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Hot Wax Action #15. Philly’s Cafe, Volume One.

Here is a DJ mix of some smooth sounds to enjoy while typing on your laptop at a coffee shop, or cleaning your house on a rainy day, or making sweet love in the middle of the afternoon.

DOWNLOAD LINK ~~ http://swordfight.org/podcast/HotWaxAction15.mp3

Tracklist:

White Label (DHN-001)
Terry Lee Brown Jr. - Lost And Found (Steve Bug remix)
Johnny Fiasco - Take 5
Joe Smooth - Alternative3
Daniel Wang  - 24 To Vector Z (Morgan Geist Commuter Mix)
Tom Churchill - Under The Spell (Sunday Mix)
Daniel Wang - To Hold You Again
Unreleased Project - Smooth Like This
The Other People Place - It’s Your Love
Theorem - Nebulus
Soha - Foulchette (Next Evidence Re-edit)
Larry Heard - Sunset
Monday Michiru - Sunday After The Rain (Masters At Work remix)

Hot Wax Action is back… Hi! This is the first of two podcasts. The first is called “Warm It Up.” I’ll upload “Burn It Down” someday.

First I’m gonna get the party started with a bunch of classic funk jams. This is how I might go from 100bpm to around 125 over the course of an hour and get people all warmed up and ready to party. 

And in the next installment I’m gonna go hard and fast and deep in the crates.

Sorry about a couple of crunchy mixes, it’s a live vinyl DJ set and I’m not out here trying to be Skratch Bastid or anything. Enjoy!

download link, right-click and ‘save as’ ~ http://swordfight.org/podcast/HotWaxAction14.mp3

Tracklist:

Grandmaster Flash - The Message (Instrumental)
Voyage - One Step Higher
The Bottom Line - Disco Dobro
Peter Brown - Do You Wanna Get Funky With Me?
Olivia Newton-John - Magic
B.T. Express - Once You Get It
Parliament - Give Up The Funk
Hot Chocolate - Every1’s A Winner
Zapp - More Bounce To The Ounce
Commodores - Brick House
Vaughan Mason & Crew - Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll
Mighty Fire - Sixth Street (Turn It Up)
Carl Carlton - Sexy Lady
Gloria Spring - Baby Come On
Lakeside - Strung Out
Motown Sounds - Bad Mouthin’

HOT WAX ACTION PODCAST ** COLLEGE ROCK EDITION

Here’s the new podcast. It’s ’80s music, but probably not the usual ’80s jams we all love to sing along with at retro night or on the 80s channel of Sirius Satellite Radio. It’s a bunch of ’80s hipster music. What they used to call “college rock.”

In the ’80s people had to listen to college radio when they wanted to be exposed to cool music. Also late-night CBC. “Brave New Waves.” They called it “college rock” because for a long time it was actually illegal for high school students to listen to cool shit. I myself did six months in juvie for getting caught with a Gang Of Four record.

Back then, there were no music blogs. But you didn’t need them. You could buy vinyl records at any shopping mall in Canada. Imagine!

Anyone who listened to college rock in the 80s was likely to get called an “art fag.” I remember the government passed a bill making it illegal to be an “art fag.” There was much persecution in the land. It was a bleak time for young music fans. Nowadays it seems like the term “art fag” has all but fallen out of common usage. That’s a relief.

So this is a mix of college rock boy-bands, to balance out the “ladies of the 80s” mix I did a couple months back. College rock happened way before the Riot Grrl revolution and the Brian Mulroney government had made it illegal for women and children to play good music in Canada in the 1980s. Except for Carole Pope because no jail could hold her. Anyway if you prefer the sound of female vocals please enjoy this previous podcast.

Many of the musical freedoms that we take for granted today were fought for and won during the college rock era. So let’s celebrate by getting drunk, reading some Derrida and turning this mix up loud. Have a great weekend.

