POPULARITY
This week on Sierra Club Radio:A compilation of some of our most interesting interviews from the past nine years of Sierra Club Radio.Chris Paine, writer and director of Who Killed The Electric Car, in one of our first interviews, from 2006Nicholas Kristof, New York Times columnistJane Goodall, primatologist and authorRobert F Kennedy, Jr., activistKen Burns, filmmakerPete Seeger, folk singerArlene Blum, pioneering mountaineer From Sierra Club Radio
This week on Sierra Club Radio:Shaun Macgillivray, producer of the new IMAX film National Parks AdventureGina Coplon-Newfield from the Sierra Club's Electric Vehicle InitiativeLarry Cohen on the Sierra Club Democracy Initiative's plans for 2016 From Sierra Club Radio
This week on Sierra Club Radio:Photographer Joel Sartore tells us about The Photo Ark, a documentary project to save species and habitatAnastasia Schmekes about the Sierra Student Coalition's #SeizeTheGrid campaign for local clean energyTips from executive chef Annie Somerville of Greens restaurant From Sierra Club Radio
This week on Sierra Club Radio:George Heartwell, the mayor of Grand Rapids, on that city's commitment for 100% clean energy.Elizabeth Kolbert on her recent article in the New Yorker about the affects of climate change in Florida. From Sierra Club Radio
This week on Sierra Club Radio:Pioneering woman climber Arlene Blum on the 35th anniversary edition of her book, Annapurna: A Woman's Place, about leading the first American ascent of one of the world's highest peaksMary Anne Hitt from the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign on the latest news out of the EPA From Sierra Club Radio
This week on Sierra Club Radio:Mary Parent, producer of the new movie The RevenantMr. Green From Sierra Club Radio
This week on Sierra Club Radio:Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune gives us the lowdown on what happened at the COP21 climate negotiations in ParisSan Diego city council member Todd Gloria tells us about his city's announcement that it will commit to 100 percent renewable energy within 20 years From [field_sierra_department]
This week on Sierra Club Radio: Deputy mayor of Vancouver Andrea Reimer on the city's commitment to 100 percent clean energy and how it is aiming to be the greenest city in the world Joe S. Whitworth, author of Quantified: Redefining Conservation for the Next Economy From [field_sierra_department]
This week on Sierra Club Radio:Gabriel Metcalf, one of the founders of City CarShare and the director of renowned urban planning nonprofit SPUR, talks with us about his new book, Democratic by Design: How Innovative Institutions Like Carsharing, Co-ops, and Community Land Trusts Are Reinventing America.Green living tips from Sierra magazine's Avital Andrews. From [field_sierra_department]
This week on Sierra Club Radio:Award-winning photographer Ian Shive discusses his new book, The National Parks: An American Legacy.Investigative journalist Andrew Nikiforuk tells the story of activist Jessica Ernst in Slick Water: Fracking and One Insider's Stand Against the World's Most Powerful Industry. From [field_sierra_department]
This week on Sierra Club Radio:Steve Blackledge, U.S. PIRG's public health program director, tells us about efforts to stop the overuse of antibiotics in meatInvestigative journalist Antonia Juhasz discusses her recent piece on Shell Oil and the Arctic.Executive chef Annie Sommerville of Greens Restaurant offers tips and recipes for Thanksgiving. From Sierra Club Radio
This week on Sierra Club Radio:Lena Moffitt of the Sierra Club's Dirty Fuels Campaign on the recent victory to block the Keystone XL pipelineLaura Belman CEO of The Mason Bottle on eco-friendly baby suppliesKim & George Haddow on their new book Living with Climate Change: How Communities Are Surviving and Thriving in a Changing Climate From Sierra Club Radio
This week on Sierra Club Radio:The Mayor of Little Rock, Mark Stodola, on efforts to make Little Rock more sustainableThe Sierra Club' s Terry McGuire on why we should care about smog and a new text alert system to stay informed about air quality in your area From Sierra Club Radio
Edmund Burke wrote "that the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing." But what happens when good men do take action, and the net result of their efforts is to, in some way, fuel the evil and worst of all, become impacted by it in ways that taint their goodness.In many ways, history is filled with such examples, certainly the history of Middle East over the past ten years is perhaps the penultimate example. And this is the framework of Nadeem Aslam's new novel of grace under pressure, The Blind Man's Garden.try {var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-6296941-2");pageTracker._trackPageview();} catch(err) {}My conversation with Nadeem Aslam:
