RUSTY'S IMEEM UPDATE; PLAYLISTS UPDATED! JAM ON YOUR COMPUTER!

I was looking at my RUSTY RADIO stuff on IMEEM and realizing that now that there were 50 (FIFTY!) mixes up there, it was time for an upgrade. I hadn't been able to spend any time on it in a while and I wanted to do so. I've put a lotta work into my DJing of late and I'd like to make it easier for you (and myself) to listen to what I wanna listen to.

I've developed a number of new playlists and made sure to make it so that each 'sub-station' of the station is available for you, my peeps, to launch alone and just rock to or embed on your social-networking page of choice. Yes, I mix, I upload, I post, you rock...and it don't cost a thang. It's truly for the love of the Music and for the love of what I do. I'm on the wheels pretty consistently, so I might as well share what I am bumpin', right? You'll have a lotta opportunities coming up very soon to see and hear me DJ. I have a great time making these mixes, so really everybody wins...

Now, before, everything was on RUSTY RADIO, which was a catchall for all my mixes. As time has gone on, I realized that everybody might not wanna go from a straight-ahead rock mix into a hip-hop mix or whatever. I had to approach it like real radio or my real iTunes. Things are catergorized very well, so I can find what I am looking for in an easy fashion. So, to that end, I decided to develop a group of 'sub-stations' outta RUSTY RADIO, so that mixes would be grouped by genre, theme, vibe, whatever it is that made it part of a group...

For example...I have place all the 'History 101' Mixes in one playlist...so if you felt like getting your classic hip-hop on, you could do so...



Now, say you felt like getting your Rock N' Roll ya-ya's out. We can do that, too...This is my 'Rocks Off' Playlist...



Or, what if you felt like you wanted the funk, the whole funk, the grit, the soul? Man, you KNOW I have that covered.



For all you clubheads out there, your buddy Russ can do the 4 On The Floor thang as well. Let's get that heart pumpin'.



There's a few examples of some of the ways I have tried to make RUSTY RADIO a viable option for you to rock during your day online. I hope you take the time out to check out my profile on IMEEM, as well as the MUDKIDS page on IMEEM which was recently added. You will get updates and new Music frequently on both of these pages, so take the time out to explore and enjoy them. It's one way that I can share my influences, views, and loves of all kinds of Music with you. I'm only so happy to do it.

Here is the link to my IMEEM page.

RUSTY ON IMEEM (I HAVE SOME FLY PLAYLISTS!)

...and here are the mighty MUDKIDS!

MUDKIDS ON IMEEM


Hope you enjoy the new playlists. Drop me a line and lemme know if I got ya jammin'...don't forget downloadable versions of many of the mixes are available on my blog. Here's the link,

'PREHENSILE TALES'

Y'all be good and stand up for whatever you believe in. We'll see you the day before Thanksgiving at SPIN NIGHTCLUB

Respect and Grace,

Rusty

DJ RUSTY REDENBACHER - 'ROCKS OFF, SPECTRUM 3' (FREE DOWNLOAD)

Don't stop...

MP3:

DJ RUSTY REDENBACHER - 'Rocks Off, Spectrum 3' [zshare] < click there and rawwwwwwwwwwwwwwk.

Playlist::

'Lonely Is The Night' - Billy Squier
'Crawl' - Kings Of Leon
'Scentless Apprentice' - Nirvana
'Wolf Like Me' - TV On The Radio
'Pinhead' - The Ramones
'Fresh Tendrils' - Soundgarden
'Custard Pie' - Led Zeppelin
'The Denial Twist' - The White Stripes
'Funk #49' - James Gang
'Make It With Chu' - Queens Of The Stone Age

DJ RUSTY REDENBACHER - 'ROCKS OFF (SPECTRUM 1)' (FREE DOWNLOAD)

Let's do this, man...we'll start slow and work up to speed.

MP3:

DJ RUSTY REDENBACHER - 'Rocks Off, Spectrum 1' [zshare] < click there and get yours, yo...

Playlist

'New Mama' - Neil Young
'High Speed' - Coldplay
'God Only Knows' - The Beach Boys
'The Chain' - Fleetwood Mac
'Skeleton Key' - Margot And The Nuclear So-and-So's
'A Punch-Up At A Wedding' - Radiohead
'Let My Love Open The Door' - Pete Townshend
'Steppin' Out' - Joe Jackson
'How Many More Times' - Led Zeppelin
'Birth Ritual' - Soundgarden
'Supernaut' - Black Sabbath
'Gypsy Eyes' - Jimi Hendrix

Listen to all of it. Look at all of it.

