The Holy Bible B-Sides

As promised.

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No show this week(10/17), and somebody (me) forgot to tell you. Sorry everyone. You know how fall break is. When you’ve previously had no plans to do anything and you get a call to go on a road trip, you don’t pass that shit up. New STWI this week, promise.

Shit I’m Diggin’ #2

Beatconductor – “I Wouldn’t Wanna Be Like You”

How Sweden’s Ture Sjöberg has operated for this long under this alias and somehow not been sued by Madlib baffles me, as I’m sure it baffles you. However, where Beat Konducta creates hip-hop mini-masterpieces that are hazy and soulful, Beatconductor opts for making full-fledged club tracks of many styles. Take this track for example, from the recently-released “Brand New Secondhand” LP. A seven minute-long 80s groovefest in the vein of The Whispers’ “Rock Steady”, “I Wouldn’t Wanna Be Like You” is the kind of song that my early grade-school self always imagined that would be soundtracking my Saturday nights as I’d be going out to party with a gorgeous lady friend. Wall-to-wall fun.

Download “I Wouldn’t Wanna Be Like You”

Kent – “Vy Från Ett Luftslott (Punks Jump Up Remix)”

More retro-ness AND Swedish-ness. Recently, Scandinavia’s biggest band laid down a challenge to their fans to create a video for their latest single. This was the winner. By far the best music video reconstituted from old film that I’ve ever seen.

Awesome Tapes From Africa

Sometimes I like my music to not come from Europe or the States. If you’re in the mood for a change, check Awesome Tapes From Africa. Senegalese hip-hop, Nigerian Juju, Congolese kwassa kwassa…it’s all here. There’s not a lot I can say, just hear for yourself.

Banksy’s Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill

The git has outdone himself. Click for more.

From the Wooster Collective, a hotbed of the freshest street art from around the world. Anyone going to NYC before Halloween should check this. Nothing like it may ever happen again.

Shit I’m Digging

Asshole Mario

Although I was digging this more a few weeks ago when I first was introduced to it and hadn’t seen them all several times yet, it’s still something to check out. Techies have way too much time on their hands, you know? Some perverted freak hacks SNES’ Super Mario World, making each level far harder than it has any right to be, and then makes his best friend play it through. Trust me, dude needs those infinite lives. Link above.

October BEARDTOBER!

Earlier this year I was having a conversation with myself, and I said “Self, you should grow a beard this fall.” That was that. And then when a friend told me other people were plotting to do so during the month of October and set up a Facebook events page dedicated to it, I had to get the fuck in. And so should you.

I hate shaving, so I started Sunday. This is me then.

Stay tuned.

Electoral-Vote.com

I like numbers. And colors. And maps. I’m especially interested in the up coming Preisdential election (as you should be). So when I was introduced to this unofficial electoral vote calculation site, I damn near had an orgasm. Mind you, there are a few sites like this, and their projections are almost never in line with each other, but the thing is–wait, NC is tied after pulling hard for McCain all this time??!! TAKE THAT!

Ahem. Again, link above.

Lastly…

For each show from last week on, playlists will now have their seperate pages, which you can find links to on the right. The program for last week’s Belgian Waffles is now on view.

So I’ve been neglectful of this thing.

I know. Boo-hiss. But have you had time for anything else lately? Didn’t think so.

Nonetheless, in the coming days I plan on implementing some new regular features, as well as uploading music to compliment the theme for each show, including tracks that didn’t get an airing. Until then, please enjoy Surfing The Warm Industry each week, and feedback/ideas are always welcome.

Partying Like It’s 1996.

