Stuck In The Past

Stuck in the Past - September 27, 2009 - Roc Raida Tribute Show

Schroeder — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:20:18 GMT

The X-ecutioners - Raida's Theme E. Bros - Funky Piano (produced by Roc Raida) Showbiz & A.G. - Time For (produced by Roc Raida) Cyclops 4000 - Macroscope (cuts by Roc Raida) Big Punisher feat. Prodigy & Inspectah Deck - Tres Leches (cuts by Roc Raida) Sadat X - The Lump Lump (cuts by Roc Raida) Aasim - Hip-Hop 101 (produced by Roc Raida) Roc Raida - X-Men Style Beatz O.C. - Time's Up (cuts by Roc Raida) Jungle Brothers feat. De La Soul & Q-Tip - How Ya Want It We Got It (Native Tongues Mix) (produced by Roc Raida) Artifacts - C'mon Wit Da Get Down (cuts by Roc Raida) Big L - One the Mic (Roc Raida Turntablist Mix) Mic Geronimo - Masta I.C. (cuts by Roc Raida)

DJ Ian Head Interview

Schroeder — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:25:53 GMT

Schroeder: How about an introduction? DJ Ian Head: My name’s DJ Ian Head, it’s my real name, although a lot of people don’t think ‘Head’ is my real last name. Anyway, I’m a DJ and producer, originally from the Northwest (Portland, OR) who migrated to NYC post-high school. I got lots of love for both coasts. I got lots of love for old vinyl, cassette tapes, blueberry waffles, revolutionary politics, good people, Charles Bronson movies, and hip-hop. I like to take trains and look out the window. Schroeder: How did you get into DJing and beat making? DJ Ian Head: I was always a collector, and always a music lover, since I was a kid. My cousin bought me my first record – Beastie Boys “Check Your Head” when I was in high school, even though I didn’t have a record player at the time. After that, Celph Titled (before he went by that name) used to send me dubs of b-sides and underground cuts in the mail, and I wanted to get my hands on some of the vinyl. When I moved to NYC for college, I started buying 12 inches that you could only get on wax at Fat Beats and Bobbito’s Footwork, and later ordering west coast tapes and wax from P-Minus through ATAK distribution. Anyway…I had this tiny stack of records and I’d take them to the “music lab” on campus and dub them onto blank tapes to listen to. I saved up the next year and got a RadioShack record player. Also, since my senior year in high school (in Portland) I was gettin' up with my high school janitor, known now to the world as producer and emcee Jumbo Da GarbageMan of the Lifesavas. He schooled me on some breaks and how to dig. So I was slowly building a little collection, and as I was buyin these dollar bin soul and jazz pieces, in my mind I was like, yo I’m gonna save up, down the line and start makin beats. I linked up with this young DJ, DJ Center, who’s now a close friend, and he sold me his old Gemini mixer. I still had only this one Radio Shack turntable. But I just kept collecting and little by little upgraded my setup, and in 1999, I finally had two 1200s and this half-busted NuMark mixer I traded someone for. This is long, so I’ll wind it down by saying my first beat is on an old tape. I took an Ohio Players drum break and looped this Star Wars 45 - this part with the Ewoks doing some kinda chant over it- and my peoples Subtext and Omega Jackson came through and freestyled over it. That kinda solidified the idea that, ok, I can actually make some hip-hop music myself. Schroeder: What is your best record diggin' story? DJ Ian Head: Man…there’s a bunch but certain things can’t be fully revealed. I remember walking up Crosby Street on a rainy afternoon one time, and saw a Jungle Bros. record poking out of a dumpster. I looked inside and the whole thing was full of all kinds of records. Lots of house stuff I didn’t really care about, but some gems in there. I remember there was a Goodwill in the suburbs of Philly, when I lived there for a year, that we used to occasionally go out to, and the records were in this old rack, and they’d slid behind the rack. My man grabbed a clothes hanger and started reaching back through this crack and pulling out stuff, like Meters records. My favorite place to dig in NYC used to be this bookstore on 7th street between 1st and A Avenue. You’d walk in and there would just be books and records in random stacks all over, barely