Summer Playlist (2013)

It's that time of year when I want to drive with the windows open and listen to music just a little louder than I should.  In the past I would make a mixed tape.  In later years I would burn a CD.  Today, I just link to a series of YouTube videos (see below), although the ads get annoying, or I create a playlist for my iPod.

The making of a great compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than it might seem. You gotta kick off with a killer, to grab attention. Then you got to take it up a notch, but you don't wanna blow your wad, so then you got to cool it off a notch. There are a lot of rules.

-- from High Fidelity (2000)

So, without further ado.. 

MY 2013 SUMMER PLAYLIST

I tried to include music from this decade, although I had to insert some songs that just are ingrained in my summer listening mythos (i.e., J. Giles and The Rolling Stones and Roxy Music).

Enjoy