Dave’s Lounge #234

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Question of the week: Aside from Dave’s Lounge, what other podcasts do you listen to on a regular basis? How many of them are music podcasts? Leave a comment in the show notes (http://daveslounge.com/show234) with your reply.

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #234:

  1. Meiko, “Leave The Lights On (WRKWRD Remix)”  Buy from: iTunes
  2. Ghosts Of Paraguay (feat. CoMa), “Beyond Reason”  Buy from: iTunes
  3. AbJo, “For What It’s Worth”  Buy from: Bandcamp
  4. AJ Unity, “Jupiter”  Buy from: iTunes
  5. Nedry, “Float”  Buy from: iTunes
  6. Evil Needle, “Delight”  Buy from: Bandcamp
  7. Green Street, “Tears Might Fall”  Free Download from: Cold Busted
  8. Garaz, “U”  Buy from: Beatport
  9. Magica Fe, “Words”  Buy from: iTunes
  10. Lila Rose, “Like Champagne”  Buy from: iTunes
  11. Elephant and Castle (feat. Tune-Yards), “En Memoria”  Buy from: iTunes
  12. One Era, “The Ocean”  Buy from: iTunes

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available from the Amazon App Store.

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Dave’s Lounge #233: The 7th Anniversary Mix

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THE 7TH ANNIVERSARY MIX! Nearly two hours worth of music spanning seven years of podcasts. Also, this week marks the launch of THE DAVE’S LOUNGE PREMIUM PODCAST, a higher-quality version of the show that includes chapter markers, album art, embedded links to songs, and no voiceovers in the mix. Visit http://www.daveslounge.com/premium for details.

Question of the week: Last week, I asked what was the first song you ever bought. This week, I’d like to know what was the first song you heard on Dave’s Lounge that you went and bought after hearing it? Leave your answer in the comments.

And if I haven’t said it enough yet, thank you for your support of this podcast over the last seven years. None of this would have happened without you.

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #233:

  1. The Shanghai Restoration Project (feat. Di Johnston), "Preface”  Buy from: iTunes
  2. State Azure, "Snapshot Tokyo"  Buy from: iTunes
  3. Daughter Darling, "Sad and Lonely"  Buy from: iTunes
  4. Merge of Equals, "The Impossible Planet"  Buy from: iTunes
  5. All India Radio, "Morning Drops"  Buy from: iTunes
  6. Bent, "Sing Me"  Buy from: iTunes
  7. Hopscotch, "Eden"  Buy from: iTunes
  8. Endless Blue, "Ninety-Nine"  Buy from: iTunes
  9. Shaheen Sheik, "Wildflower World (Wild Orchid Mix)"  Buy from: iTunes
  10. Mudville, "Blown (AJ Nuttal Remix)"  Buy from: iTunes
  11. Lovespirals, "Motherless Child (Karmacoda Remix)"  Buy from: iTunes
  12. The Atomica Project, "Losing Sleep"  Buy from: iTunes
  13. Ambray, "Sails"  Buy from: iTunes
  14. Sarah Fimm, "Counting Waves"  Buy from: iTunes
  15. Dive Index, "Water In Our Hands"  Buy from: iTunes
  16. Two Loons For Tea, "Sunset Room"  Buy from: iTunes
  17. Tal M. Klein, "Yona (Ahava Sheli Across The Sea)"  Buy from: iTunes
  18. MinusBlue, "Ocean Sky"  Buy from: iTunes
  19. Lal Meri, "Bad Things"  Buy from: iTunes
  20. Artemis, "Subterranean (Hidden Kisses Mix)"  Buy from: iTunes
  21. David Keogh, "Endless Winter"  Free download from: ReverbNation
  22. Deeper Sublime, "Hold My Hand"  Buy from: iTunes
  23. Blue in Green, "Get Back (To Soulful Music)"  Buy from: iTunes
  24. Kendra Morris, "Concrete Waves (DJ Premier Remix)"  Buy from: iTunes
  25. Natalie Walker, "Uptight"  Buy from: iTunes
  26. Permanent4, "By Candlelight"  Buy from: iTunes

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Introducing the Dave’s Lounge Premium Podcast

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Want to listen to a higher-quality version of Dave’s Lounge? Now you can subscribe to The Dave’s Lounge Premium Podcast and receive each show as a 192 Kbps AAC file, complete with:

  • Chapter markers
  • Album art
  • Direct links to songs in iTunes and other stores
  • No voiceovers in the mix

The Dave’s Lounge Premium Podcast can be yours for a donation of only $2.99/month. Your donation helps keep Dave’s Lounge online and spread great downtempo tunes around the world. Click here for details!

Dick Clark And The Lost Craft Of Tastemaking

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The passing of Dick Clark this week has sent me on one of those nostalgic trips through my childhood that makes me think how great some things seemed then, but also how much better and worse things are now.

American Bandstand was a simple enough concept — play some new music and show kids dancing to it — but its cultural significance was a result of the way it brought people together, both inside the studio walls and outside. Millions of people gathered around their TV screens to see what this group of kids were digging and how they danced. “It’s got a good beat and you can dance to it” became a punchline largely because, for most big rock and roll songs of the time — and still today, really — it was truth.

Dick Clark stood at the center of this with a clear understanding of music’s ability to unite people. In an era where racial segregation was the norm, he brought Caucasian & African-American performers onto the show seamlessly, pushing boundaries without feeling the least bit unobtrusive. “The Twist” was just a dance, after all. Anyone could do it. Just as importantly, though, Clark had a keen ear for what music was worth playing. American Bandstand found good songs and made them hits. If all those viewers saw those kids really digging a record, they wanted it.

Who has that influence now? Who’s out there looking for new music and showing the world what’s good? Who are the modern tastemakers?
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Dave’s Lounge #232

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Question of the week: What was the first song you ever purchased? Was it a record, a tape, a CD, or a download? Mine was "Private Eyes" by Daryl Hall & John Oates, a 89-cent vinyl 45 back in 1980. Leave a comment here with your answer, and don’t be the least bit embarassed by it. We’ve all given over money for horrible music at one point or another.

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #232:

  1. Mindex (feat. Yana Blinder), "One Day In Cocoon”  Buy from: iTunes
  2. Insightful, "Amongst the Stars"  Buy from: Bandcamp
  3. SoulAvenue (feat. Shaheen Sheik), "Different (SoulAvenue’s Boddhisattva Blues)"  Coming soon…
  4. Gushi & Raffunk, "On My Way"  Buy from: iTunes
  5. Vital and Hubb, "Switchback (Tim Angrave Shift Remix)"  Buy from: iTunes
  6. Es-k, "Turn Around"  Buy from: Beatport
  7. Krystian Shek, "Pasadena"  Buy from: iTunes
  8. Aturax, "Space Music"
  9. Redivider, "Nomads"  Buy from: Bandcamp
  10. Patrick Geren, "Groove Quota"  Buy from: iTunes
  11. Vaisnava, "Feeling Small"  Buy from: Atma Studios
  12. Liberty Klaud, "What You Want"  Coming soon…

Own an iOS or Android device? Check out the Dave’s Lounge app, which will give you to streaming access all the latest episodes of Dave’s Lounge, plus bonus mixes not available in the podcast, for only $1.99. The Dave’s Lounge iPhone app is now available from the iTunes app store. The Dave’s Lounge Android App is now available from the Amazon App Store.

Enjoy the show!

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