Listening to the 12 minute finale of "Paul's Boutique" - 'B-Boy Boullabaisse' - I noticed a reggae song sampled that wasn't credited on Wikipedia. There's a chance that it's not this particular song (possibly a recording by another artist) as Jamaica's pop sound recordings are ridiculously labyrinthine. But...

...if you listen to this song, and then to 'B-Boy Boullabaisse', I think you'll catch wind.

By the by, I've got the idea of the player. See, it only shows up when there's a single mp3 track. I get it. Stream here if you'd so desire:

Many of these are in the Windows Media format (pain the @$$, sorry). Just a few samples that either didn't match the format or size for Muxtape.

For those who missed the first Mux: waynebretski.muxtape.com/

In an effort to entertain my blog readers as well as to troubleshoot a problem on Miss B's blog, here's a very funny video from Saturday Night Live's Andy Samberg.

Hat tip to Tyler Cowen and Don Boudreaux for their respective links to a Boston Globe article by their colleague Peter Leeson. It's about efficient democracy, effective criminal justice, division of labor........and pirates.

I consider myself to be a savvy Internet user, but I sometimes have to admit to not understanding the practical applications of certain websites. For example, in recent months I've gotten really excited about and then dumped a number of apps, including NetNewsWire for RSS feeds, PageOnce (internet start page), Joost and Miro for watching TV on the computer, Evernote for saving online notes, etc. etc. When I heard about Muxtape, I like the idea. And then did nothing about it. Commenter Joe reminded me of how useful it could be for people who would rather stream than download. So, while my two mini-mixes for Paul's Boutique including "Johnny Ryall" and "Shake Your Rump" remain up, here's a link to my Muxtape, which right now is made up of songs sampled for the album. Click anywhere in this text to listen to the mix, heavy on James Brown, Led Zeppelin, and Sly Stone.

Another round, soul children. Volume 3 of Pickled Soul, coming straight at you. Click here for the download; I apologize for the lack of streaming capabilities, I don't quite understand it still. One more big soul mix to come - look out for Pickle's Picks, one day soon.

Here is the new mix...of two songs. "Johnny Ryall" interpolates an older Beasties song, and includes two samples I love: "Mr. Big Stuff" by Jean Knight and "One of These Days" off Pink Floyd's 'Meddle' album. More to come...