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Hey we're WEEKLY now! This week, we continue to ramp up to Record Store Day (April 20) with another look at two special releases coming out on that special day.

RSD's Rick Johnson has put together a live recording of last November's tribute concert, Lenny Kaye & Friends: Live At The Cat's Cradle, a 50th Anniversary Celebration of Nuggets. We'll hear from Rick and then hear from the drummer from the star-studded event itself, Jon Wurster (Bob Mould Band, Mountain Goats, Superchunk).

Then ex-New York Dolls guitarist Steve Conte unveils his RSD release, The Concrete Jangle, most of which was co-written with friend of the show, Andy Partridge (XTC).

The Record Store Day Podcast is written, produced, engineered, and hosted by Paul Myers who also composed the theme music and selected interstitial music.

Executive producers for RSD: Michael Kurtz and Carrie Colliton.

For the full RSD 2024 list and other RSD related news and events, go to RecordStoreDay.com.

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This episode is dedicated to the late Karl Wallinger (Waterboys, World Party).

This week Rob sits down with a friend of 30+ years, musician Pete Gordon, to talk Chapel Hill NC indie rock titans Superchunk and their 1993 release, 'On The Mouth'.
"Have you got a minute?..."

Songs discussed in this episode: From The Curve (Live in Montreal 1993) - Superchunk; Worry Wart - Radiobaghdad; A New Hope - Amboog-A-Lard; Seed Toss - Superchunk; Alpha Dog - Irish Car Bomb; Precision Auto - Superchunk; Precision Auto - Jimmy Eat World; Precision Auto - Les Savy Fav; Bringin' It Down - Judge; Sometime To Return - Soul Asylum; Still Waiting - Dag Nasty; Merchandise - Fugazi; From The Curve - Superchunk; Raining Blood - Slayer; For Tension, Mower, Package Thief, Swallow That, I Guess I Remembered It Wrong - Superchunk; Helicopter - Bloc Party; New Low - Superchunk; A Weird Place To Look For Gold, But OK - Cede The Clouds; Untied - Superchunk; Undone-The Sweater Song - Weezer; The Question Is How Fast, Trash Heap, Flawless, The Only Piece That You Get - Superchunk; What's Your Theory Doctor? - Cede The Clouds

Join Shelby Swanson, Gwen Peace and Daniel Wei as they reflect on the first four weeks of the football season and dicuss the UNC win against Pitt on Saturday. Senior writer and lead men’s soccer writer, Brendan Lunga, also joins to deliver a special soccer report. 

Tune in this week to hear about safety measures at Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, the UNC campus community's reaction to a federal judge's declaration that DACA is illegal and the recent Lethality Assessment Protocol training hosted by the N.C. Attorney General's Office and the Orange County Criminal Justice Resource Department.

Tune in this week to hear about safety measures at Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, the UNC campus community's reaction to a federal judge's declaration that DACA is illegal and the recent Lethality Assessment Protocol training hosted by the N.C. Attorney General's Office and the Orange County Criminal Justice Resource Department.

Welcome to Dr. Mary Travelbest

FAQ: "I have never left South Africa and will travel to Colorado and Arizona this summer. Dr. Mary Travelbest, do you have any recommendations or tips for visiting there?

Destination: Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Today’s Mistake- Breaking a glass pitcher mug

Travel Advice:  Soap strips, like Listerine packs. clotheslines with pins to dry?

FAQ: "I have never left South Africa before, and will be traveling to Colorado and Arizona this summer. Dr. Mary Travelbest, do you have any recommendations or tips for visiting there?

Answer: Listen to the Denver 2.0 podcast about what to do in the city and nearby. And you can listen to several episodes on Arizona. 140 Scottsdale, 165 road trip, 181 Sedona, 192 Wickenburg, You will have a wonderful trip coming from South Africa. I know many people from that region who live in my city, and they are delightful. 

