Long, long before the world knew there'd ever be "reality TV," as teenagers Top Chef's Robin Leventhal and I committed misdemeanors together nightly. Back in 2008, after the last time she visited the Ape's Nest, I mixed a few dozen tracks for Robin but never shared them. Here's the first of three parts, fourteen tracks including music by Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, Artanker Convoy and Bar Kokhba Sextet.

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