One night as we lay down to sleep, we began to think about all the time we spend making music, and all the recordings we have captured, and how they are sitting quietly in a little white box in the corner. We wondered what would happen if we were to die before we woke up in the morning? What, if anything, would people make of the many, many, many recordings in the little white box after we were gone? A worrisome thought, to be sure. So, we got up out of bed and looked through the little white box. That very night we picked thirteen individual recordings out of the box and arranged them into a music album for people to listen to. Matthew Kates is Dead is the result of that morbid late night adventure.

Interview with Matthew Kates.

We discuss how we spent our Christmas; our favorite Christmas present of all time; Sally Ride; faking the rock band sound; why he named his new album Matthew Kates is Dead; how he approaches song writing; the read "Blue Belle" Chanel; being less intellectual; Lucinda Williams; my Music Monday! Top 10 for 2006; playing live versus playing in the studio, unfound songs; bringing in other musicians to perform his songs; Brian Wilson and Ludwig Von Beethoven; being a DJ at Kill Radio; Autonomedia's Calendar of Jubilee Saints.

Featured songs are:

1. "Long Tall Sally Ride"
2. "Blue Belle Chanel"
3. "LahDeeDah"

Special bonus song, "Gut Bucket," by James Brown, in honor of the Godfather of Soul, who passed away December 23.

The War on Christmas Edition

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This edition of the small WORLD Weekend Mix features the following artists...

Jada with the Vise Squad - Jada's Christmas Song (Santa Claus's Helper)
Troy Hess - Christmas on the Moon
Michele Cody - Merry Christmas Elvis
The Reverend Glen Armstrong - Even Squeaky Fromme Loves Christmas
Hanley Johnson - Yep-Py-Ki-Yo Christmas
Dudley Dogg Jr. - The Christmas Puppy
Unknown - Christmas Gathering
Edna F. Pauli (San Fernando Valley, California, Mineral & Gem Society) - The Night Before Christmas

You can find these songs and more at UbuWeb's 365 Days Project.

A zombie walk is an organized public gathering of two or more people who dress up in zombie costumes. Usually taking place in an urban centre, the participants make their way around the city streets and through shopping malls in a somewhat orderly fashion and often limping and gnawing their way towards a local cemetery.

Interview with Adam and Tommy, organizers of the Zombie Day zombie walk.

We discuss what a zombie walk is; Toronto's zombie walk; flash mobs; how they got into zombie walks; what makes for a good looking zombie; how people reacted to their zombie walk; George Romero's Night of the Living Dead; 'Zombies' arrested in downtown Minneapolis; their forthcoming Zombie Day documentary; why they decided to make a documentary about their zombie walk; my interview with Kim Paffenroth, author of Gospel of the Living Dead and my interview with Robert Sacchetto of Zombie Portraits; why are we so fascinated with zombies; our favorite zombie movies; how we will be spending the holidays.

Featured song is "Blind Faith" by Melissa Kate.

I was surrounded by music when I was a kid. Started learning piano when I was 3 (1990), and violin at 4 (1991)  and went on from there. When 2001 came around, I started producing loopage music with Acid Stylus 2.0 and a DJ Loop disk. Bought some more music equipment and have a mini studio straight out of my bedroom today.

Interview with DJ_Doughy.

We discuss lazy Sundays; recording "Grounded" live; the art of improvisation; his forthcoming jazz album with Justin Toso; recording his first CD, Self-Titled; the song that presented the bigges challenge on Self-Titled; Apple's GarageBand; Massive Attack and Pink Floyd; collaborating with other artists to record Self-Titled; recording "What I See Now and Before" with iNFaReDHaZe; collaborating with artists on ACIDplanet; the ACIDplanet podcast; exploring commercial ventures; recording The Jam Session podcast with Toso; performing live; the melodrama of his song "Why."

Featured songs are:

1. "Grounded"
2. "What I See Now and Before (Ft. iNFaReDHaZe)"
3. "Why"

The Reggaeton Edition

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This edition of the small WORLD Weekend Mix features the following artists...