DJ RUSTY REDENBACHER - 'A DECENT WEEKEND, TO BE SURE' (FREE DOWNLOAD)

Well, Hi there...didja miss me as much as I missed you?

Been a minute; we've been getting a lotta stuff together, MUDKID-wise, getting ready for a few shows and recording new material.

But, I am still in the mix...just been a while since I felt like uploading this stuff and I have been hella busy..

Aight, I got you; "Get to the Music, Russ. Make my iPod happy."

MP3:

DJ RUSTY REDENBACHER - 'A Decent Weekend, To Be Sure' [zshare] < click there and have a great week.

'Coldest Winter' - Kanye West
'Memories Fade' - Tears For Fears
'Dirtywhirl' - TV On The Radio
'Love Dog' - TV On The Radio
'Caterpillar Girl' - The Cure
'The Road Leads Where It's Led' - The Secret Machines
'Can't Believe A Single Word' - VHS Or Beta
'Groove Is In The Heart' - Deee-Lite
'A Girl Like You' - The Smithereens

DJ RUSTY REDENBACHER - 'HIGHWAY MUSIC, Pts. 1 and 2'' (FREE DOWNLOAD)

There are just certain Songs that sound GREAT in the car to me. It isn't because of how they make the speakers vibrate or the way the instruments are panned. They just remind me of the car...specifically the passenger side of my Daddy's Maxima. Some of these are Songs I know I love because my Daddy would hum along to them in the car, which meant they HAD to be cool. Some of them are Songs that I played for him when he finally realized that he had in fact, refined my taste in Music from a distance. Tim and Marc had the Funk covered, with Tim eventually becoming the Uncle to talk to about Jazz. My Daddy was a total mixed-bag. He liked everything, as long as the shit was jammin'. (There's a couple on here, I think he woulda dug had he been around to hear them...)

He had really wild, diverse taste, as far as Music was concerned. I scooped a lotta records every time I went to Gary for the summer. Records that were sitting in the closet, records that I asked him if could take home (that he signed as if he was the Artist on the record!) records I knew he wanted to keep but would give up for the kid...heck, they had my name on 'em, too.

So here's some travelling Music, in two parts...cuz we had a buncha tapes in the whip! (and a little bit of road-rage thrown in for idiots passing on the right. GET OUTTA MY BLIND SPOT THEN, YOU EEEEEDIOT!)



MP3:

DJ RUSTY REDENBACHER - 'Highway Music, Pt. 1 (nighttime..there)' < click there and smell the spirit if industry in the air! Ahhhh...steel mill fresh!

Playlist:

'Roundabout' - Yes
'She Sells Sanctuary' - The Cult
'Molly's Chambers' - Kings Of Leon
'25 Or 6 To 4' - Chicago
'Coming Up' - Paul McCartney and Wings
'One Thing Leads To Another' - The Fixx
'Girl's Got Rhythm' - AC/DC
'Rio' - Duran Duran
'Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress' - The Hollies
'Stop Me If You Think You Heard This One Before' - The Smiths
'Province' - TV On The Radio
'Down By The Sea' - Men At Work

DJ RUSTY REDENBACHER - 'Highway Music, Pt. 2 (daytime, the ride back)' < click there and lean the seat back.

'Just A Touch Of Love' - Slave
'Give Me The Night' - George Benson
'Never Too Much' - Luther Vandross
'I'll Be Around' - The Spinners
'That Lady' - The Isley Brothers
'Do You Love What You Feel?' - Rufus and Chaka Khan
'You're The One For Me' - D-Train
'Disco Nights (Rock, Freak) - GQ
'777-9311' - The Time
'Erotic City' - Prince
'Be Your Man' - Jesse Johnson's Revue
'The Glamorous Life' - Sheila E.

DJ RUSTY REDENBACHER - 'GUITAR HERO 3' (FREE DOWNLOAD)

I rock...



MP3:

DJ RUSTY REDENBACHER - 'Guitar Hero 3' [zshare] - (click there, keep your eyes on the screen, and don't think about the notes.)

'Stacked Actors' - Foo Fighters
'Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap' - AC/DC
'When The Levee Breaks' - Led Zeppelin
'Mississippi Queen' - Mountain
'If 6 Was 9' - Jimi Hendrix
'Planet Telex' - Radiohead
'Mountain Song' - Jane's Addiction
'The Big Takeover' - Bad Brains
'Civilization's Dying' - Zero Boys
'Bonin' In The Boneyard' - Fishbone
'The jam' - Graham Central Station

I really do rock.

