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5/18/19

YOU GOTTA DO IT RIGHT, ENJOY YOUR NIGHT

We might've gone too far

About a month ago Bob Nastanovich invited me to come and DJ again at the Red Monk with him and Natalie Lowe, who I'd never met before but was great! It was my first time spinning since the Monk added its fancier new bar, which actually felt like a better location for the turntables. It was a quiet night—the night before Easter?—and I had to bail early. But I felt like we were playing our best sets yet? I enjoyed what I was playing, anyway, which you can see below and stream on Apple Music or stream an approximation of (w/ substitutions for a couple of non-Spotify rarities) on Spotify.

Hany Mehanna - دلع - Dala'
Nubya Garcia - Once
Antena - Camino Del Sol
Ntombi Ndaba - Do You Trust Amajita?
Bobby Wright - Blood of an American
Deerhunter - Nosebleed
Studio - West Side Part I
Yves Tumor - Noid
Charli XCX - Backseat (ft. Carly Rae Jepsen)
Peggy Gou - Han Jan
Digable Planets - 9th Wonder (Blackitolism)
Beyoncé - Get Me Bodied
Robyn - Honey
Miami Sound Machine - Rhythm Is Gonna Get You

Have you, have you looked outside?

1/1/18

THERE WAS A CAT THAT REALLY WAS GONE

For several years, Bob N. and I DJ'd on New Year's Eve. It was a blast, but it was also exhausting, and I appreciated not having to stay out late in negative degrees last night to play records for strangers. On the other hand, Bob did invite me out to spin again recently at the Red Monk, and another great pal, the mighty Brandon Logsdon, joined us, adding some great tunes (as I recall he preempted my attempt to play Melvins' "Hooch," which I had brought along especially because I thought it would work well with his tastes, by playing his own copy himself; he also kept us current by playing the Migos). Here's what I seem to have played, followed by a Spotify approximation... (Anymore, I also prefer posting lists like these than sharing my top 50 songs/albums lists; there's just too much good music. Putting music in context is more interesting to me right now than rankings—though of course I do those too as part of my job!)

Boney M. - Rasputin

Apache Beat - Tropics

Gary Wilson - 6.4 = Make Out (Part 1)

Love Is All - Make Out. Fall Out. Make Up.

Hinds - Chili Town

Palehound - Feeling Fruit

Downtown Boys - Somos Chulas (No Somos Pendejas)

So Cow - Casablanca

My Bloody Valentine - Sometimes

Beach House - Myth

Loops Haunt - Chalk Knots

Gordon Lightfoot - Carefree Highway