Today’s destination: Chapel Hill, NC

https://www.visitchapelhill.org/

Today’s Mistake- Breaking a glass mug

I visited the Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, with my friend Patti. We had left the event and were walking back to the apartment where we stayed and it was late at night. I had a quart-size beer pitcher in my hand, empty, of course. I dropped it on the sidewalk, and it broke into a hundred pieces. Gone was that special souvenir. 

Don’t drop your prizes on the way home. Protect your glass.

Today’s Travel Advice-Soap strips, like Listerine packs. clotheslines with pins to dry?

When you travel, consider using soap strips, like Listerine strips, for clothes detergent and then clotheslines with pins to dry in your hotel room when needed.

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Had a blast at UNC Chapel Hill! Beautiful campus with some great stories about asian culture, art, getting out the friend zone and much more! Thanks For watching and see you guys next week!

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The Chewing Grounds Podcast Is an Interview/Conversation style podcast where I take on different guests that I find have unique topics to bring to the table. Episodes release every Tuesday!

David Pruitt is a first-generation college graduate from UNC-Greensboro and previously served on the advisory board for their Bryan School of Business. A licensed CPA and a member of the AICPA and NCACPA, David started his business career in an entry-level accounting position before advancing to first CFO, then CEO, of Performance Bike, for a time the largest cycling retailer in the United States. As a senior leader in the U.S. bicycle industry, he served on the board of “People for Bikes,” a national organization with 1.3 million members that work to make riding a bicycle in America safer, easier to access, and more fun. He is an avid reader, a happily married husband for over thirty years, and a proud father of two successful children. He currently resides in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

David retired from corporate America in 2016 and began writing Relative Distance. His early life as an abused child taught him how to overcome obstacles and his successful career as a senior executive taught him how to lead and communicate effectively as a writer and speaker. He has a passion and ability to not only tell his story but to help adults, young and old, who were abused as children to live the lives they want, not the ones forced on them.

That’s what his book Relative Distance is all about: survival, overcoming obstacles, and finding the strength within yourself to get where you want to be.

DAVID'S LINKS:

• WEBSITE: David Pruitt

Few people work harder in the Triangle hip-hop scene than curator, promoter and festival founder Crystal Taylor. Eight weeks away from her third annual Beats N Bars Festival, and four weeks away from having her first child, she came to the Runaway Store for our Season One finale episode. In an almost hour long interview, we covered hip-hop topics near and far: rapping vs. singing, the hardest part of starting a festival, why free activations are so important, getting inspired at Broccoli City in DC, dealing with problematic artists in hip-hop, and much more. Also on this episode: Holland, Ryan and Alex discuss the startling news of XXXTenatacion’s death, as well as the outrageous viral success of Duragfest in Charlotte, NC.

Thank you to everyone who listened to these 21 episodes! We’re excited to come back in the early fall bigger and better. Peace.

You may not have heard of singer-songwriter Chlo The God before, but if her recent output and its reception is any indication, that won’t last much longer. Still building up a digital footprint after a dispute with a former producer led to the deletion of her entire SoundCloud, the 21-year-old Fayetteville native is hardly showing signs of being held up. With her debut album from 2017, “The Story Behind,” Chlo established herself as a gifted singer with a knack for great production, and her single later in the year, “Focus,” eliminated any doubt. The day after performing at Chubbz’s “Chemical X” show in Raleigh with ZenSoFly, Hasina and K. Mojica, she joined us in the Runaway store in Durham to discuss a range of topics from the potential end of SZA’s singing career, to how her hometown’s relationship with J. Cole has soured in recent years. (We also cover her career — and some exclusive Chlo The God rap bars — in between.) Before the interview, Alex, Ryan and Holland discuss Holland’s experience at the TDE Championship tour, the new album from Black Thought & 9th Wonder, and of course, the 7-song sigh that is Kanye West’s new album, Ye. This is a fun one — thank you to everyone who has listened, it’s been a fun-filled 20 weeks, here’s to 20 more!