Few people understand president Obama better than Jonathan Alter. He has covered Obama since his days in Chicago. He wrote an early Newsweek cover story that help bring Obama to national prominence and has been one of the preeminent chroniclers of Obama's campaigns and more importantly, it’s connection to the Obama Presidency. Over the years there have been several books central to changing our view of politics. Theodore White’s, Making of the President, F. Clifton White’s Suite 3505, Joe McGinniss’ Selling of the President 1968, and Hunter Thompson’s Fear and Loathing on the 1972 campaign. Now Jonathan Alter, award winning reporter, columnist, former senior for Newsweek, adds his new book The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies to that list. My conversation with Jonathan Alter: var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-6296941-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}
Earlier in the week I spoke with British MP, Jesse Norman about Edmund Burke and the old idea of Conservatism as a way to address social order and care for the needs of generations past and future. After reading George Packer's new book The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America, it makes you think that perhaps we need some of that institutional conservatism today. Packer deconstructs the past thirty years of "progress" in America and in so doing brilliantly gives narrative drive to the changes in almost every aspect of American life. You come a way with the realization that we are no longer held together by trusted institutions, but by individual brands, all competing in the marketplace. The questions is, is this any way to run a Democracy? My conversation with George Packer: var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-6296941-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}
Samantha Power is brilliant and President Obama’s pick to be the newest member of his cabinet and our new United Nations Ambassador. Her views have often been controversial, but always with a deep moral grounding. Part of this comes from her study of and admiration for the late UN diplomat Sergio Vieira de Mello. de Mello was killed in Iraq in 2003, engaged in the ongoing struggle to balance morality with the practical nature of diplomacy. Back in 2008, upon the publication of her book on de Mello, Chasing the Flame: One Man's Fight to Save the World, I spoke with Samantha Power. Listening to that conversation today, we get some very real insights var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-6296941-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} into the education of Samantha Power.
Throughout the history of America, and its federalist system, different states have personified, both politically and economically, the ethos of a particular era. New York would came to represent the economic boom of the 20’s and Chicago with its big shoulders, the apotheosis of industrialization. California would represent post war America and the dreams of the golden land with its promise of freedom and education. Today many would argue that Silicon Valley represents the future. But my guest Erica Grieder thinks we need to look toward the Lone Star State. That a place many of us instinctively turn away from, may be closer than we think to representing the future of America. It's a place that Erica Grieder says is Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right: What America Can Learn from the Strange Genius of Texas. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-6296941-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} My conversation with Erica Grieder:
The New York Times in their obituary called him a "Priest, Author, Scholar, Scold." Andrew Greeley was all of these. “A Roman Catholic priest and writer whose outpouring of sociological research, contemporary theology, sexually frank novels and newspaper columns challenged reigning assumptions about American Catholicism.” He was a true maverick who was willing take on all sides in any debate. He was not a fan of what the institutional Catholic Church had become, but was just as harsh on what he saw as "secular intellectuals." I had the chance to speak with him, just once, back in 1999 on the publication of the second volume of his memoirs Furthermore! Memories of a Parish Priest. So much of what he said thirteen years ago still has relevance, and yet he was so wrong about the pace of progress in the Vatican, and in Latin America.Here is that conversation. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-6296941-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}
