More Countdown...

we had to just pick one of our favorite editions to showcase for the last day before August '11 starts wil'in out on us. This was one of two December '08 broadcasts. One was dedicated to Miriam Makeba, and this one, was dedicated to Odetta Holmes. Both lovely black women passed around the same time that year. So we just sent out the vibes doing what we do. Featuring: Main Source, K15, MF Doom, Seun Anikulapo Kuti, Floating Points, Michel'le...and many more.

Agosto. Dos Mile Y Nueve. BWLP.

As we on some countdown isht in celebration of the caliente mucho 2011 Back to School Edition 'bout to drop in a few days- we're dropping uke'dabe stuff on ya to groove to.

Go get some at our podcast site or just click to the right on El 'Sneaky'

Counting Down To The August BTS Gift Mix Edition, 2011.

with a look back to 2008, your summer's bell hop is bringing: Mickey Factz, Skyzoo, Haiku D'Etat, Aceyalone, Abstract Rude, Marc De Clive Lowe, Dalindeo, All City Dublin, Chipmunk, Jose James, Frank Niao, Nicole Willis and the Soul Investigators, Sound In Color.... good times! (they were...)

Check in. Check it out. And get your groove on while the weather's hot!

P.S. next week we bounce to Asilomar for a few days in seclusion for the acoustic remix of Life Arsenal armed with 2 guitars, electronic sampler, and a 4 track mixer...for the final draft- real raw- acoustic EP version. Inspired by the writing of Treme's post-Katrina-pocalyptic and the love and excitement for early hip hop as expressed by the latest Cool Kids release.

Percee P. This Is Good, Too.

Gosh. And I Thought I Was Done.
It's Hard To Leave Hip Hop.

Way big ups to the whole Stones Throw camp from the Bay.

Ghostface & Doom. More Ill Collabo.

DOOMSTARKS - Victory Laps by aboveGround Magazine

Glenne's Proof, made it.

Glennes Proof by parmella

Frank. Sadness. And Maybe Now Some Peace.

So many things have been said about Miss Winehouse.
All I can say is that I'm deeply saddened, but appreciative of the music she left with us.

Last month I bought her 1st album, Frank. It came out 7 years ago. It sounds soooooo good that when I received it in the mail, I played it every day for like 2 weeks straight. Seriously, I'm not kidding. Anyone with the power to get one excited about music- put songs into your head and life- and keep them there, I commend those folks who can do such a thing to make our lives more live-able.

I remember my 26, 27, and 28 very well: Saturn Returns. What I remember most about those years was feeling like I never thought I'd make it. So much so, that I decided I WASN'T going to do it any more. And if it hadn't been for a good friend who pulled out some super-human characteristics from deep within her persona and came to see about me, I wouldn't be here today. I don't know if Amy had people like that in her life. Actually, I have no idea what it was like for Amy- her level of...well everything was at a level I might not ever experience... (instead- I've got a whole ton of other of life's lovin' in spades!)

We'll miss you, sweetheart. I'm sorry it ended so sadly, slowly, and seemingly unkind. Addiction is an awful, despicable sickness.

-bwlp