With the economy in the toilet, gas prices at an all time high, rising

inflation, falling wages, the housing bubble burst,and the stock market

sagging, consumers are really feeling the pinch.  DJDeedle is

implementing his own stimulus package, slashing tempos, dropping keys,

and cutting and splicing, well, everything.

Midsummer is here, and the sultry nights set the mood for a different, slower, relaxed sound.

Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love" is one of the most recognizable and most popularly sampled tracks.  The original song was a huge hit in 1981 and 1982, no-doubt aided by the advent of MTV.  DJDeedle takes liberties with "Genius of Love," mixing in a flair here and there, as well as Gringo Star, Party Ben, Fergie, and Seal.

On July 15, 1960, John F. Kennedy accepted the Democratic Party's nomination for President of the United States.  In his address

to the convention in the packed Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles,

California, he declared, among other things, that "the new frontier is

here whether we seek it or not."  In honor of President Kennedy's brave rhetoric that day, DJDeedle sends you to the very edge.  The new frontier is here.

It's our country's birthday, but the presents are all for you!  With

appropriate fanfare, DJDeedle serves you the fireworks, the icing, and

the cake. There's no Yankee Doodle here, just the songs you love.  With a fanfare, there's no end to what you can do.

Just a year ago, on June 29, 2007, Apple shocked the world with the introduction of the ultimate hand-held gadget to date -- the Iphone.  And next week, Apple will release it's second edition of their ultimate do-dad. 

The Iphone is a unique phenomenon in the culture: simultaneously pretentious and geeky.  Its sleek tactile functionality has made it almost a fetish for owners, and powerfully envy inducing for the rest of us.  Though DJDeedle and the Long-Suffering-One have been helpless to resist the multitude of other Apple products, both computers and ipods, we have thus far resisted the Iphone Borg implants.  We've managed this for two reasons:  (1)  the Iphone is locked to AT&T wireless service; and (2) we like our ipods, and we like our cell phones, but we do not want them to be the same device.  The last thing DJDeedle needs is phonecalls interrupting his musical bliss.

This Deedlecast is dedicated to both the Iphone haves and have-nots

A recording made by Thomas Edison in 1877 has long been thought to be the first artificially recorded sound.  It turns out, the first recordings were made in 1860 by Frenchman, Edouard-Leon Scott de

Martinville, using a Phonautograph.  The recording medium was merely paper covered in soot, so the sound literally emerges from smoke.   As a result of advances in audio technology, these phonautograph recordings can now be heard again using lasers which do not damage or degrade these precious artifacts. 

This Deedlecast starts with the very first sound ever recorded using the phonautograph (albeit altered quite a bit by dj magic).  There are some other similarly altered phonautographic bits and pieces sprinkled throughout the show.

Learn more about the phonautograph.

DJDeedle loves the summer, but it's only the second week of June and

already the summer's become cruel.  Happily, DJDeedle's longtime

friend, and an extremely talented musician, Walter knows how to take

Deedle's mind off the heat.  Walter is acquainted with not just

DJDeedle, but other more bona fide musicians, and took the liberty of

forwarding his Brion's mix/remix of Sean Paul's unreleased "Me Luv." 

Of course, Deedle couldn't help himself and presents "I Am Me Cruel

Summer Love," comprised of Brion's  "Me Luv" (with Sean Paul) v.

Massive Attack's "I Am" v. Ace of Base's "Cruel Summer".

Many thanks, Brion, Walter, and, of course, Sean Paul.  When "Me Luv" is released, please buy it!

DJDeedle welcomes you to the Fractal Lounge:  a setting of unusual melodies and intricate repeating patterns evolving into something entirely different and surprising. 

A fractal often has the following features:

Let's turn our attention to humankind's favorite subject, SEX.  This Deedlecast contains adult themes and may not be suitable for listeners of all ages.