One of the things I’ve been realizing lately is that Off the Beaten Track really does live up to its name. A lot of the time, I don’t sit down with some giant master plan for the show. I start with the music. I open up part of my collection, start looking through songs and artists, and eventually I find something that makes me stop and think, I haven’t played that in a while. Then that song reminds me of another one. Then another. And before I know it, I’m building a whole sh

There has been a lot going on behind the scenes lately. Some of it is visible. Some of it definitely is not. One of the biggest things I have been working on is getting Staticworks ready for launch. It is not ready yet, and I do not want to pretend that it is. There are still pieces that need to come together, details that need to be worked out, and plenty of things that need to be finished before I can really say, “Okay, this is ready to go.” But progress is being made. A lo

Hello, my Padawans! It’s Tuesday again, which means it is almost time to fire up the studio, turn on the microphones, load up the music, and head Off the Beaten Track. I’ll be live tonight at 6 PM Eastern on Jedi Council Radio, and lately I’ve been having a ridiculous amount of fun building these shows around one very simple idea: Songs I love. That sounds almost too easy, doesn’t it? But the more I think about it, the more I realize that some of the best radio shows don’t ne

Hello again, my Padawans! It’s Tuesday, which means it’s almost time to turn on the microphones, fire up the decks, and head Off the Beaten Track once again. Tonight’s show begins at 6 PM Eastern on Jedi Council Radio, and I’m continuing a theme that I’ve discovered I really don’t want to give up yet: Favorite songs. That sounds incredibly simple, but the more shows I build around the idea, the more I realize how enormous the subject really is. There are favorite songs you’ve

Hello, my Padawans! It is Tuesday, and you know what that means. At 6:00 PM Eastern tonight, I'll be firing everything up for another edition of Off the Beaten Track with DJ Jedi, and tonight we're doing something that I have really been enjoying lately: Playing favorites. Not necessarily the biggest hits. Not necessarily the songs somebody somewhere decided were supposed to be the important tracks. Just great songs that I love hearing. Sometimes that means one of my absolute

Greetings, my Padawans! It is Tuesday once again, which means that tonight at 6 PM Eastern, I will be settling into the DJ chair, firing up the equipment, opening the microphone, and heading off in whatever musical direction feels right for another edition of Off the Beaten Track. And this week I decided not to make things unnecessarily complicated. Tonight, I'm playing favorites. Some of them are simply favorite songs of mine. Some are favorite songs from bands and artists t

Greetings, my Padawans! It is Tuesday once again, which means it is nearly time to turn up the volume, leave the ordinary playlists behind, and take another trip Off the Beaten Track! Join me, DJ Jedi, tonight at 6 PM Eastern for a new edition of the show where musical boundaries are merely suggestions and you never know exactly what might come through the speakers next. Tonight’s show is shaping up to be a great one. I have been gathering songs from across the musical galaxy