Playlists

   

 

 

Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant

Hard To Handle (DJ Spinna Galactic Funk Remix) - Otis Redding

Faithful - Raphael Saddiq

 

Backup Plan - Angie Stone: Reading her recent obituary following a traffic accident, I discovered this ball-busting soul jam. Fucking sucks when greatness gets unearthed posthumously, nonetheless this shits THUNDER.

 

boffum - Saweetie (Best track for 2025, or short-form release for "Hella Pressure"? boffum.)

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Bmf - SZA

Beatific - Glass Candy

Right - David Bowie

My Jamaican Guy - Grace Jones

 

2nluv - Jenevieve w/Benziboy

A diamond, appearing on any playlist I can shoehorn this subdued soul club track into - sexy and groovy, with kitschy extras like Benziboi's baritone backups and more cowbell!

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Revenge of the Number - Portishead

Double Dutch - Malcolm McLaren

Dance Monkey - Tones and I

DOA (From death of a Unicorn) - St. Vincent

Stars Above Us - Saint Etienne

Caves of Altimira (Michael Moog Radio Edit) - E-Man

Since I Left You - The Avalanches

Wake Me Up (Single Version) - The Weeknd/Justice

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Teddy Bear - Elvis Presley: My first King track, a 45 played roughly 20 consecutive times on Jesse McElroy's turntable when I was in second grade. That day, noon-ish, our school secretary (and swinger) Mrs. Champion, knocked on Jesse's grandmas door, and I watched them both break down sobbing. They went together to Debbie Atkins' house, and the bawling housewife snowball eventually consumed Carolyn Gaines living room. I asked Jesse what the haps, and learned that Elvis Presley was dead. I had no idea what that meant, hence the record party. That's 1970's social media, right there.

 

I Know What Boys Like - The Waitresses

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More Than This - Matthew Sweet/Susanna Hoffs Blasphemous to say?

Better than the Roxy Music original to me.

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Wheel In the Sky - Journey

Pink Panther - Henry Mancini

Tramp - Otis Redding/Carla Thomas

In My Bed - Amy Winehouse

Groove Is In the Heart - Deee-Lite

Izzo/In the End - Jay-Z/Limp Biskit

 

Where You Wanna Be - Medusa the Gangsta Goddess feat. Georgia Mulgrew: Gawd, you need this. As my buddy Cleveland said, "This is the work Megan Thee Stallion SHOULD be doing." NOTE: Megan appears on this mix-tape, though only in collaborative joints.

 

I Dont Wanna Lose Your Love - The Emotions

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Take Me Dancing - Doja Cat feat. SZA:I was parked on the john thinking "Why won't she release a record's worth of tracks like what propelled her into a household name?" Those lukewarm rap ditties are mozzarella sticks for a sirloin I never taste. Not 3 hours later, my musical soul-twin Cleveland asked "Do you fuck with Doja Cat?", slapping a bib on me for this succulent filet right hurr.

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Ring Ring Ring - Tyler the Creator

The Disco Song - Macy Gray

Just the Way You Like It - The SOS Band

Azure Sands - Yma Sumac

Barracuda - Heart

Through Being Cool - Devo

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Disappearer - Sonic Youth: This psychedelic shredder never fails to be

Calgon in my ears. The point of music is to get me the hell out of this dump;

I can't say where this crazy jam puts me, but it never fails to get me there.

 

You Made Me Realise - Amusement Parks On Fire

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Nasty - The Damned

 

King Creole - Cath Carroll/Steve Albini

 

Ace of Spades - Motorhead

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Punch Me Harder - Superchunk

Black Dahlia - Satan's Cheerleaders

 

I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song) - The Ikettes

 

Blossom (Got To Get It Out) - Komeda

Lucretia Mac Evil - Blood, Sweat, and Tears

Heave Ho - Cows

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - Andrews Sisters

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My World Is Empty Without You - Diana Ross And The Supremes: If you don't know this jewel, immerse yourself in the "Munsters" theme-esque tuba bass-line with Diamond Diana's desperate vocals and become a more quality individual than previously.

