tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53290799425740263762024-03-14T00:23:56.946-05:00The NeopologistAhren SieversAhren Sievershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539688589026624663noreply@blogger.comBlogger164125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329079942574026376.post-33242762747021405632024-02-06T17:53:00.001-06:002024-02-12T13:35:09.521-06:00DJ Thick presents: V-Day Mix 2024 - It's Kind of a Vibe Happy Valentine's Day! This year we're getting back into the groove by sticking with some solid Hip-Hop and Funk that take us back to the days of dancing in the kitchen.Enjoy!MP3 and Video versions available for download here: https://tinyurl.com/skateshopradioStream the audio on Mixcloud.comStream the video on YouTube.comSong For My FatherHorace SilverCan I Get WitchaAli DSexy Ahren Sievershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539688589026624663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329079942574026376.post-36906416328107877742023-09-07T21:55:00.001-05:002023-09-07T21:55:23.947-05:00DJ Thick presents: Skateshop Radio - Episode 40 - BreezerSummer's not over yet! This 2+ hour Deep House set will make it last just a little bit longer. I packed this mix full of some of my favorite house tracks from the last 15 years or so, going all the way back to around 2008. There are a lot of gems here, but the one that started it all, my absolute favorite is the track La Luna by Andy Cato. I still remember setting on a Ahren Sievershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539688589026624663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329079942574026376.post-81908171934647856932023-07-24T18:47:00.003-05:002023-07-25T06:33:33.364-05:00DJ Thick presents: Skateshop Radio - Episode 39 - Let's Have Some F*&^%in' FunKick off the 2023 Summer Series of Skateshop Radio with DJ Thick, live in the backyard. This hour long set is packed full of high-energy, super-positive, fun drum and bass. More like fun and bass!MP3 version and the VIDEO version available for download here: https://tinyurl.com/skateshopradio
I've been wanting to do a backyard show for about a little over a year now. I Ahren Sievershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539688589026624663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329079942574026376.post-29732029247138622362023-07-15T12:49:00.000-05:002023-07-15T12:49:03.764-05:00Shelf Aware: Double or NothingDouble or Nothing by Kim Sherwood
The Obligatory Preamble
James Bond novels have been in a bit of a stagnant place since the end of Raymond Benson’s run in the early 2000’s. And even then, of the 6 original novels Benson wrote, only High Time to Kill was truly good. After Benson’s run, the Fleming estate passed the authoring duties around rather than throwing their lot in with one Ahren Sievershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539688589026624663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329079942574026376.post-59538144176242259252023-07-08T10:31:00.001-05:002023-09-16T08:06:03.167-05:00We Got a RunnerA Little Backstory:Up until a couple of years ago I had a pretty complicated relationship with exercise. I was an active kid who played a variety of sports growing up. I got fairly disillusioned with school athletic programs, and dreaded the Presidential Fitness Challenge we had to do every year. But, I still played in a YMCA roller hockey league in high school and once I got toAhren Sievershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539688589026624663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329079942574026376.post-39022628795971112862023-06-16T20:13:00.002-05:002023-06-16T20:13:12.861-05:00Meanwhile in Missouri… Ahren Sievershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539688589026624663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329079942574026376.post-46771292064087200072023-06-16T20:09:00.003-05:002023-06-16T20:09:58.915-05:00Masterpiece Ahren Sievershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539688589026624663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329079942574026376.post-35004578636581081862023-05-15T07:06:00.007-05:002023-05-16T06:48:52.577-05:00Reloaded or How I Spent Most of 2003I'm not really one to get too hung up on milestones and anniversaries when it comes to media like movies and albums, but May 15, 2023 will be the 20th anniversary of the release of The Matrix: Reloaded.The much maligned sequel to The Matrix is probably a questionable choice for anniversaries to celebrate and I've spent most of the last 20 years defending my position that Reloaded is a good movie.Ahren Sievershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539688589026624663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329079942574026376.post-53004936432967852912023-04-09T19:59:00.004-05:002023-04-11T07:05:45.236-05:00DJ Thick presents: Skateshop Radio - Episode 38 - This One is for Dave La SoulSelf Explanatory: This one is for Dave from De La Soul. Gone too soon.Thoughts:We've lost a lot of MCees over the last few years: Phife Dawg, Gift of Gab, Biz Markee, MF Doom, Double K and now Dave from De La Soul. Wanted to do a tribute episode and didn't think I had that much De La Soul, but going back it blew my mind how much De La Soul I have and knew and also how influential they Ahren Sievershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539688589026624663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329079942574026376.post-77823469274337338152023-03-18T15:30:00.000-05:002023-03-18T15:30:31.532-05:00The Chemical Brothers - No Reason (Neon Marching Band Video)Ok, I was excited when The Chemical Brothers teased a few seconds of their new single, but I'm always excited for new Chemical Brothers. Listening to the track I got the throwback Daft Punk - Homework vibes and was into it, but the video puts it over the top. The neon marching band is talented, funny and psychedelic, but at a certain point when the flags start flying it even got me Ahren Sievershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539688589026624663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329079942574026376.post-31222876896741976802023-03-18T15:08:00.003-05:002023-03-18T15:11:44.587-05:00Kendrick Scott - CorridorsBrand new on Blue Note records, drummer Kendrick Scott's new album featuring Reuben Rogers and Walter Smith III is a meditation on our collective experience during the pandemic lockdown. Scott, sporting a stripped down sound compared to his previous outings with Oracle brings a spare but solid sound with everything you need and nothing you don't.Read more here.Listen more here:Ahren Sievershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539688589026624663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329079942574026376.post-52610867561480503992023-02-28T14:03:00.000-06:002023-02-28T14:03:00.300-06:00Atmosphere - Okay (Official Video)Currently on repeat at my house. Pre-order their new album and get the single now. Also the other pre-order merch is all pretty rad.Ahren Sievershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539688589026624663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329079942574026376.post-13532543431447224132023-02-14T10:09:00.003-06:002023-02-14T10:13:05.470-06:00DJ Thick presents: A Sophisticated Love - V-Day Mix 2023 It's that time of year, once again. Happy Valentine's Day! Valentine's Day wouldn't be complete without the annual mix I make every year for my wife, Brooke.It started out as mix CDs, then playlists and now here we are in 2023 with an actual DJ set inspired by a semi-ironic comment Brooke made about wanting to "feel like Money". I wanted to bring a touch of class and Ahren Sievershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539688589026624663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329079942574026376.post-68972071209154743262023-01-25T06:55:00.005-06:002023-02-02T06:51:58.562-06:00TwitsI first signed up for Twitter back in 2007 on my original iPhone while bored at a wedding. I've never been a huge social media user and in fact, I consider myself a follower of the Time Well Spent movement, but I liked the firehose nature of Twitter. It was impossible to read it all and keep track of everything so you could just dip in and dip out whenever you felt like it.We like to Ahren Sievershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539688589026624663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329079942574026376.post-2029619874948133392022-10-05T21:57:00.006-05:002023-02-14T10:11:09.638-06:00DJ Thick presents: Skateshop Radio - Episode 36 - You Can't Always Get What You WantThis episode is divided into two parts: brand new 2022 Drum 'n Bass and old school, joyful, raw funk.MP3 version and the VIDEO version here: https://tinyurl.com/skateshopradio
Going Live: Episode 36 of SkateshopTV is happening right here! https://t.co/VdUbyjUGe6— DJ Thick (@djthick) October 6, 2022 Ahren Sievershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539688589026624663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329079942574026376.post-19311660276522175832022-10-05T21:32:00.003-05:002022-10-05T21:35:35.322-05:00Music Found: Cigar - The VisitorI have been obsessed with Cigar’s new album The Visitor. From the sci-if novel aesthetics to to the ultra-precise speed and tightness of the band’s playing, this is an epic skate punk masterpiece.I hadn’t heard of Cigar before they signed with Fat Wreck Chords for this new release. Their last album was released in 1999 and then they went on a 20 year hiatus. Sonically, it soundsAhren Sievershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539688589026624663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329079942574026376.post-91026796438355634272022-09-07T21:33:00.001-05:002022-09-07T21:33:54.168-05:00DJ Thick presents: Skateshop Radio - Episode 35 - Ch-Ch-Ch-ChangesBack at summer's end. Everything's changing. Embrace the change. Turn and face the strange.MP3 version and the VIDEO version here: https://tinyurl.com/skateshopradio
