Jen slept through the last RCMTC, but she made an awesome mix so I’m posting it for her! So blast this from your stereo, maybe it will convince these infernal Seattle weather gods to send us some actual summer weather.

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Have Love Will Travel – The Sonics
Check Yo Self – Ice Cube
Always on My Mind – Pet Shop Boys
Superstition – Stevie Wonder
I’m A Man – The Stooges
Party & Bullshit – The Notorious B.I.G.
Down Under – Men at Work
P-Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up) – Parliament
A Daisy Chain for Satan – My Life with Thrill Kill Cult
Hot Pants – James Brown
I’m Comin’ Out – Diana Ross
Absolute Beginners – The Jam
Lights – Journey
Bury Me Deep – Poi Dog Pondering
I Found My Way – Dusty Springfield
Fu Manchu – Desmond Dekker
Creator (vs. Switch and FreQ Nasty) – Santogold
My World Is Empty Without You/I Hear A Symphony [Live] – The Afghan Whigs
Mountains – Plexi
A New England – Billy Bragg
There’s No Other Way – Blur
Tainted Love/Baby, Where Did Our Love Go? – Soft Cell
Right on for the Darkness – Curtis Mayfield
We Got The Beat – The Go-Go’s
Across 110th Street – Bobby Womack
Thunder Road – Bruce Springsteen
Try a Little Tenderness – Otis Redding
A Rainy Night In Soho – The Pogues
After Laughter (Comes Tears) – Wendy Rene

Jen says, “It’s very likely I interpreted “JAMZ” quite loosely.”

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01. Sly and the Family Stone 'Hot Fun in the Summertime'
02. Gabor Szabo 'Summertime'
03. The Beginning of the End 'Funky Nassau' (Part 1)
04. Peter King 'Jo Jolo'
05. The Marvellos 'Something's Burning'
06. Esso Trinidad Steel Band 'I Want You Back'
07. Clark Terry and Chico O'Farrill 'Spanish Rice'
08. Joan Baez 'Garcias a la Vida'
09. Jorge Ben 'Menina Mulher de Pele Preta'
10. The In-Crowd 'Mango Walk'
11. Jackie Mittoo and the Soul Vendors 'Drum Song'
12. Byron Lee and the Dragonaires 'Sweet City Woman'
13. Neil Young 'Unknown Legend'
14. Dusty Springfield 'Spooky'
15. The Blackbyrds 'Rock Creek Park'
16. Baby Huey and the Babysitters 'California Dreamin''
17. Nightmares on Wax 'Nights Interlude'
18. The Isley Brothers 'Footsteps in the Dark'
19. Eddie Hazel 'California Dreamin'' (Reprise)
20. Jamie Lidell 'Another Day' (Rustie Remix)

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Music Compiled by Will Creason (Cosby Show Nights)
http://www.myspace.com/cosbyshownights

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Hi.  I’m new here.  But it’s pretty awesome so far.

Since I’m new, I thought I’d use my mix to introduce myself.  I’m a teacher, so summers are pretty special for me.  This mix is what they are like:

1. Walking Distance — Buzzcocks
2. Go Wild In The Country — Bow Wow Wow
3. Truck — The Octopus Project
4. It’s Not the Heat, It’s the Humanity — The Bouncing Souls
5. It’s a Bright Light — Tuesday
6. Keeping Warm in the Nighttime — Pinhead Gunpowder
7. Heat/Humidity — So Many Dynamos
8. Help Help — Mates Of State
9. Cool This Madness Down — Common Rider
10. Express Yourself — N.W.A.
11. Summertime — The Fire Theft
12. You are the Sunshine of My Life — Stevie Wonder
13. The Summer Ends — American Football

Summer starts off with a party.  A party that words cannot describe.  You go a little bit wild.  You dance a round a little bit and smile a lot.  Then it gets unbearably hot, but you don’t care because it’s summer!  Then it gets really bright outside all the time.  No matter, it’s summer!  Even at night, it’s sunny and hot.  Okay, this is starting to get ridiculous.  No rain for a whole month?  AARRGH!  This is driving me crazy!  I need some sort of help.  That’s what I’m saying.  Just relax and enjoy the cooling evenings of early autumn.  Remember who you are.  Sit by the ocean a while and, if you can, share your last restful moments of summer with the person that means the most to you.  Remember there’s probably something better than sunshine in your life.  Something that will fuel you through the upcoming winter.  And then, we’ll see what happens when the summer ends.

