 A podcast supplement to the live radio show ?The Casual Arts? (bauhaus fm 106.6 ? Weimar Germany). The Funk Doc and Old Man J - two Americans living in Germany ? bring you new perspectives on life in the US and Europe with the best of American hip hop, funk, jazz, blues and other music from the States.Primary Format :
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The Casual Artscast 001 - Berlin GermanyThe Casual Artscast - The Funk Doc and Old Man J lay the foundations for their new podcast. Recorded on location in Berlin Germanyalong the Spree river and at the new Holocaust Memorial.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Casual Artscast 002 - Live8 BerlinThe Casual Artscast - The Funk Doc and Old Man J visit the Live8 concert in Berlin in their first "real" show on July 2, 2005.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Casual Artscast 003 - Berlin AlexanderplatzThe Casual Artscast - recorded in early July, 2005 at the Alexanderplatz S-Bahn (commuter train) station. Funky music from the JB'sand discussions about life after our oil supply runs out...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Casual Artscast 004 - The SuburbsOrigins of suburban life and important ideas related to the suburbs like convenience, strip malls, and consumption.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Casual Artscast 005 - Staasi HeadquartersSome eery anecdotes on The Staasi, former East Germany's version of the CIA. Also a small presentation on the merits of German.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Casual Artscast 006 - Art and Creativity- A spontaneous podcast about art, artists, and the role of creative people in society. Find out
what blaxploitation films and Ludwig van Beethoven have in common.
The Casual Artscast Show 6
Playlist:
Cold Blooded and Doin It - DJ Common
Coffee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
Sunny Side of the Street - The Incredible Jimmy Smith
Check out other show descriptions at http://www.casualarts.net/Artscast/Shows/Shows.htmListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Casual Artscast 007 - Text and Media- The Old Man all by himself in Weimar Germany. A shorter Artscast dealing with
media, perception, Marshall McLuhan, and Q-Tip.
The Casual Artscast Show 7
Playlist:
Autumn Leaves from the CD Somethin else with Cannonball Adderly, Miles Davis etc.
A Toccata by J.S. Bach
Freestyle Hiphop by A Tribe Called Quest
Check out other show descriptions at http://www.casualarts.net/Artscast/Shows/Shows.htmListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Casual Artscast 008 - The Dirty South- This week's show features a short story about the Funk Doc's recent trip down
in the American South. The music includes a few bluegrass and other folk tunes, and while they are the very
opposite of funky, I think they appropriately accompany the reading.
The Casual Artscast Show 8
Playlist:
Duelling Banjos - by a couple of hicks
And two other tracks by Bill Monroe
Check out other show descriptions at http://www.casualarts.net/Artscast/Shows/Shows.htmListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Casual Artscast 009 - Academics- The Funk Doc and Old Man J together again. This time in the small town of Weimar to discuss
education, the shortage of funk music, and saying the magic words "I don't know".
The Casual Artscast Show 9
Playlist:
Hang Up Your Hang-ups - Herbie Hancock
Steppin - Soulive
Hunk-O-Funk - Brother Jack McDuff
Check out other show descriptions at http://www.casualarts.net/Artscast/Shows/Shows.htmListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Casual Artscast 010 - Politics- Indoors for the first time in the Funk Doc's Berlin apartment. Why don't we talk about politics more?
What's the purpose of podcasting? What do advertisements have to do with politics?
The Casual Artscast Show 10
Timetable and Playlist:
0:00-5:00 - Intro chat / Why no politics
5:00-12:00 - Political Podcasts / Preaching to the converted
12:00-15:00 - Talib Kweli - Africa Dream
15:00-17:00 - Why do a podcast all?
17:00-19:30 - Politics and not politic ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Casual Artscast 011 - Work- The Funk Doc gots to get paid. Topics in show 11 include unemployment, the stigma of welfare
in America, and a review of the Protestant Work Ethic. Cash donations for the Funk Doc can be organized through email.