Getting ready to go live! Let's do this! https://t.co/nFFd5ZVnev— DJ Thick (@djthick) September 8, 2022 Ahren Sievershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539688589026624663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329079942574026376.post-84888408787396176722022-05-23T20:35:00.000-05:002022-05-23T20:35:19.106-05:00DJ Thick presents: Skateshop Radio - Episode 34 - The FoundationTaking it back to where it all started for me.MP3 version and the VIDEO version here: https://goo.gl/wMcXhz(video audio sounds pretty bad this time around, sorry about that!)Ahren Sievershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539688589026624663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329079942574026376.post-44979514236974727292022-03-13T21:40:00.010-05:002022-03-14T06:48:48.366-05:00Special Guest Mix: DJ Ronin - Interplanetary ApocalypseSo the 20-year nostalgia window has rolled to the early 2000’s which, musically, was one of the most important points in my life. There was sooo much good music coming out back then, I knew sooo many people who were into good music and it was also the point at which my roommate Lyle told me to throw caution to the wind, spend some money I didn’t have to buy turntables, and start calling Ahren Sievershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539688589026624663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329079942574026376.post-83869829516695920832022-02-13T20:51:00.015-06:002022-05-16T14:40:32.143-05:00DJ Thick Presents: V-Day Mix 2022 - Trapped in the House w/ YouIt's that time of year again! Happy Valentine's Day!MP3 version and the VIDEO version here: https://goo.gl/wMcXhz
It's the time of year, lovebirds! https://t.co/8oPsGMfojt— DJ Thick (@djthick) February 14, 2022
Ahren Sievershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539688589026624663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329079942574026376.post-40728452487240413862022-01-17T16:06:00.000-06:002022-01-17T16:06:06.192-06:00DJ Thick Presents: Skateshop Radio - Episode 32 - The Winter of Our DiscontentPart 3 of the comeback special getting caught up on all the good music I've come across over the last year or so.MP3 version and the VIDEO version here: https://goo.gl/wMcXhz
We're going live! Join up, get down. https://t.co/pyqCCdLiT4— DJ Thick (@djthick) January 17, 2022 Ahren Sievershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539688589026624663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329079942574026376.post-907725878717134822021-09-22T19:09:00.005-05:002021-09-23T06:20:38.978-05:00DJ Thick presents: Skateshop Radio - Episode 31 - Ups & DownsPart 2 of the comeback special getting caught up on all the good music I’ve come across over the last year or so. MP3 version and the video here: https://goo.gl/wMcXhz
Episode 31 - Ups & Downs. Let's do this! https://t.co/DSuJgX7yuv— DJ Thick (@djthick) September 22, 2021
Ahren Sievershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539688589026624663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329079942574026376.post-582346268655462222021-08-18T06:49:00.004-05:002021-08-23T06:43:37.149-05:00DJ Thick presents: Skateshop Radio - Episode 30 Skateshop Radio and now Skateshop TV!I had a bit of a hiccup with the computer I regularly use to record the audio for these shows, so I ended up stripping the audio out of the video broadcast, hence a little reduction in quality.But hey, by the way... there's a video broadcast version!I'm going to try to figure out a way to post my recording of the video and not rely on any streaming Ahren Sievershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539688589026624663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329079942574026376.post-64563720049683865012021-06-19T21:47:00.003-05:002023-04-09T20:02:13.744-05:00DJ Thick presents: Skateshop Radio - Episode 29 - Soundtrack for the Next Riot (...and the one after that)MP3 version available at https://goo.gl/wMcXhzAhren Sievershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539688589026624663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329079942574026376.post-90252605564218906642021-02-14T14:04:00.004-06:002021-02-14T14:04:21.947-06:00DJ Thick presents: V-Day Mix 2021Happy Valentine's Day! MP3 version available at https://goo.gl/wMcXhzAhren Sievershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539688589026624663noreply@blogger.com0