With the year 2010 behind us, we take a look at the best of what was. Hit the jump if you want to spoil the fun.

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posted by J. Pitts at 10:15 pm

Our boy Big Zack takes over the helm for our third installment of the Christmas Jazz series.
Playlist:
Gideon Van Gelder- Wave
Charles Mingus - Theme For Lester Young
Bill Evans - Jade Visions (Take 2)
Mulatu Astatke - 4 Assosa
Moondog - Hardshoe (7/4) Ray Malone
Kahil El’Zabar’s Ritual Trio - Big M
Charles Mingus - Mood Indigo
Moondog - OO Solo (6/4)
Pharoah Sanders - Thembi
Moondog - Sextet (OO)
Souljazz Orchestra - Serenity
Pharoah Sanders - Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah

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posted by J. Pitts at 7:18 pm
Tune into WREC for our third installment of the Turfunkensoul series!
Playlist:
The Jack Moves- A Fool For You
Leroy Hutson- Never Know What You Can Do
Ohio Players- Ecstacy
Earth, Wind, And Fire- On Your Face
The Undisputed Truth- Sandman
Pleasure- Space Is The Place
Aquarian Dream- Fantasy
Sunrize- You Are The One
Johnny Guitar Watson- Proud Of You
Michael Henderson- Treat Me Like A Man
L.J. Reynolds- Say You Will
Edward Fisher- The Jam

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posted by J. Pitts at 10:58 pm
A full hour of music of music from brothers up north. O Canada!
Playlist:
Classified – Oh Canada
Choclair – 21 Years
Rascalz – Soul Obligation
Saukrates – Body Language
Sixtoo – Jet
Swollen Members – Front Street
K-os – Crabbukit
Abdominal – Vicious Battle Raps
Buck 65 – The Centaur
Kismet – Final Fantasy

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posted by J. Pitts at 8:02 pm
Good friend and fellow WPTS alum Chris Flyer takes the controls for this episode, giving us a reprieve from hip hop in our fifth installment of the Anything But Rap series.
Playlist:
Richard X – Into U (feat. Jarvis Cocker)
Husker Du – I Apologize
The Replacements – Favorite Thing
The Stone Roses – Elephant Stone
New Order – Age of Consent
Balam Acab – See Birds (Moon)
oOoOO – Seaww
Salem – Asia
White Ring – IxC999
Ty Segall – My Sunshine
Wavves – Post Acid
Dum Dum Girls – Jail La La
Wild Nothing – Summer Holiday
Lord Grunge – It Wasn’t Me (feat. Ultimate Donny)
Instrumentals:
TRS-80 – Tinted
Two Lone Swordsmen – Driving With My Gears in Reverse (Only Makes You Move Further Away)
Lorn – Automaton
MRR-ADM – 009

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posted by J. Pitts at 11:27 pm
Finishing up our best of the aughts episodes, we hit you with our favorite instrumentals of the past decade. Peep game. Note: This episode also doubles as the fourth installment of our 9/11 Instrumental episodes.

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posted by J. Pitts at 4:48 pm
DJ Nice Rec and I keep the focus on the mid-nineties in our third installment of R&B jams. Also, Rec got ICED during this episode!
Playlist:
Janet Jackson – That’s the Way Love Goes
Brandy – I Wanna Be Down
TLC – Creep
Total – Can’t You See f/ Notorious B.I.G.
Shanice – I Love Your Smile
Boyz II Men – Thank You
Aaliyah – Are You Somebody
Usher – You make Me Wanna
SWV – Weak
Toni Braxton – Un-Break My Heart
K-Ci and Jojo – All My Life
Seal – Kiss From A Rose

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posted by J. Pitts at 8:26 pm
Join us as we down our top 12 favorite songs of the aughts!
SHOW NOTES

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posted by J. Pitts at 12:19 am
J. Pitts and the gang countdown the best songs of the decade that was in the first episode of a two parter.

Show Notes
If you are the spoiler type, hit the jump to see our selections…
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posted by J. Pitts at 11:38 pm
For the fourth installment of the Anything But Rap series, we are joined by guest DJ, Lydia! She plays us her favorite tunes, many of which might work as a soundtrack to a mumblecore movie (look it up).
Plystlist:
Stay Golden – Au Revoir Simone
Me and Jesus Don’t Talk Anymore – Beulah
Don’t Watch Me Dancing – Little Joy
The Way It Is – Nicole Atkins
Don’t Thank Me – French Kicks
Don’t Ask Me – OK Go
Oh Mandy – Spinto Band
I’ll Believe in Anything – Wolf Parade
Star Witness – Neko Case
Summer’s the Worst – Michael Leviton
Fan Of Shades – Daryl Wein & Zoe Lister-Jones (Breaking Upwards Soundtrack)
Ode to Divorce – Regina Spektor
Hey Now Girl – Phantom Planet
Anecdote – Ambulance LTD
In the Bedroom – Dopo Yume
In the Woods – Levy
Instrumentals:
Air – (1) Playground Love – Vibraphone Version (2) La Femme D’Argent
Broken Social Scene – (1) Shampoo Suicide (2) Pitter Patter Goes My Heart
Javelin – Doug Flutey
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posted by J. Pitts at 11:01 pm