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



or right-click here and "save as" to download. (p.s. all the mixes are downloadable in case you haven't figured that out)

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

Thirty for Thursday 2

Back again for 30 more minutes. Get it here.

A bit bluesy this week if only because I have been thoroughly enjoying the Jimmy Vaughn song. That is my perfect groove right there.

This is the performance that was recorded for the album...celebrating Steve Ray Vaughn:


Here's the tracklist:

1. Six Strings Down - Jimmy Vaughn & Friends
2. Eliminate The Night - Joan Osborne
3. That's Why I'm Crying - Eric Lindell
4. Thankful - Jonny Lang
5. Two Doors Down - Me'Shell Ndegeocello
6. Kissin My Love (edit) - Marc Broussard
7. There Was A Time - The Dee Felice Trio (shout to Chubb Rock!)
8. The Place - Dj Format ft Chali 2Na

Aloha,
Sean

30 for Thursday Volume 1

I was talking to Miss Ellen Melon about her mix CD's ( of which I have a few) and how much I enjoyed the diversity on them. A DJ mix (for me anyway) has always had a steady build to it. Similar songs. I like Ellen's compilations. She said I should make more of my own. With this foray, I have yet to match the diversity, but we'll see how these develop.

30 minutes is about right. My commute to work is 50 minutes but when I think about where my friends are, 30 fits nicely. On the mainland, you may travel a bit longer than that, in Hawaii a bit shorter than that (depending on if you drive the speed limit on the Likelike) and 30 is do-able.

No playlist or complicated instructions this time. One track and I may or may not blend the songs together.

I couldn't have thought of the name if I wasn't already down with Thirsty Thirty. Check them out here.

Download Volume 1 from HERE:

Songs for this week are:

1. Strawberry Swing - Frank Ocean
2. Burn One Down - Ben Harper
3. Yekermo Sew - Mulatu Astatke
4. You Know I'm No Good - Amy Winehouse
5. 360 (What Goes Around) - Grand Puba
6. Right Now - The Heart Attack
7. Make It Last - DJ Jazzy Jeff & Ayah
8. Wouldn't It Be Nice (The Stereo Mix) (2000 Digital Remaster) - The Beach Boys

I won't bore you each week with details about the choices. Thanks for Delve for the heads up on 1, Ellen for #2, Sloppy Seconds for hooking me up with #6 and soul-sides for hipping me to #3.

Next week will have a bit of the blues to it.