anywhere to walk, and the owner was this small man who’d sit in front of a little desk listening to classical music on the radio. The spot would be open as late as he wanted, usually midnight or 1 am. The records were occasionally in order, often not, but you could find some great jazz records for decent prices, and their dollar bin was good too. Once I ran into Frosty Freeze (RIP) from Rock Steady Crew there, and he pointed out a bunch of dance classics and b-boy breaks, real humble cat. Anyway, the vibe in there was just always classic. It closed in 2000 I think. Schroeder: What has been your best/favorite dollar bin find? DJ Ian Head: One time this record store was closing and they had this little stack of kinda crusty 45s sitting on the floor. The owner was like, 10 cents for each. I copped like 20, didn’t even know what most of ‘em were. Took them home and two were some shit Cut Chemist and DJ Shadow used on “Brainfreeze” – heavy breaks, like Alvin Cash “Keep on Dancing.” I remember finding Minnie Ripperton’s “Adventures in Paradise” in the fifty cent bin, after looking for it for a couple years. Made my day. Schroeder: What or who are some of your inspirations? DJ Ian Head: My friends and family. Good food. People who don’t compromise their beliefs for bullshit, who keep fighting for justice. Musicians who go hard. People I grew up listening to, especially locally in Portland. There’s a lot of famous names I could throw out – Alice Coltrane, Nirvana, Jay-Z, Digable Planets, Lifesavas, Lynne Stewart, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Malcolm X – but there’s a lot of others who aren’t well known who provide me with even more inspiration. Schroeder: Who are your favorite producers? DJ Ian Head: Cats who are innovators. Obviously, Primo, Bomb Squad, Dilla, Pete Rock. Madlib and Oh No always push boundaries. I’m a big El-P fan. I think his shit is crazy cinematic. RZA is a genius. I thought Warren G was killing it in the early-mid 90s. Right now, Flying Lotus is dope, but everyone is biting him. Kanye is a genius producer, amazing. My man Jumbo from the Lifesavas. Oh – Oddisee is KILLIN it right now, one of my favorites, beats and emceeing. And I can’t forget my dude No Name from Atlanta – the way he chops stuff is unlike anything I’ve ever heard. You’ve probably never heard of him but he’s doing crazy stuff. Look for his free releases on the internets. Schroeder: What is your process for making a beat? DJ Ian Head: Used to always be drums first. Now it’s often the sample first. But usually I’ll feed a sample in and it won’t come out the way I originally visualized it. Whatever you thought was gonna happen, some different shit always comes out. I remember a fiction writing professor telling me once that you’ll usually chop off the first few paragraphs in whatever you write, because they’re just the warm up. I think that’s true of a lot of different creative processes. I just go in and try and make something I like. That I like to hear on loop. Then I’ll add to it. Sometimes I’ll just vibe out to it for awhile, maybe fuck with some cuts, put it away for awhile and come back to it. Often, if an emcee is gonna be on a track, I’ll let them come in and lay some vocals, then go back and fill out the rest of the beat. Schroeder: What equipment are you currently using? DJ Ian Head: I saved up and copped an MPC 2000 in like 2002. It was fun but I couldn’t get used to that small ass LCD screen, and was too impatient at the slowness of loading after using various little computer programs while I was saving up for the MP. So I ended up selling it to a friend and getting a copy of Reason, and buying a midi keyboard, and just chop and fuck with stuff on that. I came up using Cooledit (shout out to Peter Quistgard) and still use Adobe Audition for stuff today. I’m getting more into incorporating live instruments too. The only thing is that you still can’t get that feel on the drums digitally that you can with the MP or the SP-1200. I try and keep my stuff as dusty as possible though. Schroeder: How did you and Verbal Math get together to make up your group Dollabin? DJ Ian Head: Our mutual friend Subtext (whose LP from 2005 is still in the vaults but hopefully will see the light of day shortly) introduced