Episode 131: Paco Jones & Friends
(Featuring a DJ set by my visiting guest, Paco Jones.)

I love having guests on my show, and so it isn’t surprising that when the idea to do a DJ set with Paco Jones came up, I instantly said yes.  An engineer and his musician have a very special kind of relationship, and after recording him twice I knew he had a lot more to say with his records, too.  At first, he insisted that it would take a while to come up with material.  He e-mailed me back a half hour later, with a six hour set of music picked out.  I knew this would be good.

This show quickly turned into a family affair, too.  It was Paco’s anniversary, so he brought his wife and son down to KPSU for the day, and we all hung out with Ricardo Wang and Lennon.  It was a pretty fun afternoon.  While the show was cut short (the kids were just getting restless with all the adults talking and listening to records), we still got to delve into the musical world of Paco Jones, and these kinds of shows are always very fun for me.

We spent a good amount of time plugging his new album, Signs & Symbols, his excellent new album that is available at all of your usual Inter-Web-A-Tron outlets.  What I find particularly interesting about his selections is that you can almost hear where this album came from by listening to this show.  It’s not obvious, and I wouldn’t say he borrowed too much from any one artist.  But what you do get is a sense of what he was steeped in, how he got there, and where he may go next.

Either way, it makes for a good two and a half hour mix.  Enjoy!

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