mix: Hot 97 1/1/11 12AM-3AM

You Know What It Is...Black & Yellow
All about happy accidents, and a major thanks to DJ rupture for this one. The globe traveling producer and audio-scholar just happened to tape the first three hours of 2k11 on NYC's most infamous hip-hop sanctuary, Hot 97. An absolutely fascinating, enlightening and banging look at where hip-hop stands as we start a new year. An essential field recording from the crux of the digital world.

Hot 97 1/1/11 12AM-3AM

NYE with the Grateful Dead

"It's Eric Clapton!"

No one has ever done New Years Eve better than the Grateful Dead. Don't believe me, peep this video from the Dead's 1985 New Years show in Oakland. Not only do they have Father Time parading around the arena on a giant cake, but Ken Kesey and the great Father Guido Sarducci provide a timeless, albeit a bit strange, commentary. See you in the midnight hour!

Have a Grateful New Years!