Imagine if you could say things and interact with people unrestricted by conscience. If you had an unfettered capacity for risk, engaged in irresponsible behavior, and felt it unnecessary to conform to social norms. For this to happen one of two things is usually true, either you are a politician a or a sociopath....or maybe even a trial lawyer. And then imagine if these things could be combined? Then you would have M.E. Thomas. She’s a trial lawyer, a law professor and an admitted sociopath. In her just published memoir Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight, she shows us that all sociopaths are not Hannibal Lecter, but they do have many of the same traits.My conversation with M.E. Thomas var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-6296941-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}
Even amidst all of the domestic and international policy issues that come and go with each administration, perhaps the one that has the greatest staying power, is the environment. The roots and reasons go back almost thirty-five years. Originally conceived in September of 1969 as a nationwide environmental teach-in, the first Earth Day was a call to action that inspired thousands of events across the country. Becoming larger than the biggest civil rights and anti war demonstrations of the 60’s, roughly 1,500 colleges and 10,000 schools held teach-ins. Activities that took place in hundreds of churches and temples, in city parks and commercial and government buildings, it created a lasting “eco infrastructure.” And that first Earth Day in 1970 would give rise to the first green generation. University of Delaware Professor Adam Rome looks back in his book The Genius of Earth Day: How a 1970 Teach-In Unexpectedly Made the First Green Generation.My conversation with Adam Rome: var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-6296941-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}
One of the central tenants in the debate about religion, is that some claim it provides the only construct for understanding moral behavior. In fact, science, research and even our own pets should tell us clearly that empathy, cooperation, fairness and reciprocity are all traits we see in animal behavior. This is particularly true of the primates. And just as the monstrous instinct exists in all of us, including animals, so to do the traits of social cooperation. It’s simply the other side of the same coin. No one has done a better job of explaining this than Frans De Waal in his new work The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates.My conversation with Frans De Waal: var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-6296941-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}
Adoption today is a far cry from the idyllic portral we imagined and maybe have even witnessed, years ago. It has become engaged in international politics, domestic politics, and the abortion debate. Add to this, the current complexity of the process, the expanding landscape of open adoptions and you have a space that is no longer just about the love of a child, but an emotional minefield that prospective parents have to learn how to navigate. That’s the backdrop for The Mothers,a new novel that provides a powerful portrayal of modern adoption by Jennifer Gilmore. My conversation with Jennifer Gilmore: var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-6296941-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}
We face a vast array of global problems. Not the least of which is our environment and the way in which the expanding western industrial model of abundance, seems certain to geometrically grow these problems. Many think that somewhere, in some abstract way, technology will help of solve these problems. But perhaps the same industrial system that created the problems, is not the place to start looking for solutions. In short, it seems we can’t fix the problems of industrial technology with the same tools that created them. That’s where the work of K. Eric Drexler comes in. In his new book Radical Abundance: How a Revolution in Nanotechnology Will Change Civilization, he shows us how the world of nanotechnology and Atomic Precise Manufacturing may hold the answers. My conversation with K. Eric Drexler: var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-6296941-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}