~ download link: http://swordfight.org/podcast/HotWaxAction13.mp3 {58 minute mp3 ~ 84MB}

tracklist:

Echo & the Bunnymen - Never Stop
Camper Van Beethoven - Take The Skinheads Bowling
Human Sexual Response - Pound
The Fall - Couldn’t Get Ahead
Wolfgang Press - Fire Eater
The Nils - I Am The Wolf
Mission Of Burma - Forget
Psychedelic Furs - Into You Like A Train
Rank And File - Coyote
R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe
Hüsker Dü - Don’t Wanna Know If You Are Lonely
Doughboys - I Won’t Write You A Letter
O.M.D. - Electricity
Replacements - Left Of The Dial
The The - Uncertain Smile

On the weekend I went on a roadtrip with some friends. We went to Oak Lawn Farms, a zoo in Nova Scotia, and followed it up with a triple-feature at a drive-in movie theatre. You’d think it would be tough to sit through three movies but it was pretty fun. We would just get out of our cars and roam around and stuff. Drive-in movies are the way to go.

On the drive and during the screening of Madagascar 3, I interviewed all my friends and got them all to request a song for the podcast. I asked everyone five questions:
1) What’s your name?
2) What’s been taking up your time lately?
3) What was your favourite thing this summer?
4) Do you have any suggestions on how to have a good time?
5) What song should I play next on my podcast?

And this is how it all turned out. Enjoy!
~ download link: http://swordfight.org/podcast/HotWaxAction12.mp3 [66 minutes, 90MB mp3]

Cast of characters~~

Pinky: Inflation Kills - “Bad Wolf”
Leanne Sarah Laracey: Björk - “It’s Oh So Quiet”
Vanessa Graves: Talking Heads - “Sugar On My Tongue”
Stephan Macleod: Buzzcocks - “Why Can’t I Touch It?”
Rich Aucoin: Dan Deacon - “True Thrush”
Mark Little: New Pornographers - “Mass Romantic”
Jeff Coll: Skrillex - “Bangarang”
Katherine: Magnetic Fields - “Strange Powers”
Matt Pollard: Girlschool feat. Motorhead - “Please Don’t Touch”
Patti: Culture Beat - “Mr. Vain”

Here is a DJ mix for the blue moon. A bit of disco, some moody tech-house, some tropical percussion, and a couple of classic club jams.

It’s kind of moody because I don’t want summer to end. I hate September. I hate May and I hate September. I like February and July. Make it hot, make it cold, I don’t care. I just hate change.

I started making a vinyl mix and then I blew up my stereo by playing 45s at the wrong speed. So this mix was created in Ableton Live. Amazing what computers can do these days!

~ download link: http://swordfight.org/podcast/HotWaxAction11.mp3 [One hour; 82MB mp3]

Tracklist:

Don Ray - Got To Have Loving
Holy Ghost! - Slow Motion (acapella)
Joe Goddard - Gabriel (Aston Shuffle remix)
IMS - Es Toy (Andre VII remix)
Ken Doh - Nakasaki (I Need A Lover Tonight)
Gabriel Ananda - Hey Blop (Sebastien Leger Tropical Dub Mix)
Don Diablo - Like A Pro
RCMP - The Bird AKA Ignition
Volta Bureau - Alley Cat
Tiger Stripes - Survivor
Derek Marin - While She Sleeps (Adam Collins Mix)
Alex Kenji - Pressure
Paul Johnson - Get Get Down 

Have a good weekend ~~

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Here is a very special edition of Hot Wax Action. This week’s podcast is a mix of East Coast electronic music. I asked people to send me some jams and it turned out great.

There’s quite a range of stuff here—new-wave and synth-pop, gnarly distortion, smooth funky jams and some god damn house music, all lovingly mixed together in a big East Coast mishmash. I always think about electronic music as the music of the future, but this is the sound of right now… 2012 in the Atlantic provinces of Canada. I hope you enjoy it!

~ download link:  http://swordfight.org/podcast/HotWaxAction10.mp3 [52 minutes, 72MB mp3]

Here’s a tracklist with links so you can go check ‘em all out. 

