The Future Edition

The future is now on Deedlecast.  An event has has been triggered in the contiuum, the t[w]imeline has been compromised.  A small parcel of t[w]ime, a window, has opened into the henceforward. A message, the Future Edition, has arrived from 2034.  No need to fear the future, though much of it may seem strange, it's sounds are more familiar than one would expect.

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Future_Edition.mp3

Audiophile

Though DJDeedle usually faces the music every Friday, this week and next, Deedlecast arrives on Thursday so your tunes will be handy for Christmas and New Year's Day. 

This week, DJDeedle indulges the audiophiles in the audience with a little of this and a little of that to test the highs and lows, and the limits and levels, of your system's woofers and tweeters.  So, if you happen to get a fancy new sound system, a new ipod, new speakers, or new computer from Santa, this week's Deedlecast uses the full range of sound and tone to ensure your new toy is up to Deedlecast standards.

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Audiophile.mp3

Now Sound of X-mas

It's the holiday season again.  While tradition can be fun, even the comforting and familiar Christmas sound could use a makeover.  This year, as in the past, DJDeedle reworks the holiday sound to feature the familiar and traditional with the new and unexpected. 

Check out DJDeedle's holiday offerings from years past.

X-mas Frame of Mind

 

Holly Jolly Syndicate

Holiday Fruitcake

Programming note: 
since both Christmas and New Year's Day fall on Fridays this year,
Deedlecast will air on Thursday (Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve) both
those weeks!

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Now_Sound_of_X-mas.mp3

DanceRadio

As
winter sets in, the days are short and the nights are long, the weather
turns chill, and we find ourselves hard pressed to leave our comfy
homes.  When the need to dance strikes, though, what are we to do?  Not
to worry!  We can always dance to the the radio.  Not that crap that
comes over the airwaves, though - DJDeedle's radio, DanceRadio. 

This week, tune to the groove, crank up this Deedlecast, and dance like no one's watching. 

Need more DJDeedle radio? Try:

Kiss FM

[Re]Invented Radio

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_DanceRadio.mp3

GoodCopBadCop

Sometimes
to get the result you want, you have to play a little
good-cop-bad-cop, the hard with the soft, the rough with the smooth,
the gentle with the cruel.  This week's Deedlecast plays all those
cards and breaks down even the toughest veneer, the most hardened
felon, the baddest riff, the blackest beat.  Before listening to
this show, you may want to call your lawyer.  

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Good_Cop_Bad_Cop.mp3

Smoke+Mirror

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. 

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_SmokeMirror.mp3

32-bit DJ

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. 

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_32-bit_DJ.mp3

The Visitation

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. 

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Visitation.mp3

Cosmology

"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. 

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Cosmology_x.mp3

Horrify

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:

With My Own Hands

The Horror

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Horrify.mp3

Groove Electric

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:

Neon Sound

High Energy Transmission

Electric Pie

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Groove_Electric.mp3

Automatica

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. 

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Automatica.mp3

Capucine Substitute (Single)

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

Direct download: DJDeedle_-_Capucine_Substitute_Single_Edit.mp3

Binary Beat Experiment

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.”

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

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Binary_Beat_Experiment.mp3

Iconoclast

"Every great truth begins as a blasphemy."  

-- George Bernard Shaw



"Irreverence is the champion of liberty." 
-- Mark Twain

Wednesday, September 30 was International Blasphemy Day,
the day to thumb your nose at religion.  Clearly something as fun as
blasphemy should not be confined to only one day. So, this week
DJDeedle touches the third rail of any discourse, religion.  Though
DJDeedle is most decidedly a skeptic and nonbeliever, utterly and
firmly unchurched, he realizes that artists throughout the ages,
including musicians, have included religious images and references in
their creations. 

Modern musicians from Depeche Mode to Johnny Cash and
the Doobie Brothers and Kanye West have included references to Jesus in
their works, and others like Jesus and Mary Chain and MC 900 Foot Jesus
even included everyone's favorite imaginary friend in their band names.
  If these august artists can take liberties with religion, so can
DJDeedle.   Exercising your freedom of and from religion can be fun,
and above all, entertaining. 

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Iconoclasm.mp3

North by Northwest

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.

Phillip Vandamm: What possessed you to come blundering in here like this? Could it be an overpowering interest in art?

Roger Thornhill: Yes, the art of survival. 

This week's show is intended both to satisfy your overpowering interest in art, as well as helping you survive.

For those of you who, like DJDeedle, can't get enough of Alfred Hitchcock's genius, try Music for Murder, from June 22 of 2007. 

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_North_by_Northwest.mp3

Hero Effect

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. 

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Hero_Effect.mp3

Iconic

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. 

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Iconic.mp3

Adrift in A major

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. 
 

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Adrift_in_A_major.mp3

The Deep End

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."
http://djdeedle.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=300867

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Deep_End.mp3

Evergreen (Deedle's Plenary Mix) (Single)

"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.

Direct download: DJDeedle_-_Evergreen_Deedles_Plenary_Mix.mp3

Rock Block

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.

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Rock_Block.mp3

Eyes of the Dragon

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. 

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Dragons_Dance.mp3

Digital Invasion

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.

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Digital_Invasion.mp3

Antisocial Networking

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.  

Sometimes receiving an update a minute about the state of mind of the cousin of the woman who was college roommates with the girlfriend of the guy with whom you formed a punk band briefly in the 80s can put us to the saturation point of digital connectedness.  Today's Deedlecast speaks to the facebook frustration phenomenon.  

Even DJDeedle is not immune from social networking.  Want to follow the unselfconscious and shameless self promotion of DJDeedle?  Find him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/djdeedle or Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/djdeedle

Artwork courtesy of Chris Spinosa

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_Antisocial_Networking.mp3

The Touch

"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."

William Shakespeare
"The Merchant of Venice"

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. 

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_The_Touch.mp3

High Times

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!" 

Direct download: Deedlecast_-_High_Times.mp3

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