Little Dis n' Little Dat

Well my friends Episode 8 of dirrty needles is now up. Its a good one too. I've got some RnB, some funk, some soul, some dance, hip hop, and alot of J Dilla (read bottom). Its in my opinion the best way to start off 2008. Download the podcast on iTunes or listen live on the cast-site. Heres the tracklist:

Bill Withers – Ain’t No Sunshine
J Dilla – Gobstopper
The Bar Kays – In The Whole
Al Green – Here I Am
The Dramatics – Get Up & Get Down
Curtis Mayfield – Future Shock
J Dilla – U-Luv
Leela James – My Joy
Anthony Hamilton – Coming From Where I’m From
Jamiroquai – Didjital Vibrations
J Dilla – Walkinonit
James Pants – Kash (Peanut Butter Wolf Remix)
Aloe Blacc – Find A Way
Love Club – Hot Summer Nights
J Dilla – Love Jones
Groove Armada – My Friend
Crystal Waters – Gypsy Woman (Dimitri From Paris Remix)
Herbie Hancock – Tell Everybody
Common feat. Jill Scott – I Am Music
J Dilla – Lightworks (Instrumental)
Daddy Dewdrop – Nanu Nanu
Bad Brains – Leaving Babylon
Desmond Dekker – Shanty Town
Errol Dunkley – Black Cinderella
Delroy Wilson – This Life Makes Me Wonder
J Dilla – Anti-American Graffiti
Arabian Prince – Professor X Saga
Dam-Funk – Sideways
Blood, Sweat, & Tears – Lucretia Mac Evil
J Dilla – Donuts (Intro)

All the J Dilla tracks come from either the ‘Donuts’ album (Feb 2006 – Stones Throw Records) or ‘The Shining’ album (Sept. 2006 – BBE Records). As you may know J Dilla passed away in February of 2006, 2 days after the release of ‘Donuts’. He was an icon not only in the Hip Hop community but in the music community in general and his music still lives on today through the releases (or re-releases) of his music (The Shining, Ruff Draft, Jaylib-Champion Sound, Jay Loves Japan, Jay Deelicious, and Dillagence). Pick these albums up.

I have discovered a really great Podcast out of LA from the good folks at ‘HVW8’ and ‘solidstatela’ called “Live At The BBQ” featuring DJ’s Ty G and Max, plus special guests from time to time. Subscribe to this Podcast if you can, cause they are far more better than I will ever be, and the music every week is amazing. Support these guys and good music. www.hvw8.com, www.solidstatela.com.

Peace and One Love!

Part Two Yall!

Here's Part 2 of the Best of 2007 Podcast. This one is largely Hip Hop not because I think that it's the best but theres alot of good hip hop out there if you know where to find it. So there you go. Next week will go back to more of a house/electro feel. But I hope everyone had a good new year and I'll talk to you next week. Here's the playlist.

Whitey - Stay On Outside
Whitey - Hit Pop (Radio Edit)
Whitey - Worryin'
Midnight Juggernauts - 20 000 Leagues (Bag Raiders Remix)
Johnathon Brown - Bass Creators Groove
Supreme Team - See (Suite)
Lupe Fiasco - Gold Watch
Kanye West - Barry Bonds
50 Cent - I Get Money
MED - Rhymes With An L
Edan - Sagittarius Rapp
J Dilla (Feat Talib Kweli, Q-Tip) - Lightworkin'
Guilty Simpson - Make it Fast
Guilty Simpson - Man's World (Produced By J Dilla)
Busta Rhymes - Step Up (Produced By J Dilla)
Raekwon (Feat. Busta Rhymes) Baggage Handlers (Produced By J Dilla)


One Love.

It's A Celebration!

Ok Folks. Part 1 of the Best of 2007 podcast is up. Its a long one (2 hrs). Part 2 will be up whenever, I'll try to record it as soon as I can. It's got a little bit of everything in this one, so I hope you enjoy and agree that some if not all of these songs are some of the best of 2007. You can of course download this podcast on iTunes by subscribing to the Dirrty Needles as well as listen online on the cast site. Both of course are 100% Free. Enjoy and Happy New Year! Heres the playlist.

