On the personal side of things, this has been a really difficult year for me, much of that has affected how often I post here on the blog and might have also affected the show as well. I’d started the year with the hope that I’d be doing more performances and interviews than ever before, but we ended up with about the same amount as Year 3. What we didn’t have in quantity, we more than made up in quality, with sessions from Dom La Nena, The Summer Twins, Matthew Sweet, Hiatus Kaiyote and Bart Davenport, as well as guest DJ sessions and interviews with Robin Hannibal, Myron & E, Deano Sounds and LA’s very own Ruben Molina. All of these are archived here in the “Be Our Guest” section. In our anniversary show, I changed the format a bit, choosing two interviews to highlight, in this year’s case Dom La Nena and Bart Davenport, and with the rest of the time, I decided to play you the songs from the other sessions, but presented, more or less, as they were actually recorded in our studios. With Matthew Sweet and Hiatus Kaiyote, you get a little taste of the chatter between the musicians as they perform at our studios. I love these little moments and though I edit them out for the finished interview that we broadcast, they are some of my favorite moments of these sessions. Enjoy the show and we’ll see what Year #5 has in store. Now that my personal life has started to stabilize I’m putting even more time into Melting Pot and hopefully you’ll be hearing a variety of guests shortly on our show.
Melting Pot on KPFK #165: First Hour
Melting Pot on KPFK #165: Second Hour