This holiday week, DJDeedle dials the beat down a little. Or does he? This Deedlecast is all sleight of hand, smoke and mirrors, and you'll never guess what's coming next. 

Technology is notoriously fickle.  What today is state-of-the art is laughably dated tomorrow.  Though the digital world may be moving from quaint 32-bit to zippy 64-bit, this digital deejay is in no hurry. 

Find all this computer architecture stuff a little mystifying? No worry.  Leave it all to DJDeedle - for now, your 32-bit DJ.  This week's Deedlecast weaves the old and the new, the digital and the analog, the electronic and the acoustic. The music may be virtual, but the DJ is very real. 

They've arrived unexpectedly, and it appears they'd like to stay.  Beware of visitors bearing gifts. 

This week, DJDeedle brings you the sounds you need to keep your sanity when it looks like there's no escape. 

A piece of Friday's Deedlecast, Cosmology, this single is a DJDeedle remix/mashup of two youtube creations, a moving and haunting tribute to Sagan and his work, "Cosmos," and an ode to science and man's place in the cosmos, featuring Sagan and his colleague scientists, Bill Nye, Stephen Hawking, Richard Feynman, and Neil DeGrasse Tyson.

The beauty of the song is not the voices and scraps of sound, but the way they are put together. 

"If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe."  Carl Sagan, "Cosmos"

Cosmology is the study of the universe and humankind's place in it.  When DJDeedle was a  young geeky human, one of his heroes was the famed astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist, Carl Sagan.  Your humble deejay even had the fortune to meet Sagan, and hear him speak just a year or two before the astronomer's unexpected death in 1996. 

This week, the week of Sagan's November 9 birthday, DJDeedle salutes him with a tapestry of sound that, like the cosmos, is fluid, but lumpy, sometimes dark, and sometimes sublimely beautiful.  This Deedlecast starts with Sagan's voice, and ends with a DJDeedle remix/mashup of two youtube creations, a moving and haunting tribute to Sagan and his work, "Cosmos," and an ode to science and man's place in the cosmos, featuring Sagan and his colleague scientists, Bill Nye, Stephen Hawking, Richard Feynman, and Neil DeGrasse Tyson. 

Tomorrow is Halloween, and DJDeedle has produced a Deedlecast to frighten and delight.  The horror movie genre has brought us so many deliciously terrifying moments, Deedle just couldn't pass up exploring the music of horror film. 

Need to keep that terrified feeling?  Try these Halloween themed Deedlecast specials from years past:

Note: "Horrify" was featured on the most excellent blog, Synthopia, today!

This week DJDeedle plugs you into the Groove Electric; a dynamic sound designed to energize you during these short autumn days. 

Need more musical volts?  Try:

This week, we're on full automatic in the hands of the computers.  Just sit back, and let DJDeedle and his processors do all the work.  Just sit back and enjoy the ride. 

Through the magic of Twitter, DJDeedle's had the great fortune of finding the work of Harold Pichol.  Harold's musical creation, "Capucine," has a sensual groove, and DJDeedle just couldn't resist tinkering with it, and mix/mashing it with Madonna's sensual groove, "Substitute for Love."

Harold's story, along with his other musical and artistic works, are available at his website: http://www.haroldito.com.  Check it out.

Also, you can follow him on twitter: @Har0ld

Come into Deedlecast Laboratories and hear what DJDeedle's cooked up for you.  This week, it's a collection of beats ranging from the rock, reggae, and R&B variety to beat break, metal, dub, hipop, and jazz. 

Remember, as Richard Buckminster Fuller, the inventor of the Bucky Ball,  famously said, “There is no such thing as a failed experiment, only experiments with unexpected outcomes.â€�

This week's Deedlecast experiment is just one of those unexpected outcomes.

Though the tunes in this Deedlecast have nothing to do with Alfred Hitchcock's classic movie, North by Northwest, the show starts with one of DJDeedle's favorite cheesy Cary Grant double entendre movie lines.

Heroes, the NBC television series people who possess unique genetic mutations giving them unusual, sometimes bizarre, abilities, returns for its new season on Monday.   

This week, DJDeedle uses his bizarre abilities to bring you your very own hero effect. 

We are a country of icons.  Yet we only seem to really see them after they've gone.  This week, DJDeedle mixes and mashes up icons of song, stage, and screen.  Woven into the fabric of American culture, these voices and sounds help to define who we are, whether we like it or not. 

It's Labor Day weekend, the traditional, as opposed to astronomical, end of the summer season.  We have this weekend to relax before our hectic Autumn schedule begins.  So, DJDeedle's decided we all need to chill out, and he's got just the sound to put you there.  This week, DJDeedle sets you adrift in the key of A major. 



 

August is almost over, but the summer heat is still sultry and intense. Time to play some hookey, skip home room, and jump into the deep end where its dark, cool, and just slightly dangerous. 

Come on in.  The water's fine.


If you just can't get enough of the heat, you can also try "Global Warming."
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"Evergreen" by Faithless is just one of those songs that speaks to DJDeedle, tugs at the heartstrings, and has begged for a DJDeedle remix for a number of years. So, at long last, here it is.

The Woodstock Music and Art Fair held on a dairy farm in Bethel, New York, 43 miles southwest of the town of Woodstock forty years ago changed the history of rock and roll.  For better or worse, the 32 acts in the Woodstock concerts captured the zeitgeist of the age with the diverse sounds of rock legends like Janis Joplin, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, etc.  Though four decades have passed, and a fickle music industry and fans have diverged from the sound of 1969, the sounds of the 60s still live today as echos in modern rock, and modern rockers owe much to their Woodstock forebears.  Like the those at Woodstock, rock music has mutated, transformed, adapted, and survived.  This week DJDeedle salutes not Woodstock, but rock music itself, punk, metal, Brit, garage, grunge, indie, and even electronic.  The sound of this week's Deedlecast is rock music, but the flavor is definitely DJDeedle.  Enjoy this rock block.  

DJDeedle invites you to look into the eyes of the dragon.  In the dragon's lair all things meet their opposite. The future and the past, desire and regret, knowledge and oblivion, and of course love and . . . Well, you get the picture. 

Over thirty years ago the first digital arcade games took the U.S. and the world by storm.  Pong and Space Invaders revived the long moribund arcade industry, and spawned a digital revolution.  These early two-dimensional games set the game industry on fire, and the world would never be the same again. 

This week, DJDeedle harkens back to those early days with a little digital invasion of his own.  What digitalism did for games, digitalism has done to music as well.

It's time to be invaded. Are you ready?

For those of you who just can't get digital enough, check out "Twisted Digital" from September of 2007. 

Social networking is among the many things, like identity theft and pop-up advertising, made simpler and easier by modern digital technology.  It is not that we didn't meet people or stay in touch with friends and family before the internet connected us all to spam and Youtube. But with all this new connectivity, even staying in touch with people and meeting new people has been streamlined and systematized, and made almost instantaneous and compulsive.  The trouble is that with Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, and all the other networks, being privy at all times to our connections' many thoughts, moods, exclamations, whims, concerns, causes, photos, home videos, humors, disappointments, and the other detritus of the human endeavor can be vexing and overwhelming to say the least.  

Though we've famously been warned against it, DJDeedle's just a little proud of this techological terror he's constructed.  "Closer" by Nine Inch Nails, with a little technology and techno added in by DJDeedle. 

Just a warning: It's Nine Inch Nails, you know, so there are some technically rude words in this single.

Artwork: Concept by DJDeedle, prodigious Photoshop skills courtesy of Chris Spinosa

"How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank.  Here we will sit, and let the sounds of music creep in our ears; soft stillness, and the night become the touches of sweet harmony."



Some of these songs have been touched lightly, some have been shoved around a bit.  All have been touched in some way or another.  Let the sweet sounds of music creep into your ears. 

This week, DJDeedle invites you to step into the white room with black curtains near the station to experience the high times. 

Though High Times span generations, the clock always reads 4:20, and it's perpetually the time of the season to indulge in a little California dreaming.  Just a word of warning as you listen to this Deedlecast, there are a couple of rude words, and always remember what the doormouse said, "Keep your head!" 

Ladies and gentlemen, synchronize your watches.  This week DJDeedle reaches across time to tie together the old and the new, the fresh and the dated, bringing them into precision alignment. 

Warning: you may hear some rude words from time to time in this Deedlecast. 

Lots of old favorites packed in this single: Lauryn Hill, Roberta Flack, the Fugees, Phil Collins (in his Genesis days), Coolio (feat. L.V.), Bach, et al. 

Just good old fashioned fun, newly fashioned.

It's Independence Day weekend, and many of you will likely be off to the beach or otherwise chasing the sun. So, this week DJDeedle provides you with a little collection of tunes to make both your journey and your destination enjoyable, even if following the sun doesn't figure into your plans.

Ian Fleming's James Bond is not the most complex of characters.  But the franchise of films has given us some of our most memorable cinematic moments and cultural clichés.  Time marches on for everyone but James Bond, who never seems to get older (except for that unfortunate return of Sean Connery at 53 in Never Say Never Again).  The Bond fighting megalomaniac billionaires and malevolent governments in 2009 hasn't changed much since Dr. No (1962) and From Russia with Love (1963), though the world has changed drastically from those Cold War Ian Fleming days.  The whole Bond milieu is a parallax, where the character of James Bond is an almost fixed point with the world moving rapidly around him. 

This week, DJDeedle takes some of the iconic Bond themes and sounds as his fixed point and moves the musical world rapidly around them.  And because going to the movies just isn't the same without it, if you listen carefully, DJDeedle's even thrown in the popcorn. 


A word of warning:  This Deedlecast contains some rude words, for your ears only.


NOTE:  This Deedlecast was featured on the synth and electronic music site, Synthopia - the place for synth and electronic music news.  Check it out: http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/06/27/007-james-bond-electronica-megamix/

Caffeine, everyone's favorite psychoactive stimulant, can have a profound effect on the human brain and psyche.  It picks us up when we are down, speeds us up when we are slow, can cause and cure headaches, can leave us jittery and on edge, and sometimes drops us just as quickly as it picks us up. This Deedlecast is a fully caffeinated blend designed to have a similarly profound effect.  Careful, you might find yourself addicted.