Whale Skin - Hit The Road (VAMPED)
Jenocide - Falling Hearts
Catholic Gaydar - catherine (keep it close)
Coree Jamez - Spider
A. A. Wallace - Feels TOO Real
nexus6ix - spooky beat
Gary Flanagan - Oncoming Light
dubious - spacing
PINEO & Jenocide - Mystery
Worker - NoParty
Nagwoode - Rhode’s Delight
Jaguar Knight - Prom Hair
Girls Would Kill - In Litres
The Trick - Never Late

If you weren’t on this mix and you feel like you should’ve been, you probably need to pay closer attention to my twitter feed: twitter.com/hotaction.

SLOW JAMS TO UNITE THE PLANET

Jaguar Knight podcast #009. Another hour of 45s played at 33. I party on weekends and retreat to the forest throughout the week. I steal wireless in the parking lot of the funeral home. Fabricville is the best store on earth. Have a good weekend.

~ download link: http://swordfight.org/podcast/HotWaxAction09.mp3 [One hour, 84MB mp3]

Tracklist:

Musique - In The Bush
Devo - Whip It
Timex Social Club - Rumors
Laura Brannigan - Self-Control
Sly Fox - Let’s Go All The Way
Power Station - Get It On (Bang A Gong)
Vicki Sue Robinson - Turn The Beat Around 
Gino Vanelli - Black Cars
Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok
Blondie - Heart Of Glass
Hot Chocolate - Every1’s A Winner
J. Geils Band - Flamethrower
Rod Stewart - Young Turks 

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This week, I’ve been kind of obsessed with listening to 45rpm singles at 33rpm, so here’s a whole hour of it.

A few things happen when you do this to a record. The bass frequencies become even lower. High-pitched voices can become surprisingly rich. And even some Top-40 artist like Samantha Fox can take on a whole new dopeness.

After a while your ear tunes itself to this style and then when you hear normal music it all sounds like a bunch of sped-up Mickey Mouse bullshit.

I tried to pick tracks that would be appropriate for this mix. It was tempting to do a spindown every time a singer uttered a phrase like “slow down,” but I’m pleased to say I gave in to this temptation every time.

~ download: http://swordfight.org/podcast/HotWaxAction08.mp3

Tracklist:

Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
The S.O.S. Band - Take Your Time (Do It Right)
A-Ha - Take On Me
Samantha Fox - I Wanna Have Some Fun
Hall & Oates - Maneater
Go-Gos - Our Lips Are Sealed
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
Pointer Sisters - I’m So Excited
Peter Brown - Crank It Up (Funk Town)
Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride
Men At Work - Down Under
Michael Sembello - Maniac
KC & The Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight 

~ If you enjoy these podcasts, feel free to give a like to my facebook page, AKA that thing I have because everyone else has one. http://facebook.com/JaguarKnightMusic.

It’s Hot Wax Action #7! I took a break from disco for a minute and made a straight-up old school punk rock mix. I didn’t talk at all on this because punk songs are short and I had to hurry up and cue the next record. It’s just as well because with no edits at all this mix came out to exactly one hour long and I’m proud of that, for some reason.

Download link: http://swordfight.org/podcast/HotWaxAction07.mp3 [1 hour, 82MB mp3]

Tracklist:

Black Flag - Depression
Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device
X-Ray Spex - Identity
D.R.I. - Couch Slouch
Naked Raygun - Rat Patrol
G.B.H. - Give Me Fire
Government Issue - Even When You’re Here
Wire - Three Girl Rhumba / Ex-Lion Tamer
Big Boys - Which Way To Go
Bad Religion - Fuck Armageddon (This Is Hell)
No Means No - Sex Mad
Anti-Nowhere League - Animal
D.O.A. - I’m Right You’re Wrong
Doughboys - The Forecast
Buzzcocks - Girl From The Chainstore
Egg Hunt - We All Fall Down
UK Subs - Time And Matter
The Effigies - Hand Signals
C.O.C. - Kiss Of Death
Descendents - Coolidge
SNFU - Scarecrow
Ramones - Danny Says

Here’s Hot Wax Action #6, a one-hour podcast in which I tear around the yard on a ride-on mower, play some records at the wrong speed, try to interview a kitten, and record an outdoor jam with the microphone set up in the woods half a kilometer away.

There’s a contest in this week’s podcast. Find the question in there somewhere, and if you know the answer off the top of your head, go type it in at facebook.com/JaguarKnightMusic.  