The events of Sept. 11, 2001, would set off the ten year search for Osama bin Laden. That manhunt would end exactly two years ago today, on May 1st, 2011. In between, was one of the greatest detective stories of our time. CNN’s national security analyst Peter Bergen, through his exhaustive research, unprecedented interviews with key players, and exclusive access to the Abbottabad compound in which bin Laden lived his final years, has now been able to tell the full story. In fact, Bergen was the only outsider to tour the compound before it was destroyed by the Pakistani military. Considered the definitive account of the hunt for bin Laden, his book Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden from 9/11 to Abbottabad, serves as the basis for the documentary of the same name, which debuts tonight on HBO.My conversation with Peter Bergen: var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-6296941-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}
One of the consequences of the vast numbers of men we incarcerate in America is that over 700,000 people each year are being released from prisons. Many have served long sentences and are woefully unprepared to integrate back into society. Especially a society that has little willingness to receive them. As changes in society come more rapidly, its harder and harder for these individuals to adjust. The result is often increased rates of recidivism, and a revolving door into the prison/industrial complex. Sabine Heinlein has taken both a micro and macro look the public policy consequences of this behavior. Her new book is Among Murderers: Life after Prison My conversation with Sabine Heinlein: var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-6296941-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}
There is an apocryphal story about the state of education, which tells the tale of a man who falls asleep, ala Rip Van Winkle, 100 years ago. He wakes up today and is totally disoriented. Everything is new and different. Transportation, technology, design, fashion, entertainment....then he stumbles into a school, into a 21st century classroom and suddenly he feels calm, at home....because, well because almost nothing has changed. Some would argue that this is part of the problem of education today. Others would argue for the value of those fundamentals; that we’ve long had many of the right ideas, but that we just needed to execute them better. This is where we join the conversation with UC Berkley Professor and education expert, David Kirp and his latest work Improbable Scholars: The Rebirth of a Great American School System and a Strategy for America's Schools My conversation with David Kirp: var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-6296941-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}
In the world of extreme right wing rhetoric, particularly on the subject of immigration, it often seems that the practitioners are always upping the ante in order to get attention. Listen to any hour of talk radio and you get the idea. However, what happens when that rhetoric gets out of control. When the listeners, particularly those that are scared, marginalized or worse yet, psychotic, become easy pray to act on that rhetoric and take matters into their own hands? Over the years we’ve seen many examples of this, and unfortunately a lot of them, for various reasons, seem to take place in Arizona. Dave Neiwert, the founding editor of the blog Crooks and Liars, takes us inside one such group of extremists in And Hell Followed With Her: Crossing the Dark Side of the American Border For them, killing women and children in cold blood is just the start.My conversation with Dave Neiwert: var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-6296941-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}
Wherever we live, we all, to some extent live in Hollywood. We are shaped and influenced by its messages, its ideas and by connection, to it’s people. Perhaps by having a better understanding of the people that populate and drive that community, we might better understand our culture. A good place to start that process is a new novel by Matthew Specktor entitled American Dream MachineMy conversation with Matthew Specktor: var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-6296941-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}
