Podcast 36 - Dreadlocks Returns to the 36th Echo Chamber

This podcast contains:
Artist; Song; Album

1. King Tubby: The Roots Prophet; Balmagie Jam Rock
2. Niney featuring the Soul Syndicate; Smile Dub; Present Dub
3. Solomon Jabby; Rootsman Dub; Revolutionary Dub Vibrations Chapter 1
4. Lennox Miller/Jah Coller; Better Must Come/Speaks His Mind; Jack Ruby Hi-Fi
5. Dennis Alcopone; Segregation Is Wrong; The Good Old Days of the 70's
6. Dubmatix; Dub in Me Hand, Rengade Rocker
7. Oneshot; Rotten Town; 1st Shot
8. Dub Killer Combo; Balistica; Root Boy
9. Big Joe, Natty All in a Row; Keep Rocking and Swinging
10. Jama Sound; Rapido Sol; Superpanorama
11. Ring Craft Posse; Waterford; St. Catherine in Dub
12. Crystalites; Undertaker's Burial; Blow Mr. Hornsman: Instrumental Reggae 1968-1975
13. King Tubby and Soul Syndicate; Great Stone; Freedom Sounds in Dub
14. Herman's All Stars; Nightmare; Blow Mr. Hornsman: Instrumental Reggae 1968-1975
15. Midnite; Frequency; Infinite Dub
16. Charlie Chaplin; Chaplin Chant; Bushyard Telegraph
17. Phil Pratt; Danger Ubx; Dial M for Murder in Dub Style
18. Brad Osbourne; King Zion; King of Dub

This podcast was initially just about the reggae, and that it is a global phenomenon now, much to the pioneering efforts of the late Bob Marley, but it is also about the continued musical explorations and initatives of many other musicians, initially in Jamaica, and now the world. It is also about the message, that the world needs to be shared, that the colonial mentality of the past should be a thing of the past, and not something daily rekindled by corporations and armies.
I reference in particular here the plight of the people of West Papua, and their ongoing struggle against the oppression of the Indonesian military, who pay their soldiers in seized properties, and the neglect of governments' around the world on the West Papuan's struggle for their own independence. The large corporations intent on stealing, with assistance of corrupt officials, is the modern colonialist plague that was meant to be left for the scrapheap and the history books, instead it is OUR modern history of the world.
Reggae has always been about the struggle against oppression, and one hopes that the New Year will bring the changes the world needs, that people's lives and lands will be respected before and after any contact with government and corporation, there are too many living daily lives of destruction, violence and horror solely to feed the greedy pockets of a few, the struggle continues, hope you like the mix.........

1. http://www.furious.com/Perfect/kingtubby.html
2. http://www.ireggae.com/niney.htm
3. http://www.solomonjabby.com/
5. http://www.unitedreggae.com/articles/n295/111709/dennis-alcapone-interview-part-1
6. http://www.dubmatix.com/fr_index.cfm
8. http://www.myspace.com/dubkillercombo
15. http://www.midniteband.com/
17. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Pratt

* http://www.freewestpapua.org/
* http://www.freewestpapua.com.au/
* http://www.koteka.net/

Podcast 35 - Red Chicken and Rice

This podcast contains
Artist; Song; Album

1. Mr Something Something and Ikwunda The Afrobeat Poet; DNDABP(Dat Nigga Delta Afrobeat Poem); Deep Sleep
2. 22 November Band; Kouma, Authenticite - The Syliphone years(1968-1980) Vol 2
3. W. Ganda Kenya; Shakaloade; Club Africa Vol 1
4. The Sweet Talks; KyeKye Pe Aware, West African Funk Vol 1
5. Opotopo; Belama; Vampisoul Goes To Africa - Afrobeat Nirvana
6. The Bright Engleberts; Civilization In The World; The Danque - A Compilation of West African Funk
7. The Daktaris; Modern Technology; 1998 - Soul Explosion
8. Geraldo Pino; Shake hands; Let's Have A Party
9. Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra; War Hero; Security
10. AIFF; Mission L'Afrique; Afro Soul System
11. Sacramento; Well Well; African Hip Hop.comMixtape - The Sequel
12. Dele Sosimi; E Get As E Be; Turbulent Times
13. The Lafayette Afro Rock Band; Darkest Light; Malik

This show is a shout out to Ambrose, in memory of his Red Chicken and Rice and the whisky shared before heading off to our favourite music club in Brighton, some years passed now. Probably should have added some Brass Construction and Tower Of Power to really bring back the mood, but think this show has plenty of brass to go around. Not all the music is African based though definitely bears the influence. Another couple of shoutouts to Kurt S. for initial motivation, and to Tim at www.waxmuseumrecords.com.au for bringing a new African compilation on vinyl to my attention.
Big thanks to all the new people who have asked to be friends, but must not forget those still wrestling the systems that place so many lives in misery and horror. There is enough to share in this world, without the call for reductions in populations( usually by those living a comfortable life at the expense of others' destitution). Our water resources are being daily contaminated by poor manufacturing/mining processes and then big business wants to make destructive profits at community and environmental expense. Here's hoping the music takes us away from this road to oblivion for a time. Hope you like the mix......