Donwload link ~~ http://swordfight.org/podcast/HotWaxAction06.mp3

Track list:

Devo - That’s Good
Electric Light Orchestra - Shine A Little Love
Peaches & Herb - Roller Skate Mate
Spinners - Rubberband Man
Disco Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes - Get Dancin’
John Williams - Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Hall & Oates - Can’t Go For That (33rpm)
Madonna - Lucky Star (33 rpm)
Shalamar - Second Time Around
The Brothers Johnson - Stomp!
Jaguar Knight - outdoor jam 2012

It’s Hot Wax Action… Jaguar Knight podcast #04. In which I cook an old family recipe called Chicken And Broccoli Pukemaster, wash my car, explore the influence of James Brown on minimal dub techno, and drop some Nigel Astley… RIck’s younger brother.

Download link: http://swordfight.org/podcast/HotWaxAction04.mp3 [one hour, 82MB mp3]

Tracklist if you need it:

George Benson - Give Me The Night

Baltimora - Tarzan Boy

Billy Ocean - Loverboy

Rose Royce - Car Wash

Evelyn “Champagne” King - Shame

Chic - Le Freak

Sister SLedge - We Are Family

Paul Lekakis - Boom Boom (Let’s Go Back To My Room) 

The Jets - Crush On You

Skyy - Call Me

Nigel Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up

James Brown - Mother Popcorn (Part 1)

Bar-Kays - Shake Your Rump To The Funk

Claus Schulze - Stardancer

Here’s some more hot wax action with Jaguar Knight podcast #003, in which I sit on the porch and listen to disco and yell at crows. I didn’t talk too much on this one because I’ve been alone in the woods and haven’t had a conversation with another human all week and I have mostly forgotten how to speak.

Download link:  http://swordfight.org/podcast/JaguarKnightRadio03.mp3 [One hour mp3, 86MB]

Track list:

Supermax - Love Machine

Donna Summer - Hot Stuff

Stone - Time

Mitsou - Bye Bye Mon Cowboy

AC/DC - Problem Child

Government Issue - Strange Wine

Shirley Lites - Heat You Up, Melt You Down

Don Ray - Got To Have Lovin’

Gino Soccio - The Visitors

Moss Icon - Lyburnum Wits End Liberation Fly

Jaguar Knight podcast #2. In which I play a bunch of records while blasting a bunch of fog and lazerz in the parlour. And I get adopted by a kitten.

This one has a “Ladies of the 80s” theme.

Download link: Jaguar Knight Radio #02 [One hour. 82MB mp3]

Tracklist:

Janet Jackson - Nasty

Shannon - Let The Music Play

Juice Newton - Queen Of Hearts

Mya and the Mirror - Hesitation

Animotion - Obsession

The The - Slow Train To Dawn (feat. Neneh Cherry)

Eurhythmics - Would I Lie To You?

Sheena Easton - Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)

Voice Of The Beehive - There’s A Barbarian In The Back Of My Car

Debbie Gibson - Stupid Beat

Romeo Void - Never Say Never

Crass - Bata Motel

Samantha Fox - I Only Wanna Be With You

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - I Love Rock’n’Roll

Inner City - Good Life

~~Enjoy!

It’s been a few years since I made a podcast. Here’s an hour of music and talking, in which I spin some vinyl and eat some crock pot outdoors in a screen tent beside the river. This is what I was up to at the moment of the summer solstice of 2012, not bad. I hope you enjoy listening.

Download link: Jaguar Knight Radio #01 [59:59, 82MB mp3]

Here are the records I played over the course of an hour:

Government Issue - Visions And ?

After The Fire - Laser Love

Fleetwood Mac - Gypsy

Martha and the Muffins - Echo Beach

Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians - Unsettled

Hot Chocolate - Every1’s A Winner

Andrea True Connection - More, More, More

G.Q. - Disco Nights

Earth, Wind and Fire - Let’s Groove

Cybotron - Clear

I.F. - Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass

Star Wars - Creature Cantina

Ray Parker Jr. - Bad Boy

T. Rex - Ballrooms Of Mars