I'm deep into the creation of (well, for lack of a less-pedestrian term, let's call it) a playlist of songs that share the sympathetic sensibility of good pop and the woolgathering pace of 707-and-reverb-disco. I want to release it to the (as Clay Shirky calls it, available to the public, but intended for the personal) internet.

I can't do a first episode without dear Arthur. This is one of my favorite songs by him off of the 2004 compiled release from Russell-only label Audika, Calling Out of Context. ltd 2k vinyl (impossible to find of course)= want want want

Arthur Russell - Arm Around You

Walter Jones made the jump to DFA a little earlier year with the pressing of this beautifuil 12". It's haunting and I can't stop playing it wherever I go. If I focus, I can almost see the world like a Wes Anderson slo-mo for 6:08

Walter Jones - I'll Keep on Loving You

A lot. I love to dance too, though I usually come off looking like something inbetween a 1950's twister and Ian Curtis. My ituenes has four playlists which range from around 3 hours to 9 full of different types of jams and I'm always scouring for new vinyl. I'm also a pedestrain vinyl dj, or used to be until I moved to San Francisco with an embarassingly (for me) acomplished scene.

I just ordered the 7" Calls and Responses from my new favorite outfit Memory Cassette. I somehow stumbled over their and (my other new fav band) Weird Tapes' blog sometime late February and listened to them vurtually on loop until I left for San Francisco early June. They're offering up nearly their entire discography on their blog and I highly reccomend giving a listen. It pulls on all my shoegazey, mellow disco heartstrings.

Memory Cassette - Sleep on the Roof

Weird Tapes - Glorious

Memory Tapes (joint venture) - Bicylce