June is Gay Pride Month, and this weekend in Washington, DC is Capital Pride weekend.  Though some even in the gay community think that the time for pride parades and festivals has passed, given the the civil rights gains and losses of the past year, it's more important than ever to be visible and demonstrate our renewed determination. This is the 21st century and civil rights are the killer apps we all need in equal measure, regardless of your operating system, gay or straight.  This weekend, go gay.  It's better than sex.  Just a note:  this Deedlecast contains some strong emotions, sentiment, and language.  Also, remember - parties and festivals are the only kinds of gay bash allowed - ever.

News that Vince Shlomi, aka the "Slap Chop guy" or the "Sham Wow guy," was arrested for felony battery when a game of slap and tickle with a Miami prostitute turned violent, prompted DJDeedle to take some liberties with Slap Chop guy's infomercial.  Actually, DJDeedle took liberties with a youtube spoof, Slap Rap Featuring Vince (Slapchop Remix), that takes its own liberties with that famous infomercial to hilarious effect.  This show also features a musical take on Christian Bale getting slap happy himself and throwing a superstar sized tantrum.   DJDeedle strenuously opposes and abjures violence of any kind, particularly by infomercial and film stars with inflated egos.  So, this week, let's all get a little slap happy at their expense. 

DJDeedle's so pissed off about the outcome of the Proposition H8 case in California that it's just put him off of weddings altogether.

Though Plan 9, implemented today, is a good start, DJDeedle thinks it's never too early to escalate. So, here's a special single lashing out at the unfairness of it all.  Listen and rage against the unbearable whiteness of weddings.

Though we may have crashed and burned in our fight against the bigotry in California, it's a nice day to start again. 

We have lost our fight against California's hateful Proposition 8 at the polls and in the courthouse.  DJDeedle thinks it time to pull out all the stops for a change of plan against Prop 8.  It's time for Plan 9. 

It's sad that this was necessary, but we warned you.  Sleeper cells, get to work.   Unleash Plan 9, the ultimate gay bomb. 

This weekend is Memorial Day weekend, the traditional start of the summer season.  So, on this holiday, it's time to switch gears and think about cookouts, trips to the pool and the beach, and tall cool cocktails to cut the heat.  While you are enjoying the summertime pace, and the traditional activities of the season, here are some summer toe-tappers to keep the rhythm right DJDeedle style. 

We Americans love our pop stars.  But we are a fickle people, and today's idol is tomorrow's faded fashion.  This week, DJDeedle brings together some of our stars of the moment with pop idols from the past, some of whom may have outlasted their fifteen minutes of idolatry and become infamous classics. 

The Cylons were created by man.

They rebelled.

They evolved.

They look and feel human.

Some are programmed to think they are human.

There are many copies.

And they really know how to throw down.

Get your inner Cylon on. 

Let the attack begin.


Warning:  This Deedlecast has some fracking feldercarb language in it. 

At last, you truly can enjoy the silence.  DJDeedle gives you the silent treatment the way it really should be served:  Dramatic. Very dramatic. 

"Hi fi" is a term used by audiophiles to refer to high quality reproduction of sound, so free of noise and distortion, and so highly tuned with accurate frequency response as to be extremely faithful to the original performance. 

Though the component songs in this Deedlecast certainly were never performed quite like this originally,  DJDeedle stays faithful to their original spirit and provides them to you in virtual hi fi.

This week DJDeedle turns technological lemons into a sweet surprise.  DJDeedle invites you to the Print\Jam.  Let the machines do their thing, and some familiar things may turn out in ways you'd never expect. 

Everyone's story deserves a happy ending.  But when it looks like that it's just not in the cards, sometimes you just have to pull one from thin air. 

All's well that ends well.  And above all, no matter how fictional, end it well. 

DJDeedle's back from the beach, back to work, totally jetlagged, and feeling a bit like  zombie.  But that's not so bad.  Despite their somewhat deserved reputation for being dead and spending most their time wandering the Earth eating people's brains, Zombies have a culture of their own, and often they really know how to seize the moment and party.  This week, soak up some Zombie culture.  It's anything but dead. 

A word of caution: This Zombiecast has a couple of rude words in it - but what do you expect from dead people?

The nation's elites, from politicians to leaders of business and finance, have been caught playing fast and loose with the rules.  More serious than smoking in the gym and calling the English teacher "Daddio," they've tarnished our national reputation, run up our bills, robbed our savings, and stalled our economy. Now that it's time to take them to task, they've all come down with Charlie Brown Syndrome, crying, "why is everybody always picking on me!?"  While we contemplate how to punish these scoundrels for their misdeeds, let's enjoy a little music, wait for our piece of the stimulus package, and watch the chickens come home to roost.

A different sound, a change of style. Sooner or later, it happens to everyone. Sound collage, experimental melodies, classic songs made over, and some tinkering with the sublime sonics of the master of ambient drone, John Pemble.  DJDeedle uses some of Pemble's sublime sonics as the canvas on which to paint other melodies and mysterious, but beautiful, sounds. 

Can't get enough of John Pemble, check out his site and buy his sonics at Johnpemble.com.

Can't get enough of Deedle mashing John Pemble's sonics, check out Deedle's John Pemble mash, Out of Time v. Intimate Softness.

As you listen to this week's Deedlecast, DJDeedle is very likely making the long journey across time zones from Eastern to Hawaiian.  With the start of daylight saving time last week, and all these time zones to consider this week, telling time is getting a bit confusing.  It doesn't matter what time it is or what time zone you happen to be in, because this week everyone is on Coordinated Universal Time.

 

Next Friday, DJDeedle leaves for two weeks in Kauai.  But before then, there is much to do, work to be done, Deedlecasts to to be polished and posted.  Such a busy period requires a little self-imposed discipline.  This week DJDeedle subjects you to a strict regimen to keep you focused, on task, and above all things, busy.  DJDeedle demands determination and results.  Come correct and get wise to this track.  Step to it, yo!

What do Peter Gabriel, Human League, Don Ho, Timo Maas, and the Monkees have in common?  Ordinarily nothing.  DJDeedle couldn't let Charles Darwin's 200th birthday pass without involving all those artists in some shocking monkey business. 

Happy belated birthday, Charles.  We owe you for your brilliant theory that makes all modern biology possible, and for all the shockingly fun monkey business it has caused. 

Though DJDeedle isn't one to glom on to movies just because they win awards, for some weeks since the movie's release, he's been captivated by the music from Slumdog Millionaire, this year's Oscar winner for Best Picture, Best Original Score, and Best Original Song.

This week, DJDeedle takes liberties with the movie's score as well as the sounds of the subcontinent, from Bhangra to Bollywood. 

Computers, the internet, and digital technology have altered forever the relationship between musical artists and their fans and listeners.  Digital artists, particularly bootleggers, have altered this relationship further using computers to rework classics and forgotten favorites, weaving them into the unique 21st Century sound, not quite old, and not entirely new.

The "download," the essential ethereal link between you and DJDeedle, is the last step in the creative process.  Without the magic of the download, Deedlecast would not be possible.  This week's Deedlecast salutes the efficient and effective system by which you get your weekly dose of the 21st Century sound. 

"Downloading" marks the third anniversary of DJDeedle's podcasts. For 156 weeks now, DJDeedle has brought you the freshest sounds around, indulging his passion for mashup, remix, sound collage, and electronic esoterica. The some 6,240 minutes of thus far of Deedlecast have been a joy to fashion and provide, and DJDeedle looks forward to many many more.  So, once again, this week, as with that week in February 2006 and every week since, face the music with DJDeedle.  

A few rude words in this download. 

Today is George Washington's birthday, and yesterday was Abraham Lincoln's.  On Monday, because everyone likes a Monday off, we honor the births of these two American presidents who saved the nation from threats to its very existence.  Today, though, DJDeedle honors our new president, Barack Obama, who singlehandedly changed to tempo of the nation at this critical time.  For the next four years, maybe eight, we dance to the beat of DJ Obama.  

This week, kung fu fighting gets more than a little exciting.  One hit wonders, Carl Douglas and Vivian Hawke's somewhat culturally insensitive 1974 classic finds new life in the 21st Century, a skip into a brand new trip.

Join DJDeedle for the illest symphony.  Some old maestros meet the voices and rhythms of today.  Hemiola meets hip-hop.  A little Bach, a little Beethoven, a lot of unexpected and surprising sounds and voices - DJDeedle's Illharmonic orchestra. 

A word of warning: Some words in this Deedlecast might fog your opera glasses. 

No need to pull out your change for this jukebox.  The tunes are on DJDeedle.   This week DJDeedle brings you a selection of heroes of the jukebox

Isn't it lovely when things work well together?  This week, DJDeedle brings together some primarily 80's sounds whose simple interaction should provide just the touch of excitement you need to pull you out of your day-after-holiday doldrums. 

crys·tal·ize (krst-lz)

1. To coalesce into an extremely hard, ordered repeating pattern extending in all three spatial dimensions.

Musicogenic epilepsy is a form of reflex or affective epilepsy, and involves autonomic, behavioral, cognitive, and emotional reactions to selected musical stimuli.  The associated musicogenic seizures are generally believed to be caused by the juxtaposition of musical sounds and frequencies that are incomprehensible to the human brain, or that evoke emotional reactions shocking to the psyche. 

Sound frightening?  It's just the normal state of things on Deedlecast, and this week's Deedlecast is designed to get all your synapses firing:  This is your brain on music.  If you happen to be prone to such seizures, please refrain from enjoying Deedlecast while driving or operating heavy machinery.  

Also, if a rude word or two flips your switch, be warned there are a few in this show. 

Portmanteau

port·man·teau \pört-ˈman-(ˌ)t�\

noun

Inflected Form(s):

plural port·man·teaus or port·man·teaux \-(ˌ)t�z\

Etymology:

Middle French portemanteau, from porter to carry + manteau mantle, from Latin mantellum — more at port

This week's show takes a quieter, mellower tone. The components of this Deedlecast are each blends of two or more distinct sounds or songs, portmanteaux themselves.

In fact, even the words Deedlecast and podcast are portmateaux.

Once the cornerstone of hand-made mixing, the art of the mixtape essentially has been lost, a casualty of sometimes cruel technological progress and fickle fashion.  Somehow, a drag-and-drop iTunes playlist just doesn't have the magic of a lovingly and painstakingly crafted mixtape labored over for hours in unglamorous real-time analog.  The casette tape has gone the way of the dodo, and even the compact disk rides off into the technological sunset. 

But there is life after life for the mixtape in the virtual afterworld: a place where every song is selected with utmost care, enjoyed in real-time, every minute savored, and variety and innovation transcending what many saw as the cramped and archaic medium of the cassette tape.   DJDeedle presents the mixtape essentials.  A salute to cassette culture. 