So that’s summer for a teacher as best as I can capture it with my music collection.  I’m looking forward to it!

Do your homework (download this mix).

See everyone next month.

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So, this was my first mix for RCMTC, and it was a lot of fun. I had a hard time narrowing down how I wanted to interpret the theme, so I ended up doing four mini-mixes. Hopefully that’s not cheating! After listening to it a few times, I think it actually flows together pretty nicely (with the exception of the Immortal song on the Metal-mix, I find myself repeatedly skipping over that one. Oops, Bad call.)

Anyways, here they are, enjoy!

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Road trip:

You and your best friend just said fuck everything and are taking off for the weekend, it’s a hot summer morning and you’re setting off east, toward the mountains, but no real clue where y’all are headed. You just know you don’t have shit to do until Monday and that’s all you need.

Tracks:

1. The Wagon – Dinosaur Jr.
2. True Zero – Zero Zero
3. Amityville Horror – Silent Majority
4. Mutt – The Saturday Knights
5. Across the Shields – Torche
6. For Huey, With Love & Squalor – Splurge
7. Speakers Push the Air – Pretty Girls Make Graves

Hot summer dusk on the porch:

It’s a hot summer night, and you’re chillin’ out on the porch because the AC is broke and going inside would be stupid. There’s fireflies everywhere, it’s humid as shit and that tall, cool glass of sweet tea is the best fucking thing in the world right now.

Tracks:

1. By this River – Three Mile Pilot
2. Dust Devil Girls – Foxgloves
3. A New Drink for the Old Drunk – Crooked Fingers
4. Church of Level Track – Tim Barry
5. Lakes of Pontchartrain – Be Good Tanyas
6. Electric Relaxation – A Tribe Called Quest
7. Tuff Luck – Seam

It’s summer, and you can’t fucking stand it.

This whole “summer” thing clearly isn’t working out for you. Your black clothes do nothing but attract the heat, kids are laughing at you because your corpse-paint is totally melting, and everyone is all happy and stuff. Your Carpathian sensibilities just find the whole damn thing offensive.

Tracks:

1. Black Metal Friends – Atom & His Package
2. Deadly Sinners – 3 Inches of Blood
3. Call of the Wintermoon – Immortal

It’s summer… and omg you’re a huge douchebag!

Face it, you are. But chill bro’, it’s cool. Just pop that collar and say fuck what everyone else thinks. For realz. You deserve these jams!

Tracks:

1. All Star – Smashmouth
2. Every Morning – Sugar Ray
3. Thong Song – Sisqo

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Yup… these are the songs I crank while laying on a reflective blanket slathered in coconut butter… and also sometimes while outside getting a tan.

01. Little Grass Shack (live): Bill Tapia
02. I Feel Love: Donna Summer
03. Mishaps Happening: Quantic
04. Walking Into Sunshine: Central Line
05. Walkin’ in the Sun: Rufus & Chaka Khan
06. Seashores of Old Mexico: Merle Haggard (& Willie!)
07. The Girl From Impanema: Stan Getz
08. Old Time Lovin’: Al Green
09. Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out): John Mellencamp
10. Sun is Shining: The Dirtbombs
11. Up On the Sun: Meat Puppets
12. Hello! Orange Sunshine: Judy & Mary
13. House of Bamboo: SCOTS
14. I Can Feel the Ice Melting: Parliments
15. Diamond Bossa Nova: Francesco De Masi
16. California Montage: Dave Grusin
17. End of the Summer: The Ziggens

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http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1249831/Ian%27s%20Summerjamz%20Mixtape.zip

