VOL. 22, PT. 2 ON 2.2.22

FRIENDOS! It’s the first day of the rest of the Steel Ape Sessions, featuring the first Tidal-exclusive Steel Ape Session, as I begin the process of migrating to a new platform! And with that, please enjoy: HI, JUPITER!: The Steel Ape Sessions, Vol. 22, Pt. Two WITH! Amen – Jester Hairston (RIP Sidney Poitier) Stop! […]

Moving to tidal

Starting with the February Mix (Vol. 22, Pt. Two) the STEEL APE SESSIONS will be migrating to TIDAL. All past sessions will be available shortly, and I’ll be updating the links on the site accordingly. See you there! Yours in Apes, AG.

AND WE’RE BACK

FRIENDOS! Seven years ago this month, I thought “Hey, what if I made a mixtape every month?” and well, for seven-going-on-eight years now, that’s exactly what I’ve done, and haven’t missed one (I think; or if I have, I’ve had enough months where I’ve doubled down; at any rate, this is the 85th consecutive month […]

DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU, I’M FEELING ’22

Friendos – If you’re reading this, it means you’ve made it through this escalating catastrofuck of a year; here’s to the next one. I wish you safety, sanity and health in 2022, and till then, have an end-of-year mixtape of 100 songs (new and old) that hit me just right this year: THIS MAKES WAR: […]

‘TIS THE SEASON

HO HO HO APES! IT’S BONUS MIX TIME: Eat Shit, Bublé!: A Very Steel Ape Sessions Xmas WITH! River – Robert Downey, Jr. This Christmas – Donny Hathaway Puppy for Hanukkah – Daveed Diggs, William Hutson & Jonathan Snipes Ocho Kandelikas – Pink Martini ft. Ari Shapiro Sleigh Ride/Jingle Bells – Al Caiola, Riz Ortolani […]

I FEEL LUCKY.

Twenty minutes into a Zoom call the other day, a friend said “I should’ve opened with this, but how are you?” I told him that by no means should he (or anyone, really) open with that question, but that my answer, after a bunch of shrugging and hemming and hawing was “I feel lucky.” If […]

WAIT, NOVEMBER?!

No, for real, it’s NOVEMBER? Already?! If you say so. Here, have a mix, then. Princess Bacon Unicorn: The Steel Ape Sessions, Vol. 21, Pt. Twelve WITH! We Ain’t No Nincompoop (Skit) – LaKeith Stanfield & Regina King Psychedelic Weapons – Alejandro Jodorowsky You Better Come Through for Me – Stoneground Jezahel – Shirley Bassey […]

101 :: 10/1

MY LOVELIES, WE’RE BACK! Or rather, we’re continuing, in this, the 101st Steel Ape Session, and here’s what we’re continuing with: Ice Cream Slow: The Steel Ape Sessions, Vol. 21, Pt. Eleven WITH! Intermission – Luscious Jackson Chipi Chipi – Maria Esther Zamora, Polito González, Jorge Lobo, Cuti Asti & Roberto Lindl Jim On The […]

ONE. HUN. DO.

Dear Apes: If you’re just joining, here’s the basic deal: a few years back, I recalled an interview I’d read with Cameron Crowe, where he mentioned that he makes a mixtape every month. I thought “cool,” and decided to try my hand at it. Starting in January of 2015, I did just that, pulling together […]

6.12.79

HEY ALL, NEW MIX!!! 6.12.79: The Steel Ape Sessions, Vol. 21, Pt. Nine WITH! The Biz vs. The Nuge – The Diabolical Biz Markie (RIP) Time for Livin‘ – Beastie Boys Let’s Start – Mamud Band Move On In – Gordon Parks ft. O.C. Smith (#Shaft50) Butter – BTS Pretty Please – The Triplett Twins […]