This week DJDeedle turns technological lemons into a sweet surprise.  DJDeedle invites you to the Print\Jam.  Let the machines do their thing, and some familiar things may turn out in ways you'd never expect.

Everyone's story deserves a happy ending.  But when it looks like that it's just not in the cards, sometimes you just have to pull one from thin air.  All's well that ends well.  And above all, no matter how fictional, end it well.

DJDeedle's back from the beach, back to work, totally jetlagged, and

feeling a bit like  zombie.  But that's not so bad.  Despite their

somewhat deserved reputation for being dead and spending most their time wandering the Earth eating people's

brains, Zombies have a culture of their own, and often they really know

how to seize the moment and party.  This week, soak up some Zombie culture.  It's anything but dead.  A word of caution: This Zombiecast has a couple of rude words in it - but what do you expect from dead people?

The nation's elites, from politicians to leaders of business and

finance, have been caught playing fast and loose with the rules.  More

serious than smoking in the gym and calling the English teacher

"Daddio," they've tarnished our national reputation, run up our bills,

robbed our savings, and stalled our economy. Now that it's time to take

them to task, they've all come down with Charlie Brown Syndrome,

crying, "why is everybody always picking on me!?"  While we contemplate

how to punish these scoundrels for their misdeeds, let's enjoy a little

music, wait for our piece of the stimulus package, and watch the

chickens come home to roost.

A different sound, a change of style. Sooner or later, it happens to everyone. Sound collage, experimental melodies, classic songs made over, and some tinkering with the sublime sonics of the master of ambient drone, John Pemble.  DJDeedle uses some of Pemble's sublime sonics as the canvas on which to paint other melodies and mysterious, but beautiful, sounds.  Can't get enough of John Pemble, check out his site and buy his sonics at Johnpemble.com.Can't get enough of Deedle mashing John Pemble's sonics, check out Deedle's John Pemble mash, Out of Time v. Intimate Softness.

As you listen to this week's Deedlecast, DJDeedle is very likely making the long journey across time zones from Eastern to Hawaiian.  With the start of daylight saving time last week, and all these time zones to consider this week, telling time is getting a bit confusing.  It doesn't matter what time it is or what time zone you happen to be in, because this week everyone is on Coordinated Universal Time.

Next Friday, DJDeedle leaves for two weeks in Kauai.  But before then,

there is much to do, work to be done, Deedlecasts to to be polished and

posted.  Such a busy period requires a little self-imposed discipline.

 This week DJDeedle subjects you to a strict regimen to keep you

focused, on task, and above all things, busy.  DJDeedle demands

determination and results.  Come correct and get wise to this track.  Step to it, yo!

What do Peter Gabriel, Human League, Don Ho, Timo Maas, and the Monkees have in common?  Ordinarily nothing.  DJDeedle couldn't let Charles Darwin's 200th birthday pass without involving all those artists in some shocking monkey business.  Happy belated birthday, Charles.  We owe you for your brilliant theory that makes all modern biology possible, and for all the shockingly fun monkey business it has caused.

Though DJDeedle isn't one to glom on to movies just because they win awards, for some weeks since the movie's release, he's been captivated by the music from Slumdog Millionaire, this year's Oscar winner for Best Picture, Best Original Score, and Best Original Song. This week, DJDeedle takes liberties with the movie's score as well as the sounds of the subcontinent, from Bhangra to Bollywood.

Computers, the internet, and digital technology have altered forever the relationship between musical artists and their fans and listeners.  Digital artists, particularly bootleggers, have altered this relationship further using computers to rework classics and forgotten favorites, weaving them into the unique 21st Century sound, not quite old, and not entirely new.The "download," the essential ethereal link between you and DJDeedle, is the last step in the creative process.  Without the magic of the download, Deedlecast would not be possible.  This week's Deedlecast salutes the efficient and effective system by which you get your weekly dose of the 21st Century sound.  "Downloading" marks the third anniversary of DJDeedle's podcasts. For 156 weeks now, DJDeedle has brought you the freshest sounds around, indulging his passion for mashup, remix, sound collage, and electronic esoterica. The some 6,240 minutes of thus far of Deedlecast have been a joy to fashion and provide, and DJDeedle looks forward to many many more.  So, once again, this week, as with that week in February 2006 and every week since, face the music with DJDeedle.   A few rude words in this download.