Radio Free Hipster Ep. 64: Retrospectacles (Podswap '09 Edition)

For the sake if consistency, I've elected to finally add my early April podcast to the feed.

That edition was, for the uninitiated, podswapped to my friends at Brilliant Gameologists as an elaborate April Fools' Day joke. I reckon everyone's already picked it up from over there, but I figured I'd toss it up here just for good measure.

I've previously elucidated regarding this best-of, but even those show notes have been lovingly copied/pasted. Because you truly mean that much to me.

Download Radio Free Hipster Ep. 64: Retrospectacles Size: 52.5 MB Running Time: 57:23

Show Notes:

Intro: Baddd Spellah – "Radio Free Hipster Theme (feat. Beefy)"

For those keeping score at home, I've been rocking this bad boys since RFH episode 15.

Track 1: MC Frontalot – "Gonna be Your Man"

Originally included in RFH episode 10.

Z's 1st interlude: "I tend to cast a wide net."

The reason I tend to have such a loose definition for what constitutes nerdy music is that our culture is amazingly malleable. Nerds, despite the often narrow constraints of the outside world, are delightfully varied.

Track 2: Optimus Rhyme – "Train in Vain (Live)"

Originally included in RFH episode 6, and available free on the Nerdcore Under Cover compilation.

Track 3: The Fine Print – "Strawberry Jam"

Originally included in RFH episode 29.

Track 4: Totally Radd!! – "Shark Attack Day Camp"

Originally included in RFH episode 12.

Track 5: Cheapy D – "Ass & Tetris"

Originally included in RFH episode 30.

Track 6: Southside – "Vibrate"

Originally included in RFH episode 52.

Track 7: The Sprites – "George Romero"

Originally included in RFH episode 32.

Track 8: The Weasel King – "Luna"

Originally included in RFH episode 38.

Track 9: Snake Eyes – "Transformer (Sara Connor's Wild Ride Mix)(Maja vs. Lou Reed vs. Traci Chapman vs. Brad Fiedel)"

Originally included in RFH episode 40, and available free on the Old Nerdy Bastard compilation.

Z's 2nd interlude: "My favorite songs are often those that mix a lot of these elements together."

It's one thing for a song to be nerdy because it's created by nerds or because it references cultural touchstones or even because it employs a tech-heavy means of creation, but it's quite another thing for a song to be nerdy for all those reasons.

Track 10: e. gibby and slackmaster d – "10 year Old (Lullaby Dub)"

Originally included in RFH episode 33.

Track 11: Harry and the Potters – "Blood of Prince"

Originally included in RFH episode 48.

Track 12: Computerization – "1.14me"

Originally included in RFH episode 45.

Track 13: Jonathan Coulton – "First of May"

Originally included in RFH episode 43.

Track 14: Elsonso – "The Geomancer"

Originally included in RFH episode 37.

Track 15: The Grammar Club – "Balloon Flight"

Also originally included in RFH episode 37.

Z's final interlude: "A look at the cultural manifestation of nerdy music from the proverbial trenches."

Which are much tidier than the actual trenches.

Track 16: Jay-Zeezer – "Bonnie and Clyde and El Scorcho"

Originally included in RFH episode 1.

Boy, all that talk about this show not being in my feed seems sort of out of place here, doesn't it? And I imagine all that "this is what nerd music is" stuff is a little redundant as well. But that's okay.

We can all use the occasional refresher course.