 

Gone Daddy Gone - Gnarls Barkley

Cherchez la Femme - Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band

Rocket - Doechii

Baby - Bebel Gilberto

Hello Miss Johnson - Jack Harlow

Foolish Little Girl - The Shirelles

Come to Me - Koop

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Reality - J-Hoon feat. Yehaiyahan (Jap-Rap aint crap!)

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The Mambo Craze - D-Phazz

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No Popcorn - Tech N9ne Collabos:Tech N9ne Collabos: My #1 Hip-Hop track of 2024.

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These Days - E-40 feat. Yhung T.O.

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Queen Of Royal Badness - Queen Latifah: Kids, TVs ,"Equalizer" started off by dropping one of the dopest LPs in Hip-Hop history. Listen and love.

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Day Walkers - Propaganda/Lacrae

Me and Michael (Omma Remix) - MGMT

Gold - Common

 

Can You Feel It - Fat Boys: Don't get it fucked up, this ain't nobody's novelty track. Put before an audience without reference, the crowd was agog over the hard beats, and wunderkind Human Beatbox. As good as any mid-career Beastie Boys.

 

Do I Do - Stevie Wonder

Poison - Bell Biv DeVoe

Tambourine - Eve

I Own America, Part 2 - Slick Rick

Long Beach Strong - Amped Up Mix Nation feat. Lil' Half Dead

Cruel Summer - Bananarama

Circles - Atlantic Starr

Drive Me Wild - Alexia Coley

80's Joint - Kelis

Flushing Queens Day - Large Pro

Funkin' For Jamaica - Tom Browne

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Propa - MC Lyte/Beenie Man: Emblematic of my case for Lyte as most underrated MC ever.

 

Closer - Saweetie feat. H.E.R.

Rhythm (Devoted to the Art of Moving Butts) - A Tribe Called Quest

Juice - Lizzo

The Stroke - Billy Squire

Rock The Casbah - The Clash

Annie - Elastica

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I Was Made For Lovin' You - KISS: Doesn't matter who's around, every head in the place of all colors bob when it throbs out the speaker. RIP Space Ace!

 

 

Deuce - Redd Kross

Trampled Under Foot - Led Zeppelin

I Can See For Miles - The Who

Dont Mess With Bill - The Marvelettes

Kinky Love - Nancy Sinatra

Bad Girls - Donna Summer

Digging Your Scene - The Blow Monkeys

My Ever Changing Moods - The Style Council

Hey Jude - The Beatles

Funkachino - The Essence feat. Streets

Dare Me - The Pointer Sisters

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You Look Good To Me - Cherelle: Definitely came out at a time when Black R and B singers, not to mention women, didn't get the consideration others did. This jam could've dominated with fair play, I believe.

 

Take Your Time (Do It Right) - The SOS Band

Call Me Mr. Telephone - Cheyne

Lottery - Latto feat. Lu Kala

Genius Of Love - Tom Tom Club

Tenderness - Diana Ross

Tenderness - General Public

Bright Lights - The Special AKA

Doubt - Stereolab

Cool Blue - Eurythmics

Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division

My Pretty Baby - Magnetic Myths

Biggest Part Of Me - Ambrosia

Peg - Steely Dan

Aint Nobody - Chaka Khan

Best Thing - Jawny

Count Me In - Gary Lewis And the Playboys

 

Daydream Believer - Anne Murray: The ONLY version, to my mind. If you haven't had the experience, or its been a minute, treat yourself to this unadulterated joyousness. I don't believe in guilty pleasures, BTW.

 

Creeque Alley - The Mamas And the Papas

Dancing In The Moonlight - King Harvest

I Saw The Light - Mad Monster Party

Take Me In Your Arms - The Doobie Brothers

Wabash Cannonball - Judy Canova

Bikini Girls With Machine Guns - The Cramps

Peanuts Theme (Linus and Lucy) - Vince Guiraldi

D.A.N.C.E. (Logic Reprise) - Justice/Logic

Let It Whip - The Dazz Band

It Takes Two - Marvin Gaye/Kim Weston

Silence - Portishead

Hot In The City - Billy Idol

The Shadow Of Love - The Damned

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Cascade (Kid Jenson Show 1982) - Siouxsie And The Banshees: This radio session sans production constraints of "A Kiss In The Dreamhouse" showcases the visceral badass post-punk machine this band was in its prime. 

