BSOTS 170 - Tranquil Beats: Wednesdays In August, 2016

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After Episode #169 hit the Web in June of 2018, everything went quiet for the BSOTS podcast feed, but it's not like I planned it that way. Consistency existed in the radio broadcast form of this show, with a new episode airing on Bondfire Radio every other Friday. Meanwhile, the podcast feed has been no stranger to pregnant pauses between episodes over the past few years. I used to refer to it as "podghosting" - just disappearing from the scene for months at a time only to pop up in someone's podcatcher of choice unannounced like everything was normal. A lot has happened since I first started this show in August of 2005. Even though I was releasing two episodes a month in the early days, I never wanted to record an episode just to record one. It was important for me to know that I had something to say, that there was a purpose behind whatever episode that I was releasing next. As the years progressed and the length of time between episodes grew from weeks to months, that belief of not speaking until I have something to say became more entrenched in my being. I haven't changed my opinion where the podcast is concerned, but it's more than that.

I had a really good talk with my best friend while I was typing this and we discovered that we were experiencing the same creative crisis. We had become isolated and separated from those that inspired us, those that helped spark our creative energy. Between that isolation and the weekly routine of squandering energy at our respective day jobs (never getting back the same amount that we put in), it's no wonder why we found ourselves in a place of creative apathy. And then there's the question of "who's going to actually care about this?" I haven't said it out loud, but in a world of hundreds of thousands of podcasts, that thought has certainly kept me from releasing a new episode until now.

So this is me getting back to home base and back to basics. This is me fighting off creative apathy and self-doubt. This is me reminding myself that I am so much more than a customer service rep during the day. This is me reminding myself not to neglect what I had before I had a radio show. This is me remembering that the podcast was the place where I could get personal. This is me slowly reintroducing myself to what it was that I loved about podcasting in the first place. They say that you can't go home again, but I need to give this a shot, to reclaim the space that I had carved out for myself back when it was a lot harder to do so, back when I didn't have high-speed internet or a computer capable of having iTunes installed and I still made it work because I wanted to be a part of this THAT much.

I figured that I would ease myself back into the podosphere with a mix of chilled out instrumental music for chaotic times such as these. Should you feel the need to take a breather, this one's for you. Thank you for listening.

This episode's track list:

1. Beautiful Eulogy - A Bridge Between
2. Kratos Himself - Emerald City
3. Oddisee - The Carter Barron
4. Onra - Lying Besides You
5. J57 - Bravery
6. Damu The Fudgemunk - Colorful Storms (Official Mix)
7. Jonny Faith - Slumber
8. Willy Sunshine - Back
9. Georgia Anne Muldrow - Pad Kontrol
10. Tall Black Guy - From Home, To Work, And Back...
11. Letherette - Blad
12. SpyMusic - The Start Of Something Big
13. Weedy of 40 Winks - For Us
14. Romare - Nina's Charm
15. Dr. Who Dat? - Braziliant Thought
16. Brian Auger - Fire In The Mind
17. Lovespirals - Breath Of Life
18. Late Era - Verde

ID drops courtesy of Kahlee, Mr. Ivory Snow, DarrenKeith, and EJ Flavors. Background music includes the following:

Peter Bark - sega genesis
BADLUCK - Vanity (instrumental)