EchoDitto

Ed Churchman talks with Travis Stewart (aka, Syndrone, Tstewart, Machine Drum) about his life as an artist, Merck Records, and how musicians make money nowadays. Travis also answers questions from the IDM mailing list and the Ninja Tune forum.

• Let Twerk master your work
• Burnt Toast and other synthesizers
• Soulseek and file sharing
• Warp 100
• Help save Merck Records

Soundtrack: Machine Drum, Skinny Puppy, Ween, Bogdan Raczynski

Ed talks with DC-native Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky, about Washington DC and electronic music today. Check out Pauls book: "Rhythm Science."

Soundtrack: Dj Spooky, John Cage

Most of the world knows Chuck Brown as the man behind the 1971 hit 'Bustin Loose'. In Washington DC, locals know him as the godfather of Dodge City's best native music scene: DC Go Go.

Chuck took a few minutes to talk with EchoRadio about his life, his music, and his plans for the future.

Photo by Erin Zima

Ed and Alex discuss the recently-passed HR1268, which not only destroys the US/Mexican wetlands, but also bypasses the Supreme Court in order to do so.

Links: HR1268, Contact your Senator

Ed and Tim talk to Ian MacKaye about his life as a musician, the ever-present deterioration of copyright, Ian's marxist references on "Straight Edge," The DC Music scene, and words that he feels are important to take back. Ian is the guitarist/vocalist in Fugazi, Minor Threat, and now The Evens. Ian owns the record label Dischord.

Soundtrack: Fugazi, Minor Threat, The Evens, The Soft Pink Truth

Photo via Rory on flickr

Dance Sucka! I was thinking about podcasting and new media and how we as a society can change things like music and podcasting and so on so I decided to post a Dj set.

Music:

• Bexarametric -Nitrous Oxide
• Benny Benassi Vs. 50 Cent - Satisfaction in Da Club
• White Town - Your Woman (x29 Mix)
• Twerk - Porca Misera
Benny Benassi - California Dreamin (2004 Mix)
• Prodigy - Breathe
• Mocean Worker - Air Suspension
• Mouse on Mars - Actionist Respoke
• Sandy B - Make The World Go Round (Manny Lehmen Mashup)
• Banco de Gaia - Drippy
• Plaid - Squance
• Dsico - Smells Like Electro
• Daft Punk - Revolution 909
• Mouse on Mars - Send Me Shivers
• Larry Tee - Joe Le Taxi

Richard Gibson, Journalist, Talks about the life (and death) of Richard Wright, author of Native Son. He also talks about his role in the life of James Baldwin.

Soundtrack: Aphex Twin, Chris Clark

Terrance talks to Eric Graves, head of Virginia Grassroots Coalition, about grassroots activism in the (northern) Virginia area.

Soundtrack: Tracy Chapman, Four Tet

Ed Churchman and Terrance Heath talk about news and events related to gay & lesbian issues, including:

• outburts in Virginia over a gay-themed school play in Loudoun County, and a Fairfax school board member's letter asking principals to invite "ex-gay" speakers to talk to students.
• the still-unfolding story of pseudo-reporter and male-escort-with-White-House-Access, Jeff Gannon.

Ed is lead producer of EchoRadio. Terrance is EchoDitto's Blogmaster and writes at RepublicOfT.com.

Sountrack: A Tribe Called Quest- Love, Squarepusher- You're Going Down, Thievery Corporation- DC 3000, Ratatat- Lapland.