Caution:  As with any good mixtape, there are few choice words in this one.

Hipsters, flipsters, and finger-poppin' daddies -- knock me your lobes.

Hipster or Hepcat, as used in the 1940s, referred to aficionados of jazz, in particular modern jazz, which became popular in the early '40s. The hipster adopted the lifestyle of the jazz musician, including their manner of dress, slang terminology, use of cannabis and other drugs, relaxed attitude, sarcastic humor, self-imposed poverty, and relaxed sexual codes.

What does it mean to be hip? The hip thing is to be able to perform the exactly appropriate action at all times, and that not easy, daddio. When in doubt, be cool. That's all there is to it.

Just in time for Halloween, DJDeedle toys with the laws of nature, and with his own hands constructs a musical mash monster by sewing together pieces of other people's tunes and charging them with a sudden flash of inspiration.

It's alive!  ALIVE! 

This week, DJDeedle crosses the streams and lets the shadows, ghosts, spirits, and phantasms take over Deedlecast studios to dance and rattle their chains and bones.

Caution: this Deedlecast contains a ghastly word.

This week, DJDeedle has saved you a pew in a church of a naughtier variety:  The Church of Cherry Chapstick.  At this church, you may hear and do some extraordinary things.  It feels so wrong, it feels so right. 

This is not a full Deedlecast, but rather a very short single. 

DJDeedle friend and radio pioneer, John Pemble, is a master of the ambient drone musical genre, a type of music that patiently explores particular sounds, tones, or musical phrases by sustaining them for extended periods and varying them slightly.  Pemble has produced an album of his musical and tonal creations, called "Subtle Reminders: Juno 60 Ambient Electronic Music."  John's album is available for purchase on Itunes and Amazon, and I highly recommend doing so by following the link provided on his website, http://johnpemble.com. 

This DJDeedle single is a combination of one of Pemble's album tracks, "Intimate Softness," and "Out of Time," from the soundtrack of the BBC series, "Torchwood."  John Pemble's subtle and moving F major tones just weave seamlessly with those of the orchestral television piece. 

 

It's time for school, old skool. This week, DJDeedle calls class to order, so prepare to be schooled. Want to find out what is on the syllabus?  Press 1 for Old Skool. 

A word of warning:  This Deedlecast contains adult language and is for advanced students only.  Freshmen should probably take an intro course or two first. 

Grab your communicator, phaser, tricorder, and that weird spinny lipstick thing Dr. McCoy uses, and report to Transporter Room 2 for immediate transport to another unexplored part of the Deedleverse.  Trust me, you'll be going to a place vastly more fun than that purple-sky planet on the Paramount backlot.  

This Deedlecast, "Metropolis," is inspired by the recent news that key scenes from the controversial and somewhat inscrutable 1927 silent film,"Metropolis," have been rediscovered in Argentina.  Upon its initial release, according to Zeitmagazin, "the film flopped with critics and audiences alike. Representatives of the American firm Paramount considerably shortened and re-edited the film. They oversimplified the plot, even cutting key scenes. The original version could only be seen in Berlin until May 1927 – from then on it was considered to have been lost forever."  

Cutting key scenes and re-editing the film had the effect of making its true meaning opaque and the film nearly incomprehensible; but it created a haunting and mysterious work of cinematic art.  With these new scenes, the mystery of the true meaning of the film "Metropolis" and the controversy that has surrounded the timeless film since 1927 may finally have been laid to rest.  With the passing of this mystery, DJDeedle feels that the world loses something intangible, yet valuable, and creates a "Metropolis" soundscape filled with inscrutable and controversial electronic aural inputs he hopes are worthy of the look, feel, and mystery of this enduring cinematic masterpiece.  

Modern demands and technology have made us all robots of one kind or another these days. But even robots need music. Not unlike ourselves, songs of love, loneliness, lust, loyalty, longing, and loss nourish their circuits and gears. No matter what kind of robot you happen to be, this Deedlecast will speak to you. All robots depicted in this Deedlecast are purely fictional, and have no relation to me.

This Deedlecast features a treatment of Weekend Players' "I'll be There for You." Take a moment and revisit DJDeedle's arrangment of this same song at Tu ne's pas oublie.

Most US telephone customers are familiar with Jane Barbe (pronounced "Barbie") (July 29, 1928—July 18, 2003).  Even though few of us ever met her, we have all heard her voice many times and know her as the "Telephone Lady" or the "Time Lady."  Jane Barbe was an American voice actress who did the later voice recordings for the Bell System.  Her voice is heard by millions of people every day speaking for the telephone networks (changed numbers, disconnects, circuits busy, etc.), Bell Laboratory computers, The National Bureau of Standards, announcing ETC's Audichron® (formerly Audichron Company) time, temperature, and weather services, and on many voice mail systems nation wide. Her predecessor was Mary Moore, who was known for using a distinctive pronunciation of 9 (Ny-un) and 5 (Fy-uv).  The distintive pronunciation was required because, on a poor quality line, "nine" and "five" can sound very similar.

DJDeedle dedicates this Deedlecast to these telephonic legends. 

Just note.  Those too young to remember who "Ma Bell" was may be too young for some of the language in this podcast. 

Now that the country at long last has begun to come to it senses, two sensible and fair-minded states in the union have decided, at least for the time being, that marriage should not be restricted solely to people like Britney Spears and strangers who met the day before on a reality television show.  You know, heterosexuals.  This sudden unexpected moment of openmindedness, although limited to two states and the always sensible Canada, has given gays and lesbians the urge to make solemn what long before had to remain secret, and more recently, less secret, but unsolemnized and unrecognized by the civil authorities. 

Two couples who are dear friends of your humble DJ have chosen to do just that: make it solemn, and make it legal (void where prohibited, some restrictions apply, see store for details).  This week's Deedlecast is a salute to these rock steady couples, and others like them, who comprise the new Rock Steady Group.  Cheers and mazal tov!   Dale and Kevin, Matt and Alex, DJDeedle wishes you many years of health and happiness.

The calendar tells us that the summer season is winding down.  But the summer still has some partying to do, and on Deedlecast, the gritty summer hip-hop doesn't have to end.


Note:  Rude words in this one

Today's musical landscape would be much different if not for the Supremes, and particularly, Diana Ross.  The Supremes were the most popular "girl group" of the 1960's, and the most successful vocal group of the period after the Beatles.  The Supremes released hit after hit, charting a dozen number one hits between 1964 and 1969.  Ultimately, in 1969, the original group split up, with Diana Ross going more or less solo, touring as Diana Ross & the Supremes, though without Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson. 

The influence of the Supremes was vital in shaping the Motown sound and R&B. Similarly, the influence of Diana Ross and her solo work on R&B and Disco cannot be understated.  The sounds they pioneered can be found throughout today's music, and modern musicians, both female and male, owe them a debt of gratitude for their groundbreaking work. This week, DJDeedle salutes the queens of popular music, both as a group and in their solo careers, the supremely special Supremes.

Tempo Ordinario:


Brace yourself.  This week's Deedlecast is definitely no ordinary tempo. 

There's nothing better than a nice slice of pie.  DJDeedle has loaded up this week's serving with many electronic layers, both familiar and new, and all wrapped the flaky crust you've come to expect.

With the economy in the toilet, gas prices at an all time high, rising inflation, falling wages, the housing bubble burst,and the stock market sagging, consumers are really feeling the pinch.  DJDeedle is implementing his own stimulus package, slashing tempos, dropping keys, and cutting and splicing, well, everything.

Midsummer is here, and the sultry nights set the mood for a different, slower, relaxed sound. 

Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love" is one of the most recognizable and most popularly sampled tracks.  The original song was a huge hit in 1981 and 1982, no-doubt aided by the advent of MTV.  DJDeedle takes liberties with "Genius of Love," mixing in a flair here and there, as well as Gringo Star, Party Ben, Fergie, and Seal.

 

On July 15, 1960, John F. Kennedy accepted the Democratic Party's nomination for President of the United States.  In his address to the convention in the packed Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California, he declared, among other things, that "the new frontier is here whether we seek it or not." 

In honor of President Kennedy's brave rhetoric that day, DJDeedle sends you to the very edge.  The new frontier is here. 

It's our country's birthday, but the presents are all for you!  With appropriate fanfare, DJDeedle serves you the fireworks, the icing, and the cake.

There's no Yankee Doodle here, just the songs you love.  With a fanfare, there's no end to what you can do. 

Just a year ago, on June 29, 2007, Apple shocked the world with the introduction of the ultimate hand-held gadget to date -- the Iphone.  And next week, Apple will release it's second edition of their ultimate do-dad. 

The Iphone is a unique phenomenon in the culture: simultaneously pretentious and geeky.  Its sleek tactile functionality has made it almost a fetish for owners, and powerfully envy inducing for the rest of us.  Though DJDeedle and the Long-Suffering-One have been helpless to resist the multitude of other Apple products, both computers and ipods, we have thus far resisted the Iphone Borg implants.  We've managed this for two reasons:  (1)  the Iphone is locked to AT&T wireless service; and (2) we like our ipods, and we like our cell phones, but we do not want them to be the same device.  The last thing DJDeedle needs is phonecalls interrupting his musical bliss.

This Deedlecast is dedicated to both the Iphone haves and have-nots

A recording made by Thomas Edison in 1877 has long been thought to be the first artificially recorded sound.  It turns out, the first recordings were made in 1860 by Frenchman, Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville, using a Phonautograph.  The recording medium was merely paper covered in soot, so the sound literally emerges from smoke.   As a result of advances in audio technology, these phonautograph recordings can now be heard again using lasers which do not damage or degrade these precious artifacts. 

This Deedlecast starts with the very first sound ever recorded using the phonautograph (albeit altered quite a bit by dj magic).  There are some other similarly altered phonautographic bits and pieces sprinkled throughout the show.

Learn more about the phonautograph.

DJDeedle loves the summer, but it's only the second week of June and already the summer's become cruel.  Happily, DJDeedle's longtime friend, and an extremely talented musician, Walter knows how to take Deedle's mind off the heat.  Walter is acquainted with not just DJDeedle, but other more bona fide musicians, and took the liberty of forwarding his Brion's mix/remix of Sean Paul's unreleased "Me Luv."  Of course, Deedle couldn't help himself and presents "I Am Me Cruel Summer Love," comprised of Brion's  "Me Luv" (with Sean Paul) v. Massive Attack's "I Am" v. Ace of Base's "Cruel Summer".


