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.

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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

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!

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!

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. 

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

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

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). 

 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."

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.

 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! 



Don't worry. DJDeedle has not foresaken his kind listeners. There will be another Deedlecast from Washington, DC next Friday.

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.

Deedlecast is the weekly vanity podcast of the virtually unknown DJDeedle.  Every Friday, DJDeedle posts a 30 to 40 minute show, called a "Deedlecast," featuring mashup, chillout, downtempo, or dance mixes and remixes of every conceivable kind. Get your weekly Deedlecast by subscribing to the rss feed (http://djdeedle.libsyn.com/rss), visiting www.djdeedle.com, or subscribing via itunes for either Windows (itpc://djdeedle.libsyn.com/rss) or Mac (pcast://djdeedle.libsyn.com/rss).

 What Will I Hear?

 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.