'Sup homies. This afternoon finds yours truly putting the finishing touches to another barrier-breaking/envelope-pushing half-hour mix, cut and crafted by my own fair hands. This one is destined for an online radio show (details to follow) but I shall be uploading it here for all you taste-makers and Sonic thrill-seekers to see what you think.
Tiring of the acres of files on my hard-drive, I've definitely rediscovered my love of vinyl lately...in particular the 7-inch variety. I'm not even talking about the more celebrated specimens that sport a picture-sleeve, though obviously that is the ideal aesthetic situation for a small, round piece of plastic with a hole in the middle to be in.
However, some of my collection comes from a time when 7" singles were taken from pub jukeboxes and placed in revolving racks in local sweet-shops, waiting to be loved a second time. I think Marcel Proust wrote about just this at some length.
Anyhoo, some of these gems will undoubtedly be finding their way into my own particular take on Mixtape Poetry, then out there into the cold, dark recesses of cyberspace. Now that's one epic journey pop-kids. Stay tooned.

Greetings y'all. Well, it must be said that recently, the onset of the the dark months has seen yours truly in an unseasonably celebratory mood. Not quite ready for hibernation, I've been hosting a few off-the-cuff music appreciation evenings, so to speak, for a select coterie of guests. The soundtracks for these events - compiled and mixed by myself - have proven quite popular with the assembled party-goers. Lots of cuddly 7 and 12-inch vinyl will have this effect, I find.
So instead of handing out CDs, I've uploaded the first of these mixes to those kind folks at SoundCloud - over there on the right pop-kids. Click the blue arrow to listen. Click on the link to see the track-listing and download. As the tracklist indicates, this ain't Judge Jules. Just stuff I like, cut and re-shaped to my own personal requirements. With this as the basic template, expect further installments as and when. Enjoy, music lovers, and all comments welcome.