Volume 7 - Thirty for Thursday

I'm not feeling especially chipper this week, but didn't want the mix to suffer for it.
Taking you back to 1993 this week with a house mix I did called Mix for Mic. I'm not sure why I made this for Kevin (or because of him maybe) but the first three songs here were a big part of joy and dance-floor-sing-a-longs in the clubs I went to and played at.

Listen:


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selections for this week:

1. Rap's Intro
2. Caught In The Middle - Juliet Roberts
3. Lonely (Have We Lost Our Love) - Lance Ellington
4. Love Changes - MK ft Alana
5. I'm Every Woman - Whitney Houston
6. I Can't Get No Sleep (mk's dub) - Masters At Work
7. The Power (fire island mix) - Monie Love
8. Runnin Wild & Free - Spank Da Monkey

(not sure of the versions since I don't have the records in front of me)

Thirty For Thursday 6

The weather has been beautiful here in Chicago. I've driven home for the last 2 days with all the windows down and the sunroof open. Clear and cool with blue skies. This weeks selections are a tribute to that. Once I started trying to choose, it was hard to pare it down to 30 minutes. I felt bad leaving off some Stevie Wonder, but I thought Stevie will make ANY mix brighten right up...he'll show up soon enough.

As my friend Summer Abbott once said "I have all kinds of grins going on right now"

Listen here:


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selections for this week:

1. Windows Are Rolled Down - Amos Lee
2. Growing Old To Young - Andrew Ripp (seeing him tomorrow in Evanston)
3. Feeling Free - Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators
4. Days Like This - Shaun Escoffery
5. Never Miss The Water (addis/polvere remix) - Chaka Khan ft Me'Shell Nedege'Ocello
6. Come Get To This - Marvin Gaye
7. Home In The Islands - The Brothers Cazimero

Thirty For Thursday Volume 5

I like Tumblr. In checking out various pages I came across this blog a while ago.

Sometimes I can't get over the fact that the writer is still in high school and writes such great stuff. Other times I enjoy the fact she's still in high school since it's so great to hear the optimism in her voice.

One Sunday I got up and found this post from her:
http://alwaysquestionneversettle.tumblr.com/post/7768463176/just-created-a-mix-cd-for-the-heat-guilty

I recognized a few songs and a few bands so I set out to check out the playlist via youTube and ended up buying a few things on eMusic.

Today's edition of Thirty for Thursday is pulled from her list and starts with a new song that she used for a video project that she's working on. I dig it.

Listen here:


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1. Shuffle - Bombay Bicycle Club
2. No Sunlight - Death Cab For Cutie
3. Harmonium - Rogue Wave
4. My Body - Young the Giant
5. In The Next Room - Neon Trees
6. Black & Gold - Sam Spero
7. Reset (album version) - MuteMath

thanks Hanna, keep up the good work

Thirty for Thursday Volume 4

from the DJ Passean cassette archive - Feb 1999
Side A of the "Groovin" tape



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tracklist:

1. Higher - D'Angelo
2. Don't Say (remix) - Jon B
3. Ex-Factor - Lauren Hill
4. (passean "blend") Madonna reading "If You Forget Me" by Pablo Neruda with Common's Retrospect For Life instrumental
5. Love's In Need of Love Today - Stevie Wonder
6. Tired of Being Alone - Al Green
7. Herbal Blend (inst) - The Herbaliser

I am being brief here since I don't really have followers that I can see. Saving the details (if any) for Facebook.

Thirty for Thursday Volume 3

brought to you by the letter E



1. Egyptic - Beats Antique
2. El Ray Tiberon - Mana
3. Eternity - Imelda May
4, Everybody Knows - The Dixie Chicks
5. Every Night - Paul McCartney & Wings
6. Even Though - Norah Jones
7. Even Though - Black Coffee