Latest Slawson Podcast Episodes
LD11: Live and Direct Listens IV - Ruth MacKenzie - Kalevala
Live and Direct - May 10, 2007 19:55 ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsToday's episode of Live and Direct Listens features a musical interpretation of a Finnish epic poem. It's 33.6MB and 1:02:03 long. Ruth MacKenzie's album "Kalevala: Dream of the Salmon Maiden" is a mixture of Finnish and English folk song punctuated by a high pitched call named "kulning", which...
LD10: Taxation without Legislation
Live and Direct - April 26, 2007 11:58 ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis week's Live and Direct, episode number 10, is about the IRS (Internal Revenue Service) and the illegal and unconstitutional federal income tax. This podcast version is 1:00:47 long and the file size is 21.9MB. The podcast includes an extra 7 minute clip at the end about so-called tax crimi...
LD3 reloaded: Weather++
Live and Direct - April 19, 2007 16:28 ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis week I replayed my third show (Weather), and as an added bonus at the end I played a medley of Somewhere Over the Rainbow and What a Wonderful World by a young Canadian singer named Aselin Debison. It would be redundant to put up the episode again, so instead I'll just direct you to the ori...
LD9: Live and Direct Listens III - NetPD CD 1 (Dub Area) - Massively Multiplayer Online Music
Live and Direct - April 12, 2007 18:16 ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsClick, download, listen! Live and Direct number 9 (Live and Direct Listens ep #3) has arrived. It's 48.9MB, and 56:10 long. In it, I featured an album composed in real time on the Internet by a group of musicians collaborating with some software called NetPD. NetPD in turn relies on PD, which...
LD8: Stop the Fed!
Live and Direct - April 05, 2007 14:34 ★★★★★ - 2 ratings= Live and Direct episode #8 has arrived. It features background and critical analysis concerning the Federal Reserve System, why it is illegal and unconstitutional, and why it must be abolished. This episode runs for 55:33, and is 50.9MB. For your convenience, the times listed below in par...
LD7: Hypothetical Real Genius Soundtrack
Live and Direct - March 30, 2007 18:26 ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsA scant week later, it's time for Live and Direct, episode #7. This week I've assembled a hypothetical soundtrack to the 80's comedy Real Genius, starring Val Kilmer. I say "hypothetical" because there was never an official soundtrack, however many fans have compiled their own lists of songs ...
LD6: Ending the Endless War
Live and Direct - March 22, 2007 20:53 ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis, the sixth episode of Live and Direct is now available for your consumption and critical analysis. It's me, interviewing protestors and activists who were at last Sunday's demonstration and who are involved with several local organizations whose causes include pro-impeachment, anti-war, and...
LD5: Live and Direct Listens II - ESCM - BT
Live and Direct - March 15, 2007 02:43 ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsBehold, Live and Direct #5. This, the second episode of Live and Direct Listens, and the 5th episode of Live and Direct, is upon us. This too-long-for-the-air, uncompromising, special podcast version runs for one hour, ten minutes, and seventeen seconds, and will set you back 64.4 megabytes of ...
LD4: Live and Direct Listens - Chill Out - The KLF
Live and Direct - March 10, 2007 21:55 ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsLive and Direct episode 4 is available for you to download and enjoy. It's 44.4MB in size, and 48 minutes and 24 seconds long. Live and Direct Listens is a new series on my show where I'll play cohesive albums in their entirety, as they were meant to be heard. This week's album is Chill Out, ...
LD3: Weather
Live and Direct - March 01, 2007 02:15 ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsHere is my third episode of Live and Direct. This one clocks in at 45:18 long, and 41.5MB big. This show is about weather, specifically of the man-made variety. Here's the playlist of songs: They Might Be Giants - The Sun is a Mass of Incandescent Gas The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men Li...
LD2: Auddities
Live and Direct - February 08, 2007 06:18 ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsHere is Live and Direct episode #2, "Auddities" in a slightly edited podcast (i added two songs; think of it as the Deluxe Remastered Podcast Edition). It weighs in at 62.5MB and clocks in at 1:08:15. (I ran over due to excess blabbing... good thing the hosts of the show after mine couldn't make...
LD1 now available for your downloading pleasure
Live and Direct - January 25, 2007 03:16 ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsHere is my first show in mp3 format, minus the technical difficulties: Live and Direct #1 (49.4MB, 53:57). It features my introduction, a song by Enigma, and a speech by Terence McKenna entitled "Culture and Ideology are not Your Friends". It's dedicated to my daughter Abigail, with a little su...