#330 with Craven Rock

Summary: Ryan Mishap made the argument in the recent book review issue of Mishap Zine thateverything we hear or take in is somehow a story. Even if it isn't a story, it tells a story. He believes the way we interpret what we take in defines our reality. It's also what drove us out of the caves and developed our consciousness, making us human. Now we live in a world where stories are all around us: the news, commercials, billboard ads and smart phone apps, Hollywood movies and television shows. These stories are defining how we think and they are often put there to make us, to paraphrase Woody Guthrie, feel small, too poor, too ugly, or too beaten down. What Woody said still holds true and like Woody, I don't want anything to do with those stories. So give me music that tells true stories, not lies that, over time, become true. Give me something that rocks with the added element of a well-turned phrase, music with a lyrical pop that hits me right in the guts. Give me a song that burns into my memory like a won fight or a lost love. Give me something I want to scribble on the wall of a bathroom stall. Give me dark, pensive, poetry for three AM walking. Give a song that encourages, like a warm, knowing embrace, or a fist-pumping anthem of resistance. Give me such torch songs. Give me these stories and I'll keep coming back to them. –Craven Rock To download the file to your computer, right click the link below and select "save target as..." It's a hefty file, so it may take some time to download to your computer. To play the file without downloading (it depends on your computer's configuration for playing music files), just click it. Your media player should recognize what to do with an mp3. (If it doesn't, you're on your own.) RAZORCAKE PODCAST #330 If you have any problems or helpful suggestions you can contact us through the website here. In the subject put “Podcast.” Hope you enjoy listening. Tracklisting: Mr. Lif, “The Sun” Tacoma Aroma, “I Need Food” Freedom $old, “Front Porch” Open Mike Eagle, “Mef's Lament” P.O.S., “Goodbye” Solaris Earth Pipeline, “Not the Only One” Doomtree, “Fresh New Trash” Hail Seizures!, “Daddy” Reading Group, “Oh, Primo!” Crackbox, “Reckless Self Destruction” Strawman, “Filling My Ballast” Agatha, “Undefined” Siren Songs, “Nuclear Son” Peace, “Be Here Now” Todd suggested some good hip-hop resources, so here's a few: http://elmattic.podbean.com http://potholesinmyblog.com