us back in 2002. We recorded a joint called “Lower the Boom.” But more than that, we vibed about music, and Verb was really getting into collecting records, all kinds of records. So we started getting up whenever he was in town, just going digging and talking music, recording here and there. In late 2005 we were like, yo, we gotta just do a project and put it out there, and so we put together some of what we’d done which became “One More Crate” EP and released it for free download on the web. It was probably one of the first “free releases” on the internets, and we got several thousand downloads, which was good for two cats who weren’t doing any live shows and lived a few hundred miles from each other. Schroeder: Can you get into the creative process for your latest release, "Styles You Can't Afford"? DJ Ian Head: Even before the EP, we had been talking about putting out a full-length. Verb always joked about the fact that “If people can do albums about crack, we can do one about records.” But we wanted to make sure it wasn’t just super-nerdy record references – we wanted to do something deeper, talk about our love of music, and love of digging – two separate but intertwined things. It took a long time to come together, especially since we both had hectic life situations and lived in different parts of the country. We worked best when we were in the same room, so he’d fly or drive out to NYC for like 3 days, and we’d literally work 12-14 hours a day on music, just having beats on loop, writing and recording, stepping out for food and maybe a brief session at the record store. We’d knock out stuff and come back and be unsatisfied with it. We’d sit on it and come back to it. When he was out of town, I’d tweak and add certain things, sometimes switch the beats up. When the homie Toni Hill came through, I knew she’d be perfect for the title track, so I got her to add some vocals to it. Stuff like that. So it just kinda came together from all angles. We wanted to make sure it represented us, represented digging. Schroeder: Last year, you came out with a solo album on Root70 Lounge called “Pieces”. How was it different working on a solo album, as opposed to an album with Verbal Math? DJ Ian Head: It was cool. It was hard. “Pieces” is really a bunch of joints from all over. Some joints on there are pretty old – the joint where I’m rhyming with Omega Jackson is from late 2002. Some joints were originally stuff I’d made for Dollabin, others came from things I’d made for my original crew, the Neosapiens (me, Subtext and Omega Jackson). Most were newer. I knew I wanted to have all of the people who had been important parts of my musical life represented on it, so that’s who’s represented on it – Gabriel Teodros and Khingz, who lived in Brooklyn for awhile, Subtext, Omega, Verb and my man Josh Joffee playing trumpet. The hardest part was making interesting instrumental joints, but it was also extremely fun. Schroeder: What are you currently working on? DJ Ian Head: Right now I’m working on a bunch of stuff but it’s all unorganized. I’m trying to figure out what the next major project will be. There’s a bunch of Dollabin stuff that hasn’t been released, and there’s some new joints we’re trying to finish. There’s some cover songs I’m trying to put together, working with some great musicians on some things. I’ve thought about putting out a beat tape or whatever, but I’d rather put out something more polished. So I’m putting things together, and still marinating on what’s next. Meanwhile, I’m continuing my monthly mixtape series, which is two years and going strong. Schroeder: Any parting words? DJ Ian Head: I want to thank you for the chance to do an interview! I’m humbled. My goal in 2002 was to put something out that hopefully 100 people would check. But I’ve been able to have people all over the world hear my music, and it’s been an incredible honor, all the love we’ve gotten. Knowing that people dig what I’m doing keeps me doing it. I don’t take anything for granted, and I’m constantly amazed by all the dope people I’ve met and been able to work with since I started making music. Hopefully it’ll continue. Thanks again. Check out DJ Ian Head at the following sites. Myspace.com/djianhead Myspace.com/dollabin Everydaybeats.net

