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By O-Dub Busy in New Orleans right now so forgive the slow posting pace. Heard this on NOLA’s 90.7 FM; great blues tune from the late Johnnie Taylor. Have a snack on this – I’ll be back by early next week
By O-Dub 
I will always have a love affair with the radio; as a medium, the power of the voice, broadcasting into the ether, is one that will likely stay with me until my end of days. Even though I’m glad I don’t have to do a weekly radio show anymore, I do feel so honored and fortunate to still be able to record for radio, especially for NPR. All Things Considered turns 40 today and I’ve been listening for at least the last 10 years and as it is, I’ve been contributing for exactly [...]
Continue reading FOUR YEARS WITH ATC
By O-Dub 
The EMP Pop Conference just finished up in L.A. this past weekend. For those unfamiliar (and really, my readers should be familiar), over its 10 years, the Pop Conference has become the most interesting and important annual convalcade of scholars, journalists, musicians and related folk. This was the first year it was not held in Seattle (next year, it will rotate to NYU) and as I’ve done in a few previous years, I wanted to provide a short write-up of the proceedings and more importantly, what I learned along the way.
Before [...]
Continue reading EMP 2011 IN REVIEW
By O-Dub Here’s what they think about you.
I don’t mean this in the playful Cee-Lo way either. Did someone forget Guru? Or just decide he wasn’t as important as, say, Ronnie Chasen?
P.E. had it goddamn right:
By O-Dub 
This is insanely fresh; Ubiquity commissioned a special 20th Anniversary Groove Merchant 7″ box, handmade! Peep the “making of” video below:
Making of: Groove Merchant 20 Record Box from Ubiquity Records on Vimeo.
Each box comes with these 7″s:
LH7062A:
A. The McCrary – Emerge 3:39
B. Ron Forella – Crystals 4:25 (part 1)
LH7062B:
A. Twilight – Straight To My Heart 3:16
B. Numonics – You Lied 4:04
LH7062C:
A. Rod Abernethy – Ron and Eddie Blues 5:04
B. April Fulladosa – Sunlit Horizon 3:57
LH7062D:
Continue reading 20TH ANNIVERSARY GROOVE MERCHANT 45 BOX
By O-Dub 
I love inventions that make so much obvious sense that you think, “damn, how come no one thought of this before?”
These Dr. Suzuki “Donuts” slipmats for 7″ elegantly solve the most basic challenge of DJing with 45s: how to cue/scratch with the same ease of mixing with 12″ records. Anyone who’s tried this with a standard 7″ adapter knows that it’s tricky, especially since there’s often just enough “give” between the record and adapter that the stylus might jump if you push too hard (and given that [...]
Continue reading MMMMM…DONUTS
By O-Dub 
The ailing Kool Herc needs the public’s help for his medical bills. Here’s the just-launched official website, including information on donations,
By O-Dub 
More info here.
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