On this show, I play “I Want’a Do Something Freaky To You” by Leon Haywood, off of his 1975 album Come And Get Yourself Some, released on 20th Century Records. While this song, and the album, were reasonably popular in their own right, “I Want’a Do Something Freaky To You” is now primarily recognized as [...]
Back with another podcast after a brief holiday- and hardware-induced hiatus. If anyone has a line on a power supply for a Gigabit Ethernet G4 tower, let me know.
On this show, I play a track by Myriam (Miriam?) Makeba. “Tailor Man” is off of her 1978 album Country Girl, the copy of which I have [...]
I just wanted to get off a quick show, because I’m likely going to be away from the computer for the next couple of days. On this show, I play “Merry Christmas Baby” recorded by The Soulful Strings from their 1968 album The Magic of Christmas. The Soulful Strings were basically the house band at [...]
So, it seems that my monitoring setup (a pair of headphones) wasn’t up to the task. The sound file I was using to layer the authentic vinyl crackle under my voiceover had a wicked bass hum. I’ve gone back and updated the Aynsley Dunbar and Carolyn Franklin podcasts with new mp3s, sans hum. The Donald [...]
On this show, I play “Alone” performed by Carolyn Franklin from her first solo album, Baby Dynamite, released on RCA in 1969. By the time Carolyn began her solo career, she had already spent years in the trenches, leading the backing vocals for her sister Aretha, and writing and arranging for Aretha and their other [...]