Every hour, 72 more hours of video are uploaded onto Youtube. The moving image has become the literature of our time. Perhaps not since the development of moveable type has the context of our world and our understanding of it, changed so dramatically. But what do we really know and understand about the “grammar” and the structure of visual communication? How are stories and our appreciation of them, different when we watch them, as opposed to reading them? How will this new realm of visual literacy shape our children and how they see and set out to change the world? These are some of the issues examined by Stephen Apkon, the Founder and Executive Director of The Jacob Burns Film Center, in his book The Age of the Image: Redefining Literacy in a World of Screens; var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-6296941-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} My conversation with Stephen Apkon:
Back in 2008, David Sheff wrote a memoir that has become became a landmark in our understanding of addiction. Beautiful Boy was his powerful and personal story of the battle he fought alongside his son Nic, who was addicted to alcohol and various drugs. The book catapulted David Sheff into becoming one of the country's most prominent and sane voices on addiction — not as a doctor, an addict or an academic, but as a father with real world experience. Now he takes a broader view of what we, as a society, are doing right and wrong in dealing with the still growing rates of addiction in this country. His new book is Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America's Greatest Tragedy.My conversation with David Sheff var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-6296941-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}
We baby boomers are aging. With all the talk about health care and retirement and 401k's and endless mail from the AARP, the one subject that seems to get skipped, is what it will be like being a grandparent. We’ve spent so many years doting on and protecting and encouraging our own children, we almost forget that we get to do it again, sort of, with our grandkids. Fortunately for those of us that do forget, we have Anne Lamott to remind us. Always a powerful and soothing voice for her generation, Anne Lamott, in her new book Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son's First Son, takes us on the new and unexpected chapter in her life, her own grandmotherhood. My conversation with Anne Lamott: var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-6296941-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}
Amidst all the talk about the importance of education, and all the endless debates about public policy, we often forget that at the heart of the debate, is what it means to be a teacher and the awesome power and responsibility that comes with that job. Imagine a teacher who does not lecture, but leads; who teaches world peace by studying war; who respects students enough to instill in them the confidence to make the world anew...even while still in the 4th grade. This has been the work of John Hunter. John is a teacher and musician and the inventor of the World Peace Game. He is the star of the new documentary and author of the new book World Peace and Other 4th-Grade AchievementsMy conversation with John Hunter: var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-6296941-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}
Today the digital revolution has ushered in a whole new set of concerns with respect to piracy, copying and the very definition of who owns certain intellectual property. In fact, music copying and piracy is as old as recorded music itself. Moreover today, it’s the desire to share, that has created the world of social media, the very existence of which grows from this idea of sharing and repurposing copyrighted material. If we understand this, if our legislators understand this, then perhaps we can undertake to redefine modern copyright and envision useful legislation and protection for the 21st Century. Alex Sayf Cummings, at Georgia Sate University, has been looking at this issues and examines its past, present and future in Democracy of Sound: Music Piracy and the Remaking of American Copyright in the Twentieth Century.My conversation with Alex Sayf Cummings: var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-6296941-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}
