Originally I was going to do a Halloween themed show this week but after putting the playlist together I realized that it just sounded cheesy. Now I appreciate a certain amount of cheese in a postmodern ironic way but the mix I had put together was ridiculous. You\u2019ll just have to trust me on this.<\/p>\n
I had to put together the show quickly so I was flailing about for ideas for mixes when I decided what playlists I had created for my iPod. I\u2019ve got a couple of smart playlists that contain all the songs in the solipsistic NATION<\/b> library sorted by year, in current rotation and previously played on the show. I\u2019ve also got a dozen or so playlists grouping songs by genres or labels or themes. One playlist called \u201cAcid Jazz\/Trip Hop\/Swing\/Lounge\u201d had a bunch of dope tracks that I had been accumulating over the last year. All I had to do was pull an hour\u2019s worth of songs for today\u2019s show and bang! Instant show.<\/p>\n
Acid Jazz\/Trip Hop\/Swing\/Lounge pretty much sums it up, too.<\/p>\n
Mr. Scruff<\/a> encompasses all those genres and his collaboration with Alice Russell<\/a> absolutely swings. Paul Malmstrom in the guise of Monkeybacon<\/a> has got this wonderful 60s retro exotica thing going on in his music and it\u2019s always torture choosing which song to play on solipsistic NATION<\/b>. And as much as I try and keep things fresh on the show by rarely ever playing more than one track by an artists Suhov<\/a> and Mothboy<\/a> have been making their way into my mixes with alarming frequency. They\u2019re that good!<\/p>\n As I\u2019m writing this week\u2019s show notes I\u2019m listening to the mix and it just occurred to me that what would complete the show is a martini. Shaken. Not stirred. Of course.<\/p>\n Photo Credit: \u00a9drjoanne<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n