Las Fiera - Baila
DJ Kruel - Rotores
Morgan Butler - Mi Vida
Conexión - A Quitarnos A Ropa
Chantal Chamandy - You Want Me (Reggaeton Remix by The Bilz - Radio Edit)
Waldemar Bastos - Pitanga Reggaeton Mix
7 Signos - Perreala
Jason DeRoss - Muevelo Monterosa

The Principality of Sealand is a micronation that claims as its territory a man-made off-shore installation named Roughs Tower/HM Fort Roughs, a former Maunsell Sea Fort located in the North Sea 10 km (six miles) off the coast of Suffolk, England. Sealand's claims to sovereignty and legitimacy are not recognized by any country, yet it is sometimes cited in debates as a case study of how various principles of international law can be applied to a territorial dispute.

Interview with H. Geoffrey Withers, Principal Secretary of Sealand.

We discuss the history of the Principality of Sealand; Prince Roy's previous business ventures; the invasion of Sealand and the kidnapping Prince Roy's son Michael and the recapturing of the island; how Withers came to Sealand; a tour of Sealand's fascilities; Sealand's current population; travel; how HavenCo and Sealand Web began; the data storage services HavenCo offers; Sealand laws; dealing with spam, child pornography and those who would exploit "backdoors"/security; how 9/11 has effected U.S. relations with Sealand; how to become a Sealand lord, lady, baron or baroness; the priviledges of the titles endow; the recent fire at Sealand; what he considers the biggest threat to the free exchange on infromation in the online world.

Featured song is "I Thought" by Kaleo Futuristo.

This San Francisco band's music could be called 'Electronic Pop Noir.' Dark grooves with an organic twist. Featuring Jen Triano on vocals, Ricky Carter on drums, and Eamonn Flynn on keyboards. Their debut 4 song EP was recorded with engineer/programmer Paul Scriver (known for his band 'Better Daze' on Ubiquity). Influenced by Bjork, The Sundays, Zero 7 and Massive Attack among others, the music is thoughtful but always makes you move. Their first EP is presently ready for listening but is only the beginning - a full length album is in progress and their live show can soon be seen.

Interview with Eamonn Flynn of Under.

We discuss his drive back from his gig in Pasa Robles, California; performing in a fermentation room; singer Jen Triano's mysterious lyrics; recording with drummer Ricky Carter; programmer/engineer Paul Scriver of Ubiquity Records; Animal Liberation Orchestra; engineer and guitarist Damien Rassmussen; are the restrictions of down tempo and trip hop frustrating; producer Morgan Page; Zero 7; the modernistic jazz/r&b vibe; his preference for the Wurlitzer keyboard; their forthcoming full-length album; recording the song "Keep On Moving"; performing with The Commitments, Michael Franti's Spearhead and Elvin Bishop; the rewards of playing in Under; what led him to become a musician; Jen Triano courted by the record industry; Ricky Carter's career as a studio drummer; Kraftwerk; how drum loops influence the structure of their songs; their first live performance at Blondies Bar and No Grill December 11th; recording their song "Under."

Featured songs are:

1. "Union"
2. "Keep On Moving"
3. "Under"

¡La Nueva Edición De Los Sonidos!

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This edition of the small WORLD Weekend Mix features the following artists...

Curumin - Guerreiro
Antonin Bastian - Tu Cha Cha Cha
Tangential Cold - Latino Chino
Noman Hedman's Tropique - Rundadar Dance
Son De Madera - La Lucha
Ocasión - Yolanda
Sambaguru featuring Katia Moraes - Gruve De Bicicleta
Sahnas - La Bella Monterosa

My video work is informed by a few simple contemporary "facts": vision is an (innacurate) interpretive process (quite susceptible to pre-supposition and suggestion), (furthermore) reality itself is a semi-consensual construct, and all matter and energy are (most likely!) nothing more than vibrations. In light of these enormities, I am unconcerned with distinctions between film, video and 'digital film' beyond a personal preference for the realtime feedback that electronic cinema can provide. To me, whether captured on film or video or data stream, it's all audiovisuals, cinema, moving pictures, or just plain movies.

Interview with VJ Benton-C Bainbridge.

We discuss my previous interview with Benton on the Small World Art and Design episode and my interview with I.D. Magazine's Julie Lasky; Benton's role as a video artist and performer; how and when video jockeys (VJs) came into their on; how he got into video as an art form; The Residents, Devo and Laurie Anderson; piano lessons impacted him as a video artist; early prejudice against video; Rainer Werner Fassbinder; why he feels it is restrictive to explore narrative in the US film industry; YouTube; Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain; how the movie version of Carrie and the television version of Carrie reflect the changes of US values and mores; the recent remake of George Romero's Dawn of the Dead; analogue versus digital in film making; iMovie; his work on The Beastie Boys' To The Five Burroughs; dead tech and cheap tech; the Fisher Pixelvision 2000; virtual reality; Bill Etra on video as art; Linden Lab's Second Life video game; Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash; Eyebeam's multimedia classes; the pros and cons of documentaries; former Mayor of New York City Rudolph Giuliani; archiving.