DJ RUSTY REDENBACHER - 'GUITAR HERO 2' - (FREE DOWNLOAD)

No, seriously...

I ROCK!

MP3:

DJ RUSTY REDENBACHER - 'Guitar Hero 2' [zshare] < style="font-style:italic;">Playlist:

'Cretin Hop' - The Ramones
'Teenage Lobtomy' - The Ramones
'Rock N' Roll High School' - The Ramones
'Freya' - The Sword
'American Woman' - The Guess Who
'Foxy Lady' - Jimi Hendrix
'Spanish Castle Magic' - Jimi Hendrix
'Eminence Front' - The Who
'Would' - Alice In Chains
'Nearly Lost You' - Screaming Trees
'Little By Little' - Robert Plant
'So This Is Love?' - Van Halen
'Love Removal Machine' - The Cult

DJ RUSTY REDENBACHER - 'GUITAR HERO' - (FREE DOWNLOAD)

I rock...I really do.

MP3:

DJ RUSTY REDENBAHCER - 'Guitar Hero' [zshare] < click right there and party like a rock star.

Playlist:

'Flip Mode' - Birdmen Of Alcatraz
'Thunder Kiss '65' - White Zombie
'Highway To Hell' - AC/DC
'Black Betty' - Ram Jam
'Baba O' Reilly' - The Who
'I Hate Myself For Loving You' - Joan Jett And The Blackhearts
'Dancing Days' - Led Zeppelin
'For Whom The Bell Tolls' - Metallica
'Re-Ignition' - Bad Brains
'Supernaut' - Black Sabbath
'Taper Jean Girl' - Kings Of Leon
'Radio Free Europe' - R.E.M.
'Blue Orchid' - The White Stripes
'Shake Appeal' - The Stooges

Rockrockon...

DJ RUSTY REDENBACHER - 'THIS IS NOT A REBEL MIX' - (FREE DOWNLOAD)

Now THERE is a 'rock band', friends. These guys have taken it wherever they wanted and been forthright and honest the whole time, even when they screw up ('Pop', anyone?)

I was looking at my CD's and thinking about what albums to put into my iTunes. I reached for 'The Unforgettable Fire'. 'TUF' was the album that started my love-affair with this band. I owned 'War' and 'October' before 'TUF' came out, but when I heard 'Pride (In The Name Of Love)', I knew that this was gonna be my BAND for a while.

I saw them play one the best shows I have witnessed. The tour for 'The Joshua Tree' was one of the most powerful things I have ever witnessed. This was U2 at the peak of what is now 'The U2 sound'. Over the years that would follow, they would turn their back on that sound, as well as reinvent it.

All their songs just sound so epic to me. I had to make this. I call this my 'superhero soundtrack'. People bag on Bono for wanting to save the world, but someone has to do it. I applaud the guy for being sincere and speaking for causes that people are quick to neglect...and he fucking rocks. He is about as great a 'rock star' as you could wish for.




MP3:

DJ RUSTY REDENBACHER - 'This Is Not A Rebel Mix...(U2)' < click there and have some of Ireland's Finest.

Playlist:

'Bad'
'Sunday Bloody Sunday'
'I Threw A Brick Through A Window'
'Pride (In The Name Of Love)'
'Mysterious Ways'
'Summer Rain'
'Desire'
'Beautiful Day'
'Two Hearts Beat As One'
'Vertigo'
'I Will Follow'
'Gloria'
'New Year's Day'

I'm wide awake...in America.

Beta Male - 'Husband's Girlfriend'

Beta Male is one of the most exciting new bands I've seen in a while. P. David Hazel is a phenomenal songwriter with a stone-cold sense of melody and structure. He's also a nice as hell dude. I was trippin' when I saw their stage set-up; Dave sets up in the front with his drums, the guitar and bass play the back and these two badass rockin' chicks man the keys on his side. I knew when I saw them that they were on their own thang.



Beta Male also employs the talents of his lovely wife, Allison, as well as the legendary Vess Ruhtenberg, Tyler Bowman, and Jess Hack. I hate to write that they sound like 'this-meets-this-band'; that style of rock journalism is so tired to me. They don't look like NOBODY, they sound like 'BETA MALE'.

Beta Male has an good-size 80's influence, but what they do is wholly modern and wholly their own. Allison brings showmanship to the stage as well as anyone I have seen before. She rocks the whole time, talks some good shit between songs, and is behind a lotta the way that the ladies in the group are represented visually, as well as sonically and socially. She's a strong lady, yo. I've told her that she has a 'Bowie-esque' quality; very chameleonic and charismatic, but she is also quite the provocateur. Jess is like her quiet, stoic counterpart, bookending cool Dave. It's an awesome look and sound, to be sure.