This tape was created with a late summertime vibe. It takes place over a full summer day, beginning in the morning, up until the break of dawn. There are songs about dancing, losing girls, getting girls, your neighborhood, daydreams, running away. Its mostly filled with new school (Raphel Sadiq’s ‘Falling in Love’) and old school soul (James Brown’s ‘I Don’t Mind’), reggae (Horace Andy’s amazing rendition of ‘Sea of Love’), and some classic R’n'B influenced hip-hop (Lauryn Hill’s ‘That Thing’.) I tried to blur the lines between the few genres I cover, and you’ll notice that it skips around 3-4 decades. Like all good mixtapes, It ends with a nice ballad, a bossa love ballad! Like many other tapes there are a few summertime standards, and a few tracks you probably haven’t heard yet. Its short, 59 Minutes 36 seconds and upbeat, hopefully it’ll keep your attention. Best to listen to in the car driving somewhere in the south end where the roads are flat, or late at night when things wind down. Enjoy Summer time, Enjoy Seattle!

01 Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me).mp3 – The Temptations
02 Why Don’t They Let Us Fall In Love.mp3 – The Ronettes
03 Diana ( From N.Y.C.).mp3 – Lee Moses
04 Doo Wop (That Thing).mp3 – Lauryn Hill
05 Staying In Love.mp3 – Raphel Sadiq
06 Dilemma.mp3 – Nelly ft. Kelly Rowland
07 Don’t Fight It.mp3 – Lord Rhaburn
08 Grazing in the Grass.mp3 – Friends of Distinction
09 On My Block.mp3 – Scarface
10 Girl, I Think The World About You.mp3 – Commodores
11 Daydreamin’.mp3 – Hepcat
12 Sea Of Love.mp3 – Horace Andy
13 Im Still In Love With You (Ft.mp3 – Sean Paul
14 Hold My Baby’s Hand.mp3 – James Brown
15 Same Old Thing.mp3 – The Olympics
16 In The Midnight Hour.mp3 – Wilson Pickett
17 Fire Girl.mp3 – The Aggrolites
18 Alvorada.mp3 – Antonio Pinto

Aloha,

Ian

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This covers summer fun time bbq, pool party, dancing around and being happy in the sunshine… summer make out songs, and road trip sing-a-long fun.
+ Artwork inspired by Wet Hot American Summer (the ultimate summer movie!) and featuring some of the loyal RCMTC Members!

01 today is a good day by mudhoney
02 sweet child o’mine by guns n’roses
03 posse on broadway by sir mix a lot
04 i feel it all by feist
05 girls just wanna have fun by cyndi lauper
06 teenage riot by sonic youth
07 dance song ‘97 by sleater kinney
08 closer to fine by indigo girls
09 my girl by the temptations
10 ready or not by the fugees
11 heavy metal drummer by wilco
12 surf wax america by weezer
13 blister in the sun by violent femmes
14 give me one more chance by jackson5
15 rockaway beach by ramones
16 anything, anything by dramarama
17 bartender by aubrey debbauchery
18 lust for life by iggy pop
19 carnival by bikini kill
20 speak slow by tegan & sara
21 shiny happy people by r.e.m.
22 1979 by smashing pumpkins
23 bored with the summer by roy

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So here is a mix of songs that either remind me of summer or are playing when I am doing things you do during the summer. Enjoy!

1.The Cramps-Lets get fucked up (even as a sXe’r I can appreciate this song)

2.David Lee Roth-Just like living in paradise (DLR is summer in human form)

3.Journey-Stone in love (Journey is summer in band form)

4.KISS-Shout it out loud (KISS is the best band ever…nuff said)

5.Ice Cube- Today was a good day (How summers are in LA)

6.Andrew WK-We want fun (strangely enough Fun=Summer)

7.The Edgar Winters Group-Free ride (This song reminds me of Dazed and Confused)

8.The Reverend Horton Heat-Eat steak (Meat: The official meal of summer)

9.Slade-Cum on feel the noize (Fuck you Quite Riot!)

10.Screeching Weasle-Talk to me summer (Attn:Jamie Jourgensen: Remember when we made out to this song in 9th grade?)

11.The Exploding Hearts-Modern Kicks (Totally has that summer-y vibe to it.)