Featured song is "I Fall Down" by Jeff Phillips.

Urban Angel, is Natalie Walker's solo album debut, was co-written by Natalie and two-man production team Stühr. "I worked with two really great producers out of Brooklyn, Dan Chen and Nate Greenberg. They'd send me the rough copy of a song and the music would just evoke emotion," she explains. "Its like fitting pieces of a puzzle together. When you're in the studio recording its all very raw and real. I try to make a song new each time I sing it. I want it to be unforgettable. My producers are amazing. They forced me to develop my real voice. I've improved my vibrato and my tone. Stuhr delivered exactly what I asked of them. It couldn't have happened more perfectly."

Interview with Natalie Walker.

We discuss why she opened today's show with her song "No One Else"; the three year gap between her last song and her most recent song; moving from Indiana to Philadelphia; going from funk-folk to downtempo; Portishead and trip hop; her previous band, Daughter Darling; experiences recording Urban Angel that she would like to bring to her next album; working with producers Dan Chen and Nate Greenberg of Stühr Productions; the story behind her song "Not the End"; the transformative power of music; religion and spirituality; how the songs for Urban Angel were developed and recorded; GarageBand; her upcoming performances; the Thievery Corporation remix of "Quicksand"; the appearance of "Quicksand" in the trailer of Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette.

Featured songs are:

1. "No One Else"
2. "Not the End"
3. "Quicksand (Thievery Corporation Remix)"

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California composer Terry Riley launched what is now known as the Minimalist movement with his revolutionary classic In C in 1964. This seminal work provided the conception for a form comprised of interlocking repetitive patterns that was to change the course of 20th century music and strongly influence the works of Steve Reich, Philip Glass and John Adams as well as rock groups such as The Who, The Soft Machine, Curved Air, Tangerine Dream and many others.

When I first started having bands on my show at WMFO I was heavily into hardcore, punk, industrial, hip hop, anything that was aggro and in your face. But after a few years I got bored with that format and embraced my freeform roots. The live performances I had on my show reflected that change. I started inviting blues or jazz or pop bands to play over the air.

At one point I wanted to have a small orchestra perform a piece over the air. But the challenge was what piece could I choose that a bunch of musicians could easily learn that didn't require that they be a virtuoso on their instruments?

A friend suggested Terry Riley's In C.

Let me explain how In C works so you can appreciate this month's installment of the Small World Studio Sessions.

In C is an aleatoric musical piece composed by Terry Riley in 1964. By aleatory we mean music in which some element of the composition is left to chance or some primary element of a composed work's realization is left to the determination of its performers. In the case of In C, the piece can be performed by a group of 35 musicians or smaller. As the title suggests, the piece is in the key of C.

From Wikipedia:

"In C consists of 53 short, numbered musical phrases; each phrase may be repeated an arbitrary number of times. Each musician has control over which phrase he or she plays: and players are encouraged to play the phrases starting at different times, even if they are playing the same phrase. The performance directions state that the musical ensemble should try to stay within two to three phrases of each other. The phrases must be played in order, although some may be skipped. As detailed in some editions of the score, it is customary for one musician ('traditionally played by a beautiful girl,' Riley notes) to play the note C (in octaves) in repeated eighth notes. This drone functions as a metronome and is referred to as 'The Pulse.'

"In C has no set duration; performances can last as little as fifteen minutes or as long as several hours, although Riley indicates 'performances normally average between 45 minutes and an hour and a half.'"

The concept of In C was exciting to me and after hearing a recording of In C I decided to form an ensemble to perform the piece.

I roamed the streets of Boston and Cambridge for a month, inviting musicians to play In C. Some were friends. Some were friends of friends. Other were street performers. In the end I had gather 15 musicans to perform In C.

The next stage was to rehearse In C. Getting that many people together at once is a challenge, particularly with musicians. I decided to break up the ensemble into two groups and had them rehearse at my friend Matt's place, since he had enough room for that many musicians.

