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Psionic Dehiscence - January 9, 2010

Psionic Dehiscence featuring an interview with artist Adam Friedman, a celebration of Elvis' birthday, and the music of Dam Funk, Nosaj Thing, Nomo, Audion and more. Plus congrats to Juan Medina for hooking up the Madlib tix!

Here's the playlist. Podcast is here.

Psionic Dehiscence (Music) with DJ Yuri G 01/09/2010 11:55PM to 02:00AM

12:00AM PJ Harvey “Yuri-G” from Rid of Me (MP3, Album, Rock|Alternative|Indie|Pop)
12:02AM Elvis Presley “Clambake” from Command Performances (MP3, Album, Rock|Alternative|Indie|Pop)

--> News <--

--> Set 1 <--
12:32AM DJ Goodka & DJ Moar “Maxtroid” from Groovology (MP3, Album, HipHop|Soul|R&B)
12:36AM Weather Report “River People” from Mr. Gone (MP3, Album, Blues|Jazz)
12:42AM Wankers United “Superfonky” from International Skwee Vol 2 (LP, Comp, RPM) on Harmonia
12:50AM Dam Funk “(My Funk Goes) On & On” from Toeachizown (MP3, Album, RPM) on Stones Throw
12:57AM Dorian Concept “Her Marshmallow Secret” from When Planets Explode (MP3, Album, RPM) on Boomkat
12:58AM Quasimoto “Return of the Loop Digga” from The Unseen (MP3, Album, HipHop|Soul|R&B) on Stones Throw


--> Interview: Adam Friedman <--

--> Set 2 <--
01:20AM Audion “Push” from Push (MP3, EP, RPM)
01:27AM Fuck Buttons “Phantom Limb” from Tarot Sport (MP3, Album, RPM) 01:31AM Nomo “Nova” from Ghost Rock (MP3, Album, RPM)
01:34AM Moebius “Furbo” from Tonspuren (MP3, Album, Blues|Jazz)
01:39AM The Heliocentrics “The American Empire” from Out There (MP3, Album, HipHop|Soul|R&B) on Stones Throw
01:42AM Nosaj Thing “IOIO” from Drift (CD, Album, RPM, 2009) on Alpha Pup 01:45AM Harmonia & Eno '76 “Atmosphere” from Tracks and Traces (MP3, Album, RPM)
01:48AM Japanese Telecom “Mounting Yoko” from Virtual Geisha (MP3, Album, RPM)
01:52AM Etienne Daho “Il Ne Dira Pas” from Des Jeunes Gens Modernes (MP3, Comp, Rock|Alternative|Indie|Pop)

Playlist: Psionic Dehiscence - December 11, 2009

J'Beau subbed for DJ Yuri G. That was awesome of him. And he did a great show. Here's the playlist.

Adam & The Ants- Ant Music- Antics in the Forbidden Zone
Brazilian Girls- Pussy- Brazilian Girls
D. Gookin- Inside- When You're Lonely Everybody's a Celebrity
El Perro Del Mar- Let Me In- Love Is Not Pop
The Free Design- Kije's Ouija- Kites Are Fun: The Best of The Free Design
Goldfrapp- Deep Honey- Black Cherry
Greenskeepers- Epiphany- Pleetch
Jahcoozi- Fish- Pure Breed Mongrel
Kathy Diamond- On & On- Miss Diamond To You

PSA

Miike Snow- Animal (Mark Ronson Remix)- Animal (Remixes)
Mayer Hawthorne- Just Ain't Gonna Work Out- A Strange Arrangement
Tricky- Aftermath- Maxinquaye
Stereo Total- Get Down Tonight- Stereo Total
Candie Payne- One More Chance- I Wish I Could Have Loved You More
Cobra Killer- L.A. Shaker- 76/77
Cornershop- Topknot (M.I.A. Remix) [no album]

Blank Dogs- Setting Fire To Your House- Under and Under
Heads We Dance- The Gold City- Love Technology
Fischerspooner- To The Moon- Lo and LOAF Presents: Sounds in Search of Ears
Enon- Daughter in the House of Fools- Hocus Pocus
Dragonette- Gone Too Far- Fixin to Thrill
Ed Laliq- Say Hey (U.S.A.)- Prime Penny Gaff
HEALTH- Die Slow- GET COLOR