12.The Vibrators-Whips and Chains

13.Kool and Gang-Summer madness

14.NOFX-Kill and the white man (Sure why not)

15.Type O Negative-Summer Breeze

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Straight-up mainstream, commercial music is often the best summer music I think: stuff everybody knows and everybody can sing along with.  Stuff that’s playing on the radio and blasting from everybody’s car stereo.  This is a mix of that music with some old songs, newer songs, and random upbeat tracks from otherwise not super summery albums.  Some of these songs I associate with specific summers, some of them I just think you can groove to.  The first CD is more upbeat stuff; it’s road-trip tested and approved.  The second mix is more for chilling out.  I put these together so they work as either one long mix or as individual mixes.

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Disc 1: Heating Up
1.    Hazel Eyes—The Darkness
2.    You Shook Me All Night Long—AC/DC
3.    Kids In America—The Muffs
Just try not to drive fast with the windows down while listening to this song.
4.    You! Me! Dancing!—Los Campesinos
If you’ve never seen these guys live and get an opportunity, I highly recommend it.  So much energy, so much fun.
5.    Mardy Bum—Arctic Monkeys
6.    The Modern Age—The Strokes
7.    Together Forever In Love—Go Sailor
8.    I Was Born (A Unicorn)—The Unicorns
This is off Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone, which is one of my favorite albums of all time and I can listen to in any season.  But this song is especially good in summer.
9.    Take It Off—Dick Dale
Clearly, the king of the surf guitar belongs on a summer mix.
10.     Hey Ya—Outkast
I strongly associate this song with the summer of ‘04.  It was featured at every house party I went to.
11.    Move Your Feet—Junior Senior
Ditto with this song.
12.    Pacemaker—Jamie T
This album, Panic Prevention, is one of my favorites.  Also good any time of year.
13.    Si Señor—Control Machete
This is possibly my favorite summer jam in this whole mix.  It’s just this kind of menacing sounding Mexican rap.  The thing about it is, the worse your stereo, the better it sounds.  I love driving to it; I have a pretty crummy car stereo.
14.    Random—Lady Sovereign
15.    Shut The Club Down—Girl Talk
Girl Talk=instant dance party.
16.    I Can’t Get You Out Of My Head—Kylie Minogue
I should feel shame for how much I love this song, but I don’t.  Also a classic from my pre-21 house party days.
17.    Canned Heat—Jamiroquai
Another one that was big at house parties when I was 19, pre-Napoleaon Dynamite.
18.    Crazy—Gnarls Barkley
Nothing says summer ‘06 to me like this song.
19.    No One—Alicia Keys
Crank this and drive.

Disc 2: Cooling Down
1.    You’re Gorgeous—Baby Bird
Because what says summer more than a semi-exploitative fling?
2.    Gemini (Birthday Song)—Why?
3.    Temptation—New Order
4.    Niagara Falls—Harlem Shakes
If you talk to me about music for more than two minutes, you’ll likely learn of my love of this band.  After at least three years together, their first album, Technicolor Health, finally came out in March, and I listen to it about once a day. It’s a good one for spring and summer.
5.    Lovedust—Luna
6.    For the Actor—Mates Of State
Not really what I’d think of as a summery band, but if some cruise line can use this song to sell vacations, I figure it fits on here.
7.    Climbing—Persephone’s Bees
8.    Uh-Oh, Love Comes To Town—Talking Heads
I’m super into this as a sumer jam right now.
9.    Dancing In The Street—The Mamas & The Papas
10.    Don’t You Just Know It—The Sonics
Some classic local flavor.
11.    Parties In The U.S.A.—Jonathan Richman
12.    Shake-N-Stomp—Dick Dale
13.    Hot Fun In The Summer Time—Sly & The Family Stone
The informal survey this month’s mixes suggests this might be the most-included song this time around.
14.    Wait Till The Summer Comes Along—The Kinks
15.    Muriel The Actor—Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
I love Steve Harley and this album, The Human Menagerie, is great summer listening.  I’m into anything with a calypso sound to it.
16.    Jogging Gorgeous Summer—Islands
17.    Don’t Look Back—David Lindley

Enjoy!

xo
Aiko

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