This mix is for you and my younger sister Kassandra, who is moving to North Carolina this weekend for a new dance company; parts of the playlist reflect the influence of my fabulous former PBS colleagues Cameron and Laura.

And the title of this podcast is from a lyric that Marilyn Monroe proved some time ago—Kassandra can too. Safe travels, wherever this warm weekend takes you—

Digital Love – Daft Punk

Gold Mahna Mahna – Kayne West and the Muppets

Funkier Than a Mosquito’s Tweeter – Nina Simone

Rodrigo y Gabriela – PopTech 2006

Invisible Cities – Nomo

Warmer – Discorockets

Shine sweet freedom – Paul

Striking – Francis and the Lights

Zoomba – Starlight Mints

Rome – Phoenix

Ce Soir – Monogrenade

Elephant Gun – Beirut

Watch the Sun Come Up – Example (Fred Falke remix)
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Other summer songs for this level of heat?

More kthread spins here.

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1. kthread spins: music to greet the morning
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3. kthread spins: these vagabond shoes

1. David Sasaki:
   August 24th, 2009 at 2:04 pm

   That Daft Punk song totally sounds like Auto Tune the News.

2. Kristen:
   August 24th, 2009 at 4:59 pm

   D, the Daft Punk roots are deep and wide ;) The song is, to me, the grown-up version of the Reading Rainbow theme—we can fly twice as high…

3. David Sasaki:
   August 24th, 2009 at 5:21 pm

   Ha, you’re such a PBS nerd!

4. Kristen:
   August 24th, 2009 at 5:35 pm

   Oh, I even owned the Reading Rainbow soundtrack. My favorite was the song about eggs (shocking, I know).

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