Black & White

On the menu tonight:
Black Moon
Talib Kweli
Cut Chemist
Bob Dylan
Greyhound

enjoy!


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Black Moon - How any MC's


Talib Kweli - Listen


Cut Chemist feat Hymnal - What's the Altitude (one of my FAVORITES!)


cheers to that.
stay green.
-=v*

Not Like Me (Venus that is)

On The Menu Tonight:
Mica Paris & Guru
Cat Power
Spoon
Jimi Hendrix
Eva Cassidy
****Bonus Track!


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Mica Paris - Summertime


Spoon - I turn my camera on


Remembering Jimi


love the music
get the message

stay green
-=v*

Have a Nice Day!

On the menu tonight:

Under the Influence of Giants
Marley Brothers
Carlos Jean
Macka B
K-Os


Enjoy!!!



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Carlos Jean - Mr. Dabada


under the influence of giants - in the clouds


k-os - sunday morning (cuz its sunday dur!)



stay green
peace.
-=v*

burnin and lootin tonight!

On the menu tonight:
Billie Holiday
Ella Fitzgerald
Mos =)
The Noisettes
The Roots/Bob Marley


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And a CORRECTION:
That link was for a wrong marley cd, (although you needed that too)
here's the ACTUAL link
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CK3PQCUW

I don't know if this video is good or bad. It's awsome that the girl love Billie, but a kid shouldn't be singing about her people being lynched...



Look at the LA in the background. CALI all day lol


Th Noisettes made me think of this woman, they have a song called Sister Rosetta, an homage to the real Sister Rosetta, seen here.

and this was just GROSS in case you didn't see it. YES it's real


stay green.
peace.
-=v*

rainy nights...

on the menu tonight

edin karamazov
Dan The Automator, DJ Shadow and Kalyanji Anandji
Omar Sosa and Greg Landau
Edson X
The Roots


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***whatever would i do without wikipedia...

1. Edin Karamazov

Edin Karamazov is a Bosnian musician-lutenist (born in 1965 in Zenica, Bosnia). He studied lute with Hopkinson Smith at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and worked with such ensembles as Hesperion, L'Arpeggiata, Hilliard Ensemble, Mala Punica, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and singers Andreas Scholl, Anna-Maria Kiehr, Arianna Savall and Sting. Karamazov's solo archlute recording features Benjamin Britten's "Nocturnal" and J.S.Bach's Partita in d-minor (orig. for violin). Recent collaborations with Sting (in the field of 16th century music) resulted in the album "Songs from the Labyrinth", devoted to the lute-songs of John Dowland.

Edin is currently working with Macedonian singer and songwriter Kaliopi. They are preparing new material that will be released on the international market.

Lute Instruments

2. Dan The Automator, DJ Shadow and Kalyanji Anandji

Kalyanji Anandji was name used by Indian composer duo known for its work on Bollywood film soundtracks, particularly action potboilers in the 1970s. The name comes from first names of the two Gujarati brothers that formed the duo, Kalyanji Virji Shah and Anandji Virji Shah. Some of their best works are Don, Saraswatichandra and Safar.

Biography
Kalyanji and Anandji were born to Virji Shah, who migrated from Kutch to Mumbai to start a Kirana (provision store) business. The two brothers began to learn music from a music teacher, who actually knew no music, who taught them in lieu of paying his bills to their father. One of their four grand parents, was a folk musician of some eminence. They spent most of their formative years in the hamlet of Girgaum (a district in Mumbai) amidst Marathi and Gujarati environs — some eminent musical talent resided in the vicinity. The brothers were known for their humility and easy-to-approach nature. They also were well known for their love songs and poetry readings.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, their work was introduced to a young Western audience by three albums. 'Bombay The Hard Way: Guns Cars And Sitars' was a mix album put together by US DJ Dan The Automator; 'Bollywood Funk' was an Outcaste compilation album put together by Sutrasonic DJs Harv and Sunni; while 'The Beginners Guide To Bollywood' was compiled by John Lewis from Time Out magazine. All three of these records concentrated on Kalyanji Anandji tracks from 1970s films that featured funk breakbeats, wah-wah guitars and Motown-style orchestrations.

Kalyanji died on August 24, 2000.

3. Omar Sosa and Greg Landau

Omar Sosa (born April 10, 1965) is a Cuban composer and pianist of outstanding ability who is a recognised virtuoso of the piano.

