04.24.09 show

Hatcha and N-Type put together a really good compilation featuring new tracks from Croydon producers Benga, Coki and N-Type, Crazy D, Kutz, Chefal, and some dude I've never heard of named Lost, who produced one of the more interesting tracks. I'll be playing more tracks from this in the coming weeks.


The Australian record label Aquatic Lab put out another great release from Seven. I played Seven's "Drop" for a month straight, and looks like I'll also be playing "Conspiracy/Dark Passenger" to death as well. You can find the wax on boomkat.com or juno.co.uk, and the mp3 on iTunes.


Spinitron.com, the website that hosts the playlists and programming schedule for WZBC and other radio stations, now has a Buy It! link. I'm not sure I feel about this new feature.

I think its great if someone who listens to my show and hears a song they like, can easily find someplace to purchase the song through my playlist and wzbc.org. But I don't do the show to sell product, and don't want FTB or WZBC to be thought of as a home shopping network for underground music. And I definitely don't want artists or label owners "suggesting" I play their records more to help increase their sales. When I was a summer fill-in music director at another radio station, I had to put up with marketing/promotional types who would call me weekly to track their record's play count, and "suggest" that I put their record in heavy rotation. F*** that. And f*** Camper Van Beethoven to this day.

04.17.09 show

As I wrote in the previous post, I'm delving deeper into the Detroit Techno/Chicago House sound, albeit twenty fives years later. While kids were jacking at the Music Box in Chi-town, I was slamming at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel in Providence. I just received this cd compilation in the mail, so look forward to hearing Phuture's 12 minute Acid opus "Acid Tracks" next show.

A few years back, I happened upon hearing Japanese Telecom. A few months after that, I first heard Dopplereffekt. Yet only last week did I discover both groups were the work of Gerald Donald. The man is extremely prolific, so I won't list all his aliases or groups here, but if you're interested in learning and hearing more, a lot more, check out the Drexciya Research Lab.



Cloaks bring proper darkness on their lastest release on 3BY3 records. The kind of music you hear in your nightmares, but that you can dance to. I'll be playing the flip next show, fo' sure.


Acid Swagger by Fused Forces is my fav song of the moment. I like the off-kilter bass over the funk-style drumming. Loud and weird, good stuff.


And don't miss the premiere of "Speaking in Code", a documentary about electronic music playing April 23 at the Somerville Theater.

04.10.09 show

Tonight's show featured eight tracks from Tadd Mullinix (not Todd, as I referred to him several times) performing as James T. Cotton and 2am/fm. I recently bought the mp3 of the latest 2am/fm release, having given up finding the vinyl, and was in the mood to play more from Mr. Mulinix, Tadd not Todd, so I did.

I'm on a quest to listen to more of the Detroit/Chicago techno/acid house sound, so look forward to hearing more. Looks like Creme Organization records might be a good place to start, even though they're located in The Hauge, not Detroit. Soul Jazz released this compliation which I just bought on Amazon.

Another song I had to buy on mp3 because I couldn't find it on wax (yet), was by T++ on the Apple Pips label. No matter what format I get it on, its still a great track. Although, I'd really like the vinyl copy.


I'm subbing for ZBC Rock 3 this Monday from 1p-3p. Although I haven't kept up with the indie rock scene for about ten years, I plan to do my best to keep it...well rocking.

Change in time and format

Starting this week, and for the next few weeks, FTB will be on for two hours rather than three, and I’ll be playing only dubstep and techno; no more dub reggae and deejay. I considered doing thirty minutes of reggae music, but what’s the point if for so short a time?

I’m training to do my first century, a bike ride of one hundred miles plus, and want to ride with other cyclists who are training early Saturday mornings. An extra hour of sleep will help.

(this is my bike. older but in good shape, like its owner)

04.03.09 show

Tonight’s show marked a FTB first; a listener request. Three request actually. I’m sincerely appreciative that people are listening. But…I don’t ask for requests. When I give out the phone number and IM name, I preface it by saying something like “if you have any questions about what I’m playing, contact at…” Maybe tonight I didn’t.

I don’t want to come across as a music snob, although I am (but don’t want to come across as one), or an a**hole, which I can be on occasion, but asking for requests creates problems for me. I intended to give the reasons why this is so, but that would make me come across a bigger a**hole than already perceived, and lazy too (which I'm not).

As Shakespeare wrote “I am the DJ, I am what I play,” allow me to command the ship and we will get to our destination safely and in comfort. Just sit back and enjoy the view. And by view, I mean music.

I had been looking forward all week to playing Slaughter Mob’s “Walk of the Wicked” (which I now see is listed as “Treachery” on their myaspace page; again I come incorrect with the wrong info). A slow wobbler; great tune. And then I start it on the wrong speed. D’oh. I prefer playing vinyl, but cds do have some advantages.

(plain white label, but it is slaughter mob, honest)

Ekelon, who is new on my radar although he's worked with Headhunter, put out a new record on Creative Space, that is one of those multi-layered, hypnotizing tracks that grows in sound. I'll be watching for his upcoming releases.



Any suggestions as to songs/artist to play, email is the best way.