Rocking “Aruarian Dance” in memory of a musical artist that changed my outlook on life and started this whole “Twinkie Beyond” thing.
You knew it was “Twinkie Beyond” when that soft flute started and that sweet drum beat kicked in. A welcome to, what was back in 2005, another innocuous episode of a 21-year old kid recanting the goings-on of his weekend. The sweet sound of snare and woodwind would carry “Twinkie Beyond” (the podcast) well into its “second season.” It made a brief reappearance in this podcast’s third and/or fourth “season.”
It was a trademark, I guess, of this podcast. Nujabes, the independent hip-hop genius who made that tune’s dead now.
Ain’t got much more to say about it. Not sure if you can tell when you listen to this podcast, but I’m a very insular person and I don’t like explaining my motives. Let’s just leave it as this: before you ever “met” “Jackie, a 20-X year-old guy living in Central Maryland,” I was a total asshole who did shitty things to shitty people and had tunnel vision when it came to life. Nujabes’ music opened my eyes (almost religiously, even) and my taste in music.
Since the very beginning of the podcast, I’ve had tons of e-mails/Skype conversations/etc., asking who the background music was by. I was always hesitant to say because his music was…I don’t know…”mine.” At least, I felt it was “mine.” You know how when somebody claims to know more about your wheelhouse and you wanna punch them in the mouth? Yeah.
I remember when Jake of The HadoKings asked me if they could use “Just Forget” (TB’s opening song) in an episode of theirs’. I was like “sure, it ain’t my song,” but when I heard it on episode one of The HadoKings, my heart sunk.
I hated telling people about Nujabes. I still do. He’s one of those artists that I hate hearing outside of the confines of my own iPod. I’ll play the music at work or in my car for others to listen, but I only want them to walk away with the impression of the tune and not the artist’s name. Kind of like LiVE; remember that rant? I’ll straight walk out of a room that’s playing Lightning Crashes or The Dolphin’s Cry. I just can’t stand it.
Look, I get it. Other people like Nujabes too. Maybe some of you had known of him before you known of me. Doesn’t make it any less angsty for me.
The point is this sucks, but I’m not gonna be one of those stupid people who still mourns for Kurt Cobain or Jimi Hendrix. Stupid kids.
Twinkie Beyond: The Podcast. Your original source for Nujabes music.
~ Jackie
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