The Casual Artscast Show 11
Timetable and Playlist:
0:00-3:00 - Intro / The Funk Doc needs a job
3:00-12:00 - Curtis Mayfield - If There's a Hell Below, We're all Gonna Go
12:00-14:00 - Curtis Mayfield
14:00-16:00 - Unemployment & shame / Cultur ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Casual Artscast 012 - Mass-media The Funk Doc gots a job. Problem is, he's being exploited by CNN. What do CNN and Google have to do with the future
of podcasting? And why does the Old Man distrust commercial media sources so much? Is he a damn communist or simply crotchety (this is spelled correctly - look it up, you young punks)?
The Casual Artscast Show 12
Timetable and Playlist:
0:00-1:30 - Intro / Weather Update
1:30-4:00 - Work / Welfare
4:00-5:00 - CNN Europe
5:00-6:30 - Robert ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Casual Artscast 013 - Music- The Funk Doc and Old Man J meet at a Berlin cafe to sing the praises of
improvisational music of all kinds. On the occasion of our sixth manniversary, we don't just feature great music, we
also discuss what makes it great.
The Casual Artscast Show 13
Timetable and Playlist:
0:00-0:30 - German woman speaking English in a Berlin train station
0:30-1:00 - Intro
1:00-5:00 - Hating
5:00-7:00 - What makes this music so great?
7:00-10:00 - Jazz speci ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Casual Artscast 014 - Diversity- Hanging out in the Old Man's apartment in Weimar Germany, the Funk Doc shares a couple of recent experiences
living among former communists. A variety of topics in this show from embarassing nudity to racial intolerance.
The Casual Artscast Show 14
Timetable and Playlist:
0:00-1:00 - German welcome
1:00-4:00 - Funk Doc's frisbee fun
4:00-5:00 - WHAT?!?
5:00-10:00 - Being verklemmt - Checking out cuties in Germany
10:00-11:00 - Dead Prez
11:00-14 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Casual Artscast 015 - Dissatisfaction- Feeling a bit rough after a long in night in the German capital, the Funk Doc and Old Man J
have a low-key discussion about imagination, whiskey, and dissatisfaction generally.
The Casual Artscast Show 15
Timetable and Playlist:
0:00-1:00 - Questions?
1:00-2:30 - Piracy
2:30-4:00 - Pirate dialects
4:00-6:00 - Irish Stereotypes - Excuses
6:00-9:00 - The Middle Mind again - Imagination
9:00-11:00 - Funk & Blues
11:00-14:00 - Quincy Jones & Bil ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Casual Artscast 016 - Spontaneity- In Berlin again on the last day of the Berlinale Film Festival. The Funk Doc and Old Man J discuss a
new American film, Germans' love for American media, and US egalitarianism. We also miss American wildlife.
The Casual Artscast Show 16
Timetable and Playlist:
0:00-1:00 - Crickets
1:00-4:00 - German patches / Confederate Flag
4:00-7:00 - Right wing extremists
7:00-9:00 - Dave Chappelle's Block Party
9:00-12:00 - Positivity
12:00-15:00 - Auth ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Casual Artscast 017 - Deutschland- Late-night banter about Germany, foreign perceptions of Americans, funk, the J.B.'s,
and what it might feel like to be German. Also, where does Zydeco come from? And if you visit Germany, Berlin's
really the only place you need to go to.
The Casual Artscast Show 17
Timetable and Playlist:
0:00-1:00 - Cussing in German
1:00-4:00 - German Stereotypes of Americans
4:00-7:30 - Self-Reliance in the U.S.
7:30-11:00 - Individualism and Determining One's Ow ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Casual Artscast 018 - AmericaA long and long overdue conversation about enlightened Americans, elitist Europeans and a bit about the American high school experince. And bluegrass music.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Casual Artscast 019 - ToleranceOutdoors for the first time in a long time, your hosts discuss racism in its many varieties. But who are we to discuss racism in its many varieties?Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Casual Artscast 020 - ProblemsThe end is nigh for the Casual Artscast as we know it. Topics include the future of the CA and problems vs. symptoms of problems in the U.S.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
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