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Reena - Sonic Youth

Atomic - Blondie

Sun - Myd feat JAWNY

When I Think Of You - Janet Jackson

The Metro - Berlin

Don't Leave Me Behind - Everything But the Girl

You Don't Own Me - Lesley Gore

Hang On To Your Love - Sade

I Keep Forgettin - Michael McDonald

Cry On My Own - The Pandoras

Shine A Little Love - ELO

Hello, Its Me - Susanna Hoffs/ Matthew Sweet

Glory Box - Portishead

Last Kiss Of Nebulon - Tory Lanez

Deep In The Shallow End - Jenevieve

As Far As I Can See - Phantogram

Superstars - Saweetie

Kool Thing - Sonic Youth

Sleepyhead - Passion Pit

A Very Special Friend - The Fabulous Soul Eruption

Shame - Evelyn Champagne King

Let Me Be the One - Exposé

Kids In America - Kim Wilde

The Love You Save - Jackson 5

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Cleopatras Theme - Cleopatra: Our institutional music search engine is an American Horror Story, intuitive as the folks who developed the Edsel. Some days I toss words randomly at it when exasperation kicks in, trying to crack the code for songs I know when alphabet, category, and a cannonade of duplicate entries have paved a road to abject failure. I tried 'Cleopatra' for shits n giggles, stumbling upon this wad of bubblegum I've smacked on for a year and it's yet to lose the sweetness.

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Candy Girl - New Edition

Espresso - Sabrina Carpenter

.Not My Fault - Renée Rapp/Megan Thee Stallion

Bring Me Closer - Altered Images

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Crazy - Five Star: I'm a sucker for bubblegum. This also-ran 80's sibling posse never held the US charting of The Jets or Debarge, but I dug a couple of their tracks. My grandpa's cousin Nina who'd moved to Tennessee after selling her late husband's farm sent me a $100 check for my birthday, primarily because my dad offed himself. My partner on the road to ruin Lisa picked me up and we split from Paducah to Carbondale, Illinois, the closest cool college town us weirdos could reach. We'd stolen some weed from my mom's dresser, perfect for viewing Pee-Wee's Big Adventure and laughing our 16 year old selves sick. Then we hit a record store where I bought a Siouxsie And The Banshees poster, some punk t-shirts, and un-ironically this cassette. Being a typical brat, I never dropped a thank you to the benefactor of Lil' Batmama's Big Adventure even though though 100 could've been 1000 dollars then. She sent that for two more years to my ingrate ass. Her daughter mailed us a letter where she said Nina was going blind and loved having letters read to her. Do you imagine I wrote her? If so, you think way more of 16-year old me than deserved. My head involuntary falls at the thought of old Nina.

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Summer Feelings - Lennon Stella feat. Charlie Puth

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Think Of Me - Madonna: BUSTED: For the majority of my young adulthood I was a fucking snob. A nice thing about the shield of razor wire is smashing paradigms. Starting fresh with the cleansing power of mass rejection/ejection (hardly unearned I'm not the victim) carries a benefit of reinvention. A for-instance - turns out I forgot I actually DO like a fair stack of this soul-destroying demon's early stuff. By a stretch this is my favorite, it's a straight R and B throwdown. Did any of you have the "Sex," book, like me, and various friends? Vanilla Ice might still be my favorite naked Honky. 

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Down The Line - Remy Wolf

 

Tears - Sabrina Carpenter: The girl who should be queen? Not that anyone deserves it, but I do not for a second understand the "Swiftie" phenomenon. Mass insanity over that spectacularly ADEQUATE individual blows me the fuck away. This girl, to me, delivers the goods on the other's woefully empty promises. TEAM SABRINA!