Many thanks, Brion, Walter, and, of course, Sean Paul.  When "Me Luv" is released, please buy it! 

DJDeedle welcomes you to the Fractal Lounge:  a setting of unusual melodies and intricate repeating patterns evolving into something entirely different and surprising. 

A fractal often has the following features:

• It has a fine structure at arbitrarily small scales.
• It is too irregular to be easily described in traditional Euclidean geometric language.
• It is self-similar (at least approximately or stochastically).
• It has a simple and recursive definition.^[2]

Let's turn our attention to humankind's favorite subject, SEX. 

This Deedlecast contains adult themes and may not be suitable for listeners of all ages.

DJDeedle presents some appropriately mixed music for these mixed-up times. 


Caution:  This Deedlecast contains some terms inappropriate for mixed company. 

NOTE: Reposted due to technical difficulties.

It's Memorial Day weekend, the traditional start of the summer season.  While Memorial Day is supposed to be a holiday commemorating American men and women who have died in military service to their country, most of the country takes the opportunity to ignore the more serious aspect of the holiday, and take the weekend to get loaded and have a good time.  Please feel free to enjoy your Memorial Day holiday, get loaded, and have a good time.  Just don't forget all those service members we've lost, and those still at risk.  This Deedlecast is dedicated to them.
 




Special Note:  What could be more American than Tammy Wynette?  The late (yet immortal) Ms. Wynette makes a guest appearance this week on Deedlecast along with her friends, the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (The JAMs or KLF) in DJDeedle's special arrangement of a surprising classic. 

DJDeedle brings it -- the biggest beatdown around.  Can you take it? 

Friday's Deedlecast, "What Lola Wants," featured a mash of Mika's "Relax (Take It Easy)."  Who knew Mika was so popular?  Several requests this weekend have convinced DJDeedle to go through his Mika bits and bytes and give you another, extended, flavor of "Relax." 

You've got to learn a little trick whereby a man climbs up above his fellow man.  The trick is not who does what, but who does what, when. 

All the while, though, keep in mind the biggest trick of all:  



Caution:  Lola wants some rude language here and there.

DJDeedle studios has been bombarded with high energy particles.  This Deedlecast is a high energy transmission from DJDeedle Studios directly to your ears. 

Inspired by a good friend's, and fellow BBC fan's, blog post about BBC News' revamped image, title music, and opening sequence, this is a mix of three of the incomparable David Lowe's BBC sequences, and seven other BBC 24 News countdowns, announcements, and stings from the early 80s to the present.

Don't forget, the next Deedlecast airs on its usual Friday, and the next news bulletin is at the top of the hour.

This week, DJDeedle serves a special hot plate of delicacies and old favorites. 

Bon appétit!

Inspired by countless trips on Washington, DC's underground transport system, the "Metro," this Deedlecast attempts to capture the comical and frenetic quality of both the system and its patrons.  Just put on your mp-3 player, sit back, relax, and watch the people (and your wallet, purse, and other valuables).  Like the people on the Metro, this podcast is quite the variety, and you never know what's coming next. 

A word of advice for our visitors in our fair city for the National Cherry Blossom Festival (March 29 - April 13, 2008): please be kind enough to let people exit the train before trying to enter, and remember to stand on the right and walk on the left of the escalators. Also, no eating, drinking or loud music either!

Here's a little rearrangement/reinterpretation of Télépopmusik's "Breathe."  The radio/album edit was used in a 2002 commercial for the Mitsubishi Outlander.  I'm not sure if anyone bought the car because of the wonderful song, but I'm sure Télépopmusik sold a lot of albums because of the commercial. 

This rearrangements contains extesive elements of another of Télépopmusik's songs from their Genetic World album, "Love Can Damage Your Health," a Deedle favorite some of you may remember from the February 16, 2007 episode of Deedlecast, Ambience Chasers.  

This Deedlecast is filled with the worst of the bad: thieves, deadbeat dads, dirty old men, heartbreakers, pimps, Michael Jackson, of course, and not a few rock stars.

Be warned, though, as we all know - Bad boys use rude words!

To round out your full dose of Depeche Mode, DJDeedle presents his remix of "Dream On." 

For those of you who still haven't had your fill of Depeche Mode for the week, check out "Everything Counts" - Deedle's Housecleaning, Part 1

A life lived to its fullest inevitably means the occasional broken heart.  The immediate aftermath, the rebound, is guaranteed to be a touchy and quixotic period.  DJDeedle brings you the unique sound of the rebound. 

DJDeedle welcomes you to the wrong side of Hollywood.  A neighborhood of  murders, where even the roaches spit out paperclips.  And outside every porchway there is a small dish of food that is eaten by morning, we presume by a cat.  It is the whorehouse district of Los Angeles, which is right off of Hollywood Boulevard and Western.  An action spot.

If you happen to be tuning in, friendly NY cab driver, thanks for exposing me to Kofi B, and please let me know if what I've done to his tunes amuses.

It's time to slow down, relax, take off all the harsh edges.  DJDeedle presents a Pan-Sonic Incident, capturing the rich, warm sound not often present in the age of digital jazz and hip-hop. 

Although DJDeedle hasn't bought into this theory yet: for decades, audiophiles have believed that any sound piped through an amplifier using fragile, short-lived vacuum tubes becomes silkier and richer, even digital sound, and sound in compressed formats like mp-3.  Your humble DJ would be interested in hearing from any Deedlecast listener who happens to use a vacuum tube-based amplifier to listen to today's offering. 

Very likely by the time you are reading this, the long suffering one and I will be well on our way to our annual pilgrimage to Kauai.

No need to worry, though. Your superstar DJ has stocked up on Deedlecasts; and you can count on your weekly episodes even while DJDeedle basks on the beach.

What's this funny music on Deedlecast?  Shaking things up a bit, a rock show is what we've got for you.  A rock n' roll Deedlecast?  It may smell a little funny for a Deedlecast, but a little rock and metal is nice for a change.

Note:  This rock show may have a couple of foul smelling words in it. 

When the day's over and city's asleep and quiescent, DJDeedle finds his muse. Most people count sheep when they can't sleep.  DJDeedle counts beats and measures.

This week's creation of Deedle insomnia is designed to remind you why we were all sleepless in the 80s.

Another 80s single.  Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus" with a little help from Nelly, Ludacris, Luniz, et al.

Here's a special mix of Frankie Goes to Hollywood's 1980's classic "Relax," along with Etienne de Crecy, and David Craig (with a little help from G.H.P.). 

It's time to make good on your new year's resolution to stay in shape. Miss Piggy joins DJDeedle this week to ensure you and your equipment are warmed up properly and prepare you for your year of fitness.

Please note that, like your workouts, this Deedlecast requires the proper shoes.

At Deedlecast studios, we've had our holiday jollies, and we're back once again with our ill behavior.  This first true Deedlecast of 2008 should set your year off on the right tempo.

Ill behavior warning:  This Deedlecast contains a rude word or two. 

At the request of his audience, this week's Deedlecast is 50 minutes of the set that DJDeedle spun live at the Duplex Diner on New Year's Eve. 

Those of you who experienced it live can now listen to it at your leisure. And those of you who weren't able to be there can hear a little of what you missed.

Happy twenty aught eight!

As part of his housecleaning, and also a little New Year's gift, DJDeedle gives you the "Small Butterfly Collection."

Couple of rude butterflies in this collection. 

If you happen to be working this New Year's Eve Monday, you may be a little blue.  Here's a little mix from Deedle's collection to get your Monday off right, no matter how blue. 

Another minimix pulled from deep storage. 

“Staying Alive Foreverâ€? - The Bee Gees, Snoop Dog, Pink Floyd, the Who Boys, and Jason Downs. (Totally NOT work-safe)

Deedle's doing some year-end house cleaning. Over the next several days, DJDeedle will be posting some special single edits -- little mixes and things that didn't quite fit into Deedlecasts (yet). 

Full length Deedlecasts will still be posted every Friday!

In honor of the the gift-giving season, here's DJDeedle's mix of Depeche Mode's "Everything Counts (in large amounts)."

This week, that Olympic darling of the 1980's, Mary Lou Retton, reminds us that good posture is its own reward.  Every song in this Deedlecast should get you moving with perfect posture. 

Warning:  this Deedlecast contains a few non-Mary Lou-approved words. 

The holidays are just around the corner.  Let's face facts, though.   As Lucy Van Pelt informed us so many years ago, the holidays are a big commercial racket, and everyone knows they are run by a big eastern syndicate. 

Both holiday cynics and holiday fans will find something to love about this Holly Jolly Deedlecast.  DJDeedle has posted this episode a little early in the month so you may enjoy it the entire holiday season. 

For those of you who just can't get enough holiday cheer, try last year's holiday Deedlecast:

Holiday Fruitcake

November of 1968 marked the release to the public of the final report of the "Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects," called the "Condon Report" after the project's director, Dr. Edward U. Condon. 

Condon had been ordered by the Air Force to conduct a survey of UFO reports to determine once and for all the merit of the phenomenon. In short, the study concluded that UFOs represented only misidentification and hoaxes.

DJDeedle, with some help from his friends, both extraterrestrial and terrestrial, updates the data and conclusions of this historic report. 

Having difficulties downloading?  Try these alternate download links:

Free yourself from the chains of those old familiar tunes.  

You know that chic and ultra-exclusive club with the red carpet, the velvet rope, and the line running around the corner comprised of fashionistas and drunk stars ? 

This week, there's absolutely no need to primp, pose and risk rejection just as you get to the front of the line.   DJDeedle peers inside the club far too hip to let him in. 

As you might expect at such a place:  21 and up with ID. 

This week, DJDeedle brings you a collection of songs that have been given new life and entirely new purpose. 

By special request, DJDeedle brings you techno so rich it has bioflavinoids. 

Don't worry.  This is no typical techno; trust your dj, it's good for you. 

From marching and pep bands, to the lofty notes of the Olympic anthem and commercial sound of televised sports, music has always had a place in sports.  Though DJDeedle couldn't name a single football, basketball, baseball, hockey, or soccer player, whether professional or amateur, he devotes this week's Deedlecast to the unmistakable sound and music of sport.

Did you ever have the feeling you knew what someone was going to say before they said it? 

Ever felt like you've heard that song before? 

Maybe you have.  But not like this. 

An "anthem" is usually a rousing popular song that typifies or is identified with a particular subculture, movement, or point of view.  These anthems are merely intended to bring you to your feet. 

Note:  There are a couple of rude words in this Deedlecast.