Finally we were ready.

One Saturday night I had everyone meet at WMFO to perform In C in our small recording studio. Getting a band of five musicians in there was a challenge but to have an ensemble of 15 people, plus all their instruments and the microphones, was almost more of a feat then putting the ensemble together.

I wanted to be a purist about this performance but I compromised by inviting musicians who played the electric guitar and the keyboard. As long as they staid true to the score I would be happy. Unfortunately, at one point the guitar player decided to improve during the performance. In the end it wasn't a terrible thing and I'm just glad we managed to pull of In C.

As I mentioned earlier, a beautiful girl is supposed to function as the metronome for the score. Despite our best efforts, we had forgotten that essential part of In C.

Instead of a beautiful girl we had a bearded man act as the metronome. The pulses were played by Michael Bloom, who volunteered to act as the metronome by playing the pulses on his marimba.

Michael had rented a station wagon so he could transport his marimba to the station. Then he had to lug it up three flights of stairs into the studio. His marimba was like a large xylophone so having Michael just play the pulse was a waste but someone had to do it. Thank you again, Michael.

I was a deejay at WMFO for 17 years and performance of Terry Riley's Thank you again, Michael. is the moment I am proudest of. I'd like to thank Vera Beren for rescuing the performance and transferring it from a DAT cassette to a CD. I'd also like to thank all 15 of the musicians who made the performance if In C possible.

When Hell is full, the dead shall walk the Earth...But why wait until the end of days to see your mug as a mound of undead rot? With the aid of a photo, master illustrator Rob Sacchetto will hand-illustrate a custom portrait depicting you as a brain chasing ghoul

Interview with Robert Sacchetto of Zombie Portraits.

We discuss what the zombie portraits are; what mediums he uses to create the portraits; how long it takes Rob to create a zombie portrait; the ideal photo he prefers to work from; what led him start creating the zombie portraits; the response to his appearance on Boing Boing and Neatorama; my interview with Kim Paffenroth, author of Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero's Visions of Hell on Earth; what is it about zombies that fascinates us; director Lucio Fulci; Dan O'Bannon's Return of the Living Dead; playing video games like Resident Evil; zombie comic books such as The Walking Dead and DeadWorld; Rue Morgue; participating in zombie walks; his costume for Halloween; other art and design projects he has been involved in; what he does not like about the comic book industry; his forthcoming Cape Fear comic book release; The Invisibles; Mike Magnola's Hellboy; what he believes is death for an artist.

Featured song is "Under" by Under.

Ben Neill is a composer, performer, and inventor of the mutantrumpet, a hybrid electro-acoustic instrument. Through his use of interactive computer technologies, Neill creates a unique musical and visual experience, melding the worlds of electronic music, jazz, pop culture and visual media.

Interview with Ben Neill.

We discuss why he opened today's show with his song "Chemistry Of 7"; the creating his mutantrumpet with Robert Moog and David Behrman; how the mutantrumpet works; the Chapman Stick; the New Musical Interfaces for Musical Expression conference; the solipsistic NATION podcast; his involvement with the illbient scene in New York; DJ Spooky and DJ Olive; why the music scene has changed since 9/11; the rise of retro rock bands like The Rapture and The Strokes; the Leonardo Music Journal from MIT Press; Squarepusher; his CD Green Machine on Astralwerks; releasing music for Volkswagen commercials which led to his Six Degrees Records release, Automotive; how his relationship with Volkswagen began; DFA and Nike; the benefits of working with Volkswagen; Madonna and The Gap; studying with Jon Hassell and LaMonte Young; performing Young's The Second Dream of the High-Tension Stepdown Line Transformer; Steve Reich and Philip Glass; The Well-Tuned Piano; Tony Conrad; performing Palladio, a live interactive video with Bill Jones; Young's Dreamhouse and the Velvet Underground; his stint as an artist in residence at the School of Visual Arts; his XIX collaboration with Mimi Goese, Jim Mussen and John Conte; Hugo Largo; David Byrne's Luaka Bop label; Moby; Brian Eno's Opal label; Andrew Montgomery of Geneva; other projects he would like to explore.

