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Gigs, Mixes, Music

Sun Ra Promo Mix

Here’s a short Sun Ra mix I did as a promo for this weekend’s Sun Ra Birthday Celebrations with Mike Huckaby (see previous post). It focuses on the late 70s and early 80s period which was probably his grooviest period, should serve as a nice primer for those unfamiliar with his work. 1 Sleeping Beauty…

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Mixes, Music

Givin’ You the Business

A decade ago in Pittsburgh, Pipecock and I got really tired of the rave scene, which was, you know, like, a really big deal at the time, right? Tom had heard about this fellow named MJ Cole, and played me “Sincere” one night at our crib. I have to admit, I wasn’t immediately enamored, but…

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General, Music, Nonsense, Records

Craig List

Wow, the last post I delivered certainly received a lot of feedback. Much appreciated to all those who replied and gave their two-cents worth. If I had the wherewitall and the time, I’d love to promote a Sunday afternoon gig that would be family-friendly – preferably outdoors in good weather, with a BBQ and a…

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Culture, General, Gigs, Music, Nonsense

Dying breed

Carl Craig hit my home town of Dublin recently, the night before Paddy’s Day, as part of the tour celebrating 20 years of Planet E. A pal of mine was considering going – but, he asked, would he look out of place in the crowd at the venue, as he is a man in his mid-thirties?

General, Music

To remix or not to remix

A few weeks ago – around the time of my last post mentioning all the remixers that Planet E had lined up for their 20th Anniversary releases – myself and Tom got in a fairly heated discussion over this element of dance music. It ended up with us agreeing to disagree on the subject so…

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Music, Records

Pittsburgh Track Authority

My homeboys Adam Ratana and Preslav Lefterov (you may remember my mentioning them here) and I have been working together on a musical project for the past few months that we call Pittsburgh Track Authority. The first joints from this project will be seeing the light of day very soon through Uzuri Recordings, who have…

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