The metaphor of the Melting Pot is just a way to symbolize the variety of music that you’ll find on this audioblog.  My tastes lean towards the funky, but you’ll find notes on a variety of genres from many different periods of time, from contemporary to classic and in between.

I generally add new content two or three times a week, sometimes more, sometimes less.  The regular features of this audioblog are as follows:

Breakdown: 

A rundown of my latest radio program, often including playlists and self-deprecating commentary.

Heavy Rotation:

A quick highlight of releases that I’m currently obsessively obsessed with.

Under Review:

More substantive reviews of new music and recent reissues.

Dig Deep: 

20^th century archeology from my record collection.

What Does It All Mean?: 

Song analysis, just short of full-on deconstructionism, audience participation greatly appreciated.

Pound For Pound:

Here’s where classic artists or records go mano y mano and you decide who’s the champ.

I post between 1 & 3 songs from records, at 128kbs.  My hope is that the music you find here inspires you to support these artists (especially if they are performing nearby to where you are), discover something you might not have heard about or perhaps to be reminded of some sounds you might have forgotten. If you’re an artist or label rep and you object to your music being placed on this blog, kindly (emphasis on kindly) request that I remove the music and I’ll leave the pretty words only.

Feel free to contact me about anything else at michael(at)meltingpotblog.com