Featured songs are:

1. "Chemistry Of 7"
2. "Shiny Nickel"
3. "Elegy"

The Electronic Edition

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The Winston Giles Orchestra - We Wait For Sunrise
Electric Skychurch - Heaven
Dark Vibrations - A Day In A Park
Spiral System - Elephant
The Shanghai Restoration Project - The Bund (Instrumental)

Julie Lasky is the editor-in-chief of I.D. Magazine. Julie Lasky was previously the editor of Interiors and the managing editor at PRINT. She is the recipient of a Columbia University National Arts Journalism Program fellowship; a Richard J. Margolis Award for journalism; and was a Journalism Scholar in 1995 at Northwestern University. Lasky’s essays and book reviews have appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, The American Scholar and Forward.

Interview with Julie Lasky, editor-in-chief of I.D. Magazine.

We discuss how she will spend Thanksgiving; my previous interview with Julie; her role as editor-in-chief for I.D. Magazine; her criteria for what makes for a great article; examples of bad and good design; design themes for the first decade of the 21st century; privacy and security; design for design's sake; craft and design; mass production and boutique lines; conformity and individuality; Puma's Mongolian Shoe BBQ; critical writings on design; The Royal College of Art; her book Design Observer; Some People Can't Surf: The Graphic Design of Art Chantry, co-written with Karrie Jacobs; Art out of Rubble; The American Scholar; Frances Anderton, host of KCRW's Design and Architecture.

Featured song is "I Lied" by Ignis Fatuus.

8 BIT is a hybrid documentary examining the influence of video games on contemporary culture. A mélange of a rocumentary, art expose and a culture-critical investigation, 8 BIT ties together seemingly disconnected phenomena like the 80's demo scene, chiptune music and contemporary artists using machinima and modified games.

Interview with Marcin Ramocki and Justin Strawhand, co-director of the documentary, 8 BIT.

We discuss what 8 BIT is about; why they made the documentary; Openair; Glomag; why they decided to move the documentary beyond chiptunes; Nullsleep and Cory Arcangel; Gameboys, the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Commadore64; machinima; Unreal Tournament; the DIY ethic of 8 BIT; Tom Moody's take on 8 Bit culture; the demoscene; why they think countries have different relationships with technology; how they decided which people to feature in 8 BIT; travelling to film the documentary; Bodenstandig 2000, Carlo Zanni and Eddo Stern; my chiptunes documentary; segments from the film they had to edit out for time considerations; Ed Halter; reactions to 8 BIT; the primary audiences of the documentary; avoiding the media's clichés of video games; Bit Shifter.

Featured song is "Particle Charge" by Bit Shifter.

Grouse is San Francisco based musician/ producer Ronan Carroll. It is an outlet for his electronic, dub and ambient influenced productions. His self-entitled album has also been described as, "multi-layered", with, "funky beats and soothing melodies", a "stunnning debut", and with "each listen someting new is dicovered."

Interview with Ronan Carroll of Grouse.

We discuss why they opened today's show with the song "Suicide Kills Me"; vocilaist Aoife Hand and trumpet player Brian Switzer; the flow of musc that appears on his CD; albums we recently purchased that flow together well from start to finish; why he moved to San Francisco from Ireland; the San Francisco music scene; OM Records; bands and musicians from San Francsico that he enjoys; my interview with Ronan on the Solipsistic Nation podcast; how he came into electronic music; why he thinks "Lies On Me" is the catchiest song on his album; the with Ronan on the photo on the cover his CD; what his criteria is for a great song; how he approached electronic music as a guitar player; when he plans to release his next album; how he spends Thanksgivings in the U.S.

Featured songs are:

1. "Suicide Kills Me"
2. "Lies On Me"
3. "We All Want To Be Loved"

The African Edition

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This edition of the small WORLD Weekend Mix features the following artists...

Netsayi - Chimurenga Soul
Sally Nyolo - Sokolo
Nuru Kane - Niane
Midnight In Mali - Artistes
Africando - Mario

Play Money explores a remarkable new phenomenon that's just beginning to enter public consciousness: MMORPGs, or Massively MultiPlayer Online Role-Playing Games, in which hundreds of thousands of players operate fantasy characters in virtual environments the size of continents. With city-sized populations of nearly full-time players, these games generate their own cultures, governments, and social systems and, inevitably, their own economies, which spill over into the real world.

Interview with Julian Dibbell, author of Play Money: Or, How I Quit My Day Job and Made Millions Trading Virtual Loot.