Stuck in the Past - May 31, 2009

Schroeder — Sun, 31 May 2009 21:21:37 GMT

Street Smartz - Problemz The Custodian of Records - Midnight Artistry feat. Solasez Bahamadia - Rugged Ruff KRS-One - Outta Here Dollabin - Every Record De La Soul - Ring Ring Ring Sharpshooters - Analyze Milkbone - Keep it Real Cyne - Electric Blue Tha Connection - Royale El Michels Affair - Heaven & Hell Qwel & Jackson Jones - Getting Over

The Custodian of Records Interview

Schroeder — Wed, 27 May 2009 22:24:02 GMT

Schroeder: How about an introduction? Custodian: Peace. This is The Custodian of Records. I'm an up and coming producer out of New Jersey. My album, "Burton Music", is on Itunes and Amazon and it features Wyld Lyfe Federation, Solzalez, Thirstin Howl III, Murdoc & more. Schroeder: With a name like The Custodian of Records, I would think you're an avid record collector. How often do you go diggin' for records? What is your most prized record in your collection? Custodian: My name actually derives from a title in adult films. If you notice, right after the federal warnings, it mentions "the custodian of records". I thought that would be kind of a humorous name and I'm also into collecting records, of course. Right now I don't have a job so I haven't been out digging much. The last place I hit was too cluttered to even walk around in, so I just went to the wall where all of the 45's were and tried my luck there. I try and go everywhere I can for records be it a yard sale, record expo, mom & pop store, goodwill, flea market or radio station storage room. Some of the best stuff I've gotten was off of someone's personal collection because sometimes they might have two or more records by the same artist. As far as prized records go, I would have to go with the first rap records I got when I received my Gemini start up kit in 7th grade. I don't go on antique road show to appraise my water damaged wax or anything ha..., so I'm not sure if I have anything super rare, but I definitely try and unearth the less common shit. But yea, the first hip hop 12''s are my prized joints because they hold the most sentimental value. As far as samples, I've got some crazy shit that I'm not even going to spill the beans about. Schroeder: What is your process for making a beat? Custodian: I usually hit the basement and either start on the drums first or the samples. It's always good to have a hi-hat for getting everything on beat, but most importantly, next to drums, I've got to have an ill sample ready. I'm not that creative to just flip some booty shit ha.... It's got to be melodic or have a cool instrument. Sample selection is incredibly important to me. I'm not too into all of that tutorial shit. I keep it simple and effective and if it takes too long to make something work, then it's not working and I quit while I'm ahead. I'm not a robot so I can't just make beats all of the time. It's got to come natural. Things like a girl you like, a heart break, a rainy day, a movie or a dope beat you heard from another producer can inspire you. It all depends. Schroeder: What equipment are you currently using? Custodian: An MPC 2000XL, Technic 1200, the same Gemini mixer I've had since 94, an old Korg synthesizer I rarely use and a gang of records. That's basically the meat and bones. The music is the soul I guess. Schroeder: How did you hook up with Domination Recordings? Custodian: I've known the CEO, DJ, for a minute and I'm feeling what the label is doing. I like their artist roster and it's the kind of label that I've always wanted to be down with. I don't think Tuff City is flickin' the lights back on any time soon ha.. Schroeder: Can you get into the creative process for your debut album, "Burton Music"? Custodian: Man... the creative process was me twisting peoples arms to get on my raggedy beats and then paying the studio to get everything mixed.. ha.. Some cats on it I chill with and some are internet connections, so there