This compilation has been a long time coming for me, with some big tracks that I have wanted to play for some time. The title of this compilation is Lost In Memory as trance music for me tends to hold specific memories from certain times in my life. I think that this mix also brings with it a sense of being lost, constantly trying to find some sort of equilibrium. For me, the songs seemed to mix together very well, and it came together spur the moment, as most all the mixes I have been proud of do. Anyways, would love to hear what you think of when you listen to this one. Hope 2008 is treating you well so far :)Tracklist:1. Cerf Mitiska and Jaren - Saved Again (Lunacy's Intro Cut)2. Cerf Mitiska and Jaren - Light The Skies (Harry Peat Remix)3. Jody Wisternoff - Cold Drink, Hot Girl (Original Mix)4. Alex Bartlett feat. Anthya - Touch The Sun (Duende Vocal Remix)5. Perasma - Swing 2 Harmony (Original Mix)6. Ferry Corsten - Into The Dark (Ferry Fix)7. 4 Strings - Catch A Fall (Original Mix)8. Phynn - Lucid (Original Mix)9. Vincent De Moor - Fly Away (Cosmic Gate Remix)10. First State feat. Anita Kelsey - Falling (Extended Mix)11. Richard Durand vs. Cassandra Fox - Touch Me vs. Sunhump (Armin Van Buuren Mashup)12. Tiesto - Sweet Things (Tom Cloud Remix)To Listen To This Mix, ClickHERETo Subscribe To This Podcast, ClickHERE
My first shared Ableton Live mix recorded Saturday, August 11, 2007. Let me know what you think, as well as favorite tracks, etc. etc.Tracklist:1. Pryda - Armed2. Deadmau5 & Glenn Morrison - Contact3. Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Deadmau5 Edit)4. Paolo Mojo - Everybody (Original 2006 Mix)5. Cyro - Score A MillionEnjoy!
It has finally arrived.....Episode 3. I put this one together the other night, and it is very housey in a progressive way, it goes up and down in the 5 tracks I mixed here, so check it out and let me know what you think. See you soon :)Tracklist:1. Xplore - Time Travel (Original Mix)2. Nils Noa - Monkeybreak (Inkfish Remix)3. Deadmau5 - Jaded (Original Mix)4. Dale Anderson & Anil Chawla - Panda Love5. Rico Soarez & Andrew Bennett - Precious (Original Mix)To Listen To This Mix, ClickHERETo Subscribe To This Podcast, ClickHERE
I put together episode 4 real quickly and it came much more naturally than most of my other sets that I have recorded so far. It is a much more mellow sounding set, but I really enjoy it and look forward to hearing some feedback. Hope all is well :)Tracklist:1. Sebastian Davidson - Gletsjer (Original Mix)2. Sebastian Davidson - Poetic Journey (Original Mix)3. Sebastian Davidson - Nightbird4. Tash & Stage Van H - Detox (Eelke Klejin & Nick Van Hogendoorn Remix)5. M. Paradis - Hello World (Nick Hogendoorn & Eelke Kleijn Remix)To Listen To This Mix, ClickHERETo Subscribe To This Podcast, ClickHERE
Hello there again. I just finished screwing around with some new songs and decided to share this one with you. Its a very mellow progressive house set and one that you can really just zone out to. Check it, let me know what you think :) Hope all is well.Also: The podcast is now updating automatically in iTunes, so if you subscribe in iTunes you won't have to come back to this page again, which is slightly useful.Tracklist:1. Talisman & Hudson - Leaving Planet Earth (Eelke Kleijn Mix)2. Timo Becker - Advantage Becker (Oliver Moldan Remix)3. Roland Klinkenberg & DJ Remy - Mexico Can Wait (Peter Horrevorts Remix)4. Adam K. & Soha - Twilight (Original Mix)5. Deadmau5 - Faxing Berlin (Original Mix)6. Hybrid - Finished Symphony (Deadmau5 Remix)To Listen To This Mix, ClickHERETo Subscribe To This Podcast, ClickHERE
So here's a set to kick off the month of November (even though we are already 11 days in). I appreciate all the feedback on the mixes I have been sharing and even though they may not be in blog response form, I appreciate the phone calls, text messages, facebook posts....etc. Thanks :) I have updated all the past mixes as I realize it was a bit confusing on what links to click as well as what the titles to the tracks I mixed. So all of that is there now and it should be a little easier to navigate through. This mix is one for the club, as I have listened to it a couple of times thinking its a great one to get out on the dance floor too. Again, my progressive house love is continuing to take control of my life, so I hope you are enjoying this one as much as me. I hope all is well with everyone and look forward to chatting soon!Tracklist:1. Cirez D - Horizons (Original Mix)2. Toby Montana & Luetzenkirchen - Last Night In Vegas (Original Mix)3. Noel Sinner - Pull Over (Dabruck & Klein Mix)4. Groove Garcia - Bubblemaker (Original Mix)5. Ercola & Heikki L. - Deep At Night (Adam K. & Soha Remix)To Listen To This Mix, ClickHERETo Subscribe To This Podcast, ClickHERE
November has come and gone quite quickly and there has been a lot of stuff going here with Thanksgiving past and the Christmas season ahead of us. I whipped this mix together kind of spur the moment last night, and decided that this would be one to share to start out here this month. I would like to say there will be a lot of mixes to come this month, but can't promise anything as I'm sure you're all aware how hectic this time of year can get. Anyways, I hope you like this one and are still with my on this progressive house binge. I'm loving it :)Tracklist:1. James Zabiela - Human (Intro Version)2. Glenn Morrison - Circles3. King Unique - Yohkoh (Original Mix)4. Talisman & Hudson - Leaving Planet Earth (Dousk Remix)5. Interplay - Interplay (Original Mix)To Listen To This Mix, ClickHERETo Subscribe To This Podcast, ClickHERE