He has played with a number of world musicians all around the globe. In 1995 he moved to San Francisco where he became deeply involved in the local Latin Jazz scene. Sosa mixes jazz influences alongside latin rhythms, North African percussions and spoken word/rap lyrics.

Greg Landau is an award-winning music and video producer, educator and music historian. He is a three-time Grammy nominee and has produced over 30 CDs, film sound tracks and videos. He has worked with renowned artists including: Patato Valdes, Buena Vista Social Club's Juan de Marcos Gonzalez, Susan Baca, Bobi Cespedes, Dr. Loco, Pete Seeger, Omar Sosa, John Santos, Pancho Quinto, Quetzal, Los Mocosos, Maldita Vecindad and David Byrne's record label Luaka Bop.

Recently, he produced the Grammy nominated album "Peru Blue" with Pamela Rodriguez. Greg Landau, Babatunde Lea, and John Greenham composed and produced "The African Diaspora Suite" for a permanent installation in the newly built Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco. He also completed composing and producing the film score for Haskell Wexler's newest film, "Who Needs Sleep" which will debut at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival. He is currently producing a CD for the Brazilian group, Sambada, as well as Mexican singer and songwriter Arturo Ortega.

During the 1980's he toured internationally as a guitarist and tresero with the reknowed Nicaraguan Nueva Cancion group, Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy and Mancotal, and shared stages with Silvio Rodriguez, Pablo Milanes, Mercedes Sosa, Chico Buarque, Amparo Ochoa and Nicomedes Santa Cruz in music festivals and concerts all over Latin America and Europe.

Over the last two decades, Greg has worked extensively with Oscar winning filmmaker Haskell Wexler and with his father, Saul Landau making documentary films in Latin America. He has also done extensive cultural research in Latin America and has received a doctorate in Communication from the prestigious University of California, San Diego.

4. Edson X

Edson X Last.FM
Brazilian downtempo artist one that blends rootsy African/Brazilian percussion with elements of dub, funk, and hip hop -- . He appears on many compilations and is gaining international popularity.

5. The Roots

The Roots, also known as The Legendary Roots Crew, The Fifth Dynasty, The Square Roots and The Foundation, are an influential, Grammy winning Philadelphia-based hip hop group, famed for a heavily jazzy sound and live instrumentation. Inspired by the "hip-hop band" concept pioneered by Stetsasonic, the Roots themselves have garnered critical acclaim and influenced later hip-hop and R&B acts.
I think you know the rest...

*** for the educational experience

stay out of trouble
peace.
-=v*

clueless

On the menu tonight:
a.Kruse feat Himself!
J Live
Saul Williams
DJ Shadow and Gift of Gab
Mos baby!


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enjoy...


This is For you - Himself!
This video is HELLA LA sunspot jonz and Murs are in it, omg lol loving it


J-Live freestyle in Toronto on 88.1


Coded Language - Saul Williams and DJ Krust


peace.
stay green.
-=v*


and if you happen to see one of these...

oasis=-

The Love Session

I have no microphone here! I'll have to record later, but I didn't want your V-Day to go by without a set of Venus Love Songs.
Enjoy ;)

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I can't believe that you'r in love with me - Billie Holiday
I don't want you on my mind - Bill Withers
In Love with you - Erykah Badu & Ziggy Marley
Whatever Lola Wants (Gotan Project Remix) - Sarah Vaughn
I belong to you - Lenny Kravitz
Satellite - TV On the Radio


happy loving
-=v*

Penny for a thought

SO here's the menu for the night

Blackalicious
SoundsGood
Non-Prophets
The Rascalz Feat Esthero
Saul Williams Myspace and Bio


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and just cuz I can, news about Obama running for president is even big news in Korea Obama Campaign


Alphabet Aerobics - Blackalicious


Escape Artist - Sage Francis


List of Demands - Saul Willims

peace.
stay green.
-=v*

Happy Super Bowl! Congrats Dungy!

Happy SuperBowl

On the menu tonight
Paul Oakenfold
Raz Ohara
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Jamiroquai
Beenie Man


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ripped already ;)

stay green
-=v*

anyone up for a phi life cypher?