was some emailing of mp3's and giving cats beat CDs. One song on there is over 3 years old but I thought it would have been a shame to just let the joint collect dust and be lost in obscurity. Since i don't own a lab of my own, it's usually a more under the gun setting. Time is money. I've just been fortunate enough to have two cats that can capture the sound best that I'm looking for. Keep in mind, every asshole has a Pro-Tools set up now and thinks they're a big time engineer, so i had to weed out a lot of clowns. Also, being that I was making a hair over minimum wage, I couldn't afford to be as creative as I wanted to be in the studio, which ultimately took away from the project's quality. For instance, I might have tracked maybe one beat on the whole damn thing! I didn't even get the album mastered. But that being said, I think the shit came out dope as hell even with all of the limited resources. This is exactly how I wanted it to sound at the end of the day. I'll wait until I get that Will.I.AM scrilla to get creative ha.. Schroeder: What is the Garden Variety? How did it come about? Custodian: The Garden Variety is a monthly showcase I do at the Armory Tavern in Newark where I have artists from all over New Jersey come through and perform their music. Past guests have included El Da Sensei, Tame One (separate ocasions), Kice of Course, Poesh Wonder and Fel Sweetenberg and many other incredible emcees who aren't as known yet. I wanted to create a positive outlet for heads around the way while strengthening the unity here in Jersey. It's not just a bunch of mixtape guys trying to be from New York over here. The history in Jersey is as rich as any other place. Actually, we're way more significant than the industry thinks!!! My peoples Subtraxshun and Dat Kidd gave me the green light to start throwing shows there and it's been a great ride ever since. Any artists who want to be a part of it can email/send mp3's to: fiverowsback@gmail.com Schroeder: What are you currently working on? Are there any projects we can look forward to? Custodian: Right now I have an instrumental album out ("She Hate Me") that you all can download for FREE at Slangcorp.com!! My criminally slept on compilation "Burton Music" (Out on Domination Recordings) is available on Itunes and Amazon. Please support this if you're tired of the same boring ass underground shit and need a change. The Solzalez EP/LP is coming real soon along with NASCAR Dads. It's gonna all be dope as fuck. Any questions, feel free to write to me at fiverowsback@gmail.com. Schroeder: Top 5 favorite producers of all time? Custodian: Hard to answer but heeeere we go.. 1. DJ Premier 2. Marley Marl 3. Prince Paul 4. The Beatnuts 5. The late great Tony D!! (R.I.P.) Schroeder: Top 5 favorite artists from New Jersey? Custodian: 1. Redman 2. Chino XL 3. Wise Intelligent 4. Tame One 5. Young Zee Schroeder: Top 5 best things about New Jersey? Custodian: 1. The pollution 2. The condensed population 3. The bitches 4. Kevin Smith's earlier work 5. Every place is like a different country out here. You'll be on one block and it will be all Spanish but the next block is a whole polish community, so its not hard to get away from one mentality and see another way of living. Everyone hates each other but it's actually really diverse in a lot of ways. Schroeder: Top 5 worst things about New Jersey? Custodian: 1. People who claim to not be from Jersey who are 2. Guidos 3. The hate 4. The shallow ass hoes 5. The fuzz Schroeder: Any parting words? Custodian: Shout outs to Stuck In The Past because I feel where you're coming from. Only thing I got left is nostalgia and hope for the future. My dudes No Name Society, The Armory (A.T.F.), Essex County. Get my free instrumental album on Slangcorp.com. Fuck the world and I'm out. Check out The Custodian of Records at www.myspace.com/custodianofrecords and be sure to pick up “Burton Music” out now on Domination Recordings.

