According to the manifesto on jl.incrowd’s Flickr set Vintage classical album cover graphics, “It was the pioneering graphic designer Alex Steinweiss, who first had the idea of ‘album cover art’. Prior to his efforts for Columbia Records beginning in 1939, the covers to multi-disc 78-rpm ‘album’ sets of records were fairly generic - often referred [...]

Track Listing:
The Pharcyde - Ya Mama
De La Soul - Magic Number
Black Sheep - Similak Child
A Tribe Called Quest - God Lives Through
The Roots - I Remain Calm

In Europe, the means by which peddlers, buskers and vagrants alike hustle for dollars on the street-level is much different than in North America. When compared, European beggars are performers, fortune tellers and musicians whereas North American bums are lazy, intoxicated narco-state drones that expect you to provision their next crack rock, smack injection, or [...]

Here’s some nourishment for the soul.
Track Listing:
The Avalanches - Tonight May Have To Last
Quasimoto - Basic Instinct
Sound Advice - Smiley Faces Hypnotize
Sound Advice - Crazy Butt
Roots Manuva - Strange Behavior
Common - Communism
Mr. Scruff - So Long

One of the best parts about traveling is meeting new people, especially those you establish an instant connection with. In Paris this isn’t the easiest thing to do as the language barrier and the sheer vastness of the city (NYC looks small in comparison) makes finding the local party spots extremely difficult. Luckily, I was [...]

Here’s a sample of what Canadian Hip-Hop was all about during the early ’90s before its seasonal transformation into commercial oblivion.
Track Listing:
Ghetto Concept - U.S.L
Down To Erf - Learn To Earn
Citizen Kane - Structurem Foundation (What’s The Plan)
Rascalz - Fitnredi
Black-1 - No Lawz

AP Radio Episode #21 is dedicated to colleague and friend Ryan Nickerson. He’s officially the biggest Bob Dylan fan I’ve ever met. Enjoy the mix while checking out his paintings on Flickr.
Track Listing:
Bob Dylan - Tombstone Blues
Bob Dylan - From A Buick Six
Bob Dylan - Pledging My Time
Bob Dylan - Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
Bob Dylan - [...]

Track Listing:
Beck - I Think I’m In Love
Lightspeed Champion - Dry Lips
SoKo - I’ll Kill Her
M.I.A. - Paper Planes
Broken Social Scene - Lover’s Spit (Redux)

Track Listing:
The Velvet Underground - Waiting For My Man (live)
The Velvet Underground - Rock N’ Roll
The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane
The Velvet Underground - What Goes On (live)
The Velvet Underground - Lisa Says
Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side
The Velvet Underground - I’ll Be Your Mirror
The Velvet Underground - Heroin (live)