While on vacation in North Carolina I stumbled upon a radio station that plays a great mix of tunes. If you’re in the Raleigh area you can tune in to 93.9 WKSL - but otherwise you will need windows media player to tune in by clicking the “listen now” link at the 93.9 website. Yes it even works on my mac (check http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/flip4mac.mspx or http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/windowsmediaplayerformacosx.html)

What makes this station so good? Well it’s all about the mix - in the last half hour I’ve heard music I love from the Motown era, the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and even a song I don’t really like that came out this year (some pink or fergie song… I dunno). There is no station like this in NYC right now so I am bearing with the fact that all the 93.9 ads and weather & traffic updates are local to NC

If you’re looking for a radio station (yeah I said it - a radio station. I know you have mp3’s - so do I) that plays a great mix of stuff - I suggest you check it out. Beware though - the site is hideously ugly and slow.

Yes tonight is the night! DUBWAR! I’ve been waiting just about forever to see D1 and thanks to DQ and the dubwar crew it’s on!! You can get tickets at http://musicislove.net
be there!

Check out the Dubwar Homepage

P.S. - IT WAS INCREDIBLE! If you weren’t there then I’m sorry to say you missed out on one of the best jams ever. Seriously it was that good. Massive thanks to DQ and the Dubwar family. Shout out to DJ Shiva and the Midwest Dubstep crew - Got your podcast downloaded. Word. Dubstep in the USA.

More news! - Check out the press! Dubwar in the NY Times

“Music. I’m so in love with my music. The way you keepin’ movin… Ain’t nobody do what you doin…”

Joss Stone is so awesome. Love that woman!! You know there is a divine power when you see a beautiful woman making beautiful music. How can you deny it? I just can’t be an atheist when I listen to Joss. Why? Because all I can think is… “God! She is so amazing!” Who’s with me on this? I know Larry hears me but he probably won’t read this unless I ask him to (hi Larry).

Could it all be luck? A random sequence of molecules? What made Me and Joss and Music? I suppose the origin isn’t as important as the fact that all of the above exists, right? Well if you hear me… God, Goddess, chaos… Thanks! (for music and women, among other things…)

P.S. - check out http://www.jossstone.co.uk/ (it’s better than the non-uk home page, I think)

P.P.S - here’s Joss Stone (Hi Res)

Ever heard of Paul Robeson?

I was listening to one of my favorite artists, Saul Willams, the other day - when it occurred to me that he speaks about some historical figures that I didn’t know much about.  One of these is Paul Robeson. Saul Williams has a song entitled Robeson, and also mentions the name in “Coded Language” which is on the same album (Amethyst Rockstar). I really enjoy learning, and Saul Williams is an artist whose lyrics have a lot to offer in terms of knowledge, so I took some time to do a little research.

It turns out that Paul Robeson’s life is really interesting. While wikipedia is generally not to be considered an absolute source of facts, the entry regarding Paul Robeson is more than enlightening. I’m not going to quote the page here, since you can just read it yourself, but I will say that if you want to read about an interesting figure in American history, particularly if you are interesting in African American history, it’s well worth the time to read. Also, with regards to wikipedia as a source of facts, this entry is chock full of real references and cited sources.

Ever heard Atheist Hip-Hop? Before today I said no too. I was just made aware of it’s existence by a good friend and proud athiest. He sent me this link http://www.thecomptoneffect.com/.

I’m not an atheist but I do appreciate hip-hop with intelligent lyrics. I think this guy has something interesting going on here. If more rappers would talk about their beliefs (more rappers that believe in things other than sex, money and drugs) I think it could only be good. Anyway I say check this out - it’s worth  a listen even if you don’t agree with him…

Have you seen it? Check it out! Definitely check out the part called Dissectional. It’s nuts. Requires flash and a decent computer and internet connection. You have that don’t you? Hope so

VOTE FOR JOE NICE Just do it!

Check out Jungletrain.net at 9PM EST to hear sequethin ’s debut on the “Live From The Pond” show. Thanks to the one like SeaBass for the hookup!

Have you noticed that Bassdrive has a new site? Bigup! Love the links on the playlist, great idea. For those that don’t know, bassdrive is the leading internet radio station for d&b/jungle. It’s like that, and that’s the way it is.

If you’re in the NYC area and want to know where you can find some d&b parties, you can check out my web based ical via this link (http) or this link (webcal) Also, If you listen to bassdrive and want to know what shows are on and when, you can subscribe to my ical at this http link or this webcal link. Enjoy!