Spring is here. This mix begins with my favorite intro (which I tend to use in almost all sets that I play live) and morphs into a great trance/electronic dance set. I think that all the tunes in this mix are great tracks for the dance floor. There are very few vocal trance tracks that make me more happy than the 4 included in this set. "Feel Me" could quite possibly be one of the better vocal tracks I've heard in the last year, as it is an extremely uplifting/melodic/beautiful track. I think that this is a great mix to listen to at the end of the day watching the sunset (by the beach for me :P). Hope this mix makes you all as happy as it makes me. Tracklist:1. Deadmau5 - Jaded (Ambient Intro Mix vs. Original Mix)2. Andrea Doria feat. LXR - Beauty of Silence (Inpetto Remix)3. DJ Shog - (Feel Me) Through The Radio (Inpetto Vocal Remix)4. Lange - Songless (Boy Hagemann Remix)5. Tiesto feat. BT - Break My Fall (Adam Kay, Pettigrew & Soha Remix)To Listen To This Mix, ClickHERETo Subscribe To This Podcast, ClickHERE
Hello again dear music friends. I have finally brought myself to do an abbreviated version of a trance mix. With a few oldies from 2007 and a few new tunes, I enjoyed bouncing up and down in my room as I listened to/mixed this short set. I hope you feel the same way about this one.Tracklist:1. Sunlounger Feat. Seis Cuerdas - A Balearic Dinner (Club Mix)2. Duderstadt & Kirsty Hawkshaw - Beatitude (Marcus Schössow Dub)3. Cosmic Gate - Always A Fool (Club Mix)4. Marc Marberg with Kyau & Albert - Megashira (Stoneface & Terminal Remix)5. Joonas Hahmo - Sound of Sunday (Original Mix) To Listen To This Mix, ClickHERETo Subscribe To This Podcast, ClickHERE
It's been awhile. I have just made a major transition in my life, moving down to San Diego to take a job with a company called The Active Network. I've been here for 3 weeks, and life has been moving pretty quickly here for the last month, and that is unfortunately why I didn't make a post in March. So, to kick off April, I bring to you my first Electro House Mix, which I really like. Some tunes I have wanted to play for a while, but could never find the right place for them. The track by Funkerman is my current favorite tune, I think the vocals and the buildup make up a classic Electro Sound and its a tune to dance to. Enjoy this mix!Tracklist:1. Dirty South & M.Y.N.C. Project - Everybody Freakin (Original Mix)2. Jay Lumen - Postcard From Alexandria (Original Mix)3. Gold Ryan - Clean Track (Original Mix)4. Funkerman - Speed Up (Original Mix)5. Junkie XL - More (Matthew Dekay Mix)6. Sander Van Doorn - Riff (Original Mix)7. Those Usual Suspects - Greece 2000 (D.O.N.S. & DBN Remix)To Listen To This Mix, ClickHERETo Subscribe To This Podcast, ClickHERE
I took quite a long break since mix 11, so I figured I would post another one here quick after 12. I promised a Trance set and here it is. This one is for all the vocal lovers and trance lovers alike. This set really has the makings of a club mix. These tracks have some amazing drops and great vocals. The synths play a pretty strong role in this set as well. Currently, track number 2 has been going through my head over and over, so I had to throw that one in here. Enjoy!Tracklist:1. Dash Berlin - Till The Sky Falls Down (Vocal Mix)2. Cerf Mitiska and Jaren - You Never Said (Dash Berlin Remix)3. Keane - Is It Any Wonder (Tall Paul Remix)4. Justin Timberlake - Lovestoned (Tiesto Remix)5. Albert Vorne - Formentera What (Gareth Emery Remix)To Listen To This Mix, ClickHERETo Subscribe To This Podcast, ClickHERE
The mix is back! This set is filled with some uptempo trance from start to finish. For all of you that liked my first compilation "Moments of Attraction", this one has some similar sounds. Track 3 is one of my favorites right now as it is an uplifting catchy tune. I hope you all find a nice spot to sit and listen to this mix. Let me know what you think.Tracklist:1. Ernesto V. Bastian - Unchained Melody (Wippenberg Remix)2. The Killers - Read My Mind (Gabriel & Dresden Unplugged Mix) 3. Filterheadz - Day At The Beach (Original Mix)4. Signalrunners - These Shoulders feat. Julie Thompson (Oliver Smith Remix)5. Super8 & Tab - Elektra (Original Mix)To Listen To This Mix, ClickHERETo Subscribe To This Podcast, ClickHERE
