Bleep 228 doesn't have any theme to speak of. Nothing intentional anyway. It was merely a case, once again, of grabbing records close at hand. Although I did a bit of flipping to see if I could at least grab things that hadn't been played in a while. The result...? Something that works pretty well for simply being a see where we end up. A bit of new, a bit of old and several "genres" touched upon. Things every set should have really.
I think you'll find that this week's Bleep, without any planning, has turned into a bit of a way-back machine journey. Well, mid to late 90's anyway. My personal favourite era for these things.
Of course it fell apart for the last two tracks. I really need to either do a whole show using those old 45's or at least keep them out of sight so I'm not tempted to throw thema round in inappropriate ways.
I believe this is the third pre-vault mix. That's enough. I'm happy with it. I'll record it one more time with possibly 1 track switched out and then send 'er off. I think this was a record setting number of trial runs for me. Considering every Bleep is a first run mix. There's no time for do-overs here!
As usual, let me know what you think.
Bleep Radio 225; Theme: Jackin. Now that I have this out of my system, maybe I can head back into Vault Mix territory. It was side-lined temporarily, but I think I'm back. At the very least my constant shifting of shifts at work is finally over. I settle back into my regular schedule next week. That will help FitM, Bleep and probably world peace.
Bleep Bleep, I was able to steal away for an hour this week by propping the kid up in a wobbly chair and making faces at her in between mixes. I had to keep it light and bouncy for her and got some hands in the air for the last two tracks.
A small amount of technical difficulty with this week's show. My ISP isn't always the most reliable (or loved) and I had some connection issues getting it uploaded yesterday. One day late won't kill us, it's still an hour of broken beats and maniac stabs. Enjoy!
This week's Bleep has me feeling a little self-conscious about things. It's not a mix for starters, its as close to a radio format as I've ever come.
Malcolm Strachan of Toronto came into Hamilton for a day trip last week and we hung out at my place, listening to records and eating food. We plopped a microphone down on the floor and recorded some brief thoughts about ten of the records that Malcolm picked from my shelves. No planning to speak of. Off the cuff thoughts on 10 older records and 2 newer records.
In hind sight we probably should have closed the two large windows immediately beside us as there is a lot of summer time insect noise going on in the background, but we'll call it experiment #1's learnings.
As uncomfortable as I am with this week's show, I think I would like to try again sometime. If anyone in the area feels they're up for it, then just let me know! With practice I'm sure I can streamline the process and get sharper with the edits.
Another SFS Podcast from Vadz is now available. I`ve never heard a Vadz set that was a let down, this one holds with expectations!
Mike Holmes has been a steady contributor to Bleep Radio for a few years now. He's a stand-up fellow who seems to enjoy good music. As I've outright mentioned in the recent past though, he's about to start contributing to the Fun in the Murky half of the operations as well. Not by writing massive interviews like Andrez does, but by releasing some music! Considering the low output of tunes lately (across the board) I'm always stoked with the idea of new stuff coming out. The only problem I can think of is it's digital nature.
As a wee bit o' promo, this mix of his is spotlighting the label his first release will be on. One that has become a sort of home away from home for a few FitM favourites lately...
Check the Dead Agenda tracks in the mix. These plus other mixes will be on the Dead Agenda release at the end of July. An additional Paul Birken mix has been added to the release as well for those that like that sort of thing!
As mentioned last week I'm posting up trial runs of various mixes for a Vault Radio show. Something I don't typically do and am very slow at (considering the 1 hour a week I get to play has to be for Bleep...). Because there is some repetition between the shows right now due to some mixes being liked, I think for next week I'll switch over to the bag of old-school breaks and acid for a brief change. That will be fun as well and I'm looking forward to it now, but after that it'll be a 3rd and hopefully final Vault trial run...