Really feeling this jammie-jam here. I had to wait to get the okay on it before I posted it. I had a previous mix of this record, but I had to wait to get the final version. I told P. David that I wanted to feature them here and I would be using IMEEM to post their joint. The next day, my man had an IMEEM account too...and here's that good shit I was talking about.

I have always said that any group with two or more family members in it is worth listening to. Here's further proof. Their full EP is available online at iTunes, get that shit NOW.

BETA MALE - 'Husband's Girlfriend'



...and I owe these guys a video appearance...fucking pneumonia, man. I WILL make the next one, yo!

What Goes ON? Three SHOWS this weekend

I've got a few shows this weekend. What is interesting about this is that this is the first time I have had a chance to do ALL my thangs in the same week.

Tomorrow, Friday the 13th, I will be rocking the set with LAZARUS at the Melody Inn. I'm geeked about this; we haven't played since April and this set should be fun. I really enjoy the Mel; it's got that 'old rock bar' thing down pat. It just LOOKS like the place to take great band-shots. The crowds are always lively, the beer is cheap, and the sound is surprisingly awesome for such a small room. I've never actually played a show there (that I can recall off the top of my head), although my man, Ahmski, and I did host the first MC Battles there (The 'Melody Massacres', where many a great MC was knocked down a peg or two and many MC's came to realize their true potential) I have always wanted to play a ROCK show at the Mel; tomorrow, it happens.

(side note: Ahmski (Ahmed) is an absolutely SICK rapper. He was in a group called 'Play Cuzinz' with another unbelievable cat named 'Zone'. I have some of their demos, but they ain't in this computer; once I get them uploaded to IMEEM, I'll post them. To this day, I'll tell you that I believe that the 'Play Cuzinz' is one of the illest groups I have seen around here. I only saw them perform twice, but they were stellar both times. Check for them.)

After the LAZARUS set at the Melody, I'll shoot over to the Tip-Top Tavern for a set of my solo-material. I've performed in this room once before and that time sucked. I am sure that tomorrow will go much better, as they are under new managment, have updated the sound-system, and gotten rid of some of the miscreants that were on staff. There have been some bad-ass shows there in the last month or so. I'm really excited to get an opportunity to play this stuff, but the idea of being onstage by myself is rather daunting. I've always had somebody up there with me. Tomorrow night, it's all on me; I DJed the set, I've gotta put in this work to memorize it and get it right in my head. It's kinda stressful, to be frank, but I am ready to rise to the challenge. Dammit, if you want people to know what you are doing , you hafta go and DO it, in their faces, and you better damn-well hold your own. I will.

Saturday morning, I cannot afford to hit the 'snooze' button. MUDKIDS will be opening the Independent Music and Arts Festival at the Harrison Center for the Arts. We play at 11 a.m., which is far from a standard hip-hop 'wake-up time', but we will be raring to go. DJ Helicon and I will be playing a set heavy on new material from 'We Are Dynamic And People Like Us' and with the early start, bringing the kids is definitely an option. Yuh know we'll keep it clean for ya.

I hope to see y'all at one of these events...Don't forget the BLACK SHEEP show at SPIN, Thursday, June 19. 

My Morning Jacket - 'Evil Urges' (6/10/08)

I simply can't wait for the new My Morning Jacket album, 'Evil Urges' to come out on Tuesday...

...so I didn't. Here's the first jammie-jam that hooked me from their latest release. A little joint called 'Highly Suspicious'





I believe they are streaming the album if you would like to hear it. It's on their Myspace page. 

and Indy's own CARL BROEMEL plays with 'em! YES!

Cover Songs - Grady Tate - 'And I Love Her'

I discovered this song on iTunes, quite by accident (they can be good for something!) I was searching for a couple of Stevie Wonder songs I didn't have. And I stumbled upon this Grady Tate track.

Everybody and their Mama covered the Beatles in the 60's. There are no shortage of 'Fill-in-the-blank' does the Beatles' compilations. They're GREAT SONGS, you guys. Some of the covers may have been a bit of overkill, and you can get too much of a good thing. There are some covers that are better than the originals.

This is probably my favorite Beatles' song. I had never heard this version. A pleasant surprise for the 'Kid. Check it out...



...and Mr. Tate is still fighting the Good Fight and teaching the kids.