The Giant Golden Radio

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You know that feeling when you wake up on a sunny Saturday morning and while you’re lying in bed, you think to yourself: “My sole responsibility for today is to get as many people as possible to come kick it at Madison Beach. And I mean, kick it HARD.” Maybe you don’t know that specific feeling, but I do. So you go spend the afternoon in the sun as more and more folks trickle in, and by about 2:00pm there you are, wedged in on some old beach towels amongst about 8,000 fellow it-kickers and weirdos, and it. is. perfect. You’ve got cute girls in big hats on your right, bizarre old guy in a speedo working on his model boats on your left, the constant amateur diving (and belly-flopping) show out on the float in front of you, and a big ol’ quilt full of pride weekend flamboyance behind you. This is why I live in Seattle. This is why people from here get all smiley and dream-eyed when they talk about summers in Seattle. And this is why I make these podcasts, so that these kinds of days will have a soundtrack worthy of them. So here is the latest offering. In it you’ll find some Cut Copy (pictured), whose album I’ve had on blast for the past couple months. All spare you the details on all these other tracks, but I want to give you a heads up that there is an acoustic R. Kelly cover buried in here. Let’s say it’s in celebration of his recent acquittal. Whatever. That guys is still a major freak show and I don’t need some judicial decision to know that fact beyond a reasonable doubt.

1. Feist – I Feel It All (Brit Daniels remix)
2. Frightened Rabbit – The Twist
3. Metric – Monster Hospital (MSTRKRFT remix)
4. New Order – Temptation
5. The Dodos – Ashley
6. Sera Cahoone – Baker Lake
7. Bonnie Prince Billy – The World’s Greatest
8. Cut Copy – Strangers In The Wind
9. The Ting Tings – Great DJ
10. Esau Mwamwaya – Tengazako
11. Wolf Parade – Language City
12. TV On The Radio – Staring At The Sun (Diplo remix)
13. Flight Of The Conchords – Foux du Fafa
14. Mates Of State – The Re-Arranger
15. Devotchka – How It Ends

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