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