It seems that every town in America at one time had a Kiss FM.  And in the days before ipods and satellite radio, no matter what city your Kiss FM was in, it had a Saturday night party broadcast for those too young, too shy, or too boring to leave the house.   The broadcast was a mix of pop cheese and tunes you could dance to. 

This week's show is a salute to those broadcasts, but with a little update and DJDeedle's touch. 

Once again DJDeedle fiddles with the ones and zeros to bring you the finest twisted digital can offer. 

Note:  This podcast contains a rude byte here and there.

Are you talking to me?  Let the shouting begin.

With all the kids now back in school, DJDeedle decided they deserved a short break from their academic rigor.  Your dj has vivid memories of coming home from elementary school, and watching cartoons in the afternoon with the younger brother. So, DJDeedle presents "Cartoonish," a  collection of cartoony-tunes and cartoon-inspired riffs.

Note:  This Deedlecast, unlike most of the others, is Rated G, and suitable for children of all ages.  Parents, please monitor the volume on your child's mp-3 player. Oh, and everyone, please don't forget to brush your teeth. 

Trust the DJ.  Sometimes it's just better if you do it the hard way. 

They say memory is the first thing to go.  DJDeedle has probably forgotten more dubs than he ever actually knew.  This week's Deedlecast presents just a few of these forgotten gems, including one of the first mashups he ever made: (bjork v. Enigma v. Moby v. countless others). 

DJDeedle hopes these dubs won't soon be forgotten.



n'oubliez pas: this Deedlecast has a rude word in it

Believe it or not, Deedlecast is a truly global phenomenon.  According to the visitation stats for DJDeedle.com, listeners tune in from all over the U.S., it's possessions, and countries like the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, France, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Brazil, and Bangladesh.  

DJDeedle salutes all his listeners, regardless of their geography, with this special Deedlecast. 

DJDeedle brings you tomorrow's nostalgia today.  Welcome to the future of nostalgia.  No matter your generation, this Deedlecast has those songs you remember, mashed with those songs you'll pine for tomorrow.

As the mid-August heat settles upon us, DJDeedle brings you a Deedlecast of many flavors served in the same dish.  Enjoy.  But enjoy it slowly so you'll taste all the different flavors and avoid brain freeze. 

Caution:  This flavorful mix has a rude word in it. 

Stereophonic sound:  it seems commonplace today, but there is much more to it than meets the ear.  This week DJDeedle explores stereophonic sound, and promises that if you pay close attention you too will be hooked on stereophonics. 

Just scan the television channels today, and it seems endless hours of television time are spent on making over peoples' homes, cars, images, faces, bodies, food, you name it.   

DjDeedle thinks that music, both old and new, needs a makeover of its own.  

This makeover is hosted by the incomparable (and deceased) James Brown.

Notice:  This Deedlecast may chill out suddenly and without warning.  This is entirely normal, and there is no need to adjust your equipment.

Further Notice:  There are a couple of rude words in this podcast. But perhaps you'll be so chill, you won't notice them.

Even Further Notice:    Deedlecast marked its 10,000th download today. 

Because I had a couple of requests, I'm posting this DJDeedle original as a single.  It's a mashup of "Saved by Zero" by the Fixx and the very obscure classic from the 80's, "Don Quichotte" by Magazine 60.  Let me tell you, it was no easy feat finding "Don Quichotte." It was wildly popular in El Paso, TX in the mid 1980's when Deedle was a a mere teenaged music fan, and got extensive airplay before evaporating into obscurity. 

Smashing soundwaves with a rock beat, this Deedlecast twists some recognizable favorites and a few obscure classics with a welcome, sometimes heavy, and always unique sound. 

This week, DJDeedle brings you another continuous house mix. This mix has it all.  If you've been wanting to hear it, it's in the mix.

In anticipation of the travel many of you will be doing this holiday week, DJDeedle brings you music, not as it is, but as it should be.  Now, as you listen to this week's Deedlecast, you may be wondering where DJDeedle is taking you, and if perhaps he's made an incorrect turn somewhere.  Not to worry.  Keep you mind on your driving and your eyes on the road ahead.  Deedle won't steer you wrong. 

It is thought by some that murder rates increase during the spring and summer months as a result of the effect increased temperatures have on our tempers.  DJDeedle suspects that it isn't just the heat that makes us homicidally angry, but insufficiently fun music. 

Consider this week's Deedlecast the antidote for your summertime homicidal rage.

With your weekly dose of Deedlecast, there's never any need to worry about what to play next.  Let DJDeedle take care of that.  Don't have time to listen to the hours of music you enjoy?  No worries.  DJDeedle makes your listening exciting, unexpected and efficient.  With Deedlecast, you can hear one, two, six, ten, or even more pieces of music or artists in the same podcast, or even the same song. 

Summer has arrived, and so has the heat.  Deedlecast takes a break from mashups and beat driven sounds and provides you with a defense against the sultry weather -- a freshly sliced salad of cool, crisp tunes. 

Love and money. We can't live without either; but chasing them can lead to a lot of misery.


Don't forget that DJDeedle chases neither love nor money tonight, but art, poetry, and literature at the SpeakeasyDC CD Launch Party tonight at Local 16.
 

Make ready for the final countdown.  This week, DJDeedle gives you the chance to guide your own rocketship -- your taxi to tomorrow. 

Computers.  They make our lives so much richer, remembering things for us, helping us write, read, present, travel, research, communicate, compose, create, etc. -- when they work, that is.  

Remember what life was like without them?  

The 80's live again on Deedlecast, thanks to the folks at Born Again 80's.  The kind folks at Born Again 80's are a fantastic resource for extended mixes and unique remixes of your favorite 80's tunes, and have become a regular stop for DJDeedle's musical research.  

DJDeedle reminds you that, though "popping" collars on your polo shirt, and stacking polos were both popular in the 1980's, so were Ronald Reagan, star wars defense systems, trickle-down economics, and soaring deficits -- all bad ideas in retrospect.

DJDeedle kindly requests that you save the polo stacking, collar popping, pant leg pegging, and Reagan worship for 80s theme parties.

More of DJDeedle's thoughts on the evils of collar popping can be found at:  

Fashion Faux Pas, dé-jà vu

Want more 80s mashup?  In case you missed them try these previous Deedlecasts:

Dash and Daring Do

Like It Was Yesterday

This week DJDeedle uncovers the hidden message of the Beatles.   Those of you who are Beatles fans and who think they already know the band's message may be surprised to learn what DJDeedle has discovered. 

Celebrity Endorsement:

". . . densely rich with some really nice surprises in the mix.  'Intricately woven.' they would probably say."

--Todd Mundt, National Public Radio (radio and TV personality)

Sometimes haunting, sometimes eerie, sometimes lyrically beautiful, the sound of Portishead is instantly recognizable, even when mixed and mashed.   Keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist Geoff Barrow and singer Beth Gibbons combine the high-tech, the low tech, and the classic to make Portishead's unique sound. Though these tunes have been mashed up and remixed in various ways, they are still very much Portishead.  

This Deedlecast is provided "as is" and without warranties of any kind either express or implied.  To the fullest extent permissible pursuant to applicable law, DJDeedle disclaims all warranties, including but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.  DJDeedle does not warrant or represent that the music in this Deedlecast is any good at all, but hopes you'll enjoy it anyway.  Any resemblance to any person or animal living or dead is purely unintentional and coincidental.  Some assembly required.  See store for details. Void where prohibited.  Past performances are no indication of future shows. 

Celebrity Endorsement:

"The Disclaimer Mix is hot!"

Plumbing the depths or heights of dorkiness, depending on how one looks at it, DJDeedle has indulged the geeky sci-fi facet of his personality by creating this week's tribute to the world's favorite time traveling adventurer.  

For the next 27 minutes and 15 seconds of Earth time, you too can travel by TARDIS.  Not unlike the Tardis, this Deedlecast is larger on the inside than it looks. 

Madonna's been creating hit after hit for over 25 years now.  And whether we like it or not, her sound is an indelible part of America and its pop music.  

Welcome to Madonna's America. 

COMMON SENSE CAUTION:  It's pretty much guaranteed that anything having to do with Madonna will push the boundaries of good taste and sexual modesty.  This Deedlecast is no exception, and should not disappoint in this regard. 

House music has been described as a very rhythmically based electronic or synthesized music that uses a continuous, repeating (usually also electronically generated) 4/4 bassline. Typically added to this foundation are electronically generated sounds and samples of music such as jazz, blues and synth pop, as well as additional percussion.

Your humble dj knows that this definition just doesn't really capture the essence of the musical genre.  Rather, anyone who really understands house music knows that "House is a Feeling." 

This week, DJDeedle defiles the music of the movies.  Holy bijou! Is nothing sacred?

This week DJDeedle delves into the urban sound.  These musical children of the city streets encompass such innovative and culturally significant genres as jazz, hip-hop, R&B, rap, and disco.  Truly urban sounds.  

Just when you may have been asking, "DJDeedle, what have you done for me lately," voila! a whole Deedlecast of Janet mashes and mixes. 

DJDeedle invites you to his carnival of oddities - the strange and unusual, magical and mysterious.  Hurry, hurry!  Don't miss it! 

Back from the slower tempo of the islands, DJDeedle changes the tempo back to east coast time this week on Deedlecast.  Can you keep up? 

Many of you may remember Ambience Chasers from the days when DJDeedle worked in the cd format.  This is a Deedlecast length cut from the full album. 

Sit back, relax, and pause from your pursuit of pure ambience. 

Deedlecast comes to you this week and next from the beautiful island of Kaua'i, where your dj and the long-suffering one are basking in the sun and taking to the waves.  One of our favorite island activities, surfing, is a way of life for many Hawaiians.  This Deedlecast is devoted entirely to the music of surfing.  As you listen, picture yourself riding the perfect wave to a perfect beach. 

Developed from some of DJDeedle's live performances, this Deedlecast is designed for the After 11:00 PM crowd.  It's a little rock, a little hip-hop, bit of disco, and a touch of rap, just the mix to move the dinner crowd to the bar. 

But with Deedlecast, you don't need to wait until after 11:00 to enjoy it.

Note:  The kids should be in bed well before 11:00PM, so they won't hear any of the rude words appearing in this Deedlecast. 

"This is an historic moment - for the Congress, and for the women of this country. It is a moment for which we have waited more than 200 years. Never losing faith, we waited through the many years of struggle to achieve our rights. But women weren't just waiting; women were working. Never losing faith, we worked to redeem the promise of America, that all men and women are created equal. For our daughters and granddaughters, today we have broken the marble ceiling."

