As we wind down Women’s History Month we head back to Detroit. While we worship at the temples of Marvin, Stevie and The Temptations, The Sound Of Young America was built on the clicking of high heels. Not only was it the matriarchy of The Gordy Family that had Berry’s Back, early acts such as Mable John…
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Whisper & Screams, Lambs and Rams: The Aries Point Playlist
Here we are at Spring Equinox, and the beginning of the Astrological New Year. If you’ve been paying attention, I started this little Astro-DJ experiment last Spring with the sign of Taurus. I hadn’t intentionally thought of continuing it through all 12 signs. By the time I got to Gemini and Cancer I started linking…
Bacharach’s Brilliance: Burt’s Bevy of Beauties 1960-1975
The Post-War world of Rock and Roll and Popular Music didn’t lend itself to the type of standards generated by Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hart and Irving Berlin. Or we’re lead to believe. Of course, we would be remiss not to honor names like Leiber & Stoller, Goffin & King, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Gamble & Huff and…
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not – 38 Vintage Charms To Hold In Our Dystopian Arms
We all need a little bit of love in this new reality we find ourselves in. It would be rather selfish and greedy of me not to craft a mix of the rollercoaster of our most direct and valid emotional experience, right? Right. Of course, classic consistent Venus in Taurus me went for a full…
Up The Ladder To The Mothership: Your Aquarian Soul Flow
We’ve nearly made the full circle of the Astrological year, and nearly have as many mixes covering the sun signs as well. For your latest installment we have the Air Sign depicting the water bearer. There you have Aquarius in a nutshell. A Fixed flow of non-sense? No (I think). More like the constant flow…
Man Crushes and Masturbatory Materials: 36 + Faces of Sixties Soul
I do realize when I pull together these mixes that aren’t themed around Astrology, CIS-gendered vintage men kinda get the short end of the stick. It comes from my place that in the terms of music history, women in general don’t get anywhere near the equal coverage in their monumental role in shaping our pop…
The Heaven of ’67: 50 Gems To Jam To From 50 Years Ago
It’s a little hard for me to recognize and realize 2017 is really here. The majority of this decade has passed sands through the hourglass, and here I sit solidly in my middle thirties. Intertwined with that, it’s a little weird to think 1967 was 50 years ago. Being a spoiled Californian, there’s plenty of…
Calling in Capricorn: Your Solstice Blessing Soul Structure For Winter’s Bluster.
You might be tired of the Holiday Music, and no, no I’m not being a Scrooge. Neither should you consider Capricorn, the 10th sign of the Zodiac to be the cold heart of winter either. As we sit in the even incrementally growing longer daylight hours as we head into 2017, we look with purpose…
Your Sister Soul Ones For ’61: A Ladies List Of Uncovered Pearls from 55 years ago.
The further we inch away from the Mid Century Modern era in time, the more we try to unravel the gems of that era as well. 1961 was a pretty big breakthrough year in terms of Pop Music for women, and women of color in particular. I’ve presented at The 2nd Queer Astrology Conference and…
Keeper of The Flame: Your Sagittarius Season Playlist to be Thankful For
Here we are, just past the 15th degree of Saturn in Sagittarius and 0-1 Sagittarius Season. Are you gathering your thoughts and wisdom to collect at the end of the year? What are you thankful for? Maybe what you’ve got, what you’ve learned, what you’ve lost. The Final Fire Sign that keeps us warm as…