Notes:

1.(a) http://www.mrsomethingsomething.com/
(b) http://www.rebisihut.com/
4. http://www.popeflyne.com/pope.htm
8. http://www.discogs.com/artist/Geraldo+Pino
9. http://www.antibalas.com/
10. http://www.musicandmore.nl/aiff/aiff_english.html
11. http://www.africanhiphop.com/
12. http://www.delesosimi.org/index.php
13. http://www.lafayetteafrorockband.com/

Podcast 34 The Sleepwalker Penumbra

This podcast contains:
Artist;Song;Album/Place

1. Red Elvises,Drinking With Jesus, Drinking With Jesus
2. International Observor, Welcome, Heard
3. Nick Nicely, 49 Cigars, A Monstorus Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind Vol1
4. Earl Chinna Smith, Answer In Sound, Sticky Fingers
5. Michael Franti and Spearhead, Life in the City, All Rebel Rockers
6. Bad Brains, Natty Dread 'Pon The Mountain Top, Build A Nation
7. Prince Douglas, March Down Babylon Dub, Dub Roots
8. Brule, Fast Horse, Indiani - The Platinum Collection 2004
9. Joe Zawinul, Cafe Andalusia, Faces & Places
10. Michael Rose, Throw Some Dub, One Dub
11. King Tubby and Errol Thompson, Harvest, The Black Foundation
12. The Upsetters, Live Injection, 200% Dynamite
13. Asian Dub Foundation, Culture Move(Pusher Sound Mix), Time Freeze(1995-2007)
14. Cyber Pachukote Sound System, Mexica Xicano Connexion, Demo
15. Ozzy Osbourne, Working Class Hero, Prince of Darkness

Sorry for the delay in getting this new podcast posted, but life gets in the way sometimes, either that or it's part of my disorganisation skills. "The Sleepwalker Penumbra" is pretty much a walk through some different soundscapes, perhaps showcasing some of the divergence of sound since the 60's psychedelic period through the THC induced dub sensimmilations of Jamaica, to the modern times and various musicians' commitment to a humanitarian planet, revelling in diversity, the continuing struggle for human rights. Hope you like the mix......

Notes:

1. http://www.redelvises.com/
2. http://www.myspace.com/internationalobserver
3. http://www.willem.to/nicknicely/
4. http://www.chinnasmithmusic.com/
5. http://www.michaelfranti.com/
6. http://www.badbrains.com/
7. http://www.roots-archives.com/artist/437
8. http://www.brulerecords.com/home.html
9. http://www.zawinulmusic.com/
10. http://www.michaelrose.info/
12. http://www.smokeyroom.net/index1.html
13. http://www.asiandubfoundation.com/
14. http://www.myspace.com/cyberpachukotesoundsystem
15. http://www.ozzy.com/

Podcast 33 - Sonikx and the UnUnderemployed

This podcast contains:
Artist; Track; Album

1.Brownside;Life On the Streets, Chicano G-Funk Volume 1
2.Burning Spear; Dub We Feel It;Living Dub Volume 6
3.Quincy Jones; Gula Matari; Gula Matari
4.Pharoah Sanders; Jewels of Love; Save Our Children
5.Dennis Blackbeard Bovell; Reflections; I Wah Dub
6.Jackie Mittoo; Peace Treaty; Champion In the Arena
7.Traffic; Giving To You; Heaven Is In Your Mind
8.Tom Waits; We're All Mad Here; Alice
9.Adrian Sherwood; St.Peter's Gate; Becoming A Cliche
10.Victor Jara; No Puedes Volver Atras; Victor Jara
11.Kid Frost; La Raza(Cantina Mix); La Raza
12.Los Cafres; Solo Un Dub; Instinto Dub
13.Saevo; Original Sosolakam Rockers(Saevo Mix); IR10 Indigenous Dublands
14.Archie Roach; Too many Bridges; Journey

This set of tracks is dedicated to all the un/underemployed around the globe, there's at least 100MILLION,this number beggars belief.
What a waste of humanity,and what a destruction of so many lives. Big Business and the Shareholders hold the blood money in their corporate hands, and make the decisions afflicting so many with intolerable living conditions.
The music roams through South America, the USA, Britain, the caribbean, the Pacific and Australia. A bit longer than ususal and with many moods and swings elaborating in small ways my frustrations with world conditions, that see ever increasing numbers of people left out of the general scheme of things while they struggle to make ends meet.
Big thanks to Tim at Exile for putting me on to The Fire This Time. Hope you like the mix....

