Precision Time

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. 

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Precision_Time.mp3

Killing Me Softly (Deedle's Ramble)

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.

Direct download: DJDeedle_-_Killing_Me_Softly_Deedles_Ramble.mp3

Follow the Sun

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.

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Follow_the_Sun.mp3

Bond Parallax

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.

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Bond_Parallax.mp3

Holy Caffeine

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.

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Holy_Caffeine.mp3

Equal Measure

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.

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Equal_Measure.mp3

Slap Happy

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.

Fatal Wedding Crash (Single)

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. 

Direct download: DJDeedle_-_Fatal_Wedding_Crash.mp3

Plan 9

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. 

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Plan_9.mp3

Kickin' It Summertime

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. 

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Kickin_It_Summertime.mp3

Idolatry

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. 

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Idolatry.mp3

Let the Attack Begin

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. 

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Let_the_Attack_Begin.mp3

Dramatic Silence

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

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Dramatic_Silence.mp3

Virtual Hi-Fi

"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.

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Virtual_Hi_Fi.mp3

Print\Jam

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. 

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_PrintJam.mp3

Synthetic Happy Ending

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. 

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Synthetic_Happy_Ending.mp3

Charlie Brown Syndrome

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.

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Charlie_Brown_Syndrome.mp3

Inevitable Eternal

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.

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Inevitable_Eternal.mp3

Coordinated Universal Time

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.

 

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Coordinated_Universal_Time.mp3

Discipline

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!

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Discipline.mp3