PSA

Alaska in Winter- Berlin- Holiday

Playlist: Psionic Dehiscence - December 4, 2009

PJ Harvey / Yuri-G / Rid Of Me

Jay-Z / December 4th / The Black Album
Black Sabbath / Sweet Leaf / Greatest Hits

* * * News Hipsters Hate * * *

Chewy Chocolate Cookies / Cheeseburgers / Pépites EP
Plastic Operator / Home 0207 (Chewy Chocolate Cookies Remix) / Home 0207
AC Slater / BanGer (Clark Able AK-47 Remix ) / BanGer
Alex Smoke / Fud / F in F EP
Mux Mool / Ballad of Gloria Featherbottom - Mux Mool / The Nocturnal Suite
Passion Pit / Sleepyhead / Manners

Chaz Jankel / Get Myself Together / My Occupation: The Music of Chaz Jankel
Kano / It's a war / Kano
Black Devil Disco Club / For Hoped / Eight Oh Eight
Liquid Liquid / Optimo / Liquid Liquid
Nisennenmondai / Disco / Destination Tokyo
Duchess Says / Tenen No Neu / Anthologie Des 3 Perchoirs
Ponytail / 7 Souls / Ice Cream Spiritual

Dabrye / Game Over feat. Jay Dee & Phat Kat (Flying Lotus Remix) / Get Dirty EP
The Flying Skulls / UFOs / The Flying Skulls: Lift Off!
The Heliocentrics / Winter Song / Out There

Psionic Dehiscence PLAYLIST - November 20, 2009

Listen up!

PJ Harvey / Yuri G / Rid of Me

David Bowie / Station to Station / Station to Station
Pink Floyd / Shine On You Crazy Diamond / Wish You Were Here

Peanut Butter Wolf / Poppin' Popcorn - The Highlighter's Band / The Jukebox 45s
The Heliocentrics / Sirius B / Out There
The Beatles / Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da / The Beatles
Neutral Milk Hotel / You've Passed / On Avery Island
Outkast / B.O.B. / Stankonia
Ice Cube / Gangsta's Fairytale 2 / The Predator
Sonic Youth / Purr / Dirty
Tortoise / Jetty / TNT

William S. Burroughs / A Thanksgiving Prayer / Dead City Radio

Thelonius Monk / Mood Indigo / Plays Duke Ellington
X / The Once Over Twice (Unissued Single Mix) / Wild Gift
Bob Dylan / Absolutely Sweet Marie / Blonde On Blonde
Tom Ze / Dor E Dor / Se o Caso E Chorar
Neil Young / Sail Away / Rust Never Sleeps
The Clash / Stay Free / Give 'em Enough Rope
Bjork / It's Oh So Quiet / Post

Tony Scott / Ode to an Oud / Tony Scott

Pulp / Party Hard / This is Hardcore
Faust / So Far / So Far
Jaylib / Champion Sound / Champion Sound
Guided By Voices / I Am A Tree / Mag Earwig!
Faust / Just a Second (Starts Like That!) / Faust IV

Playlist: Psionic Dehiscence -November 13, 2009

PJ Harvey / Yuri-G / Rid Of Me
David Bowie / Moonage Daydream / The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Motor / Bite The Bullet (Like It's A B-Side) / Kick It!
Human Resource / Dominator / Dominator 12"
Woman In Panic / Sad-o-matic (Original Mix) / Sad-o-matic
Last Step / Triple Self Portrait / 1961
Goto80 feat. Terminal 11 / Breakfast (Terminal11 Remix) / Breakfast
Smug Brothers / Rush Electro / Track: Funk Electric

Interview: Dana MacKenzie - Moon Water

Näääk / Vithaj (feat. Sexfemman) / Näääk Vem?
J-Live / Once Upon a Mic (Instrumental) / Reveal The Secret EP
Ricci Rucker / Clean Dirt / Dirty Soap - EP
Rainbow Arabia / Kabukimono / Kabukimono
Sweet Trip / Fish / Remixes and Verions
Motorcycle Boy / Motorcycle Theme (Fabrizio Mammarella Edit) / Epic Disco Vol.1
Randy Barracuda / Overnight Romancin' / Randy Barracuda
Harmonia & Eno `76 / Vamos Companeros / Tracks and Traces (Reissue)

Leon Haywood / I Want'a Do Something Freaky to You (Single Version) / The Best of Funk Essentials: Funky Stuff

Bellyfull of Plastic

Think that Texas-size pile of plastic refuse is just spinning out there in the South Pacific? Wrong! Photographer Chris Jordan traveled to the Midway Islands to see firsthand how our eon-resistant junk is now entering the food chain. You probably didn't schedule "looking at images of rotting bird carcasses" as part of your weekend to-do list, but this gallery is well worth your time. Thanks to @rachelannyes for the link.

