Boston Beats and Rhymes Day 1
Yesterday was one of the best musical days of my life. Period. Thanks to the invitation from Scott Limanek (of Boston Beats and Rhymes fame), I got to man the helm at WZBC with my friend and incomparable hip hop scribe Brian Coleman. Under a photo of Tim Hasslett (his late great partner on School Beats/Funk for the Folks), I sat and chatted with Brian as we ran through 2 hours of 1970s and 1980s Beantown beats.
Just as we dropped into a compilation of the old Lecco’s Lemma tapes, who should call but Magnus! It was pure magic to sit and talk to him on the phone while we both listened to tapes of him broadcasting from the same room more than 20 years earlier. Thanks internets! A few minutes after Magnus hung up a 20 year old WZBC station ID rolled off the tape almost like he had called it in! Perfect.
The audio’s up here (Part A Part B) for a couple of weeks so dust off your tape deck and grab it while you can. Tune in today 3-5pm EST as we roll through the 1990’s and the rise of the Boston underground. Friday we will launch into the 2000’s and beyond with a visit from Chris Faraone to play some of his local favorites from the last few years.
Stream at http://www.wzbc.org/listen.html