Stuck in the Past - January 25, 2009

Schroeder — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:46:57 GMT

Ludacris - M.V.P. The Luniz - Hypnotize feat. Redman Dysfunkshunal Familee - New Ruff Flava (Remix) P.O.S. - Roof Top Main Source - Live at the Barbeque feat. Nas, Fatal, & Akinyele The Brotherhood - One Shot Birdapres - Toothpaste Rakaa Iriscience feat Defari & Tash - Basics Roughneck Soldiers - Freestyle Thing Shorty Raw - Gotta Go DJ Signify - Low Tides feat. Aesop Rock

Radius Interview

Schroeder — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:27:09 GMT

Welcome to the first edition of the written interview portion of the podcast. I wanted to start off the new year with something a little different for the show. I like the idea of having something to read while you listen to the show. Plus you get the chance to learn more about the artists themselves, whose songs I have featured on this show at one time or another. I was first introduced to Radius when I was assigned to write a review for his 2008 debut, "Neighborhood Suicide", for Stereo Subversion Magazine, which you can read at http://www.stereosubversion.com/reviews/album-reviews/radius-06-16-2008/. I had been gathering songs for a planned best of 2008 show this month and Radius's "Hyde Park (I Miss You)" was one that I wanted to include. I reached out to Radius himself and he was more than happy to take some time out to talk to me for this interview. Schroeder: How about an introduction? Radius: I started creating tracks in 2001, messing with loops and looking for samples. I grew up in the South Chicago area, near Chatham and Avalon Park, Stoney Island etc. I wanted to work with rappers originally but decided that I didn’t like the exchange of waiting to get things done on their terms and their time. I was getting more exposed to artists in the electronic and downtempo realms and I decided to shift things more towards instrumentals for the most part. I felt more comfortable with what I was doing and I felt it was a purpose of mine around 2005. Schroeder: Is that when you started participating in the local beat battles? Radius: Yeah 2004/2005. I stopped after 2006 and focused more on rocking beat showcases and now to more of being a live performance artist, sharing a more semi-improv part of the set in 2008. But yeah the goal now is any and everything. I feel and am thankful that hip hop is my core but I don’t want to be boxed in. Schroeder: How do you think those beat battles benefited you in your growth as a producer? Radius: A lot. Just on taking tracks further and understanding that people vibe off certain elements in the music that I had never thought of. How can I take it further and channel that more in them and more importantly within myself. It’s all about networking/communicating. I don’t want to prove my beats are better than this dude’s all day. I’d rather learn and grow with people. Got to take it all further Schroeder: What kind of equipment are you currently using? Radius: Mainly the MPC 1000 for the majority of my work. I use a Numark portable turntable, an Alesis Micron and a Macbook. I just got a bass, which I’m trying to learn, as well as the keys. Schroeder: You cite Jay Dee as your biggest influence. What is it about him that makes him/his production have such an impact on you? Radius: Well it’s not just his production. It’s his overall musical ability. The way he heard, or I can even say "saw" music, was pure genius. He was very in tune to his craft - a whole other level. There haven’t been too many in my eyes on a hip-hop scale, production wise that brought it like that. Of course I have a top five and a top 10, but with Jay Dee it’s beyond all that. The elements that you see in Stevie Wonder, Prince, James Brown, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis etc. are all the same thing. His ear and overall sound range and ability to match the sounds/tones were it. A lot of times, until I and others I have known, who have hipped me to various aspects of his sound/production, I thought Dilla was playing more, but it turns out a lot of things were samples. That wowed me. Schroeder: What are some of your favorite Jay Dee beats? Radius: I don’t have a top list really but what comes off the dome right away are “She Said” (Remix), “Purple Crustation” (Remix), “Nag Champa”, “Fall In Love”, “2u4u”, “Waves” on Donuts, “Friends” beat that Madlib and also De la Soul used, “Keep It Movin” on The Coming album, “Show Me What You Got” on Anarchy. Schroeder: Last year you released the remix project "Radiushead". Are there any plans to do anymore remix projects? Radius: Nah at this moment no remixes yet. I have some ideas but haven’t started yet. No real shit set in stone yet. I am focused more on getting other ideas out and working with as many as possible this year. Schroeder: You also released Neighborhood Suicide last year, which was your first official release. How has the response been to the project? Radius: Positive most of the time. It has been well received by a lot of blog sites and just people out and about. Even some that weren’t all the way "We love it. Good work." had some constructive criticism