Live with Jazz Mafia at Yoshi’s in SF last month, video by taxiology.

New mixtape from MC Paul Barman, compiled by Memory Man. Production by the likes of MF Doom, Dan The Automator, Prince Paul and others. Link

1. Howler Intro (Live At The Bowery Poetry Club 2007)
2. Radiation (prod. by Memory Man)
3. Sampling Law (Phofo Mix)
4. Word Vs. Meaning (prod. by Memory Man)
5. Oil (prod. by DOOM)
6. Happy September 11th (prod. by Danny Grapes)
7. Mitch ”Blood” Green Interlude #1
8. Power (Demo Version) (prod. by DOOM)
9. Paullelujah! (Premix) (prod. by DOOM)
10. Make No Mistake (Live on XM Radio 2003)
11. Mitch ”Blood” Green Interlude #2
12. RZAView (Live on WFMU 2008)
13. Unauthorized Audiobiography of Weird Al (prod. by dub-L)
14. Old Fogey vs. Whippersnapper (prod. by Animal Crackers)
15. Tiamat (prod. by Casual-T)
16. Mitch ”Blood” Green Interlude #3
17. Paul Shot Ya (Live at South Paw 2003)
18. Onion Interview (Live at Tribeca 2003)
19. Stand-Hop (Live at Bowery Poetry Club 2007)
20. Mitch ”Blood” Green Interlude #4
21. Home (Prince Paul Remix ft. Natural Calamity)
22. Meet Cleofis Randolph The Patriarch (prod. by Chris Bell)
23. Chemically Imbalanced (prod. by Automator)
24. The Man From Lafonda (Remix) (prod. by The Courts and Cubismo Grafico)
25. Inside Your Mind (ft. Mr. Dead) (prod.by Prince Paul)
26. The Night My Girlfriend Left Me (prod.by Prince Paul)
27. Lonely Piano (prod. by Madlib & DJ Yoda)
28. S.A.L.A.A.M. (prod. by DJ Yoda)
29. Live From Death Row (ft. Busdriver)
30. Mitch ”Blood” Green Interlude #5
31. Don’t Micromanage My Psychodamage (prod. by Phofo)

This is the dude behind the Drum Crazy series put out by Ubiquity. His compilations must have helped countless producers skip their vegetables. He’s all about sharing. Two cats that took advantage? Prince Paul and Dan the Automator

Read Dirty Waters: Mike Van Olden Interview

DW: How did you link up with Automator and Prince Paul and how was it working with them?

MVO: I worked with Dan for over 8 years and I can say that he was a wonderful mentor to me. Not only for music, but for life also. He taught me a great deal. He’s one of my very best friends and one of the few people in the world that have similar interests to my own. A rare soul.

Nakamura and I first met at Ubiquity. I think the Drum Crazy series impressed him and we became friends. I sat in on many of his productions: DJ Shadow’s Entroducing, Dr. Octagon, Deltron 3030, Lovage, Handsome Boy, etc. I got to live my ‘producer dreams’ through him.

It’s not easy to be a full-time music producer. As a matter of fact, it’s 95% bullshit and 5% productivity. It takes a strong person to make a career out of it. It’s like having to find a new job every 3 months. Constant renewal.

I’ll share a couple of Automator’isms with you: Once, Dan simply explained to me that ‘people who really want to do music just do it’. This may seem simple at first, but if you think about it, it’s really profound.

He also told me this true story that happened to him: Dan was having dinner with Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto at a nice Japanese restaurant in NYC. While having dinner, Morimoto was approached by many of the staff who asked for his autograph and/or a picture with him. Morimoto noticed that there was one guy in the kitchen who looked bothered and never did approach him to get his autograph. Morimoto turned to Dan and pointed out that ‘that man is a REAL chef’ because he was too proud to come over and get an autograph like everyone else.

Overall, I have to say that Dan guided me into adulthood and I really appreciate his help. Through him, I was able to see the music industry from every angle, without having to put my own career on the line.

I met Paul through Nakamura. As you may know, they produced a couple of Handsome Boy Modeling School records together. Dan brought Paul over to my house to raid my record collection for some new breaks for the album. I ended up giving them a big stack. I’m not really sure what they used.

Anyway, I hope his disappointment from the album didn’t influence his decision to shut down his blog. Or, I hope whatever disappointment he’s experiencing (blog or whatever) doesn’t influence his writing for too long. I for one enjoyed reading his rants. Link to review; Link to Nate’s blog; Link to Nate’s old blog; Link to other reviews

Following up on a recent update, the duo of Prince Paul and Dan the Automator are getting set to release their second album under the name Handsome Boy Modeling School entitled White People. Now equipped with a higher budget courtesy of Elektra Records, expect a video soon for the lead single The World’s Gone Mad featuring Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Barrington Levy and Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand fame (try saying that three times over). Until then, you can peep the new single below. Scheduled release date is November 9th.

According to Rolling Stone, Rza made his own contributions to the album. Since I don’t see him anywhere in the track listings, it is possible he produced a track or two (hopefully). Prince Paul and Rza back again? That is music to my ears.

01. Intro featuring Father Guido Sarducci
02. If It Wasn’t for You featuring De La Soul
03. Are You Down With It featuring Mike Patton
04. The World’s Gone Mad featuring Barrington Levy, Del tha Funkee Homosapien and Alex Kapranos
05. Dating Game featuring Tim Meadows
06. Breakdown featuring Jack Johnson
07. It’s Like That featuring Casual
08. I Am Complete featuring The Hieroglyphics
09. I’ve Been Thinkin’ featuring Cat Power
10. Rock and Roll (Could Never Hip Hop Like This) Part 2 featuring Mike Shinoda, Finesse, Jazzy Jay and Grand Wizard Theodore
11. Knockers Skit featuring Tim Meadows
12. The Hours featuring Chino Moreno, El-P and Cage
13. First . . . and Then featuring Dres of Black Sheep
14. A Day in the Life featuring Mars Volta
15. Good Hygiene featuring Tim Meadows
16. Greatest Mistake featuring John Oates, Jaime Cullen and Paula Frazer
17. The Runaway Song Part 2 Remix featuring Kid Koala
18. Outro