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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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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