In 2005, I heard about this thing called podcasting. I had been making mix CDs for total strangers as part of the MefiSwap on Metafilter. This seemed like a great way to mass release my kind of mayhem on an unsuspecting public. Well after 10 years of growth, I still only get about 500 downloads of every new show each month and about 2000 from the archives every month. And I still love doing it despite there only being a few hundred people in the world liking what I am doing. About half of you are from the US, with about a quarter of my downloads coming from Germany and the UK. Besides the isolated download or two from Down Under, Japan, and coastal China, most of the remaining quarter is from Eastern Europe. Over the decade I have had downloads from six of seven continents (McMurdo, where are you?) and made friends with some amazing listeners. Thank you for not letting me be alone in this.
"Surrender" by Boris from Urban Dance. Courtesy of the artist.
"Dirt and Humbug" by Oil Theif from Obsolescence and Monality. Courtesy of Chondritic.
"Please... Help..." by datfootdive from Maya. Available as a name your price download.
"Living Out Your Dreams" by Filibusta from Honeycomb Eyes. Available as a name your price download.
"Tyreu" by Cankun from Only the Sun is Full of Gold. Courtesy of Hands in the Dark.
"Dead Format" by Blanck Mass from Dumb Flesh. Courtesy of Sacred Bones.
"Springtime Linn" by Clark from Flame Rave. Courtesy of Warp.
"500 Cells" by Heroin in Tahiti from Sun and Violence. Courtesy of Boring Machines.
"He Evil" by Black Zone Myth Chant from Mane Thecel Phares. Courtesy of Editions Gravats.
"Retta" by Alessandro Cortini from Forse 3. Courtesy of Important Records.
This 10th Anniversary show's Spartacus Classic Album is only barely older than the show, Ectopia by the Jim Thirlwell project Steroid Maximus from 2002.