Beirut – Cliquot
The Arcade Fire – No Cars Go
Spoon – Eddies Ragga
The Shins – Sea Legs
Feist – Sea Lion Woman
Tegan & Sara – Back In Your Head
Wilco – Impossible Germany
Interpol – The Lighthouse
Punks Jump Up – Dance To Our Disco
Caribou – Sandy
Chromeo – Call Me Up
Bloc Party – Flux (JFK Remix)
Digitalism – Homezone
Justice – Stress
Mr Flash – Disco Dynamite
Sebastien – Greel
Tellier/Mr Oizo/Sebastien – Skatesteak
Armand Van Helden – NYC Beat
Simian Mobile Disco – Hustler
James Pants – Ka$h (Peanut Butter Wolf Remix)
CX Kidtronik – Big Girl Skinny Girl
MIA – Bamboo Banga
Noah York City – Keanu Reeves Rolls Out Of NYC
Madlib – Fifth Chant
J Dilla – In The Streets
Talib Kweli – NY Weather Report
Mos Def – Traveling Man
Common – Misunderstood

One Love.

Holidays

So I'm back at camp for a little while. We have a small family group who is enjoying the camp till Saturday morning. I'm not gonna lie, I was quite pissed to have to cut my holidays short to cater to a family, but it's not so bad. I think I'm just being selfish and just need to get over it. I'm gonna be back on holidays as soon as they leave, so its not it's that bad.

Being in Calgary was great. I didn't think I missed Calgary so much until I got home and finally started to relax. I got to do whatever I wanted and it felt nice for a change. I got to see Sammy alot which made me so happy. I love her so much. I got to drink alot, which is something I dont get to do much of at Camp, so that was nice. Plus I got to see alot of my friends which made it so much better. One of my best friends Josh is going to Australia for a Poker tournament which is so sweet, I'm really happy for him.

I did alot of thinking and planning about my future. I got my passport stuff in order, so I'll see where that takes me. But also I now have a place to live once I move back, and I have a guaranteed job (temporary or otherwise) as soon as I get back too. So that is a very good feeling. On Thursday and Friday I helped my old boss at Sunterra in the kitchen getting ready for the Christmas meals that they produce and it was good to be back in comfortable and familiar territory. So thats where I'll likely go back to if West Jet doesn't work out right away, which is not really what I wanted but it's better then being unemployed.

I thought more about going back to school and I figured I may stray a little from Psychology maybe go into Journalism. I dont know why I would choose journalism, but I think it would be a challenging field of expertise and it would open up my creativity and allow me to express my crazy idea's alot more. So who knows we'll see what happens. But my big concern is getting back to the city right now and I'll leave it at that.

I also thought about the kind of person I am and how I'm perceived. I've been known to intimidate people which I dont like about myself, but I hope that is changing. I've noticed lately that I have been alot more happier and that is a good thing. So I'm hoping that this happiness can spill over into making me a more positive person. Cause who likes being negative? It takes to much energy. Any thoughts on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Maybe I'll make it a resolution to become a more positive, happier and laid back person. But I've realized that I cant do it alone, so whoever reads this, please help me out. I would love tips, advice, etc on how to bring out my more calm, laid back, happier self. I'd really love it.

Thats all for now. Thank you to everyone who I have ever met and I hope you had a great Christmas and that your new year in 2008 will be the best year of your life. God Bless and talk to you soon. Peace and One Love!

Pop is Pop Spelt Backwards

Hey guys. I know this is pretty late (4 days actually). But with the busyness of my schedule over the Christmas holiday in Calgary I never had time to. But I'm back at home and back to business when it comes to the Dirrty Needles Podcast. So Episode 6 is finally up (better late than never) and I'm pretty excited about this one. Its an all Pop (or somethings similar to pop) Cast. But dont worry it's none of your pre-fabricated bubblegum bull crap that the BSB's and Britney would spit out. This is more of the power-pop and rock type stuff that is actually authentic and tolerable. Theres some cheesy pop songs from back in the day as well, but mostly it's a happy go lucky hour and 15 minutes that I hope you'll enjoy. You know the drill when it comes to finding it. It's on iTunes and directly on the web on the castsite (click here:). Here's the playlist.