 

Crush On You - The Jets

Tonight - Pink Pantheress

Pluto's Last Comet - Tory Lanez

Theme From Wonder Woman - TV Themes

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One's On the Way - Loretta Lynn

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Sleeping Single In A Double Bed - Barbara Mandrell

 

I'm Every Woman - Chaka Khan: The very first music video Todd Batman Hiett ever saw!

 

Rescue Me - Fontella Bass

Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Ashley

Lovergirl - Teena Marie

Hold On - Santana

Magic Man - Heart

Surrender - Cheap Trick

Hang Fire - Rolling Stones

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Somebody's Knockin' - Terri Gibbs: This woman would never be allowed on the stage of the Grammy's today with her appearance. As Louis CK said, we have to jack off on everything. ANGIE: THERE SHOULD BE A LIVE CLIP, I THINK ITS FROM THE GRAMMYS.

 

Dark Lady - Cher

Baby Hold On - Eddie Money

Self Control - Laura Branigan

Muscles - Diana Ross

Slave To the Rhythm - Grace Jones

Show Me Yours - Junie Morrison

Just Got Lucky - Jo Boxers

Love Plus One - Haircut 100

Stand Back - Stevie Nicks

Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) - Sheena Easton

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Gloria - Laura Branigan: The late Scott Payton said he never went into a queer bar without hearing this (a comment made in the early 2000s, I think). I can attest to the accuracy of this statement, in the same lame horrific joints we both saw seas of ball-caps and sweaters put on by mustachioed nit-wits who, in attempting to look "butch" might as well slapped on clown paint and ballet slippers. This dame was an unsung Latina chart-buster from the 1980s, who came and went with a respectable streak that started on Sesame Street. RIP Scotty and La Branigan!

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Stir It Up - Patti La Belle

The Perfect Kiss - New Order

Don't Go - Yaz

Ana Ng - They Might Be Giants

If I Can't Have You - Yvonne Elliman

Moonlight Feels Right - Starbuck

Ventura Highway - America

Theme From Hawaii Five-O - The Ventures

Everybody Dance - Ta Mara and the Seen

Got To Give It Up (Part 1) - Marvin Gaye

Keep It Comin Love - KC and the Sunshine Band

Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman) - Joe Tex

Good Beat - Deee-Lite

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MVP - Wiz Khalifa: "Multiverse" isn't only my favorite comic book storytelling device (yep, sometimes I want Selina Kyle as a jaded prostitute turned leather-clad anti-hero, and others I crave a slit-skirt wearing Kitty-Car driver wielding Circe's wand parallel worlds give me that cake I can munch and have too, fanbee-yotch), but a first class Wiz joint, too!

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Got To Be Real - Cheryl Lynn

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Flash Light - Parliament

More More More - The Andrea True Connection

Say So - Doja Cat

Oogie Boogie - MC Lyte

The More I Get The More I Want - Teddy Pendergrass

Rendezvous - Jenevieve

Square Biz - Teena Marie

Crazy Love - Rome

Here - Luscious Jackson

Turn the Beat Around - Vickie Sue Robinson

Lil Boo Thing - Paul Russell

Best Of My Love - The Emotions

C'mon n Ride It (The Train) - Quad City DJ's

A Night To Remember - Mary J. Blige

Turn Your Love Around - George Benson

Big Fun - Kool and the Gang

Naked Eye - Luscious Jackson

Sweetest Pie - Dua Lipa/Megan Thee Stallion

Tints - Anderson Paak feat. Kendrick Lamar

Girls Night Out - Babyface/Doechii

Treasure - Bruno Mars

It's Not Unusual (Ivos Mix) - Belly

Make a Circuit With Me - The Polecats

(She's) Sexy And 17 - The Stray Cats

Unforgiven - The Go-Go's

Titanic Vandalism - The Go! Team

Skin - Siouxsie and the Banshees

Simpson's Theme - Danny Elfman

Lonesome Train Whistle - Reverend Horton Heat

Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford

Sweet, Sweet Smile - Carpenters

Lonely Night (Angel Face) - The Captain and Tennille

It Ain't What You Do, It's the Way That You Do It - Bananarama With Fun Boy Three

