Summer Buzzcut Mixtape
First week of May and hotter than a two dollar gallon of gas already! I wanna take a kiddie pool out to the bullpen to tan in, but a) only the dogs get treated that well here and b) men ain't allowed to take their shirts off because some gots boobs now.
No use crying though, we'll have a Summer Dance Party with tunes I downloaded the past 3 or so weeks!
"Quarterback" Wallows - From 2021, this happy accident in my music app is clever post-punk redux. Its upbeat, pseudo-dancey vibe makes the ideal start pistol for this sun-and-fun-time romp.
"Richtivities" Saweetie. My boss baby-girl here, #1 Lady of the Stage Rapper with a funk-tup jam not commonplace a bit. Devoid of the 'soundtrack to a bad mood' topography of most rap of the moment, this says beach jam all day, Stedman.
"Partycrasher" Jenevieve - Getting my vote for R + B's best babe, accept no substitutes. My soulmate-in-sound inmate Cleveland cosigns her unconquerable status, and this sexy and slinky number will sell you, Jack.
"Dazz" (Dazz Disco Mix) Brick - When I skipped out on Lexington to live it up in da 'Ville, I turned to funk and soul to wash alternative rock outta my yap a spell. Exemplifying the freedom, excitement, and badness is this throwdown you need today. Gogeddit.
"Photo id" Remi Wolf/Dominic Fike - When I <3 a Wolf joint, it's eternal. This pop masterpiece from 2021clues you why since I discovered her hawking Kraft Mac 'n' Cheese I'm a believer. I sold Lil' Bro Brad on her this week past and now its your turn, Peachy.
"Sign of the Times" Belle Stars - Before Prince or anybody I knew of, this uber-hip, of their moment Brit girl band delivered this single circa 1984. Funk-wave with a pre-#metoo attitude you won't wanna slap.
"Let 'em Have It" KRS-One - Thunderous hip-hop jungle jam! If you can sit still for this, somebody call the ambulance. Download STAT to revive the broken of soul...
"Get Ready" The Temptations - Motown with a wall of sound, and Eddie Kendricks' falsetto takes it stratospheric. Big sound, major mobility, and a meal for the ear.
"Martini" The Presets - Funky Techno. Digital with soul intact, and not a repetitive beat-box requiring ignunt drugs to carve entertainment from (not to be declined, tho').
"Girl Can't Help It" Little Richard - Feral, raging, restrained sex busting on disk. This song pleases on multiple notes, even humor ("if she wink an eye, the bread slice turn to toast") between horrifying howls and happening horns. Dig!
"Hvnly" Jenevieve - 70's retro Riperton sexuality no one could accuse of lacking originality, another reason I cant sell this songstress strong enough.
"Together We Are Beautiful" Patti Boulaye - Weirdo-wonderful orchestral dance fusion with silky almost ethereal vocals bring a succulent seasoned crouton to our sonic salad. This version from "The Magic of Patti Boulaye" BTW...
"How Long" Ace - Stable of '70's radio, the band didn't do their royalties right because the jam is listed on Various Artist recs as 'Ambrosia' to smuggle it into prison like meth in a fat lady guard's girlyparts.
"Feel Your Lightning" Mic Drop - Indie with a beat, a twinge of the psychedelic, and youve got a thread stitching hip-thrusting appeal throughout this catalog.
"Panama" Van Halen - Always too cool and underground for such, pre-incarcerated me would roll eyes at 2.0 discovering I love this scorcher. David Lee Roths ego, splitting the biggest name in rock the year they broke mainstream to release an album of show-tunes with the most narcissistic, ridiculous videos that make Gene "Die Already" Simmons look like Mother Theresa of Calcutta is a showbiz moment begging for the right writer/director to dissect for comic gold.
"Dont Do Me Like That" Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Another one Id sooner pick up a Copperhead than download before arrest. Touching the me before the sweet corruption of Siouxsie, Violent Femmes, Pussy Galore, Dead Milkmen, etc. This was a radio number I didnt know by name but had an audible love-thang with. Batman Theme Neil Hefti. The whole shebang - arguably the coolest instrumental (maybe tying "The Munsters") boob-tube tune ever. Cliché for me, maybe, I only downloaded it a week ago so"'s I could Bat-Tusi in a prison dorm with the henchmen!
"I'm a Man" Spencer Davis Group - Why did Steve Winwood become such a maudlin fop in the 80s like Heart and Chicago, who did an adequate cover of this smokin tribal jam? This blisters throughout, and doesnt age a nanosecond.
"Festival of Colours" Creatures - Siouxsie and Budgie vacation from the Banshees in Hawaii and cut a vacay rec with a percussion chorus. An organized cacophony comes out with bells and whistles atop a beautiful soundtrack of slick vocals and tribal chants. A shining example of harmonious cultural appropriation.
"Think" Aretha Franklin - The Queen, the hit, and its always in style. Thats a No-No Lynn Anderson Sassy bossy-britches country gal reads Stu Hefner the riot act in a hillbilly hay-maker.