The Avalanches - Hearts In 3/4 Time
Happy End - Kaze Wo Atsumete
Vailhalen - Our House Is Host
Teenagersintokyo - Very Vampyr
Kid Koala - Fender Bender
Lily Allen - LDN
Sebastien Grainger - The Rhythm Method
Low Scores - Black Tape
Len - Steal My Sunshine
Benny Benassi - Satisfaction
Kenny Rogers - Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Is In)
Beck - New Pollution
Cardigans - Carnival
Sudden Infant Dance Syndrome - Zombie Song
The 5678's - I'm Blue
Gary Numan - Cars
Yo La Tango - Sometimes I Dont Get You
April March - Chick Habit
White Stripes - Walking With A Ghost (Tegan and Sara Cover)
KISS - I Was Made For Loving You
VHS Or Beta - Burn It All Down


Episode 7 will be a day early again because I'll be away on Monday, look for it on Sunday on iTunes bright and early.

Enjoy. One Love

Vacation Starts.......Now

Well I'm finally on my Christmas holidays. I'm pretty happy to be going back to Calgary for more than 48 hours this time. Plus I'm just happy for the time off. With my job, time off is a luxury so I take it when I can.

I'm gonna be in Calgary around noon tomorrow and I'm back at Gull Lake sometime on the 26th. I'm excited to just relax and see friends I haven't seen in sooo long. I'm probably gonna get some floor hockey in too at the church. I also plan to see Sammy as many times as I can once she's done exams. I'm also gonna get my passport stuff taken care of so I can finally get it. Which will help in my goal to become a flight attendant.

About that, maybe I'm just being impatient, but I'm really wondering if its gonna work out because I haven't heard back from them, and I've got a sneeky suspicion that I wont. So it's got me thinking about plan B or C or D, so on and so forth. But then I'm also thinking about going back to school, which in talking to Sammy tonight really put the bug in my brain. I've for sometime (since about grade 7) had the notion that Psychology would be a good field for me to be in, cause I've always enjoyed helping people sort out problems and such. My drawback was always either bad grades or not willing to spend so much time in University, so I've just put it on the back burner. But the idea keeps popping up from time to time I was even thinking about randomly yesterday and then strangely enough it came up again today with Sammy. Could God be telling me that this is a direction I should go? If so, where do I go from here? So while I'm in Calgary I need to figure out what it would take for me to go back to school, if that really is what I should do. Who knows, I get allot of crazy ideas that never really amount to anything. But more importantly I need to think about plan B if the Flight Attendant thing doesn't work. I'm thinking maybe Sunterra again, but I would need to make sure I would be making alot more money this time then when I left. Ah I feel like I'm rambling on and on about this.


I need to process things a little more, but I will keep you all posted. Peace and One Love!

Boogie Down

Episode 5 is up. It's a day early because I'll be in Calgary tomorrow (more on that later) and I have no idea whether I'd have enough time to record it, so I just made it easier on myself and did it today. Next weeks will be on Monday again with any luck. Then my friends, it's the big Best of 007 [007] podcast. I'm pretty stoked for that one. But anyway heres the playlist. You know the drill subscribe on iTunes or listen online on the cast-site. PS: Ignore the lady when she tells you its Episode Four, we know which episode it really is!

Busy P – Mix Intro
Daft Punk – Oh Yeah
Voodoo Chili – Look At What You’ve Done To Me (Mustapha 3000 Remix)
Feadz – Split Again
Earth Wind and Fire – September (Titsworth Remix)
Justice – Phantom Part II (Hubert Remix)
Wise Guys – Oo La La
St Germaine – Rose Rouge (Spiller Remix)
Cassius – Toop Toop (Minitel Rose Remix)
Cassius – Rock Number One
Peter Bjorn and John – Lets Call It Off (Girl Talk Remix)
Noah York City – Don’t Stop Till There Be Light (MJ/Justice Mashup)
Bloc Party – Flux (JFK Remix)
Kylie – 2 Hearts (The Twelves Remix)
Armand Van Helden – Conscience
Boys Noize – Feel Good / TV Off
Ursala 1000 – Beat Box Cha Cha
Uffie - Pop The Glock

Peace and One Love!