-- Nancy Pelosi

In honor of the first female Speaker of the House, DJDeedle welcomes you to the femisphere.  

This week's Deedlecast takes a well-deserved swing at the patriarchy.  Just remember as you listen that any patriarchy-affirming stereotypes you may encounter are included for purely ironic purposes.

If you have some time stop by some of DJDeedle's favorite denizens of the femisphere and show them some love:

Twisty Faster at http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/

and

Amanda Marcotte and Pam Spaulding at http://pandagon.net/

Caution:  Because patriarchy-smashing isn't delicate work, patriarchy smashing Deedlecasts contain a few rude words. 

Have you ever been down in the dumps when, all the sudden, you hear a song that picks you right back up?  DJs, whether on the radio or in clubs, have a knack for this kind of thing, and save lives every day. 

Everyone has a hero.  Some have more than one. This Deedlecast features a host of heroes and legends, most of whom are imaginary and silly.  We end the Deedlecast, however, with a serious hero - a genuine legend.

Caution:  One of the heroes in this Deedlecast uses a rude word or two. 

Remember, Saturday, January 13, all the real heroes will be at: 

As is customary at the start of a new year, this week's Deedlecast reflects on the past to music from a simpler, more carefree, time.  It was a period in American history when the only things we worried about were the creep of international communism and complete and utter nuclear destruction at the hands of the decidedly less fashionable Soviet Union.  Ah, the memories.  Good times. 

Here it is, the last Deedlecast of 2006, it's inaugural year. Not to worry, though. DJDeedle has all sorts of great things already planned for 2007. And though some may do it better, no one brings it to every week like your humble dj. Don't forget that DJDeedle brings it to you live once again at the Duplex diner Saturday, December 30 from 9:00pm until close.

Watch this space for more DJDeedle Live! dates and times. Goodbye 2006.

And a happy and healthy 2007 to all of you loyal listeners out there on the bunch of tubes they call the Internets.

In order to maximize your holiday joy, I've decided to post this a little early.  Deedlecast will return to its regular schedule on Friday the 29th. 

Fruitcakes are an amalgamation and conglomeration of all kinds of things, some of which should never be placed in or near a cake.  This Deedlecast is an amalgamation and conglomeration of holiday music and all kinds of unlikely tunes that you'd never have thought belonged together.

Unlike a fruitcake, however, you'll want to experience this mix over and over again and share it with friends and family. Like fruitcake, though, you'll want to avoid putting this Deedlecast in your mouth if you can help it. 

Caution:  Those who have an allergy to holidays may find that this Deedlecast may cause you to enjoy the holidays . . . even if just a little bit. 

Program Notes:

Don't miss Deedlecast Live! at the Duplex Diner

"Why David Hasselhoff?" you ask.  Why not?

It's been well documented that:

He has even less musical talent than John Tesh... His television shows are unwatchable... and yet He's one of the world's most popular stars... how has He done it?

I submit David Hasselhoff is the AntiChrist.

Caution:  Hasselhoff's evil influence has placed a rude word or two in this Deedlecast. 

What?!  A Deedlecast entirely devoted to that second-rate talent, Justin Timberlake.  The N-Sync guy?  Teenage girls rejoice.  Well, mash him up with other mediocre talents like Debbie Harry, Fergie, Robert Palmer, and Corey Hart, and you certainly get more than the sum of their rather talentless parts. 

Warning:  Justin uses a rude term in this Deedlecast.  But then, what do you expect?

Willie Nelson, U-2, Pussycat Dolls, INXS, Harry Belafonte, the Bangles, the Beach Boys, Billy Joel, Eminem, Shakira, C&C Music Factory, Johnny Cash, Will Smith, Kelly Clarkson, Chris Isaak . . .  What in the world are they doing in one place, let alone the same songs?  This is truly confused.   Trust your dj, though, it works! 

Thanks to all the loyal Deedlecasters who came out to the Duplex last night.  The event was quite a success, and Eric, the owner of the Duplex, has decided to make Deedlecast Live a regular event.  I'll keep you posted on dates and times.

This song is a mashup single (Thomas Dolby v. Blowoff) I put together to be the night's "Saturday Song."  As many of you know, whenever the Saturday Song plays, Eric passes out a free round of tasty shots. 

The many requests to post this single mashup occasion this off-Friday post. 

Stay tuned to this space for details of what will be regular episodes of Deedle at the Duplex.   

Special thanks to Douglas for designing the new DJDeedle logo. 

Had enough mashed potatoes for the week?  Try some DJDeedle mashes. They're fun, wholesome, and guaranteed to be slimming! 


If you need further decompression after all that family time on Thanksgiving, stop by the Duplex Diner, located at 2004 18th Street NW, after 9:00pm on Saturday, November 25, for an encore of Deedlecast Live. 

According to NASA, November of 1982 was the first operational mission of the space shuttle.  At that time, the space shuttle, Columbia, deployed two satellites.

DJDeedle honors this auspicious date 24 years ago with this space-themed Deedlecast. 

Caution:  Some of those astronauts have some colorful language. 

Live performance DJs bear the awesome responsibility of maintaining seemless quality sound, keeping an eye on all the tracks, channels, levels, volume, pan, fade, reverb, frequencies, gain, amplification, equalizers, etc.,while at the same time making sure everyone is having a good time. 

This week's Deedlecast give you a taste of the difficulties often encountered when an errant frequency exists in the system while the party continues.

Make sure to stop by the Duplex Diner this Sunday, November 12, from 3:00 to 7:00 pm, for DJDeedle's first live Deedlecast.  It's not to be missed! 

Deedlecast, friends, and a refreshing cocktail or two:  the perfect way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

 

Duplex Diner
(18th and U Streets NW)
2004 18th Street NW
Washington, DC

The beat never really leaves Deedlecast. Like a heartbeat, it's necessary to keep Deedlecast alive. This week, DJDeedle puts a stethescope to the heart of Deedlecast to amplify that beat. The beat should not be confused with the groove, and the groove with the beat. It's most important not to allow the beat to drown out the groove. As always, DJDeedle strives to keep the beat beating and the groove grooving.

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Welcome to the frights and sounds of the first All Hallows Eve Deedlecast. Don't be afraid, you are not alone. Count Morbida and his lovely companion, Horribella, will be with you all the time. So will Sisqo, Michael Jackson, Vincent Price, Shannon, The Chordettes, Credence Clearwater Revival, and a host of others. Lots of horror movie tunes here.

And yes, that is the very eerie song from "the Shining" - "Midnight, the Stars and You," performed by the Ray Noble Orchestra.

DJDeedle's evil plan would have worked if not for those pesky kids.

With the race just a couple of weeks away, your dj's thoughts have turned to the Marine Corps Marathon. 26 miles sounds like a long way. And believe me, it is.

But with the right tunes -- fast tempo when you need a push or slower when you want a break -- the time just flies by and the feet keep moving. DJDeedle presents another of the many mixes that keep his mind off his feet and knee joints. DJDeedle promises this is his last word on the marathon.

Programming Notes:

Prepare to be terrified next week for DJDeedle's Halloween Deedlecast.

Also, stay tuned for dates and times for DJDeedle's Sunday afternoon show in November at Washington, DC's finest diner, the Duplex.

Don't worry, Deedlecast has not sold out and gone commercial.  Rather, this week's show features mashups of hits from the 1960s and 1970s, interspersed with authentic radio commercials from 1963.  DJDeedle thanks UBUWeb's 365 Day Project for collecting these commercial gems.   

Deedlecast does not endorse Maxwell House Coffee, Yellow Cab, or any of the other products or companies featured in the advertisements.

 

Art does not have to be pretty, nor does it have to be quiet.  This Deedlecast certainly is neither.  Also, I'm certain this is not what Justin Timberlake has in mind when he talks about bringing sexy back.  

Kelley Clarkson, AC/DC, Pink, Genesis, Skinny Puppy . . . plus those singing strippers, the Pussycat Dolls.  This could get downright ugly.

This week's Deedlecast is a collection of toe-tappers to help you to do your thing, whatever your "thing" may be.  This Deedlecast contains two very different mashups of Christina Aguilera's recent hit, "Ain't No Other Man." 

DJDeedle hopes this Deedlecast brings new life to your thing.   

Warning:  This Deedlecast contains a rude word.  Also, you may experience temporary trouble with your London Bridge. 

Put on your raspberry beret, hop into your little red corvette, and party like it's 1999.  The prince of pop gets mashed and mixed on this week's Deedlecast. 

Caution: This podcast contains a rude word (or two rude words, depending on how sensitive to rude words you happen to be).   

Now that we've cleared the Muppets out of our system, it's time to return to a different kind of fun from the 1980s. 

With appropriate levels of dash and daring-do, this Deedlecast features mashups of your favorites from 80s music icons Kenny Loggins, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Tears for Fears, Toto, Prince, Pat Benatar, and Duran Duran. 

Note:  This Deedlecast also contains a nice treat for fans of "Kill Bill."

 

The Muppets have taken over Deedlecast Studios this week.  After we have the exterminators in, and clean out all the Muppet poo, we'll return to our regular programming. 

In the meantime, enjoy our most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, muppetational Deedlecast.

Disclaimer:  DJDeedle assumes no responsibility for any tunes that may end up on an endless loop in your head as a result of this Deedlecast. 

 

If we took a holiday
Took some time to celebrate
Just one day out of life,
It would be, it would be so nice

--Mrs. Guy Richie

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So nice, indeed.  As you take your one day out of life to celebrate this holiday weekend, enjoy this week's Deedlecast, devoted to Sean Penn's ex-wife, Madonna. 

It's the patriotic thing to do.  Remember, if you don't listen to Deedlecast, the terrorists have won!

 

 

For lo these many years, gentle listener, DJDeedle has observed most faithfully a "no Stairway" policy in both his musical and personal affairs.  But when the venerable WFMU collected over sixty (60) versions of Led Zeppelin's moldy classic, "Stairway to Heaven," how could a dj resist turning all those minutes of musical roadkill into musical overkill for your listening pleasure? Fear not. DJDeedle will not subject you to all sixty-plus versions. Rather, DJDeedle has reviewed them all, selected the gems, and distilled a them to about 40 minutes.

Trust me, after you've listened to this many versions of "Stairway to Heaven" you'll likely adopt a "no Stairway" policy of your own.

