Fire Dance With Me- Ohio Players

Well, as of noon, I am done with the semester.
In full. In toto. In-joying myself.

Margeaux will be done tonight too. Which requires that I present another helping of the mix I am preparing: Hello Jello!, the The Cosby Show-inspired mix I mentioned last time.


on YouTube - Ohio Players: Together, from their album FIRE.

Ayo! Si muy caliente, y fuego mas fina!
Please note the almost NSFW cover art. Scandalous.


I am not sure if I will put this very song on the mix yet, but certainly some Ohio Players song will go on there. The YouTube clip doesn't have to be the exact song yet, since I am just trying to let you know what type of sounds to expect.

The clips are just a taste,


just a teaser,


of what greatness and grandness is to come.

Maybe "Fire" will go on the mix, that is a big one; maybe "Ecstasy" would be better for this mix than "Together." "Ecstasy" got a li'l more bounce to it; but then, "Together" has those horns. Brass instruments will be big on this mix,
because it is going to be deeply funky.

Shower Jamz!

This mix was inspired by an arcane practice from my friend Kyle. He and his then-roommate used to sneak the favorite songs of the other guy onto the stereo when one was in the shower. A pleasant, if unexpected, way to start your day.

Download your new favorite series of 'jems': Shower Jamz!.zip.

(Here's a song off of it, to sate your ears whilst you feast your eyes on this oh-so magical blog)

TRACKLISTING:

Wind-Up Doll *** Lee Perry and The Upsetters

I Can See Clearly*** Johnny Nash ("nothing but blue sky"!)

Move On Up *** Mark Eitzel (cover of Curtis Mayfield)

Last night on Earth*** Mekons- ("they can't hurt you now..."!)

The Way We Get By *** Spoon (piano!)

Oh, Pretty Woman *** Al Green (cover of Roy Orbison)

Alright *** Supergrass (keeping their teeth clean: super clean!)

Young Folks *** Peter Bjorn And John (Yeah!: Bein' Young!)

Lady Don't Tek No *** Latyrx (Booty Bassline! Sassy rappin'!)

Beng Beng Beng *** Femi Kuti (...heh heh...)

Oooh (Feat. Redman)*** De La Soul

Oh Yoko *** John Lennon (oh YO!)

Too Young *** Phoenix (Young again!)

To Be Young (is to be sad, is to be high) *** Ryan Adams (again: Young Again!)

Settin' the Woods on Fire *** Hank Williams ("you be daffy, and I'll be dilly; we'll order up two bowls of chili"!)

Bimbo *** Jimmy Dean

If we can land a man on the moon, surely I can win your heart *** Beulah


I made an iTunes playlist, driven by the same desire: to get the day off to a really nifty start. It works! If you don't believe me, listen to this mix every morning for about 3-6 days, and then leave comments and a 'before' and an 'after' picture, okay?
Bet they look like this:
before:


after:


I've had this playlist, growing and growing, for years: I pared it down to some essentials. Some of these are songs I know that Kyle would like or does actually like; some are my own favorites. That some of the songs are simply selfish makes me feel better, because I don't like making mixes for other people: other people are gross!

Shower Jamz.zip

Lemme tell you though: just because I put some of mine own besties on here, does not preclude them from being thine own besties, too. For instance, if you do not know the Spoon song, you will love it (FACT). If Beulah songs don't make you happy and smile, you are dead inside (FACT). Phoenix is hit or miss, but this song?: hit (FACT). (They're mostly hit, by the by.)
I mean, you've heard of these people: Ryan Adams Hank Williams Al Green Spoon De La Soul Yoko (haha JK it's John Lennon, ya dope). See, I don't even need to put spaces in there, because you know when the name starts/stops.
There is nothing scary here, only 110% bestness and favoricity and gollytude.
Download: Shower Jamz!.zip

AMX Mix- "Supersounds of '70"

Eek, I'm back! Back in Philly (was way west: Portland), and back up in this here blog.

I've been sitting on this "AMX mix" for a few weeks now, and I'll tell you what:
it really improves with age; the more you listen, the more you know- and the more you know the more you GROW.

Here is the zip file, loaded up with over 20 songs! Supersounds of '70 will blow your business and lay you low. This is one of my (well-received, nearly world-famous) AMX mixes, so it too is loosely inspired by a Quentin Tarantino soundtrack. This one comes from Reservoir Dogs. Remember how Stephen Wright was the voice of that radio disc jockey?



And how he played these odd fun bouncy little 'jems' (that is a 'gem' and a 'jam')? Yeah, you remember that 'Stuck in the Middle with You" song that you really, really believed was Bob Dylan.

That sort of jem.
(If you don't know who Stephen Wright is, then you won't remember him from this show:

which, not conincidentally, is like this mix: funny, charming, odd, and old.)

Download the zip SUPERSOUNDS of '70 my friend!

T R A C K :) L I S T I N G
Party Lights :) Cluadine Clark
Band of Gold :) freda payne
La La :) The Cobras
Mocking Bird :) Inez Fox
Sixty Minute Man :) the Dominoes
You came a long way from St. Louis :) DeeDee Sharp & Chubby Checker
Bloodshot Eyes :) George Symonette
Opium Tea :) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
A Horse with no name :) America
Cross-Eyed Gal from the Ozarks :) Ferlin Husky
Bongo Bongo Bongo :) Preston Epps
Amazons and Coyotes :) the Dreamlovers
I'm Wearing the Britches :) The Carlisles
Happy Organ :) Dave 'Baby' Cortez
96 tears :) Aretha Franklin
Kind of a Drag :) Buckinghams
I Put a Spell On You :) Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Hats Off to Larry :) Del Shannon
Puddin n' Tain :) the Alleycats
Honky Tonkin :) Hank Williams
Got to see if I can't get Mommy (to come back home) :) Jerry Butler
Crimson and Clover :) Tommy James and the Shondells

Download the zip SUPERSOUNDS of '70 and set yourself free!

You'll get a fuller account of this mix soon (busy busyWORKbusy busy), but here are some lyrical themes:
A newlywed who isn't getting any
Mom won't let me party!
MOCK! (yeah), ING! (yeah)
Someone not quite being cool enough that you'd believe he was from Missouri, that epicenter of kewl
Alcohol abuse (eyes so bloodshot, that "you'd better close those eyes, before you bleed to death")
Narcotics in liquid form
A girl with a face like a Holstein cow
Congratulating the fellow who broke your lover's heart

You know, 'the issues of our day'. Oh, why "of '70", you ask? Because that is the year of my father's AMX, which is what got this grand project off the ground.