It’s been a long time since I have contributed to the Contrast Podcast.  For those who don’t know, it’s something of a meta-podcast of music bloggers.  If you take a look at the blogroll on the sidebar of the website, you can see just how extensive the list of contributers has become.  The theme of podcast #63 happens to be a song chain.  Three different podcasts were made, starting here, proceeding to here, and ending in our current episode.

If you haven’t caught on, Person A picks a song, Person B picks a song based off of the previous song, etc, etc.  The song preceeding mine was The Walker Brothers, “Deadlier Than The Male”, picked by ZB from So the wind won’t blow it all away.  While I know nothing of The Walker Brothers, whose music sounds like a theme song from a long lost James Bond movie, I do know of The Walker Brothers Pancake House, in the Chicago suburbs where I grew up.  My immediate reaction:  Jack Johnson’s “Banana Pancakes.”

While these podcasts are always unique and interesting due to Tim’s editing and the wide variety of music and contributers, this episode is particularily fun to listen to because of everybody’s explanation of why they picked the song they did.  Without further stalling, here’s what you need:

MP3: Song Chain Part 3

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Contrast Podcast Website: Song Chain Part 3

Burning Oak has been spotted at the movies theatres. I got an email today from Rich at Cable and Tweed, check it out:

Hey Kane,

Caught Clerks II today, and saw your name during the closing credits!  I was shocked to see somebody I recognized up there. Nifty. :-)

- Rich

You can catch “Kane from BurningOak.com” in the credits of Clerks II as a result of the Clerks II MySpace Contest.

A few readers and listeners also had some very kind words to say about the first two Burning Oak Podcasts, have a look.

Emailed to me from Ryan:

Hey bud, thanks for making these wonderful podcasts… I didn’t go to 10,000 lakes but thanks to these two podcasts I heard a few bands that I’d never heard of. Both of these podcasts are amazing, you picked some really groovy songs here. Can’t wait to hear the next podcast… Keep it UP!!!

Ryan

Posted on the iTunes Burning Oak Podcast page:

This Podcast was jammin……… I highly suggest the BurningOak.com Podcast…. Aloha

-BCLAY STL

Muchas gracias for the kind words guys. I’ll be getting the next Burning Oak podcast together pretty quick, expect good things! In the meantime you can check out the last two episodes by adding the Burning Oak Podcast Feed to your iTunes or other Podcast catcher. Open up iTunes, and CLICK HERE to go the the subscribe page. You can also add http://feeds.feedburner.com/BurningOakPodcasts to your Podcast or RSS Readers. Anyone needing help with these, I’d love to get you going, email me at KaneJamison@BurningOak.com. Make sure to tell your friends, too!

I’ve got a great set of tracks for you on this one, all featuring artists from Friday of 10,000 Lakes Festival in the order they go on stage. Look forward to an incredible Keller William’s Incident cover, some fine plucking by Stealin’ Strings, a jazz rendition of a Beatles favorite, some funk, some rock, a little Phil Lesh to bring in some bass, and a crazy dance party to close it all out, just like your Friday night. Here it is, the second Burning Oak Podcast.

BurningOak.com Podcast #02 - 10,000 Lakes Festival Friday Preview

00:00 - Intro
00:38 - Railroad Earth - “Little Rabbit”
07:00 - Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey - “Happiness Is A Warm Gun” (The Beatles cover)
11:30 - Stealin’ Strings - “Fallin’”
16:49 - Madahoochi - “Seems Like She Loves Me”
23:56 - Keller Williams Incident - “Franklin’s Tower” (Grateful Dead cover)
33:29 - God Johnson - “Squirms”
39:15 - Phil & Friends - “Deal”
47:37 - Green Lemon - “Flight of the Manwe”
55:58 - The End

You can click here to download the mp3 of the podcast or subscribe to the Burning Oak Podcast RSS Feed by dragging the link to your Podcast Reader or by adding http://feeds.feedburner.com/BurningOakPodcasts to your Podcast Reader. I recommend opening up the Podcast tab on the left menu of your iTunes software and putting that link in there.

Here it is, Burning Oak’s first podcast. I decided a podcast would be a great way to share tunes from the bands I intend to check out at 10,000 Lakes Festival next weekend, so this first edition is basically an audible schedule for me on Thursday. That is, this is each band I will be checking out on Thursday in the order that they play. Look forward to similar upcoming podcasts for Friday and Saturday of the festival. Voila:

BurningOak.com Podcast #01 - 10,000 Lakes Festival Thursday Preview

00:00 - Intro
00:48 - Trampled By Turtles - Codeine
04:25 - Family Groove Company - The Charmer
10:05 - Tea Leaf Green - Taught To Be Proud
17:36 - Gypsy Foot - Passing Phase
26:55 - Freshwater Collins - Too You
31:15 - String Cheese Incident - Ring Of Fire (Live Cash/Carter cover)
37:46 - Backyard Tire Fire - The Daze
41:50 - The End

You can click here to download the mp3 of the podcast or subscribe to the Burning Oak Podcast RSS Feed by dragging the link to your Podcast Reader or by adding http://feeds.feedburner.com/BurningOakPodcasts to your Podcast Reader. I recommend opening up the Podcast tab on the left menu of your iTunes software and putting that link in there.

The 14th Contrast Podcast is out, and it’s all in French. You can check it out here, and make sure to hit up my contribution at 51 minutes and 30 seconds. The track is Amadou & Mariam - Dimanche À Bamako - 05 - Sénégal Fast Food. Also, I sadly made a mistake on my introduction. Amadou & Mariam are from Mali, not Senegal. I was corrected last night by a watchful reader who called me out on my mistake. Read about it here.