that I really honor and gain from. But as an overall package, it has been well received. Schroeder: Can you get into the creative process for that album? Radius: It didn’t start off as an album. It was mostly me just brainstorming beats. I was in a particular zone at the time. Things in my life were unbalanced and confusing and I was just trying to express that, but I was also trying to do more with my beats in general. I started boxing that together that way. I felt these particular songs related on different levels. Its cold here and I felt that a lot of what I was making had a relation to the weather/season here. That’s all. No other real process than that. Same basic approach - find samples and drums and see how they could work together and also help me get that sound I was feeling to work with them. Schroeder: Would it be fair to say you have a love/hate relationship with Chicago? What is it you like/dislike most about Chicago? Radius: Yeah I have more love all day for my city, but yeah I have a hate with it too. I love Chicago. I hate it when it’s really cold, but at the same time, I’m grateful for it. It has made me and many of us stronger and able to express ourselves differently than many. It has kept me in my room to work on things because I don’t want to deal with the extremes. I like that we work and grind hard because we play harder when it comes down to business. Plus the food is good. Chicago has been an underdog city for way too long. I try and do all I can to change that, no matter what. Schroeder: What are you currently working on? What can we look forward to? Radius: I’m mainly in school mode at the moment, trying to understand why and how music relates, notes etc. So I’m learning instruments. I have an EP that I’m working on that is mainly more on the uptempo side. Minimal tech/house I guess. I know I dig some minimal techno, old school Chicago house, acid, deep house and broken beat a lot. So I have been trying to figure that out. So I’m working on that. I also have a beat tape in the works - an actual tape that I won’t mention at all because it isn’t turned in. Neighborhood Suicide will be pressed this year also. Possibly a 7” too, which is what I/we were talking about. That’s what’s up for now. Schroeder: What's the status of your project, PI (3.14)? Radius: Not coming out. I was building with consumers research and development label here. The 12inch promo was in the works but long story short, with the economy and other factors, the label shut down. It exists but it’s just not pressed. It will come out someday though. We shall see. Schroeder: Top 5 favorite producers of all time? Radius: All time is so hard for me. I can’t really answer that. I’m really feeling so much right now. My favorite producers of all time exist beyond hip-hop now. I would say, of course Jay Dee, for opening the door to so many elements and dimensions in music. I’m feeling work by Patrick Adams. I’m feeling what Madlib is doing a lot too, as well as Dimlite and Sa-Ra Creative Partners. Schroeder: Top 5 Places to eat in Chicago? Radius: In no particular order. - Flo (West Town) - Noodles etc. (Hyde Park) (http://www.noodlesetc.com/) - Aladdin’s Eatery (Lincoln Park/Lakeview) - Ethiopian Diamond (Rogers Park) - Irazu in (Bucktown) Schroeder: Top 5 albums you’ve been listening to? Radius: - At The Drive-In - Vaya - Lukid - Foma - Vangelis - Blade Runner Original Soundtrack - Esperanza Spalding - Junjo - Clara Hill - All I Can Provide Schroeder: Any parting words? Radius: Nah, basically it’s a good time to be alive. A lot is going on all over. All of it is connected. I hope that more people continue to connect themselves with what’s real and pure in life, find what they are looking for and make it work. I look forward to what’s to come and I appreciate those that feel what I’m doing. I’m going to do what I can to rep right. Shout out to Tall Black Guy, Kenny Keys, Semantic Noise in New York by way of Dallas, TX, Kylebeats in Dallas, TX, The Primeridian, Dj MTM/Murry The Magnificent, J Slikk, Hondolo, Cykey of Masfina(Masfina.wordpress.com), Dj Kollage, The Opus, Il Subliminal, Momentsound Crew (Garo, Lokua, Slava), Dj Sean Doe, Peterparkerlewis.com, etc etc etc....... Check out Radius at www.myspace.com/radius

Stuck in the Past - December 21, 2008

Schroeder — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:19:09 GMT

Dillinger - Marijuana In My Brain The Birthday Massacre - Happy Birthday Thievery Corporation - Universal Highness The Knife - Heartbeats (Live) Dino Felipe - 6 Feet Under Golden Boy - Campari Soda feat. Miss Kittin Bonobo - Recurring DJ Vadim - Nonlateral Hypothesis Urban Backcountry (DJ Mark Farina) - Collage

Stuck in the Past - November 16, 2008

Schroeder — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:28:43 GMT

Lord Finesse - Actual Facts feat. Grand Puba & Sadat X Punk Barbarians - Blast Off Ruste Juxx - Get Up feat. Lil Vic Del the Funkee Homosapien - Mistadobalina DJ Babu - The Unexpected feat. MF Doom & Sean Price Mhz - World Premier Freddie Foxx - Bring It Home feat. Billy Danz Q-Tip - Gettin Up People Under the Stairs - Step Bacc DJ Revolution - The DJ feat. KRS-One