Ridiculous Summer Mix Tape 2021

 

Only two from this album, I promise.

1. Get Lucky (Daft Punk feat. Pharell Williams and Nile Rogers

2. I Know The End (Pheobe Bridgers)

3. Don't Look Back in Anger (Oasis)

4. Copacabana (Barry Manilow)

5. Rapper's Delight (Sugarhill Gang)

6. Die Young (Ke$ha)

7. Mortal Kombat (The Immortal(S) (I don't care about the video game, it just reminds me of being a raver in 1993!)

8. Lay All Your Love on Me (Erasure)

9.Right Round (Flo Rida feat. Ke$ha)

10. The Humpty Dance (Digital Underground)

11. Wild, Wild West (Will Smith,Dru Hill, Kool Moe Dee)

12. Bubble Pop (HyunA)

13. Call Me Maybe (Carly Rae Jepsen)

14.You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) (Dead or Alive)

15. She's Electric (Oasis)

Driving in Summer Mixtape

The mix I listen to year round is called Driving in Summer, so I wanted to share what I'll be driving to the beach and belting out this year. This mix is dedicated to my old pal Marc Beard-- I miss you a bunch and wish I we could go for ice cream cones.

Best Dreamy Song: High Violet is my very favorite album to drive to, and this is the summeriest one.

Favorite Motivational Existential Songs:

Best Concert Memories:

You can look up the whole song, but the summer I saw The Flaming Lips, I was in love with my wife and (unrquitedly) my guy best friend and also had a raging crush on my supervisor at the bookstore, who was a few rows away with his family. It was one of the most perfect moments of being alive, and I'm grateful that someone documented it:

And this one, too:

And this major life changing makeout moment:

Best Songs for Having Singalongs With My Nephews:

And With My Niece:

For Being Gloriously Bratty:

Because the kid in The Way, Way Back thought they were saying "Carry A Laser":

Because the movie The Obvious Child  Is A Fabulous Reminder That Stories Get Told:

Because Orange is The New Black:

Because of the Cute Boy at that Party That Time:

Because Somebody Once Told Me It's Okay to Get Giddy About Somebody:

And While I'm Leaning Into That Shame:

But Sometimes Summer's Melancholy:

And We're Back to Dreamy: