Because if you read this blog you either appreciate music or you're a hipster. Probably both, let's be honest.
1. Kids-MGMT (IT'S SUMMER I SHOULD BE ON ACIIIIDDDDD!)
2. Home-Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
3. Sittin' in the Sun - Louis Armstrong
4. Someone Like You - Adele (As much Adele as you can stand after 'Rolling in the Deep')
5. Young Folks - Peter Bjorn and John
6. Call it What You Want - Foster the People ("I hate that 'Pumped Up Kicks' song. It was so good but then it got played WAY too much at all my book clubs.")
7. You Get What You Give - The New Radicals (For that 90s nostalgia that makes mixes great)
8. Ca Plane Pour Moi - Plastic Bertrand (Because you need some foreign song in here and 'Jai Ho' is so 2008)
9. I Cried Like a Silly Boy - DeVotchka (Because you need some DeVotchka and that song from the Little Miss Sunshine soundtrack makes you cry)
10. Barbara Streisand - Duck Sauce (Windows down in your car of course)
11. Send Me on My Way - Rusted Root
12. Buzzin' - Shwayze (That same 'chill' feeling you get from listening to 'No Sleep' except you feel like no one else knows the song)
13. MmmBop - Hanson (Does this need explaining?)
14. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - WHAM! (If this doesn't make you feel like having a nice summertime gasoline fight, I don't know what will)
15. Hungry Like the Wolf -Duran Duran (Be proud. Don't try and hide your face at red lights if this is on)
16. Aerodynamic - Daft Punk (Look! I know a song that's not on the TRON soundtrack!!)
17. Brick - Ben Folds Five (If you don't cry like a baby, you must not have cried during that Circus Jail scene in Dumbo. Or when Bambi's mother dies...who are you...)
And obviously, I end every mix on a depressing note, because you SHOULD BE CRYING WHEN THE MUSIC STOPS BECAUSE IT BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF THE MUSIC STOPPING DURING THE MUSICAL CHAIRS INCIDENT IN '97 WHEN JANIE FUCKING MILLMAN BROKE YOUR LEFT TOE.
And wha-la! You have the perfect soundtrack to accompany your sticky summer shenanigans.
Enjoy, and remember, stay cool this summer. Heat stroke prevention is as easy as going to the movie theatre.
I hear Terrence Mallick's "Tree of Life" is really thought-provoking.
You'll probably like it.
