Jukebox Heart 009:
Our Redemption Is Still In View
59 MB | 64 Minutes

Arriving with Jukebox Heart 009 is a new look for the blog. While I thought the last blog was beautiful, its four column architecture was not at all image friendly. This new layout solves that problem and adds some interesting functionality to keep you busy while I make up the next podcast. The above four images will play a track when clicked. They are not functional yet, but will be soon. They were originally intended to be ad space, and I’m still in the process of subverting that code. Meanwhile…

Don’t Be Afraid.

…We made this fragile thing,
it was difficult to hold,
and maybe to belong
to the stubborn and the bold.
but i believe that I discern
a new and strange time,
when the thirsty will come drink
on the newness of this wine.
When nations boil over
and cities turn to dust,
and governance decays
in the crucible of lust,
we’ll still crawl forward
if that’s all that we can do,
with music to remind us
our redemption is still in view…

The playlist, images and a whole bunch of links are found after the cut.

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Download Jukebox Heart 008
Grief and Knowing
73 MB | 80 Minutes

It’s been awhile since I’ve had a podcast to post. This podcast, Grief and Knowing, is dedicated to my father, who passed away on January 19, 2008. The photo below is of my parents, taken before they were married, in 1943, while my father was still in the service.

It’s an admittedly eclectic playlist, which in itself is not unusual here at Jukebox Heart. But the songs are a lot more mainstream, and I will describe just why I picked each track in the essay below. The old songs were mastered for this podcast from original 78 RPM records, and in some cases, 45s, that my parents owned when they were younger. While these songs are common enough to obtain pristine copies in mp3 format, I felt it was important to use these original sources. The surface noise and other imperfections provide a history that is so much more important than the songs themselves. Those imperfections are a patina on the surfaces, formed after years of living with these records and using them and enjoying them. The distortions they bring remind us that all we have left are memories. As wonderful as they are, they are distorted by our own individual noise, and they degrade throughout the remainder of our lives.

The playlist, images and a whole bunch of links are found after the cut.

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Jukebox Heart 007
The Late Night Obsessions of Jukebox Heart
64.7 MB | 69 Minutes

The new Jukebox Heart podcast is out now to provide you with 69 minutes of a continuous mix of music for your travels. Get it into your iPod quick before you leave to make your journey that much more palatable. Have a safe holiday, and stay up late with me and my late night obsessions…

The playlist and some notes are found after the cut.

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Jukebox Heart 006
At Home With Jukebox Heart
76.3 MB | 1:21:23

Sometimes, Jukebox Heart is a themed program of selections inspired by any of a number of notions. This week, Jukebox Heart is just a summary of what’s been hittin’ the decks at home all week. The image below is a collection of all the artwork for the tracks selected, and the playlist is below. Enjoy!

The playlist and images of the Jukebox Heart home and studio are after the cut…

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Jukebox Heart 004: Magnificent Seven Inches
63.1 MB | 69 Minutes

It’s been awhile since I posted a new Jukebox Heart, and a highly conceptual noise construction has been in the works. Personal stuff has a way of interupting the best-intentioned projects, so that will be delayed. Instead, I had the pleasure of “vinyl therapy” and selected a short stack of 7″ records to include here, spanning at least 30 years; 69 minutes of aural pleasure for your Jukebox Heart. Listen responsibly. Right Click on any image below for a larger version.

This is a continuous, real-time, two-turntable mix, with no blah blah blah from DJ Mad Girl.

The playlist is found after the cut.

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