Notes:

1. http://www.myspace.com/theofficialbrownside
2. http://www.burningspear.net/
3. http://www.quincyjones.com/
4. http://www.pharoahsanders.net/
5. http://www.lkjrecords.com/dennisbovell.htm
6. http://www.myspace.com/officialjackiemittoo
7. http://www.rousefamily.com/groovy/?p=436
8. http://www.tomwaits.com/
9. http://www.onusoundrecords.com/
10. http://www.sreyes.org/vjindex.htm
11. http://www.myspace.com/theoriginalkidfrost
12. http://www.loscafres.com.ar/
13. http://www.firethistime.com/en/frameset.htm
14. http://www.archieroach.com.au/

Podcast 32 People Without Borders

This podcast contains:
Artist;Track;Album

1. Bob Marley and the Wailers;Keep On Moving; The Complete Bob Marley and The Wailers
2. Fela Kuti; Shuffering and Shmiling; Shuffering and Shmiling
3. Ry Cooder; Across the Borderline; The Border
4. Gato Barbieri; Bolivia; Bolivia
5. Thievery Corporation; The Girl's Insane; Perfect Remixes Vol4
6. Calexico; Guero Caleno; Black Heart
7. Ry Cooder; El UFO; Chavez Ravine
8. James Brown; Papa Don't Take No Mess, Pulp Fusion Vol9
9. Don Carlos; Too Lete To Dub; Inna Dub Style
10.Control Machete; Como Ves; Uno Dos Bandera

People Without Borders is a podcast about different international artists whose music crosses mainstream borders to unite our shared humanity. It is also a reference to the current world refugee crisis, that sees millions (in Pakistan alone) fleeing the familiarity of their home and birthplace to seek a safer and more secure way of life in another place, leaving either through the threat of violence to family and friends or through the need to establish secure financial lifestyles for their families. Too often the road travelled, is harsh and unforgiving, too often it is rife with human predators eager to impose new miseries. The time is long overdue for the imbalances of the world economic systems to be redressed, for the marginalised and obscenely exploited to be allowed the same opportunities to live secure and peaceful lives. It is time for multinational corporations to address the needs of the communities whose resources they aggressively plunder and to give full and proper compensation for the wealth these companies accrue to those affected communities. This should be a no-brainer for all of these companies' shareholders, instead they allow managements' complicity in the perpetuation of misery.
The show contains works from Africa, South America, the USA, and Jamaica, hope you like the mix...

Notes:
1. http://web.bobmarley.com/index.jsp
2. http://www.thetalkingdrum.com/fela.html
3. http://www.rycooder.nl/
4. http://www.gatobarbierinewsletter.com/
5. http://www.thieverycorporation.com/
6. http://www.casadecalexico.com/
7. http://www.nonesuch.com/artists/ry-cooder
8. http://www.funky-stuff.com/
9. http://www.doncarlosreggae.com/
10.http://www.lycos.com/info/control-machete.html

Podcast 31 Invisible Prisoner

This podcast contains:
Artist;Song; Album/Place

1. Salmonella Dub; Gifts(Shiva Dub); Heal Me Tonic
2. Ofo The Black Company; Allah Wakbarr; Nigeria 70
3. Bobby Benson and His Combo; Taxi Driver(I Don't Care); Marvellous Boy
4. Bibi Dens; Bonbon Rouge; Bibi Dens et Les Marymbas
5. New Cool Collective; Propellor;Trippin'
6. The Temptations; Ain't No Justice; 1990
7. J.J.Johnson; Wrap Up; Cleopatra Jones
8. The Clash; Time Is Tight; Super Black Market Clash
9. Lee"Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters; The Tackro; Complete UK Upsetter Singles Collection
10. Kokolo; Mister Sinister; Africa 100
11. Groundation; Elements; Dub Wars
12. Neville Brothers; Sons and Daughters; Brother's Keeper
13. Jimi Hendrix; Star Spangled Banner; Kaui 30JUL1970