Psionic Dehiscence – Playlist: November 6, 2009

Dear Elliott,
We miss you.
Love,
Us

Elliott Smith / Kiwi Maddog 20/20 / Roman Candle
Elliott Smith / Big Decision / Slice of Lemon Compilation
Elliott Smith / Some (Rock) Song / Ballad of Big Nothing Single
Heatmiser / See You Later / Mic City Sons
Elliott Smith / Don't Go Down / From A Basement On The Hill
Elliott Smith / Fear City / New Moon
Elliott Smith / Pictures Of Me / Either/Or
Elliott Smith / Amity / XO
Elliott Smith / Stupidity Tries / Figure 8

Vitamin String Quartet / Somebody That I Used to Know / The String Quartet Tribute to

Elliott Smith / Revolution / Jackpot Sessions
Elliott Smith / Don't Fear the Reaper (Blue Oyster Cult) / Live
Elliott Smith / Care of Cell 44 (Zombies, with the Minders) / Live
Elliott Smith / Thirteen / Thumbsucker Soundtrack
Bright Eyes/ The Biggest Lie (Live) / Motion Sickness (Live Recordings)
Queens of the Stone Age / Christian Brothers / 3's & 7's single
Elliott Smith / Clouds (Quasi) / Live at the Largo, 1997 (from Autumn de Wilde)

Jeanmarie Peschiutta & Natalie Shelar / Miss Misery / A Tribute to Elliott Smith

Elliott Smith / High Times / New Moon
Elliott Smith / Pitseleh / XO
Elliott Smith / Coming Up Roses / Elliott Smith
Elliott Smith / A Fond Farwell / From A Basement On The Hill

Psionic Dehiscence – Playlist: October 9, 2009

PJ Harvey / Yuri-G / Rid Of Me
The Sugarhill Gang / Rapper's Delight / The Essentials: The Sugarhill Gang
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five / White Lines / Rhino Hi-Five: Party Songs Blender - EP
Liquid Liquid / Cavern / Liquid Liquid
Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock / It Takes Two / Profilin' the Hits
Collins, Lyn / Think (About It) / James Brown's Funky People
Biz Markie / Let Go My Eggo / I Need A Haircut
Allen Toussaint / Louie / From a Whisper to a Scream
Gravediggaz / Constant Elevation / 6 Feet Deep
The Beastie Boys / Shadrach / Paul's Boutique
James Brown / Funky Drummer (Parts 1 & 2) / The Millennium Collection: The Best of James Brown & Friends, Vol. 3

Ultramagnetic MC's / Critical Beatdown / Critical Beatdown
Wesley, Fred & The J.B.'s / If You Don't Get It The First Time, Back Up And Try It Again, Party / James Brown's Funky People
Public Enemy / Cold Lampin' With Flavor / It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
The Chakachas / Jungle Fever / Single
De La Soul / Magic Number / 3 Feet High And Rising
Johnny Cash / Five Feet High and Rising / The Essential
A Tribe Called Quest / Can I Kick It? / People's Instinctive Travels And Paths Of Rhythm
Lou Reed / Walk On The Wild Side / Walk On The Wild Side - The Best Of Lou Reed

NaS / One Love / Illmatic
The Heath Brothers / Smilin' Billy Suite Part 2 /
Wu-Tang Clan / C.R.E.A.M. / Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
The Charmels / As Long As I've Got You / Stax/Volt - The Complete Singles 1959-1968 - Volume 9
Jay Dee aka J Dilla / Lightworks / Donuts
Raymond Scott / Lightworks / Recipe for Tasty Donuts
Mos Def / Casa Bey / The Ecstatic
Banda Black Rio / Casa Forte / Maria Fumaca

New iPhone Calcultor App Censors Naughty "Calculator Words"

Thanks goodness for corporate citizenship:

"Nothing has haunted the American people like the knowledge that parents may be sending their children to schools in which, with a press of few buttons and some crafty calculator flipping, youngsters could be exposed to numbers that vaguely resemble the word “BOOBIES.”

Personally, I prefer "BOOBLESS" but that's just a matter of taste. Good to see we're being protected from ourselves.