We discuss why he moved to South Bend, Indiana; what Play Money is about; what sold the most in games like Ultima Online and Second Life; World of Warcraft; how he got into MMORPGs (MultiPlayer Online Role-Playing Games); LambdaMOO; his first book, My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World; why he wrote Play Money and decided to make a living in Ultima; how many hours he logged in and strategies he developed to make a living in Ultima; automated players and virtual sweatshops in Tijuana and China; how the IRS is monitoring online video game commerce; bartering and prize money; what has changed in MMORPG since he wrote Play Money: American Apparel and Honda; his journey to China for New York Times Magazine; his article on the calorie restriction diet for New York Magazine; does he still play MMORPGs.

Featured mashup is "The Streets of Hotel California" by Aggro1.

Philosopedia's major purpose is to provide an academic resource for those whose interest is "thinking about thinking," a phrase that is a basic definition of philosophy. In short, Philosopedia is a reference work about academic philosophy.

Interview with Warren Allen Smith, head of Philosopedia.

We discuss his books Who's Who in Hell, Celebrities in Hell and Cruising the Deuce; recording Liza Minelli's first demo; teaching English; appearing in Wired's article, The New Atheism; how he became an encyclopedist and why he began Philosopedia; Wikipedia; why he wrote Who's Who in Hell; Walter Lippmann; Thomas Mann; Albert Schweitzer; John Steinbeck; Sinclair Lewis; Naturalism and Existentialism; the seven different meanings of Humanism; Jean-Paul Sartre and Joseph Stalin; the challenge of running Philosopedia; John Dewey; what he likes about Buddhism; the philosopher that resonates with him; exciting recent developments in philosophy; Sam Harris; Denis Diderot; locating his first ancestor; is postmodernism dead or is it still relevant; Noam Chomsky; can religion and philosopy coexist; theology; Arthur C. Clarke; Celeste Holm and Ted Nelson; Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo.

Featured song is "The Freakshow" by Livid.

Combining disgustingly hooky melodies, raspy vocals, loud guitars and punk attitudes, Bubble launches an attack on your senses and you will not get these songs out of your head. The brash, alterna/pop/punk leaders at the forefront of the new "glitter/garage/punk" scene.

Interview with Bam and Share of Bubble.

We discuss why they opened today's show with "Deadender"; coming up with songs in the shower; did "Deadender" appearing on podcasts generate fans and sales; how technology has changed the way they can distribute music and reach new fans and how technology has made things worse for the music industry; the forthcoming album they are working on; how their music has changed with each CD they have released; how they determine which songs to keep on an album and which ones to discard; what they've taken from the bands Vixen and Dogs D'Amour that they were in that they have brought to Bubble; living in Hollywood and their love/hate relationship with the city; does working on songs together carry over to their marriage; their latest venture, Rock and Roll TV; how the passing trends in the music industry effect them as a band; Share being voted Best Female Guitarist in Los Angeles in 1999; why Share picked started playing the guitar.

Featured songs are:

1. "Deadender"
2. "Hollywood"
3. "Break Me"

The Alt Pop Edition

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Asobi Seksu - New Years
The Octopus Project + Black Moth Super Rainbow - Spiracle
Boyskout - Spotlight
The Pinker Tones - Karma Hunters (Radio Edit)
The Battle Royale - Oh Martha
Racetrack Babies - The Messenger
Librarians - Culture Vulture
Dosh - Um, Circles and Squares

As you listen to this episode you may be driving in your car, you might be at work or maybe you're at the gum working out. Wherever you may be, you are surrounded by art and design. Your steering wheel, the lid of your coffee cup, the cover of your favorite magazines, your computer, your MP3 player, the billboards and buildings around you, all have been meticulously crafted. All of them have been designed to provide form and function. Each one of them, in their own way, is a work of art.

This episode features interviews with Julie Lasky, editor-in-chief of I.D. Magazine; video artist Benton C. Bainbridge; minimal sculptor John Powers; graphic artist and illustrator Alejandro Fuentes; and Frances Anderton, host of KCRW's Design and Architecture.

Julie Lasky, editor-in-chief of I.D. Magazine
Julie Lasky is the editor-in-chief of I.D. Magazine. Julie Lasky was previously the editor of Interiors and the managing editor at PRINT. During her tenure as editor of I.D. Magazine, the magazine has earned four consecutive National Magazine Award nominations. She is the recipient of a Columbia University National Arts Journalism Program fellowship; a Richard J. Margolis Award for journalism; and was a Journalism Scholar in 1995 atNorthwestern University. Lasky's essays and book reviews have appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, The American Scholar and Forward.