Everybody's favorite band, the Eagles, meet Greenday, Ludacris, Groove Armada, Daft Punk, Kelley Clarkson, Jay-z,
Pherrel, and David Bowie.  Not to be left out, former Eagles, Don Henley and Glen Frey, are mixed up variously with Davie Bowie and Sly Fox. 

 

Caution:  This Deedlecast contains a rude word. 

DJDeedle takes you on a romp across the radio dial.  Expect the unexpected. 

Caution: This Deedlecast may accelerate suddenly to dangerous speeds.  Pregnant women, the elderly, and children under 10 should wear appropriate protective headgear while listening to this Deedlecast.

 

Taking samples from other people's records is one of the most widespread and controversial aspects of computer music.  The concept of using snippets of taped sounds to make collages of music is not new. Nowadays, it is easy for anyone to sample sections of recordings from LPs or CDs to make new recordings using your computer sequencer. 

But is it legal?  

Deedle's stance on this question can be found at About Deedlecast.

Feel free to ponder or ignore the question while you enjoy this week's Deedlecast. 

 

 

This week, Pink Floyd meets Bart Simpson, Tricky, Nine Inch Nails, The Who, Smashing Pumpkins, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Mick Jagger, The Spencer Davis Group, Diana Ross and the Supremes, and The B-52s.   

All you Floyd fans get your lighters up!

 

 

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Inspired by a trip to sunny Miami, DJDeedle presents musica caliente, a blend of South and Central American music, with a Deedle touch. 

Team Deedlecast once again asks for your support for our AIDS Marathon team.  This week's Deedlecast is yet another half hour mix designed to keep the feet moving on those long runs. 

 

Please support team Deedlecast by making a tax-deductible contribution at the Team Deedlecast page.  

 

By special request, DJDeedle presents 50 Cent. 

It should be noted that Mr., um, Cent is very much the rap artist, and therefore there are a few rude words here and there in this Deedlecast. 

Very little in the way of whole songs here.  Rather, DJDeedle serves you a hundred distinct and different flavors, a different taste in every bite.  This 31 minute meal is on the light side, a perfect summertime dish for your ears. 

Bon appetit!

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Never let it be said that DJDeedle does not listen to his listeners.  A loyal listener (from as far back as the days when DJDeedle only worked in CD format) loves Missy Elliott.  In his honor, the dj presents this week's Deedlecast, half an hour of Missy mashups. 

As many of you know, DJDeedle, along with the long suffering one and two dear friends of ours, are training for the Washington DC AIDS Marathon (aka Marine Corps Marathon).  Although the torture of the training and the actual marathon are enough incentive, the real reason we are doing this is to raise money for the Whitman Walker Clinic, here in DC.  As many of you know, the Clinic is the DC area's leading provider of direct medical care, food, housing, legal services, and other important services for those who have HIV or AIDS and don't have the means to pay.  The Clinic was DJDeedle's neighbor for several years, and this dj has volunteered quite a lot of hours there.  I can vouch for how vitally important their work is, and how truly grateful their clients are. 

 

As one might imagine, this marathon requires quite a bit of training, consisting mainly of long runs.  Fortunately, because Deedle possesses dj powers, he can make his own running mixes. This week Deedle presents just one of the many continuous musical works that keeps him running when the feet say, "no," the knees protest, and there are still miles left to run. 

 

If you are so inclined, please stop by the Deedlecast team page (http://www.aidsmarathon.com/participant.asp?runner=DC-9614&EventCode=MC06) and make a contribution.*   We appreciate it, and so do the clients of the Whitman Walker Clinic. 

 

 *Since we participants and the Marine Corps pay for all the expenses of the event, every cent our training team raises goes to support the Clinic.  Also, your contributions are fully deductible. 

 

C-C-C-Catch the Wave!

Let's revisit the 1980s! Not the Iran-Contra, Ivan Boesky, "mutually assured destruction," yuppies, Ronald Reagan, "Back to the Future," New Coke, Cabbage Patch dolls 1980s. I mean the MTV 1980s.

Remember all that great music? DJDeedle does too, just like it was yesterday.

This week's 40-minute extravaganza is a continuous mix of mashups of 80s artists from the Bangles, Robert Palmer, Hall & Oats, and Gary Newman, to David Byrne, Dead or Alive, ABC, and Human League. 

Deedlecast respectfully requests that you leave the collars on your polo shirts down! 

Rumors of the death of disco have been exaggerated for decades. As we all know, or should know, disco is a purely urban sound whose innovation made possible the rap, hip-hop, house, techno, and trance music we have today.

Disco lurks everywhere in modern music. But in this week's Deedlecast, modern music lurks in disco. So, put on your white satin jumpsuit with the wing collar and "get down tonight."

 

Note:  There's a rude word in this Deedlecast. 

This is Memorial Day weekend, the traditional start of the summer season.  Despite the heat and humidity here in our nation's capital, summertime is this dj's favorite time of the year. 

In celebration of this auspicious season, DJDeedle presents a Deedlecast-length version of a full length album, entitled "Buena Vida," which some of you Deedle fans may remember from my days of mixing in cd format.

No mashups here, just pure summertime relaxation and fun for your drive to the beach, or settling back with a nice glass of iced tea at home here in the city. 

As always, if you like the music you hear on Deedlecast, please support the artists by purchasing their music! 

If you'd like a copy of the full-length cd, "Buena Vida," please just send me an email! 

"Buena Vida" (Deedlecast Edit)

1. Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince
2. Charms - The Philosophy Kings
3. In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry
4. Living in the City - Des'ree
5. Crazy English Summer - Faithless
6. Vox (Deedle's Anomie Mix) - Sarah MacLachlan v. Sarah MacLachlan
7. Colour My Love (Part 1) - M People
8. Summertime - Ella Fitzgerald

Whether you were around or not when John, Paul, George and Ringo were the Beatles (the band broke up in 1970), you probably know the unique sound of the Beatles.  Often imitated, but never duplicated, the Beatles' sound is immediately identifiable, no matter what some heretic with a sequencer, or computer, or mixing board might do to it. 

This heretical collection of Beatles mashups represents the distillation of a huge number of mash works, including Deedle's very own "Come Tangerine Together."

 

Despite DJDeedle's fascination with manipulation of music and sound through electronic means, nothing quite sounds like real musical instruments, strummed, bowed, plucked or played by human hands.  Though this Deedlecast would probably not get you credit in your Music Appreciation (Baroque, Classical, and Romanic Eras) class, it is music DJDeedle hopes you'll appreciate as much as he does. 

 

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1. Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor - Leopold Stokowski
2. Natural Shake the Room (Officina Emotiva v. Fresh Prince) - Sound Bwoy
3. The Police v. Rob Dougan - Aggro1
4. Pictures of You (Instrumental) - The Cure
5. Finished Symphony (Soundtrack Edit) - Midfield General
6. Eleanor Rigby (Strings Only) - The Beatles
7. Ray of Light - String Quartet
8. Please Let Me Get Gabriel's Oboe (London Philharmonic v. The Smiths v. Dream Academy) - DJDeedle

The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past.

-- William Faulkner

 

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Remember the good old days?  No.  Of course you don't.  No one does really.  At the time, they were neither good, nor old.  That's beside the point, though.  No matter how bad those days were at the time, there sure was some great music.  Through the miracle of time travel, DJDeedle is able to bring back some of what was actually good about the good old days. 

 

Disclaimer:  There are a couple of rude words in this podcast.  Well, it's actually the same rude word used several times. 

 

Do you find that you are often too busy to talk to your plants, especially during this busy and critical springtime period?  This busy DJ has the same problem.  That's why DJDeedle has outsourced his plant talk to Molly Roth, who has so kindly recorded her soothing voice to encourage plants to grow in healthy and happy ways, and scold plant owners who treat them improperly. 

DJDeedle feels that most all lifeforms, both flora and fauna, not only benefit from Ms. Roth's voice, but mashups as well.  I hope the combination of the two has you flowering and branching out to your fullest potential.

 

Special thanks to WFMU for providing the incomparable Molly Roth. 

 

Pastiche (pas-'tEsh) �¢?? n. (from Italian pasticcio) 1. a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work; also: such stylistic imitation 2. a musical, literary, or artistic composition made up of selections from different works

 

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For many of the same reasons DJDeedle loves mashup music, he also loves pastiche. Actually, mashup is pastiche under the second definition above. Good pastiche crosses time as well as musical genre. This week's Deedlecast is dedicated to this type of music that lets us straddle years, decades, and even centuries.

 

1. Symphony Sid Announces the Band (Live) - Miles Davis
2. Is You or Isn't You My Baby? (Rae and Christian Remix) - Dinah Washington
3. Yesterday Was a Lie - T�?�©l�?�©popmusik
4. Glory Box - Porstishead
5. Don't Explain (Dzihan and Kamien Remix) - Billie Holiday
6. The Child (Album Version) - Alex Gopher (feat. Billie Holiday)
7. Sinnerman (Deedle's Plenary Mix) - Nina Simone

 

Just a quickcast of a mashup I just created and needed to send a link to someone.  This is Tears for Fears' "Who Killed Tangerine" versus "Come Together" by the Beatles, and also a version of "Come Together" done by Bobby McFerrin (you know the "Don't Worry, Be Happy" guy). 

This mashup was featured on Episode 160 of Some Assembly Required. Please click through and listen to the episode and don't miss an episode of "Some Assembly Required," one of DJDeedle's favorite podcasts on the intertubes. 

 

 Chillout is a musical genre well-known to DJDeedle, as his dj'ing interest was first piqued by a set of disks released by Ministry of Sound under that description. DJDeedle especially likes the genre because it encompasses such a wide variety of musical styles, from traditional jazz and pop, to hip-hop, trip-hop, disco, funk, world music, house, fusion, and acid jazz. It isn't so much the individual songs themselves that make them fall into the chillout category. Rather, it is the juxtaposition and interweaving of the disparate types of music that creates the ultimate effect, something greater than the individual songs themselves. Much like mashup music, but on a larger scale. Thus, it is quite the enjoyable challenge to create. This Deedlecast features the work of The Grooveblaster who describes his music thusly:

". . . rhythms and melodies are rooted in cosmopolitan pop and downtempo grooves, so it's hard to tell where 'song' ends and 'version' begins, where message ends and music begins, where agony ends and ecstasy kicks in."

 

With the greatest respect for The Grooveblaster's vision, DJDeedle has mixed the songs up a bit, and added a DJDeedle nudge or tweak here and there.

