Did a quick interview with Spokane beat making visionary James Pants on the air last week. Check out the audio below if you missed it, and the rest of last week's playlist here. We also heard a few of the tracks that made it onto his new album Welcome, out this month on Stones Throw. Hear more at the Pants myspace, with some live dates listed there as well. Nothing east coast yet but we'll keep an ear out for something this summer? Live band you say? Details in the interview! Bonus JP videos on youtube as well! Equally as cosmic as my mans beats!
Incidentally, Stones Throw headmaster Peanut Butter Wolf comes to town this Saturday night at the The Good Life, with Mister Jason of the classic Porn Theatre Ushers. I'll be back on the air before then so see me this Wednesday for another edition!
-Ghostdad
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Ghostdad tour log Vol. 1
Lately I've been DJing like crazy. Like anywhere and everwhere. In wanting to keep some kind of record of all these goings on I'm gonna shout them out here. I try to keep the radio show somewhat separate but I've been playing with a lot of the same names that have appeared on the show so if you missed out on any of these, here's the long short of em, starting wiiiith:
April 13th - Do It Again at Zuzu w/ Chris Devlin - was kind of an industry hangout with lots of other DJ friends who came to hang out. Lots of disco, freestyle, some house, breakfast.
April 15th - Scissor Test w/ Beat Perv - bus to New Hampshire was pimped out with leather seats. Patrick's old school Chicago game was on point. Weird noise music also ensued.
April 17th - fundraiser at the Other Side - I won the skydiving lessons give away but gave it back cuz that looked mad sketch being the DJ and all, walked off with a t-shirt from Bodega instead.
April 19th - Global Guts afterparty at Jacob's - crazy 6 hour set, ended up playing non stop till 6 am and I think people actually liked it.
April 22nd - Work at E-Room w/ Mayhem - post Quicksilver screening (classic) and fun with cougar sound effects. Still hoping this becomes a monthly!
April 24th - Bass Invaders at the Milky Way with Gregzinho - completing the circle from the previous post, Greg came and rocked the latest Rio fire.
April 25th - Solid at Zuzu w/ Die Young - did house and electro 3's with Jamie. Played This Is Acid and the people went nuts?
April 27th - FALAFELCon at Zuzu w/ Lone Wolf - went reggaeton vs. dancehall one for one with Kevin, then freestyle one for one, and finished off with classic ladies, with no recovering from Kev dropping Whitney.
Aprill 30th - Dirty Disco Musk at the Midway w/ Nitetrain - disco and house vinyl all night. Nitetrain didn't miss a beat and even hit us with some new shit. ps. go Newcastle.
May 3rd - afterparty in Somerville - wzbc's Sarah Joy and Will Lynch upstairs and me downstairs, tried to switch it up just in time for the cops to get there.
That brings us up to date. More this weekend with the second installment of Do It Again, this time with Frank White doing possibly an all '45 set. Makes me want to do all 12"s just to compensate. It also looks like I'm doing something last minute at the Milky Way for a show that fell through. So far Ben from Flavorheard on board, hoping for Sam too, haven't played with those guys in a minute. Just like the old days at NU fellas?
But whoa radio radio radio TONIGHT! THIS JUST IN! Phone interview with Mr. James Pants!!! Probably gonna give him a buz around 10:30 so tune in to get the low down on this young Stones Throw visionary! See you tonight!
-Ryan
Monday, May 05, 2008
Gregzinho reps Rio!
A few weeks ago Greg Scruggs aka Grezinho joined us on air and the audio from that show is finally posted below! The first hour is me playing some random vinyl and mpthrees while Greg sent some important emails. He's clearly a busy man, having just helped release the Funkeiros E Progresso (Funkeiros and Progess) EP and Pancadao Do Morro (big hits from the hillside) compilation on the Philly based Flamin' Hotz label. In the last two hours of the program Greg fills us in on Funk Carioca, from classics to current, as well as the good, bad, and ugly side of how this music is distributed outside the favela. You can find Greg's own writings at Beat Diaspora (here's his bit on the comp, be sure to buy this "fair trade funk!!"), and you can check out the non profit he's associated with in Rio at 2bros.org. He's pictured above rocking the most recent Bass Invaders, aptly renamed Invasores Do Baixo for yet another Brazilian infused dance party. Was a great time!
