World Dystopia 08.03.05

I was hella bored? I just filled a shift for the World Music show, and the guy that came in after me to take over has a hip hop show. He is the whitest kid I've ever seen + he plays hip hop? The opening song, something by the Handsome Boy Modeling School, and even that sounded white. Now I know, I know, white boys can play hip hop. The Beastie Boys are a fine example of that. But the Handsome Boys Modeling School? C'mon. Gimmie a break.

Now I know, I know, I shouldn't dis on my fellow DJs, but please. He called to tell me he had arrived, and he kept saying things like "yo" and "dude" and "peace". Knock it off, pal.

So Day called me around 7 to fill in @ 8 for the World show. I know very little about world music, but I said I'd do it. It was fun. I learned a lot, and played some excellent music. I even ripped a few discs. I mean, I'll even be checking out some of the music I played. Really good stuff. Particularly the The Rough Guide to Italia Nova (those Rough Guide albums are great) and the Women of Istanbul, from 1998, and State of Bengal Vs. Paban Das Baul. The second hour of the show melted into an amaglam of all kinds of stuff, stating with Bjork, whom i will be featuring on an upcoming Radio Dystopia show, and Aereogramme, both from Iceland. It just sort of degenerated from there, and I played whatever I wanted. After all, aren't we all of the same world? So it fit the world music theme, right?
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Until Next week...

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Maxmimus