1. Si Mi Caballero - Francoise Hardy Grooveblaster
2. I Get Lifted - George McCrae
3. Walk On By (Grooveblaster mix) - Dionne Warwick
4. Smooth as Silk (Deedle's Interlude dub) - The Grooveblaster
5. I Wish I Never Saw Sunshine - Beth Orton and The Grooveblaster
6. In 1977 (When Josie Comes Home) - The Grooveblaster
7. Charles Mingus - Love Chant - The Grooveblaster
8. Romantic is the New Fantastic (Deedle's Cinemagraphic dub) - The Grooveblaster

 

Regardless of how very truly bizarre DJDeedle thinks Michael Jackson is today, in Michael's childhood with the Jackson 5 and the part of his adulthood during the height of his solo career, Jacko was quite uniquely talented. Just as we should not confuse the drug-addled and overweight Elvis of the 1970's with the young talented king of rock and roll, we should not allow Jackson's present day resident alien status to obscure the many great songs of Jacko's best days.

Given the great body of mashup work out there based on Jackson's most loved songs, many mashup artists apparently agree with DJDeedle. It was quite the challenge to whittle the huge number of excellent Jackson bootlegs down to this 30 minute Deedlecast.

 

1. Show Respect for Michael Jackson - James Kochalka Superstars
2. MJ v. PCD - Aggro1 and Sam Flanagan
3. Eminem v. Michael Jackson v. Justin - www.mei-lwun.com
4. Robbie Over Jacko Under Pressure - Go Home Productions
5. Michael Remembers Cheryl - c.h.a.o.s. Productions
6. Justin Loves Jacko - Go Home Productions
7. Michael Jackson v. Cookie Monster - Ted Shred
8. The Thriller Thong - Sisqo Jackson
9. Bad It On - Michael Jackson v. T.Rex
10. Jackson 5 v. Celldweller - Aggro1
11. Billy Jean - Shinehead

The usual warning: A few of the songs contain a rude word or two.

 

 

As anyone who travels these days is well aware, travel by air can be a trying experience, with all the delays, airport security, cancellations, overbooking, extra charges, etc. Surprisingly, DJDeedle and his long suffering consort are not excepted from these difficulties. Nevertheless, we have persevered and have returned to the SpinDeedle production facilities in Washington, DC to produce more shows for DJDeedle's devoted listeners. Given an infinite amount of time, patience, and a little bit of competence on the part of certain airline employees, (not to mention some extra fees here and there) one can endure and overcome these air transport obstacles. On the other hand, to arrive at your intended destination refreshed and positive in spirit and attitude, one must have a good supply of the dulcet tones of Deedlecast. This week I have put together a soothing anodyne to your travel woes.

 

So fasten your seatbelts comfortably around you, put your seat backs and tray tables in their upright and locked positions, and drift into air transport bliss.

 

Just a little warning that there are couple of rude words in one of the songs.

 As many of you know, DJDeedle's signal has been relocated temporarily to the island of Kaua'i, Hawaii, and this week's Deedlecast eminates from there. Commensurate with DJDeedle's vacationing mood, this episode is a relaxing melange of many musical flavors, hues, and textures.

Aloha, and thank you for your kokua! 



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Last week featured the easygoing music of one of my favorites, Alex C. This week, I've chosen another of my favorite bootleggers, Mark Vidler, of Go Home Productions (GHP). Mark Vidler is a professional sound enginer and dj, and you can tell that instantly from his technical skill and the clear and produced sound of his finished product. One of Vidler's particular talents is the mixing of a wide array of popular music with almost universally recognized classic rock guitar riffs and beats.

 

This is a rock show. So there are a couple of rude words in this mix, albeit almost imperceptible.

Part of the fun of listening to mashups and bootlegs is playing "name that tune" with all the different songs mixed in. Here is the answer key for this podcast:

 

1. Juicebox Rock (Peaches / The Strokes / Theme From The Munsters)
2. Ray of Gob (Madonna / Sex Pistols)
3. Crazy Little Fool (Beatles / Queen)
4. Who Fooled Kylie (Kylie / The Who)
5. I Can See for Miles (The Who (GHP Brighton Breaks remix))
6. YazU2 (Yaz / U2)
7. Ultrathin (Ultra Nate / Thin Lizzy Free / Jailbreak)
8. Paperback Believer (The Beatles / The Monkees)

 

The long suffering one purchased the soundtrack to "Brokeback Mountain" on Itunes the other day. The album has seven achingly beautiful guitar songs by Gustavo Santaolalla. If you've seen the film, you know that Santaolalla's pieces play as vital a role as the Wyoming (actually Alberta) landscape in setting the mood. The music, like the scenery, was almost a character in the film.

So the long suffering one asks, "DJDeedle! Will you mix these seven Gustavo Santaolalla songs together into one mix of about ten or so minutes?" The songs are so sparse, and so melodically simple, that they were not difficult to sew and dub together into a seamless, thematic mix. With a few suggestions from the long suffering one that only made the mix even better, I present another off-the-Friday-cycle Deedlecast. I wanted to hold on to this Deedlecast for awhile, but just couldn't wait for you to hear it, dear loyal listeners! Consider it a bonus for subscribing or checking back often.

As always, if you enjoy DJDeedle's interpretation of these beautiful songs, please support the original artists by purchasing the entire album. (Tower Records is but one of the wonderful places to buy "Brokeback Mountain (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).

DJDeedle cares about his small, but devoted, audience. Remember, the comment button is always available for you to provide feedback.

  

Today would have been his sixteenth birthday. It's hard to believe he's been gone for over a year. There was never a better, more loyal, patient, sweet, loving, attentive, well-behaved, constant, or adorable companion. There was also never a companion more loved or missed.

This isn't a Deedlecast. It's a single song called "I'll Be There" by Weekend Players that I remixed into a four and a half minute version. I intend to make a short film as a tribute with all the photos and film clips I have of him, set to my extended mix. The mix is called "I'll Be There (Deedle's Sleepiest-sleepy-sleep mix)."

I chose this song out of myriad options because, through good and bad, he was there for me. He was there when I was living in Dallas just after graduating college, didn't know a soul in town, and found out that I'd passed the CPA exam. I had just gotten him, and we danced and celebrated together. He was there at the airport when I came home from England after a seven day coma and a near miss with spinal menengitis. I remember being in the hospital just wanting to get back to the states to him.

He was there all through law school and the bar exam, and all the late nights and stresses. Friends and boyfriends came in and out of my life, but he was always there for me with his unwavering love and support. With all the vicissitudes of school and career, we moved a lot in his fifteen years. We lived in Dallas, Austin, and DC. It didn't matter to him, as long as he was there with me. We went to Montreal, Provincetown, California, Oklahoma, New York, Ohio, and all over Texas together. He loved the car, and he was always so good on the plane that I was able to carry him on in one of those pet bags, so happy to be going along, never making a sound under the seat. He just wanted to go with, and hated to be left behind.

Happy birthday. You are never forgotten and are always with me.

 

This episode of Deedlecast is a little change of tempo. First, it is a showcase of one of my favorite mashup artists, Alex C. You may have noticed in the previous episodes that mashups tend to be fairly busy pieces of music. There are a number of reasons for this, one of which being that when one mixes what are originally two or more finished and complete songs together, no matter how much technology we throw at them, sometimes there are a few imperfections where the songs just won't mesh. The abundance of beats melodies and such can be used to obscure these imperfections and render them virtually undetectible (except to the artist who will hear them forever).

Alex C, is perhaps the most gifted of mashup artists because his creations aren't so busy, and yet the imperfections just aren't there. His work tends to be a mixture of more mellow pop songs, jazz, and down-tempo music, where obscuring tiny flaws just isn't possible. Granted, Alex C has professional training and experience as a dj, and is not merely an amateur as most bootleggers and mashup artists are. That fact, however, should not mininize the high level of raw talent required to imagine and create these gems. This Deedlecast is just a small sample of of his considerable and diverse oeuvre that I particularly enjoy.

1. Holiday Shout
2. Dirty One Note Samba
3. Mike vs. Macy
4. A Grand Love Theme
5. If You Can't Make No Sound
6. Fanfare of My Name
7. The World's Gonna Sort You Out
8. Pick Up the Fine Day

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Now, a new episode of Deedlecast, cooked right here in Washington, DC.

This episode features DJ Paul V's wonderful mashup, "The Daily Show vs Audio Bullies vs Aerosmith - Cheney's Got A Gun." Funny stuff, and quintessential inside-the-beltway political (and dark) humor. Also in this episode is Alex H's "KillaVanilla" (Vanilla Ice v. almost everyone), as well as Knackwurst's "Bat Power" and DJ Lance Lockarm's "Bring the Muzic Back." "It's Easy Girls on Film" is my own sendup of Duran Duran. "Seven" and "It Was Easy" are my interpretations as well.

 John Travolta, Olivia Newton John, Snoop Dogg, Aerosmith, Warrant, Run DMC, Simple Minds, Chic, the Cars, J Geils Band, Sting, Lionel Richie (what ever happened to him anyway) . . . It's like an entire radio station in here. This podcast is utterly unexpected, thanks to the miracles of computer technology and mashupology. As my friend, Gavin, put it, "you never really know what you're going to get." DJDeedle stands on the shoulders of the real masters who spun things called "records," like DJ Shelley Pope, (a.k.a., the Black Pope, the self-proclaimed "Human Radio Station"). Mr. Pope appears in a DJDeedle original dub of "The Beamer - Spacer" courtesy of a dumpster dive into the WFMU audio archives.

This Deedlecast runs 29:38.

If you'd prefer to subscribe to Deedlecasts using iTunes, visit the Music Store and go to Podcasts. Search for "Deedlecast" and the latest episode should appear. Then, by all means, subscribe! As of 6:57 pm, the podcast had not yet been added to the iTunes podcast catalog. It should be along shortly. UPDATE: Still not listed on Itunes yet. Patience, please.

 

 This podcast was so warmly received by the many Greenday fans I know, that I've decided to post it again. Right click on the wma file below and "save target" or just click on it to play the file. As always, remember the legal stuff: The majority of the music on this site has been, by my own free admission, created using non-sanctioned, copyrighted material of other artists.

All audio material of this nature is for demonstration purposes only and, unless you own the copyright, should not be kept or redistributed. I do not make any money from this and I believe the end-product is sufficiently different not to cause the original artists any financial hardship. However, I will remove any file upon receipt of a written request to do so. Finally, if you like the music you hear on this site, please go out and buy something by the original artists - one hand washes the other. (Disclaimer language borrowed from Alex H).