Nightclubbed to Death
In restaurants, cafés, and other venues of leisure, we're being nightclubbed to death by overzealous DJs. I wanted to pitch an alternative soundtrack.
In restaurants, cafés, and other venues of leisure, we're being nightclubbed to death by overzealous DJs. I wanted to pitch an alternative soundtrack.
A long time ago, many of us used to enjoy going out late or merely staying up late. When we did, there was a soundtrack.
The Italian Job, the original Ocean’s Eleven and Steven Soderbergh’s wonderful reboot, sequels and Ocean’s Eight spinoff, Sexy Beast, The Bank Job, Inside Man, Baby Driver, Heat, The Town, Out of Sight, Jackie Brown and so many others. Who hasn’t fantasized about being in stories like those?
Let this be the year we turn this mutha out. And let's make it groovy while we're at it.
When I recently listened to "Lowdown" by Boz Scaggs and "Street Life" by Randy Crawford back to back recently, I felt inspired to make a whole playlist of music with a similar feel. Groovy. Easy. Summer. And here it is... a…
After the year we've had, I felt like going to a spa or just chilling in a cool-out lounge for about two weeks. The best I could muster for myself and everyone else was a playlist. It's a mix and…
A mellow mix to finish an insane year. And, of course, Christmas music!
There's something about a romantic jazz vocal that sounds and feels so very New York to me, especially in the fall.
Songs that conjure up the days of 8-eyelet Doc Martens, rolled-up Levi's, two pierced ears and an aspiration to live like Jamie Gertz in Less Than Zero.
There's a reason there are so many songs about heartbreak and love unrequited: they're universal feelings. Anyone with a soul who has dared to be vulnerable has been there.