This podcast is dedicated to all the prisoners around and about, hope it provides some relief to those fortunate enough to have access to the internet. For those unable to access hopefully someone can pass the show along. Currently prison populations are an ever growing resource for certain business/vested interests and prison populations continue to grow at alarming rates.
"One in four prisoners in Australia is indigenous and their over-representation in the jail system is only getting worse, a new report states.
Aborigines are 13 times more likely to be locked up than other Australians, while the proportion of indigenous women being incarcerated has tripled in the past 20-odd years.
Half of the 10- to 17-year-olds in corrective institutions are indigenous." http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/5678350/a-quarter-of-prisoners-are-indigenous/
With Aboriginal people comprising only 1%-2% of the total Australian population such a rate of incarceration paints an ugly picture of the true, parlous state of Indigenous/Settler relations.As a recent signatory to the United Nations "Recognition of Indigenous Rights Agreement", the dire situation of some of Australia's aboriginal population should be drawing widespread, worldwide condemnation.
The rising tide of African-American and Latino-American prisoners on marijuana possession charges is also alarming, with the US imprisoning more of its population than any other nation in the world.
"* We have increased the number of people behind bars from roughly 500,000 people in 1980 to 2.3 million today.
* In the U.S., we have less than 5 percent of the world's population, but almost 25 percent of the world's prisoners." http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/140502/hey_progressives%3A_why_don%27t_you_care_about_the_%22drug_war%22_like_you_care_about_other_issues/
And let's not forget Leonard Peltier, "Peltier has been behind prison bars for more than half of his life (he turned 63 this past September)."http://lpdctexas.blogspot.com/
Yes there are prisoners who have committed terrible deeds, but there are also unconscionable numbers of peoples incarcerated for victimless crimes, who with better programs implemented by governments would provide valuable service to their communities.
And let's not forget those prisoners of political conscience, throughout the globe, imprisoned by government's unwilling to share alternative ideas on a country's future possible direction(Aung Saan Su Kyi of Myanmar/Burma is known by the world, but how many countless others remain invisible), under corrupt governments' reigns of terror.
To these people, I hope sanity will prevail, and those ogres feasting on the misery of others will find some humanity before avariciously seeking inhumane profits.

Notes:

1. http://www.salmonelladub.com/
5. http://www.newcoolcollective.com/
6. http://www.newcoolcollective.com/
7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Johnson
8. http://www.theclash.com/
9. (a) http://www.lee-perry.com/
(b) http://www.upsetter.net/scratch/main.htm
10. http://www.kokoloonline.com/
11. http://www.groundation.com/
12. http://www.nevilles.com/
13. (a) http://www.jimihendrix.com/
(b) http://www.authentichendrix.com/index.html

* http://www.prisonplanet.com/

Podcast 30 The Wheels Get In the Way

This podcast contains
Artist; Song; Album/Place

1. Ian Dury & the Blockheads; What A Waste; The Stiff Records Box
2. Sly & the Family Stone; Run, Run, Run; A Whole New Thing
3. Qucksilver Messenger Service; Fresh Air, Just For Love
4. Alfred Karnes; I Am Bound for the Promised Land; History of Country & Western Music
5. Manu Dibango; Ba-Kuba; African Woodoo
6. Steve Miller Band; Jackson-Kent Blues; Number5
7. Carolina Tar Heels; Peg and Awl; History of Country & Western Music
8. DMZ; Busy Man; When I Get Off
9. Crawdaddys; I Can Never Tell; Crawdaddy Express
10. Ed Kuepper; Highway To Hell; Sings His Greatest Hits For You
11. Frank Zappa; Help I'm A Rock; Freak Out
12. Grateful Dead; Feedback; 1969-12-12

This podcast seems a bit more laidback than some of the earlier ones, mellower maybe. It ranges across a very broad spectrum of musical styles that may leave some listeners undecided, but hopefully each track manages to walk with the other. From punk's now sadly parted grand-meister Ian Dury and the Blockheads the scene shifts to Sly and the Family Stone, a quick gasp of some Fresh Air before we head into Depression era gospel by Alfred Karnes.
Manu Dibango recedes let the Steve Miller Band in experimental mode turn on Jackson-Kent Blues, before another Depression era tune from the Carolina Tar Heels. DMZand then the Crawdaddys for a complete change of pace, before Australia's Ed Kuepper does his wonderful version of "Highway to Hell". Finishing up with a track from Frank Zappa's first album "Freak Out" and segueing out with some feedback by the Grateful Dead. Don't know how you would go about googling this show, though there are many well-known artists represented to be picked up by Google. All this chat about Google is a brazen attempt to see if it picks up anymore listeners, haha. Only time and Google will tell, hope you like the mix....

1. http://www.iandury.co.uk/
2. http://www.slystonemusic.com/
3. http://www.quicksilvermessengerservice.com/
5. http://www.africanmusiciansprofiles.com/manudibango.htm
6. http://www.stevemillerband.com/
10. http://thekuepperfiles.com/
11. http://www.zappa.com/flash/lumpymoney/index.html
12. http://www.dead.net/