Lucky number 15. Being as 15 is my lucky number, I decided to make this mix a special one. A dedication to a producer who I greatly respect and admire, Eric Prydz. He has released so many unbelievable tracks. From mind bending sounds to dance floor hits, this is my attempt to combine some of the various sounds he has through my favorite tracks that he has produced. These tracks sounded the best together, as I tried a few variations of this mix in the last month. I like this one the best and I am also proud of the mash-up that I did with the last track. Sit back, zone out, and let me know what you think.Tracklist:1. Pryda - Armed (Original Mix)2. Pryda - RYMD (Original Mix)3. Pryda - Rage (Original Mix)4. Paolo Mojo - 1983 (Eric Prydz Remix)5. Eric Prydz - Boogie Sound (Original Mix)6. Eric Prydz - F12 (Original Mix)7. Eric Prydz - Pjanno (Original Mix)8. Eric Prydz Vs. Pink Floyd - Proper Education (RDrew DubClub Mashup)To Listen To This Mix, ClickHERETo Subscribe To This Podcast, ClickHERE
I am really excited to share this mix with you as this is my last mix for 2008. I have probably listened to this one 5 times already on a few different bike rides I have been on alone and I have to say that I am extremely pleased with it. This could quite possibly be one of the more "complete" mixes I have done. It carries a very strong feeling from start to finish and if you listen to it all the way through, I'm sure that you will share this thought. The sounds in this mix are the progressive house sounds that really attract me as a listener and make it a lot of fun to mix a set like this one. This is very different than my trance compilations, so put on your headphones and enjoy the journey. Happy New Year!Tracklist:1. Son Kite - Focus (Shiloh Remix) 2. Ercola - Every Word feat. Daniella (Wendel Kos Club Mix)3. Kismet - Staten Island (Original Mix)4. Nadia Ali - Crash and Burn (Sultan & Ned Shepard Dub Mix)5. Serge Devant - Sweet Harmony (Isma-Ae Remix)6. Jaytech - Vela (Electrobios & Interplay Remix)7. Morgan Page - Call My Name (TV Rock Remix)8. Jay Lumen - Ultra (Original Mix)9. Dinka - Ordinary People (Original Mix)To Listen To This Mix, ClickHERETo Subscribe To This Podcast, ClickHERE
Wow....anyone alive?? I know that this may come as a shock, but I haven't fallen off the end of the earth and I haven't forgotten about electronic music. I have had a very busy second half of 2009, getting into some new hobbies, but still listening to a lot of dance music (surprise, surprise). After dealing with not having Ableton for a while, I have been back at it, digging through my 2009 tracks. I wanted to start the year off with a bang and let everyone know that I will do my best to be more consistent with my music this year and try to release something on a monthly basis (fingers crossed). I am excited to start things off with mainly vocal tracks from 2009 (with one notable exception) that caught my ear. The first track in this mix is probably the most listened to track I have had on my mp3 player for the last half of 2009. I think it is a great way to kick this set off. Please let me know what you think. Here's to another decade...Tracklist:1. Nic Chagall - This Moment (Prog Mix)2. Bellatrax - Can't Hold Back feat. Tina Cousins (Original Extended Mix)3. Ercola - Every Word (Original Mix)4. OceanLab - Lonely Girl (Gareth Emery Remix)5. Tocadisco feat. Nadia Ali - Better Run (Wippenberg Remix)6. Late Night Alumni - You Can Be The One (Sultan & Ned Shepard Remix)7. The Temper Trap - Eurythmic Disposition (Eddie Thoenick Bootleg)8. Eric Prydz - Call On Me (Filterheadz Remix)9. EDX - Shy Shy (Extended Vocal Mix)To Listen To This Mix, ClickHERETo Subscribe To This Podcast, ClickHERE
So I had a podcast ready to go, and I came across some new music that hasn't been released yet, but will be appearing on Tiesto's big compilation In Search of Sunrise 6. The tracklist recently released and I decided to see what I could dig up on tracks from the album. Tiesto writes “I mixed the album a couple of weeks ago in the old-fashioned way, which means that I didn't use any programs or computerized gadgets for it. I worked with CD-players for the mix. Most of the tracks are so exclusive that, if I'd still be mixing with records, I wouldn't have been able to get those productions on vinyl!” So....exclusive tracks you probably won't hear until Tiesto's album drops....put on your headphones and turn it up. Enjoy :) Tracklist:1. Andy Duguid Feat. Leah - Don't Belong2. The Veil Kings - Searching For Truth (Original Mix)3. Moonbeam - See The Difference (Inside Mix)4. Global Experience - Madras5. Nic Chagall - What You Need (Nic's in Love with Prog Mix)To Listen To This Mix, ClickHERETo Subscribe To This Podcast, ClickHERE