Cosmic Slop is on Fancy Pants Gangsters!
Once in a great while, we are privileged to experience a netcast event so extraordinary, it becomes part of our shared heritage.
1969: Man walks on the moon.
1971: Man walks on the moon… again.
Then, for a long time, nothing happened. Until tonight.
You may notice a new show in out ever slowly increasing netcast lineup. Don’t be alarmed, it’s not another show with me on it. Luckily we found two other guys that will work for cheap.
Cosmic Slop is the continuation of the long running radio broadcast hosted by Chuck and Joel. In various forms, Cosmic Slop has provided Minneapolis airwaves with some of the best, worst, weirdest and most transformational forgotten pop tunes from the 60’s, the 70’s and the 80’s. You probably won’t hear the Doors or the Eagles. But you will hear who influenced them. Or who they influenced. Either way it’s a half hour of the some of the best tunes ever put down on tape. It even recently one the City Pages’ Best Podcast award for 2009!
Keen eyed observers will notice that we started at Episode 25. There is a reason for that beyond just random iconoclasm. Chuck and Joel have been doing a netcast version of the show for a few months now, and rather than confuse their current fans by starting the clock over, or playing old shows until we catch up, we are starting right at 25. Once we get the archives moved over to Pants Command, we’ll make them available in our forums. And on those weeks where there isn’t a regular show, we might dust off an old show to give the new people something to chew on in the mean time.
For those of you who don’t know, here in the radio landscape of the Twin Cities, Chuck and Joel are minor radio gods. Not like Zeus, more like Dionysus, except with slightly less wine. And I don’t think they’ve ever turned anyone into dolphins. But the metaphor stands. Having Chuck and Joel be a part of Fancy Pants Gangsters is a huge honor for us, and we look forward to riding each other’s coattails into the future.
Seriously, check these guys out. Even if you don’t think you’ll like this stuff, chances are you will. If you don’t, I’ll refund 110% of the purchase price.