Playlist: Psionic Dehiscence - October 2, 2009

It's the Murder Show. Click on the hyperlink and the uniform resource locator will summon the MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 file for your listening pleasure.

PJ Harvey / Yuri-G / Rid Of Me
The Cure / Killing An Arab / Boys Don't Cry
The Velvet Underground / The Murder Mystery / The Velvet Underground

Negativland / The Gun And The Bible / Free
Vicki Lawrence / The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia / The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia
Violent Femmes / Country Death Song / Hallowed Ground
House of Freaks / When the Hammer Came Down / Hi-Five: House of Freaks - EP
Raymond And Peter / I Am A Killin' Muthafucker (Directed At Eddie Lee) / Shut Up Little Man
Tom Waits / Murder In The Red Barn / Bone Machine
The Rolling Stones / Midnight Rambler / Let It Bleed
Guided By Voices / The Singing Razorblade / Hardcore UFOs: Demons & Painkillers (singles and EPs)
The Breeders / Happiness Is A Warm Gun / Pod

Swans / A Hanging / Public Castration Is A Good Idea

Talking Heads / Psycho Killer / Stop Making Sense
Morrissey / The Last Of The Famous International Playboys / Bona Drag
Jarvis Cocker / I Will Kill Again / Jarvis
Sufjan Stevens / John Wayne Gacy, Jr. / Illinois
Elliott Smith / Son of Sam (Acoustic) / Happiness Single
Siouxsie & The Banshees / Helter Skelter / The Scream

Spacemen 3 / Suicide / Playing With Fire

Jelly Roll Morton / Real Tough Boys / Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax
Blind Willie McTell / Dying Crapshooter's Blues / Atlanta Twelve String CBGB
Lead Belly / Where Did You Sleep Last Night / Absolutely The Best
The Kingston Trio / Tom Dooley / The Best of the Kingston Trio
Johnny Cash / Folsom Prison Blues / Destination Victoria Station
Woody Guthrie / 1913 Massacre / The ASCH Recordings, Vol. 3
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds / Red Right Hand / Murder Ballads

Weekly Weed News Hits the Big Time

The cover story for the September 15 issue of Fortune magazine is called "How Marijuana Became Legal" and features a straightforward, clear-eyed assessment of the American marijuana economy. It also touches on several of the items we've covered on Weekly Weed News over the past year. For example:

"In California...A legalization bill has been introduced in the state legislature, and the state board of equalization has estimated that if passed, it would bring in $1.4 billion in new revenue, a seemingly conservative estimate."

"After rigorous testing, the FDA found THC to be safe and effective for the treatment of nausea, vomiting, and wasting diseases. This lawful, Schedule II drug, trade-named Marinol, is taken orally, by capsule."

"The best-known is Oaksterdam University, which trains medical cannabis entrepreneurs to navigate the business and legal challenges."





Then there's Marie Claire, which published a story called "Stiletto Stoners" about educated, professional women who relax with a joint instead of a glass of wine at the end of a hard day:

"She twists off the cap, pinches off a piece of the fragrant green bud inside, gingerly places it in the bowl of the pipe, and lights up. Over the next 30 minutes, she takes three deep drags, enough to drown out the noise whirring in her head. Then she eats."

That sounds about right. Good to see mainstream press actually addressing the nation's millions of marijuana users as grown-ups. Now about that drug war...

We Won't Have Ted Williams Head to Kick Around Anymore...

The cryogeniclly preserved head of baseball legend Ted Williams has seen better days. Not only because it's been on ice since 2002--additionally, "tiny pieces of frozen head" have been chipped off the old block:

"...as another Alcor employee removed Williams' head from the freezer with a stick, and tried to dislodge the tuna can by swinging at it with a monkey wrench."

Not many news stories feature a tuna can and a monkey wrench. That's like batting .400.

Weekly Weed News: San Diego Cracks Down on Medical Marijuana

While it seems the rest of the country is coming to grips with American's insatiable appetite for weed, it's use as medicine, and increasing decriminalization of the drug, San Diego law enforcement is taking upon itself to reverse the spin of the Earth on its axis:

"More than 30 people were arrested last week in San Diego on charges of illegally distributing marijuana — part of the city's crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries."

So, you may want to consider a vacation in Denver this fall...

Los Angeles - Stealing Our Water, Wasting It

Need another reason to hate Los Angeles? Here's what those people are doing with YOUR water:

"Torrents of water have been sweeping cars off streets and barbeques out of backyards as aging water pipes have been bursting at a rate of more than one a day in recent weeks."

