Nuyorican Soul - Runaway

A taste of summer.

Nuyorican Soul - Runaway.zip

Folder includes

* Runaway (Mongoloids In Space Remix)
* Runaway (Mousse T's Jazz Funk Experience)

India really won me over on this one.  I was not a fan of her earlier work with the MAW boys, but they constructed the perfect environment for her old-school, show tune vocal style to really hit the mark.

Armand Van Helden is the Mongoloid In Space.  He turned out many classic remixes in the mid to late 90's, but this one always brought me to the dance floor.  To this day I cannot hear this remix without peeing a little bit.  Mousse T serves up a smooth soulful house version worthy of the most lavish after party.

Two truly great remixes of a truly great song.  Along with Sandy B's Make The World Go Round, this was my favorite song of 1997.  And that's no small feat, considering 1997 was also the year of New Forms.

Play them vibes.

Why Is This Afternoon Different From All Other Afternoons?

Because we get cheezed to the tits on hairy purple ganja.  Oh, wait.  How is that different?

Although I have been sober now for many years, I still celebrate the right of my sleepy brothers and sisters to smoke themselves into the middle of next week, and what better day to celebrate this right than on the 20th of April?

Project One - Smokin.mp3

I have no idea what's going on right now.

Aphex Twin - Avril 14th

Missed it by two days...

Aphex Twin - Avril 14th.mp3

...seems appropriate somehow

I completely lost track of 808 State or anything connected to Graham Massey after 1992.  I had the attention span of a coked-out club kid, and there was this really exciting thing going on over here with something called "jungle."  My three 808 State CDs collected dust in the back of the crate while I moved on to speedier pleasures.

Sometime around the turn of the millennium I rediscovered Gorgeous, 808 State's follow-up to the canonical "pink album" and "blue album" that everybody seemed to have in 1991.  While their earlier work deserves credit for breaking serious ground in techno, Gorgeous broke even more serious ground in aesthetics and deserves yet another listen.

808 State - Gorgeous Excerpts.zip

Folder includes

* Moses
* Orbit
* Southern Cross

A chocolate sundae for your soul.

How Do You Say... Deee-Lite?

Because I'm having a bad week and I need a smile, that's why.

Deee-Lite - How Do You Say... Love.mp3

Also, I downloaded Bouncing Off The Satellites by The B52's.  If that doesn't cheer me up, nothing will.

Bongwater: Another Toke, Please

I know this sounds super gay, but it's not meant to: This one goes out to Daniel.

Bongwater - Kisses Sweeter Than Wine.mp3

I have louvred this song since I was a tender teen.  It's twangy and has a banjo, and Daniel is all up into that kind of Americana shit.  It's not exactly Americana, in fact I think it has Irish roots, but it's a god damn good song.

And it's definitely a cover.

So I Got Me A Rental Car...

... but all I really want is you.

This song has been playing in my head all day, and so now I inflict it upon you.

Bongwater - White Rental Car Blues.mp3

Also I kind of dreamt about Ann Magnuson last night.

Stephen Colbert & Jimmy Fallon Sing Rebecca Black's Friday

This is the best thing that has ever happened to my life, ever.

Whether we like it nor not, this is now America's official party anthem.  

I Love This Woman

Watch 30 Rock's Queen Of Jordan episode, and you will too.