Mary Anne Hobbs » Passion of the Weiss

Apr
22

I returned to the Mary Anne Hobbs show this week to introduce Schoolboy Q to British radio audiences and implicitly encourage inebriated auto use via “Hands on the Wheel.” Thankfully, their definition of the Underground is vastly different from ours. Mass transit, always a good idea. Schoolboy and ASAP’s collabo has been getting burn on… Continue reading »

Apr
04

Mix: Nosaj Thing on Mary Anne Hobbs XFM (3.31.12)

It’s been three years since Nosaj Thing dropped Drift and opened eyes to the idea that the Low End Theory was more than a Tribe Called Quest album. Flying Lotus may have been the advance messenger, but Nosaj Thing was instrumental in kicking the gates down. As was Mary Anne Hobbs, whose XFM program was… Continue reading »

Mar
08

Mary Anne Hobbs @ TED & Julia Holter’s “Marienbad”

Life coaches are largely a scam. But if I ever needed one, I would want to wrangle Curren$y and Mary Anne Hobbs to keep me focused on the important things in life: passion, hard work, honesty, and how to live for long stretches of time on very little cash. In fact, the latter will be… Continue reading »

Jan
03

Adrian Younge, Old Soul

No better way to start your year, day, or deluge than psychedelic soul. This is a battle-scarred serum that has done my mind right since my first diurnal doldrums (age 7, phonics class). Currently, no one holds the throne but Los Angeles’ own Adrian Younge. It’s a crime concomitant with minor arson to have left… Continue reading »

Nov
28

The Resuscitated Soul of Nick Waterhouse

Part of me would rather be water boarded than hear another retro soul song from a young white kid in a skinny tie. So I ignored Nick Waterhouse when I first heard about him, even though he came co-signed by one of my favorite labels, Innovative Leisure, home to Mexicans with Guns, Hanni El Khatib,… Continue reading »

Oct
13

Call Ins & Hobbs

For those of you who don’t diligently monitor the Mixcloud miasma (“normals”) Mary Anne Hobbs has been dropping more gems than Prodigy and Havoc robbing a gold mine without a wheelbarrow. I’m not sure what that last sentence means, but I intended it to mean, a lot. Needless semantic complications. Below, check four of the… Continue reading »

Sep
22

Frank N Beats: Mary Anne Hobbs’ New Superstar Mix Platform

Aaron is still going to be Frank. You can still be Garth. Here at Passion of the Weiss’s Good Time Shamanitorium and Produce Emporium, we’re not shy about showing our respect and admiration for British DJ Mary Anne Hobbs. While her long-running BBC show quickly became a platform for introducing new artists and labels, her… Continue reading »

Sep
07

Radio Daze: Music Response w/ Mary Anne Hobbs (9/6/11)

About two weeks ago, Mary Anne Hobbs asked me if I had any interest in being a monthly contributor on her new Music Response program on XFM London. On general principle, I opt to never use Friends analogies, but the request reminded me of the episode where Chandler is trapped in an ATM vestibule with… Continue reading »

Apr
20

Question in the Form of an Answer: Mary Anne Hobbs

Mary Anne Hobbs isn’t a Radio DJ. She’s an international ambassador for bass. Beginning as a roadie for a British rock band, and transitioning to a print journalist for NME and Sounds Magazine, Hobbs will tell you first-hand what an uphill claw it’s been to get to her current station. At the same time, she… Continue reading »

Jan
09

Sach O: Mary Anne Hobbs’ Dubstep Warz

Duh-Ha! Duh-Ha! You never thought that Sach O would make it this far. January 9th 2006. Hipsterism was on the rise, Ghostface had not yet released Fishscale, Snap music was all the rage and the word “Dubstep” hardly meant a thing outside of a close-knit circle of Londoners and a couple of international early-adopters. That… Continue reading »