Benton-C Bainbridge
Benton-C Bainbridge is a Bronx-based artist who has worked with video as a painterly and performable medium for nearly 25 years. Using custom digital, analog and optical systems, Benton-C makes movies as a dialog in an emerging global language.

John Powers
John Powers is a minimalist sculptor based in New York.

Alejandro Fuentes
Alejandro Fuentes works in the apparel industry as a graphic designer/illustrator and moonlights as a creative artist.

Frances Anderton, Design and Architecture
Frances Anderton along with hosting DnA, is a producer for Warren Olney's Which Way, L.A.? and To the Point on KCRW. In addition, Anderton is the LA Editor for Dwell magazine and a contributor to The New York Times and other publications.

The incidental music on today's show was provided by Lamplighter, Splinters and Choncey Langford, courtesy of Woodson Lateral Records.

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As you listen to this episode you may be driving in your car, you might be at work or maybe you're at the gum working out. Wherever you may be, you are surrounded by art and design. Your steering wheel, the lid of your coffee cup, the cover of your favorite magazines, your computer, your MP3 player, the billboards and buildings around you, all have been meticulously crafted. All of them have been designed to provide form and function. Each one of them, in their own way, is a work of art.

This episode features interviews with Julie Lasky, editor-in-chief of I.D. Magazine; video artist Benton C. Bainbridge; minimal sculptor John Powers; graphic artist and illustrator Alejandro Fuentes; and Frances Anderton, host of KCRW's Design and Architecture.

Julie Lasky, editor-in-chief of I.D. Magazine
Julie Lasky is the editor-in-chief of I.D. Magazine. Julie Lasky was previously the editor of Interiors and the managing editor at PRINT. During her tenure as editor of I.D. Magazine, the magazine has earned four consecutive National Magazine Award nominations. She is the recipient of a Columbia University National Arts Journalism Program fellowship; a Richard J. Margolis Award for journalism; and was a Journalism Scholar in 1995 atNorthwestern University. Lasky's essays and book reviews have appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, The American Scholar and Forward.

Benton-C Bainbridge
Benton-C Bainbridge is a Bronx-based artist who has worked with video as a painterly and performable medium for nearly 25 years. Using custom digital, analog and optical systems, Benton-C makes movies as a dialog in an emerging global language.

John Powers
John Powers is a minimalist sculptor based in New York.

Alejandro Fuentes
Alejandro Fuentes works in the apparel industry as a graphic designer/illustrator and moonlights as a creative artist.

Frances Anderton, Design and Architecture
Frances Anderton along with hosting DnA, is a producer for Warren Olney's Which Way, L.A.? and To the Point on KCRW. In addition, Anderton is the LA Editor for Dwell magazine and a contributor to The New York Times and other publications.

The incidental music on today's show was provided by Lamplighter, Splinters and Choncey Langford, courtesy of Woodson Lateral Records.

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I am a music producer who creates predominantly electronic music, with a focus in downtempo and ambient music styles. My expression is mercurial however, so don't be surprised to hear many other genres in my music.

Interview with Evan Bluetech.

We discuss why he opened the show with "Leaving Winter Behind" from his CD, Sines and Singularities; the Steve Nalepa/Bluetech and the small WORLD dub mix connection; why he began Native State Records; Dragon Lounge; his first CD, Elementary Particles; the concept behind native State Records; what happened to Astralwerks Records; how he finds musicians beyond the people he knows to bring into the Native State fold; the next compilation CD he is assembling; artists he'd like to have involved on future releases; how his song "Airstream" came together; how long an average it takes him to complete a song; his process for writing songs; working with songs that don't seem to come together; how he became an electronic musician; the band that inspired him to perform electronic music; critics who don't consider electronic music actual music; improvising in electronic music; my interview with Rena Jones; his identity as a musician; his interaction with an audience during his live shows; is having an identifying sound a good thing or a bad thing; his upcoming performances; why he chose to close today's show with "Prayers for Rain (Dub Mix)."

Featured songs are:

1. "Leaving Winter Behind"
2. "Airstream"
3. "Prayers for Rain (Dub Mix)"