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Both Sides Of The Surface: an online archive of life commentaries and music reviews written between 1999-2005. also the home base for the Radio BSOTS podcast (founded august 2005) and its blog predecessor, welcome to camp lo-fi... lo-res on the eye, hi-res on the mind since january of 2002. More information can be found on the About page as well as the Anatomy Of A Podcast blog post for a deeper history.
PODCAST UPDATES 04.11.25 - Show #188 is a special extended episode featuring Macedonia's debut live stream for Netlabel Day Radio from July of 2024, a two-hour takeover in celebration of Creative Commons music from across the globe. Artists in the mix include DJ Spooky, Devin Morrison, EPMD, Rah Digga, Laetitia Sadier, Negativland, and many more. download ||| show notes 01.05.25 - Show #187 unveils Macedonia's live stream test run for Netlabel Day Radio from July of 2024, showcasing some head-nodding beats from the likes of Bluntspeakers, Comfort Fit, Suhov, and Apes On Tapes. Stay tuned for listener feedback, a song in celebration of 20 years of ccMixter, poetic brilliance from the late, great Nikki Giovanni, and much more. This episode is 100% WORKSAFE. download ||| show notes 11.03.24 - Show #186 offers a slight diversion from the usual format. In this episode, Macedonia addresses some recent podcasting and archiving news items regarding Spotify, Datpiff, and the Internet Archive while sharing Creative Commons tunes from King Britt, A. Billi Free & Uncle El, Coldreavers, Lavoura, and Wizard Of Loneliness. This episode is 100% WORKSAFE. download ||| show notes 08.14.24 - Show #185 unofficially celebrates 19 years of Both Sides Of The Surface with another BSOTS GONE (buck)WILD episode, delivering a mix of music ranging from the political to the satirical and just plain silly. Expect a brief observation concerning a calendar with good intentions and selections from Mega Ran, Five Fingers Of Funk, Tha Silent Partner, DJ Ilya Monosov, EllaMaeFlossie, Columbo Black, Mikal Amin & Mista Mayday, The Bran Flakes, 85, and leumas. This episode is NOT WORKSAFE. download ||| show notes 06.30.24 - Show #184 opens with a Shad & Skratch Bastid cut that was co-produced by DJ Jazzy Jeff and closes with a Moki McFly song from an album that won the 2024 Creative Commons Community Music Award for Album Of The Year. Other featured artists in between include NIki J. Crawford, Ultimate Fantastic, DJ Enki, Tab, and Ohad Slavin. This episode is 100% WORKSAFE. download ||| show notes 05.04.24 - Macedonia shows honor to the legacy of Bondfire Radio by revisiting an episode from 2016, a show that features some of the artists and music championed on the BSOTS on Bondfire broadcast during its first year. This show includes selections from Public Enemy, The Hot 8 Brass Band, NxWorries, Blitz The Ambassador, DJ EFN, DJ Vadim, Semi Hendrix (Ras Kass and Jack Splash), and more. This episode is NOT WORKSAFE. download ||| show notes 03.26.24 - Show #183 concludes a two-part series celebrating 18 years of Radio BSOTS. Macedonia speaks on podcast quality over quantity, finding community at Bondfire Radio, a single episode released in 2021 that led to him speaking at Afros & Audio, that time that his voice became part of an intro for a netlabel release, the potential kill date that he seriously considered a decade ago, and the insistence on protecting the creative child into adulthood. Featured selections include music from Devin Morrison, Shlohmo, Soul Inscribed, Mikal Amin, Nangdo, and more. This episode is NOT WORKSAFE. download ||| show notes |
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GUEST APPEARANCES 02.25.2024 - Friends Of CC Music Season 1, Episode 40 01.17.2024 - Black Men Win 01.07.2024 - Friends Of CC Music Season 1, Episode 33 11.16.2023 - Queue Points Show #119 08.29.2023 - Queue Points Show #113 08.22.2023 - Queue Points Show #112 09.10.2022 - The Feel Good Happy Hour, Ep. 39 08.09.2020 - Soundwave Ep. 19 06.11.2020 - Heat Rocks Ep. 142
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