G-town Radio's Jim Bear was a guest on NPR's World Cafe this past Friday (September 29) to play his Top 5 songs.  This podcast is of that segment of the show.  Host David Dye speaks to Jim about G-town Radio, webcasting and LPFM as well as introduce each of the five picks.

The Top 5:
I'm From Barcelona - Rec & Play
Barbara Morgenstern - The Operator
Saturday Looks Good To Me - Lift Me Up
The Budos Band - Up From The South
Jorge Ben - Ponta de Lanca Africano

Tune into G-town Radio to hear these and other great songs you won't find on the FM dial.

G-town Radio is ON!

We are streaming 24/7 from http://gtownradio.com.  Radio programming that is beyond eclectic.  G-town Radio strives to broadcast local content, community news and great music.

This podcast is a sampler of some of the music you will find on G-town Radio.  Questions or comments?  Email us at: info@gtownradio.com.

The playlist...
Quantic – Meet Me At the Pomegranate Tree
Barbara Morgenstern – Alles Was Lebt Bewegt Sich
The Blow – Pile of Gold
Tokyo Police Club – Nature of the Experiment
Jojje Wadenius - Mitt sår
Poets of Rhythm – Practice What You Preach
CSS – Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death From Above (Spank Rock Remix)
The Ark – One Of Us Is Gonna Die Young
Junior Boys – In the Morning (ft. Andi Tomi)
Harry Nilsson – Pretty Soon There’ll Be Nothing Left For Everybody
The Fiery Furnaces – Benton Harbor Blues
Pony Up! – The Truth About Cats and Dogs (Is That They Die)
Bob & Fred – I’ll Be On My Way
Regina Spektor – Edit
Quantic – Tell It Like You Mean It
Steely Dan - Only A Fool Would Say That

The Nexus brings you songs of summer.  Download once and listen repeatedly for maximum summer enjoyment.

Breaking news: G-Town Radio is on the way.  The Nexus radio show on Radio Volta is breaking out into a 24/7 radio broadcast.  Site launch later this summer.  You can preview the audio stream now.  Go to: http://rs4.radiostreamer.com:8300.  Send requests & comments to woo.wei@verizon.net.

Active Ingredients:
meatballs ost - are you ready for the summer?
jay-z - dear summer
pascal - summer is almost here
m.i.a. - sunshowers
horace andy - ain't no sunshine
chad & jeremy - summer song
smokey & miho - summer rain
comet gain - just one more summer before i go
koop - summer sun
mylo - sunworshipper
evan dando & sabrine brooke - summer wine
belle & sebastian - song for summer
handsome boy modeling school - sunshine
quincy jones - summer in the city
pearl cleage - turning 40
rahsaan roland kirk - ain't no sunshine
jens lekman - a sweet summer's night on hammer hill
nancy wilson - sunshine
roy ayers - everybody loves the sunshine
queens of the stone age - feel good hit of the summer
the doors - summer's almost gone
lippok & morgenstern - sommer
the happenings - see you in september

 

The latest mix that aired on the Nexus features new music by the Grates, Artic Monkeys, Talib Kweli, Prefuse 73, Apollo Nove and Belle & Sebastian;  Two tracks featured on excellent Numero Group comps (Lord Rhaburn & Them Two); local acts the Lilys and Spank Rock; and Amadou & Mariam from Mali with love.  The Nexus is your source for what's good.  Email thenexus@radiovolta.org to say hello.

the grates - trampoline
madlib & beat conductor - the payback
artic monkeys - fake tales of san francisco
lord rhaburn - disco connection
amadou & miriam - coulibaly
yeah yeah yeahs - art star
flevans - where'd they get to
damian marley - the master has come back
talib kweli - ms. hill
the lilys - a diana's diana
apollo nove - inexplicata
cat power - could we
irving - i can't fall in love
e roncarati - central park
spank rock - sweet talk
modeselektor - dancing box (ft. ttc)
la bionda - I wanna be your lover
prefuse 73 - no origen
oranger - crones
them two - am i a good man
belle & sebastian - we are sleepyheads
the budos band - eastbound

This is a playlist from March.  New songs, 70's funk, instrumentals, hip-hop, indie pop and sounds from other continents.  This is the Nexus.  Email us with comments & thoughts: thenexus@radiovolta.org

What it is:
j dilla - lightworks
belle & sebastian - song for sunshine
who made who - rose
the roots - the lesson pt. 1
enon - shave
stephen malkmus - malediction
ninja high school - nap
the knife - we share our mother's health
tom vek - c-c (you set the fire in me)
gerard levecque & claude romat - call me africadelic
ramiro musotto - caminno
oranger - crooked in the weird of the catacombs
metric - poster of a girl
ris paul ric - purple blaze
fannypack - you gotta know
r. ducros - sgambetto
deerhoof - twin killers
the budos band - up from the south
jamie lidell - newme
cat power - lived in bars
cyne - automaton
panico - santiago song

Springtime.  New stuff grows out of the ground, old things rise again.  Your old friend the Nexus is back with new music.  This podcast may have been on hiatus but the music never stops coming.  Here is collection of some of those sounds.  Enjoy.

mia doi todd - my room is white (flying lotus remix)
talib kweli - right about now
modeselektor - silikon (ft. sacha perera)
spankrock - what it look like
lady sovereign - fiddle with the volume
datarock - fa-fa-fa
nouveau riche - wait a minute
acid house kings - do what you wanna
yeah yeah yeahs - let me know
yeah yeah yeahs - gold lion (diplo remix)
j dilla - the twister
g sorgini - honda
the kinks - monica
his name is alive - *c*a*t*s*
belle & sebastian - sukie in the graveyard
dungen - gjort bort sig
deerhoof - scream team
the budos band - monkey see, monkey do
sise - amiga
cyne - soapbox
hello goodbye - return to sender
dj honda & mos def - travellin man

Things have been slow on the front end but much activity whirls behind the curtain.  A new house consumes alot of time. 

A 24/7 web stream is now available of Nexus-style tunes.  Hook up the stream here or paste the following code into your favoritest music player: http://rs4.radiostreamer.com:8300
 
This whole set up is very much in beta-mode right now so bear with and please send along comments & suggestions.  You can also peep a mock up of a host site here:
http://mysite.verizon.net/woowei.

Can't forget the most recent catastrophe.  Fell off my bike, broke my jaw.  It is now wired shut (for 6-8 weeks).  This is what it looks like.

A new podcast is also moments away.  I have one cued up righ behind it too.  So get ready.  That's all for now.  Latro.