I began the year in sunny Miami, and prospects feel bright for this year ahead. This podcast is full of tributes, the last track explicitly so. Have a lovely Sunday afternoon…(playlist below; more podcasts in kthread spins)

Sunday kind of snow

“The Girl From Ipanema” – (N.A.S.A. remix)
“Never Come Around” – La Sera
“Singer Sing” – Dean & Britta (Scott Hardkiss remix)
“Disque Oh!” – Beataucue (Eumig & Chinon remix)
“Easy” – Deer Tick
“Laws of Gravity” – Rubik
“Beat (Health, Life, and Fire)” – Portland Cello Project featuring Thao
“Area Code” – Toubab Krewe
“Bugalu” – Garotas Suecas
“Sand” – Hush Arbors
“First Snow in Grand Rapids” – La Dispute
“The Things You Notice” – Marnie Stern
“Echo’s Answer” – Broadcast

It’s been far too long. With my compliments: an overdue podcast in this week of travel and transition into the gifting season (scroll for the song list). When I was in Santa Cruz recently, Margaret and I paused to watch an otter rolling over and over, sending ripples out to the surrounding boats. I was impressed by his adroit turns.

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“Since I Left You” – The Avalanches
“Violet” (Kiss Kiss Fantastic cover) – Paperfangs
“Not In Love” – Crystal Castles ft. Robert Smith
“Overboard” – Dirty Gold
“You Are the Generation That Bought More Shoes and You Get What You Deserve” – Johnny Boy
“Into the Sun” – Lord Huron (Teen Daze remix)
“Flight of the Feathered Serpent” – Fuck Buttons
“A Europewide Search for Love” – Ballboy
“In Love, Not Limbo” – Of Oceans
“oxycodon//whatever you’re into” – Phantom Power
“They were dextrous” – Swallows Fly Low
“The Portal” – Psychic Powers (James Figurine remix)
“Heat and Hot Water” – ARMS (Passion Pit remix)
“This is the Remix” – Girl Talk

This one’s for my ITP class on communities (our class Tumblr and Twitter) that met for the first time on Wednesday, and for all of us who are transitioning, schooling ourselves in new fields, towns, time zones, and disciplines. Image from a summer attempt at night photography.

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Playlist:

“Phone” Magic Kids
“May I Walk with You” Star Slinger
“Cameras” Matt & Kim
“Motel” Dog is Dead
“Beautiful People” The Books
“You Wouldn’t Have to Ask” Bad Books
“Heard It On the Radio” The Bird and the Bee (Hall & Oates cover)
“El Día Previo” Algodón Egipcio
“Soak It Up” Houses
“9 Psychic Chasms” (Anoraak remix) Neon Indian
“Believer” (Little Louie remix) Goldfrapp
“Everyone You Wanted” (Fred Falke remix) Kele
“Fuck You” Anjulie (Cee-Lo cover reponse)

Summer music yawns its way in, impressively expansive. Lately, I am a sucker for glockenspiel and reminded that of Montreal crafts very fine lyrics.

My favorite tracks in this podcast are “Honey Life” by the Rentals, “Our Younger Noise” by Letting Up Despite Great Faults, and the “Moon River” tribute (to his mom) from Kid Koala with P Love. Song list below; more of my podcasts here.

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“Day We Met” (Golden Ages remix) MillionYoung

“Living in America” (The Poindexter remix) DOM

“One Above One” Vitalic

“Glockenspiel Song” Dog is Dead

“Careful” Local Natives

“They Are Coming” (Warrior One remix) Husky Rescue

“Coquet Coquette” of Montreal

“Our Younger Noise” Letting Up Despite Great Faults

“Honey Life” The Rentals

“Saviour” Teen Daze

“G O R G E O U S” Mickey Mickey Rourke

“Moon River” Kid Koala and P Love

This morning I leave on a long drive, having woken in Brooklyn and not resting until I reach Chicago. I have packed cloudberry sandwiches for the trip with my friend and colleague Fil, and I will be thinking of all of you as we while away the miles. Cloudberries are treasured fruit for their high vitamin C content and grow wild; I am fond of the amber color and hope to someday happen upon them in a Nordic forest. Many of the songs below make me see the world through a sepia filter like the shade of the jam; may you have a beautiful day…

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“Scrambled Eggs 2.0″ Tiny Tide

“Something Good Can Work” (THE TWELVES revmix) Two Door Cinema Club

“Bare Feast” Ratatat

“The Very Modern Dance” Destroyer

“Sleepwalkers” The Hundred in the Hands

“Double Knots” The Living Sisters

“Whirring” The Joy Formidable

“Failsafe” The New Pornographers

“Fall Hard” Shout Out Louds

“Let the Record Go” The Mynabirds

“One Day Like This” Elbow

“Oh Hark” (Sound of Arrows remix) Lisa Mitchell

“Rooms” Pick A Piper

New music you are listening to right now?