Jumpin' At The Woodside

While this year's summer mix spans 60 years, nearly half of the songs are from 2015-16, and with a few exceptions fall primarily within the rock and/or blues genres. Rock isn't dead, you just need to know where to look. Some of the older tracks have been long-time summer favorites that had yet to make it onto a mix, like "Arc of a Diver" by Steve Winwood and "Thunder And Lightning" by Phil Collins. Both of these and a few others have been synonymous with summer since first listen. There are also some extended mellow sections that give the mix a nice ebb and flow throughout. Initially I was going to include the new Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Dark Necessities" and Eric Clapton's "Catch the Blues", but felt their tone didn't mesh with the other tracks. - Salud! Summer Mix 2016 Midnight Sun (intro) - Jackie Gleason (1963) Waiting on Your Love - Eric Krasno (2016) Soundcheck - Catfish and the Bottlemen (2016) Message In A B...

The word "soul" has many meanings, but the one that resonates the most with me is genuine, or worded another way - the active or essential part. I find I look for the "real" or genuine qualities in many things... music, movies, writing and the design of things from houses to furniture, and most importantly in people. While I'm sure I will live the rest of my days doing and saying dopey things from time to time, but I hope to continue knowing the difference between the genuine article and horseshit. One can only hope. I like this quote below from a piece I wrote a while back. It reminds me to stay true to my beliefs, and to put another way as related to a timeless fable... If the emperor is nude, by all means tell everyone. "Once those cinema-plexes popped up all over creation, shazam! There's this one little theater on the other side of town. It's got the big marquee, the lights, the infinity mirrors and varnished wood. Wood man, wood...

No blizzard this weekend, but still a good cold night for the updated, full 25-track Winter's Eve Mix 2016 . Grab a beverage and kick back in front of the fire. Lost in the Night - Palace Anyhow - Tedeschi Trucks Band All the Young Dudes (Live) - David Bowie Believe - Mumford & Sons Burden In My Hand - Soundgarden Already Gone - The Eagles Crush (Live) - Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds Hard Sun - Eddie Vedder Dear Mr. Fantasy - Traffic Pt. 1: Hey, No Pressure - Ray LaMontagne Hey Ladies - Beastie Boys Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys Wear Me Out Loud - The I Don't Cares More Today Than Yesterday - The Spiral Starecase Conqueror - AURORA Let Me Blow Ya Mind - Eve Moonage Daydream - David Bowie Way Down We Go - Kaleo Saint of Me - The Rolling Stones Bell Bottom Blues - Derek & The Dominos Sideways - Citizen Cope Goodbye Stranger - Supertramp Take My Love (Live) - The Lone Below Can't Hardly Wait - The Replacements Smoke Gets in Your Ey...