"Soulsalito" Intastella. Awesome space-age sex-pop with kittenish lazer-guided vocals that remind the excitable of "Barbarella". Throw back a Tang-cocktail and dance, you Astro-Nuts!
"96 Tears" ? and the Mysterians - When the band's name is this cool, the song CAN'T go wrong. Psychedelic classic period piece exponential. Groovy...
"Cotton Tail" Ella Fitzgerald - The Beyonce of the 30's - 40's scats, bee-bops, and blasts over Duke Ellington's big band with everything from brass to fiddles. Swing, Pussycat!
"Leidesplein" Koala - Checked this out because I lived around this district in Amsterdam. The first month sitting on a café patio in the district, I asked my waitress for an ashtray. Waving her arms manically side-to-side with popped eyes, she scowled "You're see-ting in WAN!" This jazzy-electric refuge from the status quo gives a chill-out zone halfway through this rave. ("Lie-Dish-PLINE")
"Hit That Perfect Beat" Bronski Beat - An 80s dance-bar classic brings this fossil back to Long Island Iced Teas and Aqua-Net Super-Hold bangs galore on the floor of Main Street East in Carbondale Ill. Uber-catchy and kitschy as can be.
"Magic Smile" Rosie Vela - Fagen's model-squeeze gives us a delightful multiversal glimpse at "Steely Danielle" with a jazzy sachet across the floor straight into bliss.
"Falling" HAIM - Three girls turning out interesting pop on the regular. A sure-fire hip-shaker with original vibes and a high likability factor.
"Memory Palace" The Polish Ambassador feat Nitty Scott and Zion - I uncovered Nitty guesting on a Go!Team joint, and searching more got this. 1000% up my alley - "Rebirth of Cool" 90s vibes, jazz influenced hip hop with clever rhymes and samples. A+++
"Flight Risk" Jenevieve - My money calls this the strongest track on her latest "Chrysalis". Slinky, sumptuous, yet so strong - why is this not household culture like Kleenex, Amazon, or Totino's? It don't add up, like prison not selling those damn Pizza Rolls.
"Call Me" Blondie - THE rock Bombshell full-effect single from "American Gigolo" conjuring butt-bootie-nekkitt 80's Richard Gere memories to dream on while shaking up some sweat.
"I Love Music" The OJays - Continuing the furious standard pace, this jam is a celebration and artwork manifesto a body can throw to! Makes me wanna stomp all night...
"Some Weird Sin" Iggy Pop - Gritty, grimy, and smoldering sex on wax from the maestro of punk and perversion. Party time, Kiddos!
"Fat Boys" Fat Boys - Starting it all for the group called "The Disco 3" is this vintage hunk of hip-hop history. Retro-fresh, and right on time. Human Beat Box never fails to pleasure the funk-hungry. Come and get it, Big Boy!
"See You When I Git There" Lou Rawls - Common with Country Cousin Kenny Rogers, dig that quality of being able to even TALK blindingly cool. This masterpiece of soul makes the matrimonial deeply sexy and sharp, lost in art and age.
"Lawrence" Lowertown - Poached off a praise piece from the Press, its an atmospheric, back-beat fueled piece of 20's beat poetry from the concept rec "Friends".
"Top of The World" Lynn Anderson - A slightly more sugary take than our Lady Karen Carpenter's, and a stunner on its own. Airy and joyful, you'll forget youre chest-deep in maggots for a whole three minutes!
"Crazy Train" Ozzy - No need for surnames in this castle. Rock out to the beast from the heyday long before the family he made ridiculously wealthy killed him for even more. Maybe. Sorry, uh, Tourette's...
"A Little Respect" Erasure - Another 80s dance club gem splintered off Yaz without Ali Moyet.
"Flight Risqué" Jenevieve - Reprise of the earlier R and B stunner with rap bits by Freddie Gibbs and Salimata.
"Down the Road" The Funktroniks - Remixed ancient blues with orchestral samples make clever funk. Harmonicas, horns, and DJ scratches = strange but sensational sound-mates.
"Photograph" Depeche Mode (Some Bizarre Version). Not being a Mode-L Citizen myself this remix by the Bizarre takes them into the wondrously weird new wave terrain you'd expect from somebody like Gary Numan, and also reminds me of St. Vincents "DOA" - manic techno from a commodity I usually dont groove on.
"Interlude" Rosie Vela - Cooling off but not stopping my musical make-out session, a splashing climax of pure grace and elegance impossible to hear once. Hit replay to sing along the other few times.
OK Daddies and Doll-Babies - hope you hooked up at Batmama's Summer Shindig! Fed the midnight munchies with my Nacho Recipe and now you're cuddling, about to read my April 4 blog piece "Friends, Family, Lovers, and Other Monsters". Go back for seconds after that and I DON'T mean Nachos, Boss...
Get 'em Tiger(ESS)! xoxoxoxo Beach-Mama