If you still haven't checked out the Best Of The Carolinas playlist on Spotify, make sure to do that! What self-respecting NC hip-hop fan wouldn't? We've got Chlo herself, Angelo Mota, Nick Grant, a GREAT remix of Young Bull's "Chocolate," and much more.

Spotify link: open.spotify.com/user/xmupw84s3yk…RLRPSPiJWT4WPjbA

This week's soundtrack:

"Elevate" - Spaceman Stuu www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cA7Ylh3Alc

"Focus" - Chlo The God www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0iZYnZXgdo

"See Me" - Chlo The God www.youtube.com/watch?v=17qD3UWx5vU

"Knowledge" - Vinnie Dangerous Vinnie-d-1 – Knowledge-demo

Over the past five years, no NC hip-hop label not named Jamla Records has been more successful in reaching an audience than the Chapel Hill-via-Charlotte crew Immaculate Taste. Started out of necessity when brothers Alec Lomami and Mike Tambashe (along with cousin Leroy Shingu, now better known as the rapper Well$) wanted to pursue music and didn’t know any business-minded friends to help them run it, IT has gone on to earn its flagship artists Well$ and Angelo Mota major looks, from press coverage, to music festivals, to Spotify playlists. With Angelo’s new record, When All Is Said And Done, hot off the presses, label co-founder Alec joined us on the pod to talk about networking in New York, booking Well$’ first show (opening for G-Eazy) while he was in South Africa, the shift of tastemaking from blogs to playlists, and more. We also talk with Alec about the new 9th Wonder x Drake mashup album by DJ Critical Hype called More 9th that has been making the rounds on hip-hop Twitter over the past few days, and Justin gets more than a little excited for the upcoming 9th Wonder & Black Thought album.

Soundtrack:

Angelo Mota - “Sweet Tooth”

DJ Critical Hype - “Over”

Marley Pitch - “Plush”

Listen to “Best Of The Carolinas,” Vol. 2, out now! https://open.spotify.com/user/xmupw84s3ykc32gzftrsflufv/playlist/5EUEJGmeB4AmozRgsUafPz?si=ixpY_-0RQLCyYsoII1wKew

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DJ Iron Mic, known to some as Charles Morse, has touched just about every aspect of the hip-hop scene in the Raleigh/Durham area in the last few years. Morse, who grew up in the Bronx, was introduced to NC when he entered the military and was stationed at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville. When he returned to civilian life, he chose to finish his undergraduate degree at NC State, where he quickly took advantage of campus resources, like the student radio station, WKNC. Having already been a DJ in New York, he settled comfortably into hosting a radio show every Sunday, eventually convincing the station to send him to cover South by Southwest. In recent years, his involvements have only deepened: Morse is the DJ and a resident member of the Krawz Bonze collective — most recently responsible for the Jooselord Magnus double album, S.K.U.L.L, that Alex Yllanes reviewed on Super Empty a couple weeks ago; he is a photographer at concerts and other events; and he covers music in the pages of Indy Week as a much-needed hip-hop writer.

We did a lil’ interview about his past few years here, the Carolina Music Awards, and even made time for some gripes about KRS-One. Then Charles was kind enough to stick around and talk about the NC Hip-Hop Festival, a mysterious event just around the corner, as well as the new song and video, “Bubblin’,” by Anderson .Paak.

On Super Empty this week!

The Catch-Up: Old Duke vs. Young Dolph — http://www.superempty.com/news/2018/5/20/the-catch-up-may-20-old-duke-vs-young-dolph

Best Of The Carolinas, Vol. 1 — http://www.superempty.com/news/2018/5/20/best-of-the-carolinas-vol-1

And don’t forget to follow us on social, if you don’t already.

