Whatchu Been Listening To?

And happy birthday @ian-sundstrom.bsky.social

Back cover of Spyder D presents Rap Battle with photos of various DJ's and B-boys. Whatchu Been Listening To? Episode 71: Calm, Cool, Collected

Brand new episode of Whatchu Been Listening To? out now! We play some obscure R&B and hip hop singles found in an antique mall and a recycle center.
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Johnny Dynell and New York 88 - The Big Throwdown (Club Version) YouTube video by ANDREW P. HARRIS

Johnny Dynell and New York 88 - The Big Throwdown (1983)
This is straight up obnoxious. But the cover is so good.
And that's it!

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Cool, Calm, Collected YouTube video by Atlantic Starr - Topic

Atlantic Starr - As the Band Turns (1985)
Pretty boring eighties R&B. Cool, Calm Collected is the only song that stuck out to me.
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Spyder "D" Presents...Battle Of The Raps YouTube video by Railroad Ty and the Golden Jukebox

Spyder Presents Battle of the Raps (1985)
An early rap compilation that features the really goofy song Rock Meets Rap.
Not amazing but a fine piece of history.
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Two Headed Love Child YouTube video by Skatemaster Tate - Topic

And here's the Skate Master Tate B-side "2-headed love child". It is bad.

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SkateMaster Tate (Justice To The Bass) YouTube video by MrFrankthetank0000

Skate Master Tate - Justice (To the Bass) (1987)
I got this because it had a bunch of skateboarding stuff on the cover. Ol' Skate Master Tate used to have a Nickelodeon show called Sk8 TV. This song is corny. But not absolutely terrible. There's even a video.

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Brother D – Clappers Power (1987) YouTube video by MAR ARMADO DE MASAS

Brother D – Clappers Power (1987)

Another social political song about power dynamics. Very corny but kinda catchy.

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T.D.S. Mob - What's This World Coming To? YouTube video by djreal

T.D.S. Mob - What's This World Coming To? (1989)

Pretty good song about police brutality and social injustice. I did not pick this one up and kind of regret it.

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Spice – I Want To Knock (The Boots) / Dance And Party (Rhamel 1986) YouTube video by rockmasterflash

Spice - I want to Knock / Dance & Party (1986)
First off, great freaky cover art. Second off, baaad songs. Props for using the tune from I Dream of Jeanie in the second song. Very happy I didn't end up buying this.
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I went to a antique store that had a bunch of hip hop / dance singles. Here are some of them that looked interesting to me.

All Hail the Queen, by Queen Latifah 15 track album

Queen Latifah is on bandcamp. queenlatifah.bandcamp.com/album/all-ha...

Happy birthday dear John John (Johnny) Ketchup (Escobedo)

KNIFE EDGE SLUDGE MATCH, by KNIFE EDGE DEATH MATCH + CORNELIUS SLUDGE 5 track album

Knife Edge Sludge Match (collab between KEDM and Cornielius Sludge) (2025)
Harsh noise and electronic EDM stuff. Very spooky. Pretty good way to start the season. Your coworkers will hate it. kedm.bandcamp.com/album/knife-...

not very motorcycle, by Heather the Jerk 8 track album

Heather the Jerk - Not Very Motorcycle (2024)
Lo fi, synth driven garage rock stuff. Very catchy and good. Why is the digital download so pricey though? Maybe she is a jerk. heatherthejerk.bandcamp.com/album/not-ve...

-Drive, S/T 2 7" - Periot, Jacoba - Bus Boys, Minimum Wage Rock & Roll (1980) -Half Mast at Major Taylor Skatepark on 7/4/25 - Inward Heal, Conversations

Thought I would do the maybe boring thing of talking about my @razorcake.bsky.social Top 5's in this issue.

Poetry

Jacoba, by Periot 5 track album

Periot - Jacoba (2024)
Weirdo Dutch punk girls do good.
brighterrecords.bandcamp.com/album/jacoba

Basically came back out from the woodwork so we could repost this video. I have no idea who MUSE even is. -R

SEB - seaside_demo (Official Music Video) YouTube video by SEB

Heard this tonight for the first time in a while. I still think it's a basically perfect track, and the video is cute. youtu.be/yRo4oF1JZqo?...

The Busboys - Minimum Wage Rock N' Roll (1980)
I bought this record at a thrift store and all I knew about them was they had a song on the Ghostbusters soundtrack. It's so good. Catchy rocknroll songs which some are about racism and poking fun at white flight.
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Sonny and Cher parody from A Polish Vampire in Burbank YouTube video by Pirromount

I get this version of a Sonny and Cher song stuck in my head all the time. It's all the "aww honey honey"'s.
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Demonstration cassette #1, by Moral End 8 track album

Moral End - Demo (2024) I'm always drawn to Dutch punk. This band may be generic and silly but I'm loving it. moralend.bandcamp.com/album/demons...

Tabling Halftone Zine Fest this Saturday.
halftonezinefest.org

Doing this in 35 minutes.

George Benson Summertime YouTube video by mistermister668

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George Benson [Summertime]

One time I mailed Johnny a George Benson tape but dressed it up like $30 photocopied vaporwave cassette. -R

Home | WCLS The Sound of Bloomington, playing the sound you know and love from the 60's to the 90's. Find us at 97.7 !

While in the kitchen washing dishes or cooking, I listen to a lot of our local "classic" station WCLS "The Sound". It mostly plays 80's new wave with the occasional 70s or 90s song. It's EXTREMELY repetitive but soothing to listen to while scrubbing burnt onions off a pan. www.wcls977.com

Smells Like Cartoon Planet YouTube video by Archive Dump

In an older episode we talk about the Cartoon Planet albums and how funny George Lowe is as Space Ghost. We thought he had passed away when we recorded that and were delighted that he was still alive. George finally did kick the bucket recently. RIP you delightful man.

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