I'm back on air this Wednesday with perhaps a phone interview on the docket, not confirmed so I don't want to say anything yet. Last week with Nitetrane was awesome (we're going to try and have him on the air soon too) and I'm playing another Sunday night this week at Zuzu with Chris Devlin and special guest Frank White (Do It Again is a movement). Might check in before then with more details. I've been playing like crazy lately. Tour log in the works! Till then...
-Ghostdad
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
tonight in lieu of radio
AGENT M'S DIRTY DISCO PARTY!
Sorry to the listeners. This was one of those situations where I double booked it forever ago but then thought I might try and do some kind of live feed on air type thing. That requires someone in house to engineer over at the studio though and was a no can do on short notice. If you're in the JP area try and come though! The Nitetrain set is going to be a seriously rare treat. You might have seen him on the T but make no doubt this guy's crates go deep:
That's tonight at the Midway. Keep an eye on this space though, that Gregzinho audio will be up soon I promise!
-Ghost
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Beat Pervert in the building
Beat Pervert joined us on the air last week and I've finally got the audio streaming below. He dropped a bunch of classic club 12's and ripps on us in addition to a neat a tidy hip hop set and even some throwback hardcore? Has to be heard to be believed! Catch him weekly at the Scissor Test in NH of course, and on the blog front at Drunk and Focused. And while he's in Boston hopefully on the local tip as well! Playlist here.
Tonight! Gregzinho in the studio to share knowledge on points south. Way south. Like Brazil south. Baile Funk is just one part of this Harvard kid's multifaceted thesis on Favela culture so tune in to obtain knowledge. Also serving as a preview and shameless plug for tomorrow night's Bass Invaders! Flyer below. Catch you tonight and maybe tomorrow?
-Ghostdad
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and
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Did a quick interview with Spokane beat making visionary James Pants on the air last week. Check out the audio below if you missed it, and the rest of last week's playlist here. We also heard a few of the tracks that made it onto his new album Welcome, out this month on Stones Throw. Hear more at the Pants myspace, with some live dates listed there as well. Nothing east coast yet but we'll keep an ear out for something this summer? Live band you say? Details in the interview! Bonus JP videos on youtube as well! Equally as cosmic as my mans beats! 
Lately I've been DJing like crazy. Like anywhere and everwhere. In wanting to keep some kind of record of all these goings on I'm gonna shout them out here. I try to keep the radio show somewhat separate but I've been playing with a lot of the same names that have appeared on the show so if you missed out on any of these, here's the long short of em, starting wiiiith:
A few weeks ago Greg Scruggs aka Grezinho joined us on air and the audio from that show is finally posted below! The first hour is me playing some random vinyl and mpthrees while Greg sent some important emails. He's clearly a busy man, having just helped release the Funkeiros E Progresso (Funkeiros and Progess) EP and Pancadao Do Morro (big hits from the hillside) compilation on the Philly based Flamin' Hotz label. In the last two hours of the program Greg fills us in on Funk Carioca, from classics to current, as well as the good, bad, and ugly side of how this music is distributed outside the favela. You can find Greg's own writings at Beat Diaspora (here's his bit on the comp, be sure to buy this "fair trade funk!!"), and you can check out the non profit he's associated with in Rio at 2bros.org. He's pictured above rocking the most recent Bass Invaders, aptly renamed Invasores Do Baixo for yet another Brazilian infused dance party. Was a great time!
beat pervert, at
6:13 PM
Beat Pervert joined us on the air last week and I've finally got the audio streaming below. He dropped a bunch of classic club 12's and ripps on us in addition to a neat a tidy hip hop set and even some throwback hardcore? Has to be heard to be believed! Catch him weekly at the Scissor Test in NH of course, and on the blog front at Drunk and Focused. And while he's in Boston hopefully on the local tip as well! Playlist here.