We notified our Internet Service Provider when we found out about the China MP3 sponge, and asked for any assistance with paying the bandwidth bill. They were so very kind and did infact cut us a deal, a good deal. Thank you Mac Mini Colo!.

Due to some network hogs, we have had to disable access to all our music files. Over a span of three weeks, a number of China-based servers have massively sponged our MP3s causing our bandwidth bill to skyrocket! We can no longer afford to offer access to any of our music. This is a very sad moment in BendingCorners' history.

BendingCorners is running late and slow with our podcast productions. We completely missed October's set, and highly doubt we'll make November. We hope to still get out our year-end Kozmigroov mix. Life...

A new book in progress by Bob Gluck traces the evolution of Herbie Hancock's music through 1973, focusing on the Mwandishi band. The title is: "You'll Know When You Get There: Herbie Hancock and the Mwandishi Band".
Gluck's new blog discusses the most poignant issues that have arisen in the process of writing the book, which should be out in a year.
The blog may be found at: http://bobgluck.wordpress.com.

A great JazzTimes article on the legacy of Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi album.

Beautiful scans of "groovy" album covers by the owner of Jive Time Records.

BendingCorners is running behind on our July set, so in lieu of a BC set here is a great mix from Mad Decent.
A psychedelic journey into the mind of Mad Decent - Diplo Chasing The Dragon.

We finally got around to "modernizing" this site, and installed an in-page audio player! (like, welcome to 2008 yall!) Now you can listen/stream the sets directly from the site while still reading the playlists and comments.
As time permits, we plan to eventually add the player to all of BC's previous podcasts.

Congratulations to Vijay Iyer, Darcy James Argue, and Pi Recordings for wins in their respective categories at this year's JJA Jazz Awards! If you haven't yet already, you should definitely pick-up Darcy James Argue's Secret Society Infernal Machines album. BendingCorners played a track from it in our Jazzatronic 2009 (space ways) set.

Bob Gluck is in the process of writing a book about the history and aesthetics of Herbie's Mwandishi band, tentatively titled "You'll Know When You Get There: Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi Band." More at http://www.electricsongs.com/mwandishimusic/

"Jazz may never again be a popular force, but it is still swinging if you know where to listen." AllAboutJazz.com

Another fine electric-era Miles Davis covers set: Gerry Gibbs And The Electric Thraser Orchestra

Don Cheadle's biopic of jazz legend Miles Davis has been slow to develop, but big news came recently when Davis' son and nephew said that Herbie Hancock had been tapped to score the film. read more.

BendingCorners has been a fairly consistent podcast over the years, and its time for a few changes.

The most significant change (that regular viewer/listeners will notice) is the inclusion of blog posts on the home page. Instead of forcing readers to view a separate page for blog entries, we will be displaying blog posts here on the front page.

And speaking of blogging, we are going to increase the content scope of the site and post about notable "jazz-n-groove" releases, events, and other items of interest. But don't worry, BendingCorners is first and foremost a music podcast, and hour long sets of music will remain our main focus and number one priority.

The other noteworthy change (though it mostly just effects us) is the move of our "studio". Instead of our own dedicated music room, we are now set up in... a basement. But better that, than no space at all. Oh the sacrifices we make for the love of music. :)