Two states. We need two states. North and South. TWO STATES!

Huffington Post: " When Getting Beaten By Your Husband Is A Pre-Existing Condition"

I've steered fairly clear of the health care stuff, but this...

"It turns out that in eight states, plus the District of Columbia, getting beaten up by your spouse is a pre-existing condition."

Ugh. Just ugh.

400 Years of Looking Down a Long, Thin Pipe (at the stars)

Don't be bored. Go look through a telescope to celebrate its anniversary:

"In late August 1609, Galileo Galilei demonstrated his 8-power hand-built telescope to Venetian notables. (Note that the word "telescope" was actually coined in 1611, and that there were several terms such a "looker" used previously.) This won him a lifetime appointment to a university chair and raised his salary from 520 to 1000 florins per year. His built his first 3X telescope sometime in early 1609 after hearing about such "lookers" being built elsewhere in Europe."

Psionic Dehiscence - Playlist, 9/26/2009

Join the electro-skwee dance party here:

PJ Harvey / Yuri-G / Rid Of Me

Love / Alone Again Or / Forever Changes
Mrs. Queda / Babi / 7"
Donny Hathaway / Voices Inside (Everything Is Everything) / Live Soul

[[0:18]] - National Cholesterol Awareness Month

Sepalot / Surrender feat. Blu / Red Handed
Mux Mool / B’genius / Just Saying Is All
Mudd / Adventures In Bricket Wood / This is Rong Music
Chandeliers / Mr. Electric / PM
Eero Joahannes / Sumuhumus / Eero Joahannes
Operator / Ceiling / How to Make Bombs and Influence People

Ajello / Moody Bang (Dicky Trisco Re-Edit) / Moody Bang
Verto / Alice (1976) / Musiques Electroniques En France. 1974-1984

Spank Rock and Har Mar Superstar / Trick For Treat / Stainless Style Rock
Busdriver feat. Abstract Rude & Ellay Khul / Map Your Psyche / Fear Of A Black Tangent
Amon Tobin / Reanimator / Permutation
Richie August / Sippin (Original Mix) / Sippin Single
Son Lux / Wither / At War With Walls and Mazes
Randy Barracuda / Shock The Plankton / Museum Of Future Sound 2
Architeq / Babylon / Green + Gold
Jega / Recursion / Geometry

Boris / Farewell / Pink

Shawn Lee & Clutchy Hopkins / Dollar Short / Clutch of the Tiger
Augustus Pablo / Satta Dub / King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown
Money Mark / Revolt Of The Octopi / Mark's Keyboard Repair
Ultramagnetic MCs / Traveling at the Speed of Thought / 12"

Simply Put, The Smell of Death is Ancient

As long as animals have lived, they have died. And as long as animals have died, they have stunk. Livescience.com reports:

"Dead ants no longer smell like live ants, for example, and the result is they get carried out of the nest," found a study presented at the bacchanal otherwise known as an American Chemical Society meeting.

Hungover interns used needles to extract juice from dead cockroaches. The least you can do is check out the findings.

Playlist: Psionic Dehiscence - September 11, 2009

Good show, I think. Give a listen.

PJ Harvey / Yuri-G / Rid Of Me
Tom Waits / I'll Take New York / Franks Wild Years
Klaatu / Subway Sub-Rosa / Klaatu

5:00 National Sewing Month (TS141)

Spartan Lover / Sex With A Woman / Skweee Tooth Unclassifiable PJ Harvey / Yuri-G
Gizmog / Gurg / Tonight
Architeq / Birds Of Prey / Gold + Green
Arpadys / All The Bass / Arpadys
Black Devil Disco Club / For Hoped / Eight Oh Eight
Jay Dee aka J Dilla / caDILLAc / Jay Stayed Paid

Wes Montgomery / A Day in the Life / A Day in the Life
Madlib / Answers / 12"
The Upsetters / Bad Luck / Africa's Blood
Monoton / Transnumerique / Four Lost Tracks: Bionic Automatonic Archeology
Scientist / Time Warp / Scientist Meets the Space Invaders
Augustus Clarke / Late Arrival / Black Foundation Dub
Prince Douglas / Tribesman Dub / Dub Roots

Tony Allen / Black Voices / Black Voices
Miles Davis / Sivad [Live] / Live Evil