Please Mister Postman - The Marvelettes

Uranium Rock - The Cramps

Baby, Oh No - Bow Wow Wow

Viet Nam - The Minutemen

Heard It Through the Grapevine - The Slits

Street Life - Randy Crawford

Jive Is Good For You - Defunk

Blood Makes Noise - Suzanne Vega

Big Energy - Latto

I Don't Know If It's Right (12 Disco Mix) - Evelyn Champagne King Jealous Type - Doja Cat

They Don't Love It - Jack Harlow

Ya Feel DAT - KRS-One

Just a Little Bit More - Da Brat

Dog Food - 42 DUGG

 

Queen of Memphis - Glorilla/Fridayy: Honestly, 9/10 of the lady's material isn't my cup of tea, and hearing some of these wannabe brats assail her on ain't no gangsta gives me the hate-shits regularly, but I'll go on the record calling this track here a masterpiece. Of soul, to be clear. Not only owed to Fridayy's hard and complex vocals, but Glorilla's painful and emotionally raw delivery and wordplay. Deep and beautiful.

 

1-2-3-4 (Sumpin' New) - Coolio

Blunt And A Ho - Tech N9ne Collabos/Mars/Ubiquitous

African Jungle - The Big Black African

Lpve - lamdo$e

Fkn Around - Phony Ppl feat. Megan Thee Stallion

Sugar Mama - Yung Gravy Its a Shame (Tjo Remix) - The Spinners

The Power Of Myself Is Moving - Isis

Need You More - Mary J. Blige feat. Jadakiss

Settle Down - Tech N9ne Collabos feat. Mackenzie Nicole/Wrekonize

River Deep - Mountain High - Tina Turner

Gigantic - Reel Big Fish

Train In Vain (Stand By Me) - The Clash

Dancing With Myself - Billy Idol

Tame - Local H

Burning Down the House - Talking Heads

My Deranged Heart - Smashing Orange

Flashlight Fight - The Go! Team/Chuck D.

Sin In My Heart - Siouxsie And The Banshees

Rebel Yell - Billy Idol

Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) - Janis Joplin

Burning Down the House - Talking Heads

My Deranged Heart - Smashing Orange

Flashlight Fight - The Go! Team/Chuck D.

Sin In My Heart - Siouxsie And The Banshees

I'm a Man - Chicago

 

Tears Dry On Their Own (Live On Later... With Jools Holland, 2006) - Amy Winehouse

 

My Man Is a Mean Man - Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings

I Can't Let Go - Linda Ronstadt

Don't Let Go - Isaac Hayes

I Need Your Lovin' - Teena Marie

A Fool In Love - Like And Tina Turner

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How Long Do I Have To Wait For You? -

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings

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Half Moon - Janis Joplin

Lotta Love - Nicolette Larson

Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Somebody To Love - Jefferson Airplane

I Can't Stand the Rain - Eruption

Our Day Will Come - Ruby & The Romantics

Saturn - SZA

Messy Love - Nao

You Belong To Me - Carly Simon

Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Candy Man - Mary Jane Girls

Forget Me Nots - Patrice Rushen

Love Me Right - Amber Mark

An Everlasting Love - Andy Gibb

 

Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) - Looking Glass: I wish I was Brandy's queer buddy. I'd have her tell that asshole to take his cheap-ass necklace and go fuck himself with it. His wife, his lover and his lady is a deck-hand named Austin (the cheat-code if you wanna birth a man-whore - I know four - like Rex if you want a man who cheats on his wife with dudes - I know two!), and he's working you for free drinks. What kinda comp plan does this boat company have if jerkwad falls and breaks his ass? Let AUSTIN push his chair, honey. Move on. Exemplary '70's story-song, tho'.

 

Street Life - Randy Crawford

Stay With Me Tonight - Jeffrey Osborne

Save the Overtime (For Me) - Gladys Knight & The Pips

Give Me the Night - George Benson

Show And Tell - Al Wilson

 

Don't fill up on dessert - hit the buffet. That chocolate puddin' is divine, but so is that broccoli salad, mac and cheese, and you're a paste-eater if you skip the sausage dressing.