New: Listen to the Shuffle!
So dear readers, you may have noticed the creation of the new feature called “Shuffled!” that has been running each and every Thursday here at BPRLive. We ask API artists from all across the country to put their iPod or, uhh, Zune on shuffle and write a little about each of the first 5 or 6 songs that play. I’ve been really enjoying reading them because 1) even if we here have collective blogger’s block, there’s still new shit to read every week, and 2) music is one of the few topics that basically every single person you know has opinions about, and all opinions are equally legit.
But finding out what moves certain people has been really fascinating. For example, I had written off Mistah FAB without ever hearing his joints because…oh, I dunno, because I guess i didn’t like his name. But reading that Kiwi likes his work made me look into dude’s catalog because I’m a fan of Kiwi.
Or when Karla Margallo described “Forget Regret” by Roy Hargrove, I was thinking like, “damn I wish I could hear this song!” And so I trolled the Internets trying to find it.
So we here at BPRLive put in some hours and from now on, we’ll be including playlists of every episode of Shuffled! courtesy of imeem.com. So now when you read your favorite singer/emcee/dancer/actor/writer/photographer/painter/model describe the songs on his/her playlist, you can listen along.
We got so into the idea of listening along, that we’ve gone back to every Shuffled! entry from the past and retroactively added playlists as well. So please revisit them and do what it is you do.
One note about the playlists….imeem’s selection of songs is good, but far from comprehensive, so we can’t find every song from every playlist. We try to do the best we can.
Also, some songs only play as 30-second snippets, and you need to go through registration - which is free - to hear the whole thing. I’m not gonna tell you to register, I’m just saying.
Watch for this week’s Shuffled!, featuring poet/essayist/playwright David Mura. Seriously. David Mura.
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