Rob's Top 5 Records of 2009

I...live...AGAIN!

Its been a long time since I've posted a podcast and it has always haunted me that I never took this more seriously. So, as a new years resolution I've vowed to actually work on my podcast this year and what better way to ring in 2010 than with a top 5 podcast of what I was listening to in 2009.

Podcasts are the New Mixtape - 2009 Top 5 Picks

Podcast Tracklist:
Song/Artist/Album

• The 59 Sound/The Gaslight Anthem/The 59 Sound
• I'm Not Being Rude But I Could Have Had Your Job/All or Nothing/Distances (split 7" with The Wonder Years)
• Hey Darlin' Do You Gamble?/Lucero/1372 Overton Park
• Arrow/Tegan and Sara/Sainthood
• Skate or Die/Teenage Bottlerocket/They Came From the Shadows
• (Shut) Up the Punx/Bomb the Music Industry!/Scrambles
• 25!/Bomb the Music Industry!/Scrambles
  

Japanese Underground

Here it is! The first podcast! While technically its something like the third of fourth, I wanted to upload it first because it was supposed to be for Asian Heritage Month but my mp3 encoder gave me problems.

Anyway, this episode is on Japanese underground music, and is co-hosted with my good friend Parker Mah. Just click on the link below to listen to it, or right-click and 'save as' to download it and throw it on your iPod.

Podcasts are the New Mixtape - Japanese Underground

Podcast Tracklist:

Song/ Artist/ Album

Mind Power (pts 1 & 2) - Osaka Monaurail - Thankful
Una Sera Di Tokyo - Takeshi Terauchi - Beat, Beat, Beat (Vol. 1 + 2)... Read More
Blah! Blah! Someswing - Gagle - Hidden Music Value
Manai - Ino Hidefumi - Living Message
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Firecracker - Yellow Magic Orchestra
Bisk - Waltz - Ticklish Matters
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with POLYSICS guitarist Hiroshi Hayashi
S.O.S. - Electric Eel Shock - Go Europe!
反吐、反吐、汽車 - Nanao Tabito - Heavenly Punk Adagio
Yamasuki - Yamasuki Singers - Le Monde Fabuleux des Yamasuki
Sakura - Elfin Saddle - Ringing for the Begin Again
Opening Theme of Mario - Tokyo CubaBoys Jr (Ashura Benimaru Itoh - Solo Guitar)



Edit: Just realized how bland the site is. I'll try to pretty it up a bit at some point.

It...finally...works...

So about two months ago I decided I was going to make good on my promise to start a podcast and went out and bought this fun little toy.



What that ad does NOT tell you though is that the Tascam US-144 doesn't play well with Windows Vista and it literally took me (on and off since I have work and grading) the full two months of troubleshooting to fix it with on and off help from Jas' boyfriend Paul and my buddy Justin.

But now its working. And I'm stoked.