On tonights menu:
Gold Chains
RQM
Pep Love
Phi Life Cypher
Tupac
Immortal Technique
1.28.07

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original bay shit lol




phi life cypher







yeeeeeahhhh enjoy
enjoy your week, keep it green
-=v*

the january sessions

On tonights menu:


TV On the Radio TVOR Myspace
The Urbs Urbs on G-Stoned
The September Sessions More info
Lovage Lovage
Ali Farka Toure Ali Farka Toure Mali site


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TVOR


Toure


even birds moonwalk




the january sessions
have green week
-=v*

Do I move you?

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Tonight special:
Arctic Monkey's
Nina Simone
The Urbs
The September Sessions
Dan The Automator & Kool Keith
Omg is that Cyne?

So I hope I move you tonight


Nina Simone - Zungo

Dabrye - Smoking the Edge


HBMS - The Worlds Gone Mad (didn't know there was a video)

No,.. I don't miss BC for the bud lol

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tonight's special:
Jean Grae - Guru - Talib
Rascalz
Casual
K-Os
Rascalz - K-Os - Barrington Levy


I love Eek-A-Mouse


Jean Grae - PSA


Rascalz - Movie Starr


Top Of The World - Rascalz K-Os Barrington Levy

enjoy!

-=v*

so new years is a little late

So yeah i had some year end technical difficulties. so i'm finally up.


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Unfortunately there is too much traffic on the server I use to post SNJS so I will have to post tomorrow. I'm quite sad about that. =( But I hope you all have a safe fun and fulfilling new year. I look forward to a new year playing the most random tracks and youtubes for you

-=v*

well youtube isn't down



Tolcha & RQM & Jahcoozi




Stephen and Damian Marley

managed to get all the marley's in



happy new years!
-=v

Merry Christmas to all!

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Tonight we have
groove armada
k-os
gnarles barkley
the beatles
johnny osborne




Baby Sarai and her Oaklandish daddy

Even during finals I still put it down!

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Skee-Lo
I wish - hella classic


Damian marley - road to zion


wordsworth vs bush

Henehene Kou Aka!

Pack your passport we're going on a trip!


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Bole 2 Harlem
Si*se'
Isreal Kamakawiwo'ole
Nightmares on Wax
My husband...lol


Bole 2 Harlem
Click Bole 2 Harlem.


Si*Se'- Mariposa


Isreal Kamakawiwo'ole

Henehene Kou Aka = Your laughter is so contagious



Trusted Computing


and cuz this pissed me off last night
DIRECTLY FROM THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY
http://www.dowethics.com/risk/

Acceptable Risk™

Acceptable Risk™ is a voluntary initiative of Dow to safely predict the precise point at which profitability is threatened by danger to the public.

Using our new Acceptable Risk Calculator™ (ARC), we weigh profits against costs in human life or health, thereby involving the public in the decision-making process about whom to put at risk, and where to locate risk globally. The ARC is available free for industry use; log on below to test-run it for yourself.

Acceptable Risk™ and the ARC were launched on April 28, 2005 at the International Payments 2005 conference, London, in solemn commemoration of the April 30 anniversary of the withdrawal of troops from Vietnam. Dow owes a debt of gratitude to the people of Vietnam for helping Dow define the limits of Acceptable Risk™. Dow's contribution to the War effort was very profitable, and recent appeals for damages by Vietnamese people who received coatings of special Dow herbicides were rejected by US courts two weeks ago, proving the Dow adage: "A skeleton in the closet is quite often golden."

Acceptable Risk™ is practiced by Dow all over the world. While Acceptable Risk goes above and beyond what is legally required for doing business in most countries, we hold ourselves accountable by making Acceptable Risk a "condition of membership" in the most modern way of doing business.

* Text, photos and video of April 28 launch by Dow VP for Acceptable Risk™, Erastus Hamm
* Official announcement
* Conference web page (archive)



THIS IS GILDA THE GOLDEN SKELETON. FROM DOW'S OTHER WEBSITE GILDA REPRESENTS:

"The bankers enthusiastically applauded the lecture, which described several industrial crimes, including IBM's sale of technology to the Nazis for use in identifying Jews, as "golden skeletons" - i.e. skeletons in the closet, but lucrative and therefore acceptable ones.

Several of the bankers in attendance then signed up for licenses for the "Acceptable Risk Calculator" and even posed with Acceptable Risk mascot "Gilda, the golden skeleton in the closet," for photos. "

WTF?

venus
signing off
...

