Ropeadope

In the foothills of North Carolina I rediscovered the genius archivist of underground, above ground, and outer space music. A man who lives a life we can only imagine; unfettered by the covert rules of our consumerist society yet completely in touch with the art of the day. His days are spent in a dimly lit room, tv on with no sound, walls lined with his wood carvings and his meticulously organized cd collection. A man who has never stolen an mp3, not even by accident. His dedication to music spans almost 40 years, and it is pure - crossed only by his hobby of making crossword puzzles. words and music, music and words. Each podcast is wordplay for you to figure out; not too complex at first and all the while enjoyable. Send your questions and comments to radio@ropeadope.com.

There's a great scene in the classic Jamaican film Rockers when all of the main characters are gearing up to pull off the big heist in the climax, and there's shot after shot of the guys strutting down the sidewalks and back alleys of Kingston. It's set to the Peter Tosh song "Steppin' Razor." They all have distinctive walks -- they bob and pop while they step, coming across like a gang of joyful peacocks. Except Jacob Miller, who looks sleepy in his fatigues with one leg rolled up, and Gregory Isaacs, who is dead serious with his briefcase full of lock-picking tools.

This mix is a set of music for strutting. It's all roots and dub reggae in the Rockers style, lots of horns and "flying cymbal" splashes. Somewhere in there is a song by I-Roy called "Sidewalk
Killer" that gives the set its name (A "sidewalk killer" is what you call a guy with a particularly badass walk). It has nothing to do with the display of a sidewalk killer, but it's a DJ cut of Tommy McCook's
"Sidewalk Doctor" -- itself an instrumental take of Marlena Shaw's "Woman of the Ghetto". Such a great groove, I had to name the set after it. Enjoy!

DJ Chicken George told us that it is "unreal" the volume of emails he receives requesting a new Ropeadope mix, therefore he felt inclined to "give the people what they want" ! Between releasing his compilations worldwide (SWED.U.S.H Connection series) & deejaying exclusive dates all over the world, CG somehow managed to follow suit with this impeccable, long awaited Ropeadope Podcast for his favorite mix series. His signature "Jazztronica" flavor shines brightly throughout this mix fusing Soul, dub, Hip-hop, latin, rare grooves & of course heavy on the "Jazztronica." Within minutes of very pleasurable listening, you'll see why CG's skills have garnered him attention on an international scale and why he stays in high demand.

Hey what's everybody? Theljon Allen here to let you know a little bit about the album/podcast. Its a hybrid of jazz and hip-hop tracks with samples and produced tracks. The vocalist on Thinking and Leave it Alone is Micah Smith a very talented singer/musician from Baltimore we coproduced Thinking together. He has a very powerful cd on the way as well listen out for it. The Mc on Leave it Alone and Venon/Theljon's beat is a very talented mc by the Name of Venom. He works with Cappadonna and Raequon from the Lengendary WU-TANG Clan. He has an album forthcoming soon. The other two Mc's are family these guys ive known forever they did work on Fly Trap, Untitled 1, Smooth, and Untitled 2. They go by the Name of Rob Holmes and No-LYE.They are two super talented guys that hail from Baltimore as Well. The tracks that are just beats came from some of my favorite artist such as Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, Wayne Shorter, Kenny Kirkland, David Sanchez, Miles
Davis, Pat Metheny, Robert Glasper, Joshua Redman, Steely Dan, and Brad Meldhau to name a few. Im doing all the beats/drums, bass,keyboard. trumpet on a few select tracks. Check it out i hope you guys enjoy it. peace, Theljon.

Skip Heller's latest brand spankin' new podcast. Blah blah blah blah blah tons of dope music blah blah blah blah blah Skip Heller is great blah blah blah

the first SOUTH PHILLY experiment as presented by ropeadope
went down in the darkness of december but lives on in infamy with this reminder.

one band, most of the cats had never met before, and one LONG jam that
left all of us gasping for air.

dig the beauty here.

featuring:

CHUCK TREECE (bad brains) on drums
TOM SPIKER ( ) on bass http://www.myspace.com/itsapleasure
NIC BOCKRATH (bodega) on guitars0
LUKE O'REILLY (on keys) www.myspace.com/lukekeys
LEON JORDON - Trumpet
KUF KNOTZ - vocals
DJ STATIK - turntables.
ANDY BLACKMAN HURWITZ - cowbell.