2017 was a challenging year. The bad guys won, and hate became law while our Manchurian President’s toddler tendencies numbed the World into being surprised by nothing and aghast at everything. Still there was music – and these 21 albums helped me get through too many long days. The mix was made live in the […]

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Episode 94 – Top 21 Albums of 2017

I have an affinity for Detectives. I gravitate strongly towards the label of hopeless dreamer – and am enamored by both the Detectives search for truth as well as their beautiful flaws – they’re such a hyperbolic yet real manifestation of what it means to be a walking talking breathing human. These are songs I think those with Detective […]

Episode 93 – Music Detectives Listen To After Making Love

2016 was a weird, surreal, and at times beautiful year. It side swiped us with the loss of Demigods who couldn’t escape Death’s undefeated grip. Bowie, Prince, Leonard Cohen – they’ll never share the same air as you again – and that’s a damn shame. And now, history will remember 2016 for the the election – whose […]

Episode 92 – Top 21 Albums of 2016

DJing G2 Tech Group’s annual NOCtoberfest is always a good time – and last night was no exception. I played a funk to hip-hop to electro set that allotted for things to go off in an elegantly weird fashion. Also, T-Rex overtook the dance floor to the delight of my airhorn. Al Barry and The Cimerons Morning Sun Ranking Slackness […]

Episode 91 – NOCtoberfest 2016

This is a little over an hour of a live vinyl set I spun at State Park Bar in Cambridge on 7.28.16, and it perfectly represents who I am as a DJ. In just over an hour I bounce across numerous genres in Mint Pillow style inspired by the lack of rain & summer heat. Don’t think there’s […]

Episode 90 – Summer Sweat Sticks

This election season & violent Summer has seen the shadows of ugly shine a dark light on how slow progress is – and as the mirror reflects back with a face of de-evolution – we sit cow faced while hate steals the headlines & votes. I couldn’t ask for anyone better than Gold Must Die to do a guest podcast to […]

Episode 89 – Election Year 2016 Mix (Gold Must Die)

This all vinyl mix was spun live at State Park Bar in Cambridge, MA one week after the tragic loss of Prince. It’s a tribute to him and is a mix of deep funk, soul, a touch of rock, and of course the man himself. RIP Prince Rogers Nelson. 1958-2016 *Another fine mix to put in […]

Episode 88 – Rest In Purple

A survey on FaceBook asking the genre of my next podcast ended up a tie between DREAMY and HOUSE. I teamed those inspiration points together & careened towards the inside of my dreams – with the aim to make a podcast that was as familiar, surreal, gratifying, spooky, and strange as any dream I’ve ever had. 1. Episode 87 Intro […]

Episode 87 – Dreamed

The energy within me is circling in a swift & positive direction. I expect many good things in 2016, and episode 86 is an auditory springboard into that optimistic ether. I spun the mix live late last weekend in my West Medford Mojo. I traverse on many styles while providing thoughtful transitions that’ll sprain your tape deck as you hopefully […]

Episode 86 – Easy On Yourself

2015 will go down as the most challenging & rewarding year of my life. Intense is the adjective I’d use to describe a year in which*almost* too much happened. It started with the birth of my Son Dylan – the best thing that’ll ever happen to me. Becoming a Parent is easy, becoming one worth his salt takes some earnest work & humbles […]

Episode 85 – Top 22 Albums of 2015

I’m lucky to have been asked to DJ the annual NOCtoberfest Party at G2 Tech Group since it’s inception – and this year I was tasked with putting together an electro / lounge set. The following is the live set I played during this years festivities – and is a perfect mix to listen to as […]

Episode 84 – NOCtoberfest 2015

I recently finished reading Do Not Sell At Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World’s Rarest 78rpm Records – and it was an engaging read. Written by Amanda Petrusich, it chronicles well known collectors of 78 records, and in particular collectors who specialize in Pre-War Blues. Petrusich did an excellent job in connecting the music, history, fanaticism, and […]

Episode 83 – Charley Patton’s Hand

We clutch Summer as the sun sets – yet despite these efforts, it inevitably slips away. Last weekend I ended a vacation by spinning a set with Summer sitting as my muse. Overlooking gorgeous Ossipee Lake in New Hampshire I let the sun and water guide me – the live set, epic in length and diverse in tones, is […]

Episode 82 – I See Ossipee

Mint Pillow’s first all Hip Hop podcast since Episode 36. 1. Intro 2. Emma Stone – Birdman Speech (2014) 3. Shabazz Palaces – Gunbeat Falls (Of Light – 2009) 4. Four Tet – As Serious as Your Life [Jay Dee remix] (Remixes – 2006) 5. Talib Kweli – Country Cousins (Ear Drum – 2007) 6. Big K.R.I.T. – Dreamin’ (Return Of 4Eva – […]

Episode 81 – The Beat Will Always Save Us

Sometimes somedays come today – and when today is someday you’re left feeling Sundazed. Visions of the Unexcused’s run on Sundays has come to an end on WEMF Radio – and while there’ll be no show broadcasting today via WEMF – the show’s available via Episode 80, quite an accomplishment unto itself. I’m hoping that Visions will […]

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