Every May I create my summer playlist, a soundtrack of sorts to get me through the next 3-4 months. This tradition has been going on since I discovered that my boom box could record songs off the radio, which just so happened to be during summer break. My very first summer mix tape included a lot of stuff recorded off Casey Kasem’s American Top 40, and “When Doves Cry” — a song I always equate with summer simply because that’s when I hit record.
This same boom box later served me well when a friend and I decided to create our own radio soap opera, titled Pink Lace, and when I decided I wanted to memorize every single colorful phrase in Heathers (“You’re such a pillowcase.”).
I have been meaning to share this year’s playlist for a while, so yes, maybe I am a pillowcase because I kept forgetting. People might be buying school supplies and ill-advised too-hot-for-August fall clothes already, but I’m hanging on to summer. There’s still more than a month left of it, and I plan to squeeze out every drop.
You should, too, and I know just the ticket:
Little Gold Pixel’s Summer Playlist 2014
You will notice that I am enamored with the new Spoon album, possibly the best thing since … the last thing they did. I love me some Spoon. *Swoon.*
For your viewing pleasure:
What have you been listening to this summer? Any good music I should check out?
