http://www.magicjunk.com/radio An eclectic maelstrom of sounds, voices, and samples. Submit. Submit. Obey. Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:38:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Your first roller coaster ride was an experience all its' own. But by the eleventh time you went on, it was fun but had lost a little luster. This is the comparison that we keep reciting to ourselves every time we start a new podcast--- let's get on a different ... http://www.magicjunk.com/radio/archives/43 For anyone who thought Magic Junk Radio had a definitive sound, prepare yourself. What lies behind the download link below is something completely different. If you've never listened to Magic Junk Radio before, this is NOT the quintessential episode to start with (we highly recommend Episodes #8 through 12 for ... http://www.magicjunk.com/radio/archives/41 In his song 'Atoms for Peace', Thom Yorke sang, "No more talk about the old days, it's time for something great." Here at MJR, we plan on taking those lyrics to heart... right after this post that is. This was a renaissance year for us. As you probably already know, ... http://www.magicjunk.com/radio/archives/40 Some people would question the logic of continuing on with a project for three years that makes no money, has a small listenership, and consumes a lot of free time to bring it to fruition. But getting a natural high is not always something that adheres to logic. You see, ... http://www.magicjunk.com/radio/archives/38 Somebody once said that what we do every day is nothing more than distractions from the fact that we are slowly dying. Oh wait, that was Sahm who said that. Well, shit. Nevertheless, what those distractions are is entirely up to you. Some people watch lots of TV, some people ... http://www.magicjunk.com/radio/archives/36 I know I don't blog here as often as I should, but I did want to drop a status update on MJR 11. Currently, I have 2 songs completed, another 2 songs that are about 80% complete, and another 17 songs that are started in one form or another (many ... http://www.magicjunk.com/radio/archives/35 It was all supposed to be much different. This tenth podcast was supposed to be released in February 2007 in full surround sound. This podcast was supposed to have a loyal following of a few hundred listeners. This podcast was supposed to be filled with guest vocalists, a smattering of ... http://www.magicjunk.com/radio/archives/33 With Magic Junk Radio 10 just a black lion short of a Voltron, we decided to release a B-Side remix to start the fires going a bit on the Magic Junk campgrounds. Hell, this remix is so crazy, it's causing me to overuse the metaphor. Anyway, this remix missed getting on ... http://www.magicjunk.com/radio/archives/31 About two weeks ago, Radiohead released individual instrument stems for their song "Nude" from the album "In Rainbows" that anyone could use to remix in GarageBand, ProTools, Logic, etc. The rules were to re-interpret the song, using any means necessary, but the song had to stay copyrighted sample free, no ... http://www.magicjunk.com/radio/archives/27 We just hunted down and killed that fifteen month old cold turkey. After all, it's not easy to describe podcast withdrawal, especially since few are suffering from it. While you might call it 'audiosexual frustration', I'd prefer to just paraphrase Robert Plant: It's been a long time since we did ... http://www.magicjunk.com/radio/archives/20 The podcast lessons that pass for knowledge, we can't understand. So it goes. Here we are, nearly a year removed from the last MJR podcast, and at a loss how it has been so long since we were here. Worse yet, all of the upgrades we planned on making ... http://www.magicjunk.com/radio/archives/19 Oscar Wilde once said, "Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative." It's a rather omnious quote for any creative person still trying to find their big break. Nevertheless, since the first 7 episodes of Magic Junk Radio were consistent on a level of composition, it was only natural that ... http://www.magicjunk.com/radio/archives/18 If this post was a comic book, this would be what collectors call the "origin" issue. The first episode of Magic Junk Radio launched on August 30, 2005. Now a year later, I'm taking a look back at how it all came to be, as well as the new direction that ... http://www.magicjunk.com/radio/archives/16 Never let it be said that I cannot share my creative process. After doing 99% of the work on the first six episodes of Magic Junk Radio, I decided to take in a group of refugees last month. I promptly gave them each a laptop and some headphones, and put ... http://www.magicjunk.com/radio/archives/15 Four months of podcast silence felt like an eternity for me, but no longer. The time to take cherished samples and theme songs and make them into electronic madness is now. Of course, four months ago, the belief was to confine myself to a dark room with the goal of finding ... http://www.magicjunk.com/radio/archives/14