The next episode of RandoMax Radio is set to be its fiftieth, quite the milestone for a side project I started mostly because I started getting bored again with simply writing about music. Instead of running the episode this month, however, I'm taking the opposite tactic, in that the series is going on a tiny bit of forced hiatus, thanks to Mixcloud's new rules regarding how many uploads I can have running concurrently without actually paying for an account. It will be back soon, although I'm still working out the format, so those of you two who aren't too cool to admit you enjoy those mixes shouldn't fret. In the meantime, today's post serves as a compendium of every episode published so far, and I encourage all of you to run them back as often as possible, whether you missed an episode or three or if this is all brand-new to you, just so I can get an idea of what direction to take.
For the uninitiated, RandoMax Radio is the podcast
extension of posts I'd published infrequently over the past few years
as a way to extend the life of the blog, where I would jot down the
first ten or twenty songs that came up on 'shuffle' and encourage
everyone to do the same. The main difference today is that I record
these song selections as a mix show,
each episode featuring sixteen tracks (or seventeen, as I was still
figuring my shit out during the first episode) spanning different
musical genres, presenting songs together in a way that helps the
listener view them in a brand new context. I think you'd be surprised to
learn how well some of these songs sound together: the first episode
transitions from Young M.A. into Love and Rockets at one point, which
literally gave me chills when I was testing the mix in the car. I'm
pretty proud of this series, as you can tell.
Episode number 49 was uploaded last month, which means this podcast series has
been running for just over four years now. It seems like each new mix
brings in newer listeners, some of whom may have no idea that the blog
even exists, while others may only give a damn about the music, because
fuck the written word, am I right? So today's catch-up post is designed
to give you two a easy-to-navigate starting point for each episode, with
links to the mixes themselves accompanied by links to each accompanying
article, which is where you will find the tracklistings, which I try to
keep close to the vest for as long as possible because I believe the
journey is more important than the destination. (Unless you're a Patreon
subscriber: then you just get that shit from the jump to do with
whatever you wish.)
Each month features various artists from
different genres in varying points of their respective careers, and for
those of you drawn to HHID because of the hip hop, don't worry,
that's all here too. Think of this as the music you'd hear in the
background at a coffee shop or a hipster bar that I own for the sake of this example.
Click through, look around, and find your new favorite songs here.
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Episode #49 (Original article)
Give these episodes a spin, and share them widely with anyone that
enjoys this newfangled thing called "music". Unless you want to let a
child listen to them - there are explicit lyrics, so be forewarned. But
otherwise, give them a shot and let me know what you think. I feel like
putting these mixes together have helped me refuel my creative juices
when it comes to the writing, so if you enjoy the articles and reviews,
supporting RandoMax Radio is an easy way to keep the fire burning. Please and thank you.
-Max
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