

Update: Due to my utter laziness, I never made an enhanced version of this podcast - and I pushed the regular show through the feed. Next time I’ll be making sure to do it early, really sorry about that.

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While uploading this I was listening to The Hollywood Podcast Unkempt #4. Before you listen to this, go listen to that show, because let me tell you, it is podcasting gold.

This show is about access to wilderness, being stuck in a rut with the content you make, and the tunnel of death by my house.

• Alias & Tarsier - Rising Sun
• Dudley Perkins - Dear God
• Belle and Sebastian - Another Sunny Day

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If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe to the feed!

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Thanks to Dan who hooked me up with this link to the free download of the Chocolate Swim EP. Tracks by Vast Aire, Ghislain Poirier, Lady Sovereign, etc. Go rock it.

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As of June 1st 2006, eMusic reviews its new promo for signing up, changing it to 25 free downloads, instead of 50. I remember some people even got 100 downloads somehow, back in the day, but no more. If I could bring it back, guys, I would. But it just ain’t happening.

I had a feeling that the number of downloads was going to drop when I got a message about promotion changes in my inbox last month, so I ended up looking around a lot for other music sites that offered good deals. I checked Yahoo Music, Rhapsody, Napster, iTunes, all that stuff. But frankly, I was really unimpressed.

I have never cared for unlimited downloads if I can’t keep the music when I unsubscribe (which I will if you suck), and if my music isn’t in a free format like MP3, I feel like I’m making a bet that the iPod is going to be the device that rules the market until the end of time. Which it will not, by the way.

As for eMusic, I still love the service, the price (25 cents a song or less), and the selection. (Today I picked up Public Enemy, Saint-Etienne, and Magnetic Fields.) And as such, I will continue to put the banner in my sidebar, and I hope you guys will try it out. If you like it, great, and if you didn’t, you basically got two and a half albums for free, so you shouldn’t complain. :) So click here to go get ‘em.

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I just got an email from my affiliate program guys about eMusic, the usual advertiser I place at the top of my sidebar (where the Podcasters Across Borders link is right now). Contained within was this message:

May 2006 is the final month for eMusic’s “50 free downloads” promotion.

In June we will roll out all new creative and a new promotion. We encourage you to take advantage of eMusic’s current offer before it ends. If you have any questions or concerns about the June 1 switch please feel free to contact us.

As anyone that listens to my podcast can tell, I promote eMusic to pretty much everyone I know. I noticed Chris from Indiefeed recently posted about them too; in my opinion, eMusic are the best provider of independent music of all genres on the web today, all available in DRM-free, high-quality MP3 format.

Anyway, so the promo is ending, and who knows what it’ll be replaced with.

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Now we know! :) I still highly recommend eMusic however. Try it out - it’s free and gives you 25 free downloads to keep, even if you decide not to keep your account. If you do, let me know how you liked it… and if you need any more information, here’s the eMusic Wikipedia page.

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