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The Mixtape Series Is Back (Episode 397)

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The Soulcruzer Mixtape Series is back, because some things are worth coming back to!

If you’ve been here a while, you’ll know what this is. If you’re new, here’s the short version: it’s a curated set of songs, talked through, with a little context around why they matter and why they sit next to each other in this particular order.

Take a break from the algorithm and enjoy some intentional listening with a bit of conversation around it.

The series is back now as a companion to the live sessions over on Mixcloud. The live sessions are their own thing, spontaneous and in the moment. The mixtapes are the opposite of that. They’re considered. Slow, and built around a theme or a feeling or a year.

Which brings us to Mixtape No. 1 of this new run.

1999: Songs from the Edge of the Millennium.

I’ve been thinking about 1999 for some reason. That year had a particular feeling to it, something electric and uneasy at the same time. The millennium was coming, and nobody quite knew what was on the other side of it. The music that came out of that year was restless and reaching and occasionally furious and sometimes just pure joy.

Here are ten tracks that capture the vibe of 1999: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Blink-182, Korn, Creed, Santana and Rob Thomas, The Offspring, Rage Against the Machine, Incubus, and Travis.

The episode includes some of my thoughts on each track, but it’s not a review show, and it’s not a radio show. It’s closer to sitting in someone’s living room in the evening and just talking about the music you love with people who dig music too.

That’s always been what this series is for.

If you listen on Mixcloud, be sure to give the show a like and a follow.

nu metal

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It’s late Saturday afternoon. I’m in my office and part time studio. I’m recording another episode of Radio Soulcruzer, my music podcast styled with a radio aesthetic. It’s my opportunity to let my inner radio disc jockey come out and play.

The genre i’m exploring in this episode is Nu Metal.

If you’re not familiar with Nu metal, it’s a subgenre of heavy metal music that originated in the late 1990s. It is characterized by a fusion of heavy metal and other genres, such as hip hop and alternative rock, and grunge. Nu metal often features heavy guitars and bass, as well as electronic influences and rap-style vocals. This fusion of styles allowed nu metal bands to create a unique sound that set them apart from other heavy metal bands. The use of electronic instruments and effects, such as synthesizers and drum machines, was also common in nu metal, giving the music a more modern and polished sound.

The genre was popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s, with bands like Korn, Limp Bizkit, and Linkin Park achieving mainstream success. However, nu metal has since declined in popularity and is not as widely listened to as it once was.

I’ve been listening to a lot of nu metal at the gym lately, which is why felt inspired to do a show on the genre to share some of my favourite nu metal tracks.

This episode or Radio Soulcruzer might best listened to while you’re working out of doing something that requires high energy.

Let me know what your favourite nu metal track is.

Peace,

Clay

Radio Soulcruzer 11.06.2022

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I got the idea for this episode from Jimi Hendrix’s song “Voodoo Chile,” which is on his album “Electric Ladyland.” The song clocks in at 14 minutes and 59 seconds! It’s a monster track. Well, that got me thinking about other lengthy tracks that I love. I compiled a list and then turned to my peeps on Twitter and Facebook to crowdsource other people’s favorite tracks over 6 minutes long. The results – a monster 3 hour show of some great tunes that clock in at least 6 minutes.

MJ015: the Halloween Special

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Ah! The Halloween Special. As holidays go, I like Halloween! The ghost, the ghouls, the spooky stories…love it. And who doesn’t like dressing up as different characters?

a spooktacular episode

Here’s the playlist from MJ015

  • Bloodletting – Concrete Blonde
  • Living Dead Girl – Rob Zombie
  • Time Warp – The Rocky Horror Show
  • Lil’ Red Riding Hood – Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs
  • Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon
  • Zombie Zoo – Tome Petty
  • Perhaps Vampires Is a Bit Strong But… – Arctic Monkeys
  • Dead Sound – The Raveonettes
  • Cold Blooded – The Horrors
  • Welcome to My Nightmare – Alice Cooper
  • Screaming Skull – The Fleshtones
  • Diary of a Madman – Ozzy Osbourne
  • Somebody’s Watching Me – Rockwell
  • A Nightmare on My Street – DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
  • I Put a Spell On You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
  • I Was a Teenage Werewolf – The Cramps
  • Dracula’s Wedding – Outkast, Kelis
  • Ghost Town – The Specials
  • Halloween – Siouxsie and the Banshees
  • Werewolf Bar Mitzvah – Jeff Richmond, Tracy Morgan
  • The Boogie Monster – Gnarls Barkley
  • Ghostbusters – Ray Parker Jr
Clip from the livestream

MJ014 the mad ones

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Last night, I returned to my radio presenter roots in terms of the style of the show. I think I’ll hang out in that space going forward. I’ll keep the chat lively, but in the chatbox, not on the stream.

The Musical Journey Show #14

Here’s the playlist from last night

  • I Melt with You – Modern English
  • Cupid’s Arrow – Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes
  • Dad Vibes – Limp Bizkit
  • Never Gonna Learn – Asking Alexandria
  • The Ballard of Chasey Lain – Bloodhound Gang
  • Stacked Actors – Foo Fighters
  • Astounded – Tantric
  • Otherside – Red Hot Chilli Peppers
  • She Hates Me – Puddle of Mudd
  • It’s Been Awhile – Staind
  • Interstate Love Song – Stone Temple Pilots
  • Disarm – The Smashing Pumpkins
  • Love Rollercoaster – 24US
  • Rise – Bob Clearmountain Remix – Public Image
  • The Ballroom Blitz – Andy Scott’s Sweet
  • Smile – Wolf Alice
  • Empire – Of Monsters and Men
  • Last Nite – The Strokes
  • House of the Rising Sun – The Animals

Don’t forget next Thursday, 28 October, I’ll be doing the Musical Journey Show Halloween Special. If you have any song suggestions you think I should include, drop me an email.

try all you want #22

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What do you do when your co-host has the hump? Nothing you can do in those circumstances, but soldier on!

In this episode, Clay introduces his intermittently crabby co-host to ‘geocache’ which Daniel clearly has trouble grasping, before the duo get into it over the American’s longstanding aversion to email. Clay struggles with a slow tune, Daniel just struggles. All that and more.

Playlist

  1. Harder Than You Think – Public Enemy
  2. Ironbound / Fancy Poultry – Suzanne Vega
  3. Standup – WOUNDEDSPiRiT, Har-Q
  4. There She Goes – The La’s
  5. Killing Me Softly With His Words – Fugees, Ms Lauryn Hill
  6. Replace Me – Mount Kintsugi
  7. She Saw the World – The Blue Nile

Telling the truth is a revolutionary act

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A small gathering of people braved the rain to huddle around George Orwell’s grave in Sutton Courtenay to discuss current affairs of state, government and society. The big topic this year was Brexit and the aftermath of the general referendum.

Tracklist

1984 – David Bowie
Spies – Coldplay
Talk Shows on Mute – Incubus
Citizen Erased – Muse
Testify – Rage Against the Machine

Interviewer – Christian Payne aka @Documentally