Thanks again to all who listened in. The tracklist (in artist/album/song format):

The Roots/Illadelph Halflife/What They Do
DJ Shadow/Endtroducing…/Building Steam With A Grain of Salt
Ash/1977/Girl From Mars
Geggy Tah/Sacred Cow/Whoever You Are
Local H/As Good As Dead/Bound For The Floor
Fugees/The Score/Ready Or Not
Hooverphonic/A New Stereophonic Spectacular/2wicky
Bjork/Post/Army Of Me
Eels/Beautiful Freak/Novocaine For The Soul
Beck/Odelay/Where It’s At
The Tragically Hip/Trouble At The Henhouse/Ahead By The Century
Myslovitz/Sun Machine/Peggy Brown
Skunk Anansie/Stoosh/Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)
Soulwax/Leave The Story Untold/Caramel
Sneaker Pimps/Becoming X/6 Underground (Nellee Hooper Edit)
Soul Coughing/Irresistible Bliss/Super Bon Bon
DJ Shadow/Endtroducing…/Changeling
Bjork/Post/Hyperballad
Soundgarden/Down On The Upside/Burden In My Hand
Soulwax/Leave The Story Untold/Kill Your Darlings
Manic Street Preachers/Everything Must Go/Kevin Carter
Luscious Jackson/Fever In Fever Out/Naked Eye
Stereolab/Emperor Tomato Ketchup/Metronomic Underground

Background music for the evening was The Silver Jews’ “The Right To Remain Silent” – from 1996 as well.

Soulwax and Hooverphonic are excellent bands with excellent debut albums that were released in 1996. They also happen to be from Belgium. Next week’s show will concentrate on more bands from this Northern European nation. If you know anything about me by now, you know I’ve got interesting things up my sleeve. Tune in and find out what they are this Friday.

It’s 1996 all over again!

Or it will be tomorrow night on STWI, anyway. Join me, won’t you, as I recall some of the best music to come out of an in-between year.

That’s all I got.

Surfing The Warm Industry – 09/12/08: Stones Throw Records Extravaganza

The playlist is as follows in an Artist/Album/Track format:

Oh No/Dr No’s Oxperiment/[various tracks]
Lootpack/Soundpieces: Da Antidote/Questions
J Dilla/Ruff Draft/Wild
MED/Push Comes To Shove/Yeah
Jaylib/The Red 12″/The Official
Koushik/Out My Window/Lying In The Sun
Quasimoto/Further Adventures of Lord Quas/[Bus Ride/Maingirl/Closer]
Madlib/Beat Konducta Vol. 5: Dil Cosby/[various tracks] Madlib/Beat Konducta Vol. 0: Earth Sounds/Ashby Road

Aloe Blacc/Shine Through/One Inna
Funkaho/Villainstyle EP/Villainstyle
Various Artists/Keepintime 12″ Series – Part 2 of 3/Side A
Peanut Butter Wolf/My Vinyl Weighs A Ton/Keep On Rockin’ It
Quasimoto/Come On Feet 12″/Come On Feet
Madlib/Peanut Butter Wolf Presents: NBA 2K8: B-Ball Zombie War/The Wigflip
Madvillain/Madvillainy/Figaro
Madlib/Peanut Butter Wolf Presents: Chrome Children/Take It Back
Oh No/Stones Throw Podcast: Oh No v. Oneness of Juju/[various tracks]
MED/Push Comes To Shove/Can’t Hold On
Dabrye/Air 12″/Air (Remix – Feat. MF Doom)
Aloe Blacc/Peanut Butter Wolf Presents: NBA 2K8: Zombie B-Ball War/Find A Way
Georgia Anne Muldrow/Olesi: Fragments of an Earth/Because
Yesterday’s New Quintet/Angles Without Edges/Mestizo Eyes
Talib Kweli & Madlib/Liberation/Over The Counter
Quasimoto/Further Adventures of Lord Quas/Players of the Game
J Dilla/Ruff Draft/Make ‘em NV

Somehow I feel like this show could have had more variety, and there were some things I didn’t get to in time, so maybe I’ll have another go at this in the future. STWI is all new this Friday at 7, theme yet to be determined. Tune in!

Lots of images I post with my announcements seem to be round and b/w, eh?

This week on STWI, I will be featuring various artists and tracks from everyone’s favorite underground hip-hop label, Stones Throw Records. You’ll hear some of your favorites from Madlib (and his many aliases and side projects), J Dilla (R.I.P.), and others, but I’ll especially be giving airtime to tracks and artists on the label who have been underrated or overlooked and deserve a play or two. Requests are encouraged. It all goes down Friday the 12th at 7 PM. Get in.