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Saleem Reshamwala stops by The Runaway Store and we talk about the path that led him to some of his more recent career highlights: an 11-week stint at The New York Times, and a multi-million views music video in G Yamazawa's "North Cack," among them. A longtime contributor to the creative energy and scene of the Triangle, Saleem (aka Kid Ethnic)'s wisdom and learned experiences are always a pleasure to hear, and this episode is full of commentary that will be useful and interesting to budding creatives hoping to make artistic pursuits into a career.

There's about 20 extra minutes of interview that didn't make it into our iTunes upload (we want to try to keep these around an hour), but if you want to hear it, head over to our SoundCloud account (http://soundcloud.com/superemptymusic) and give it a spin.

Thanks to the artists/songs featured this week, Danny Blaze's "Down Right Punch," and Tab-One's "Man On The Moon Freestyle."

And check out the newest piece on the Super Empty Site, rounding out some new pieces from around the state: http://www.superempty.com/news/2018/5/9/the-catch-up-may-9-the-best-year-ever-so-far

If you haven't yet, leave us a review! We're trying to flex out here on these podcast haters. Let's keep this streak of 5-star reviews rolling.

In the past few years, some artists have come out of nowhere to become pillars of the Raleigh/Durham hip-hop scene, while others, once seemingly on the cusp of a breakthrough, have fallen off the map. Only a few have maintained and steadily grown their presence over that time, and NANCE is one of them. Despite growing up in a home where hip-hop wasn’t the soundtrack, his older brother turned him onto Dipset and Kanye early, and the rest was history. What began as freestyling at parties eventually turned into actual recorded rap songs with the likes of Raleigh mainstay Drique London and Kooley High’s Tab-One, and his new album, “No Excuses,” is the biggest landmark on that journey to date. Last week it debuted in the Top 30 U.S. hip-hop albums in the iTunes store (!!!), marking a major milestone in his career. We had him on the show to talk about the message he wants to send with his music, the great care he takes with branding and merch, and the role of white people in hip-hop, among other things.

The SE gang, along with NANCE, also kicks around the topic of Kanye’s newfound MAGA affinity, and Chubbz comes on the show to discuss what Dreamville Fest (September 15 in Raleigh!) means for Raleigh, and North Carolina at large.

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With a lot of shine coming to the NC hip-hop scene and a number of new (and old) artists starting to get major buzz, it’s easy to forget about some of the long-time acts that have consistently made the area what it is through thoughtful, high-quality music. One of those artists in the Triangle is Durham rapper Kourviosier, who was making and distributing his own tapes by middle school, and got his first taste of the big leagues by regularly dipping out after school at Hillside High to visit 9th Wonder across the road at NC Central. We talked to him about those early days, why he collaborates almost entirely with one producer (Dre Rubio) for all of his albums, the moment when he thought he wanted to quit rapping altogether, and much more. Also, there’s a new album out from a guy named J. Cole out of Fayetteville, so Ryan, Alex, Mandy, Justin and Holland drop everything to discuss the content of the project and the controversies surrounding it.

If you didn’t have time for last week’s episode with G Yamazawa, make some time for that this week — that’s one you won’t want to miss. As always, if you enjoy the show, please rate and review us! It all helps us place higher in the charts and get this NC hip-hoperation in front of more smart, cool, attractive people just like you.

G Yamazawa has long represented Durham, North Carolina on the national and international stage as a spoken word poet. Now, he’s putting on for the Bull City as a rapper as well. Following the surprise breakout of “North Cack” and the album Shouts To Durham in 2017, G has continued to release freestyles and music videos and play shows, most recently as a supporting act on select West Coast dates of Dumbfoundead’s Yikes! tour. Due to a coincidental scheduling quirk, G happened to be playing UNC the day before the tour hit Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, and was added to the bill. We caught up with him the day after show, and despite slight hangovers all around, persevered for one of our best interviews to date.

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Episode 14’s All-NC soundtrack:

3amsound - “Denied” Chulo - “On My Mind” Zensofly - “Introvert” ft. Dream Rayne