The Experience

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Thank DJ A-Dub for this one... whoaaaaaaa


wear sunscreen... just some advice

lastly YouTube banned this video so you have to follow the link
You Should All Be Lynched - NYOIL
video site link

Time for some Rap

Back on some hip hop
The Team
Atmosphere (SLUG)
Craig Mack
Jimi
Maxwells House


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Say hey There - Atmosphere


Flava In Ya Ear remix

no boys allowed

Tonight's ladies night so I'm only playing tracks from the ladies, 5 verydifferent ladies. Enjoy.


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Mystic - The Life (anyone have a better link?)


Kelis



Eva Cassidy

The red coats are coming!

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My new HERO - Lily Allen



Ali Farka Toure - The King of Desert Blues - from Mali



Ruben's Tube - Ahh the joys of physics and music

You're Own 2 Hands!

Tonight I'm keeping it positive.
Jimi Hendrix
Ben Harper
2Mex
Living Legends
enjoy...



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I didn't mean to touch your hand - 2Mex


This is tight. Gnarles Barkley remake of the Violent Femmes -gone daddy gone-


I love Fafi's work

Songs That Taste Like Coconut

Tonights songs all taste like coconut to me. Not so odd once you hear them ;)
The playlist includes
Ziggy Marley
Boozoo Bajou
Babel Gilberto
DJ Shadow
Miles Davis



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Ziggy Marley - True To Myself


DJ Shadow - Midnight in a Perfect World



Miles Davis Live at the Isle of Wight (1970's)

so it begins

The repost of the very first podcast



link
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I finally decided to grow up a little. Well actually I did a long time ago, my myspace just got left behind. But alas, here's the "new" Venus. I've done some new podcasts based ont he music I listen to on a regular basis, a LOT of random tracks. To my Bay Headz, there will be some, but I won't remain limited by Bay music only. To keep it short here is the new cast. Probably available for download sometime in the week. i'm still working out kinks. In the meantime streaing is up.

enjoy

-V=

playlist includes
The Grouch
Al-Haca
Ben Harper
Mos Def
Jimi Hendrix

Unruly Hip Hop

Unruly hip hop posted 9.17.06 originally

9.17.06



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click title

This is a video from Immortal Technique that more describes who he is and what he's fighting for. I feel it is important that I show it, because i do support him and what he is about. The song in the podcast is lighthearted, this video is not, and may require that you sign into YouTube due to content.



and to not end on a sour note... Roots Manuva




until next week...
-V=

Playlist includes
Andre Nickatina & Equipto
Immortal Technique & Big Zoo (Thanks Gov)
Roots Manuva
Murs
Jean Grae

get yourself high

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one of my favorite videos of all time



get yourself high - Chemical Brothers & K-OS



Rascalz - Reppin Vancouver Hip hop



took this from Night's blog. But this has got to be one of the tightest things I've ever seen



my final thought

From The Recessess of Hip Hop

From the recesses of hip hop...



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This weeks podcast includes:

The Streets


Handsome Boy Modeling School
Feat Alex Kapranos, Barrington Levy, & Del The Funkee Homosapien


Verbal Kent


Jedi Mind Tricks

(i can't find pix =( maybe they don't really exist...)
Hairdoo For The People


Let's Push Things Forward


Heavy metal Kings


The True Tinseltown Story of The Taco Bell Dog
hella hilarious

Off in the Pharcyde...

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Tonights playlist includes the following artists...

Starting this off in The Pharcyde


Were Lyrics Born Later That Day...?


The Raconteurs


Dante Smith


Thievery Corporation

It's Sunday Already?

9.24.06
So here it is, what you've been waiting for all week.
Sunday Night Jam Sessions

or here
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Special thanks to The Gov for getting Big Zoo's name to me from the Immortal Tech track last week. Good look.

This weeks videos include
Wolf Like Me - TV On The Radio
It's not that clear, you can watch it clearly on winamp if you have it, it's definately worth it ;)

DJ Shadow - Number Song

you'll get why I played this next week...

links to this weeks artists
STV On The Radio
The Noisettes
Tolcha


9.17.06



link

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9.10.06



link
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Oh Dey Think Dey Hyphy!

10.1.06 – Oh Dey Think Dey Hyphy…


or here
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Patrone - The Team



Superhyphy



Tell Me When To Go



Keep It On The Real - 3X Crazy I had to




omg Khari you were right.... CRUNK STARTED IN THE TOWN!
Crucial Conflict - Scummy


and lets not forget this beezie
lady sovereign - random