Ostrobogulous: Summer

The show for the last week of the semester wasn’t as much fun for me, I’m afraid. I had been sick since the Tuesday of that week with some sort of flu-like disease. The good news is that I’m better now, with the exception of snot demons lurking in my nostrils.

We had a guest DeeJay to take the burden off our liminal host, Lazarus Longhair. My good friend (and adoptive older brother) David Danford took over my mic that evening. His lack of trivia knowledge and pop culture was more than made up for by his newly blue hair and the fact that he brought me dinner after the show. Highlights include: odd noises, green with golden sparkles, and questions answered later than intended.

The Playlist:

Wake Me Up Before You Go Go – Wham!
Blister in the Sun – Violent Femmes
Summertime Blues (Live) – Stray Cats
Love Shack – The B-52s
Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye) – Steam
It’s Raining Men – The Weather Girls
Don’t Turn Around – Ace of Base
Hot Hot Summer Day – Sugarhill Gang
C’est La Vie – Ace of Base
Long Hot Summer Night – Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Bad Touch – The Bloodhound Gang
Hot Stuff – Donna Summer
Tamarindo – The Beloved Invaders
Hot Hot Hot – Buster Pointdexter
Pass the Dutchie – Musical Youth
Best Years of Our Lives – Baha Men
Inside Out – Eve 6
What’s My Age Again? – Blink 182
Why Don’t You Get a Job? – The Offspring
Semi-Charmed Life – Third Eye Blind
I Believe in a Thing Called Love – The Darkness
Meant To Live – Switchfoot
Mexican Radio – Wall of Voodoo
Cruel Summer – Bananarama
Hot Blooded – Foreigner
Jack Slap Cheer – The Matches
Gotta Get Away – The Offspring
Graduate – Third Eye Blind
Summer in the City – Regina Spektor

The songs were chosen for their “summeresque” quality. Each of these reminded me of high school summers where everything mattered and nothing was really important. My college summers have been a little bit different. In college I haven’t felt as much like I was simply waiting around to get out of a place. Instead I’ve felt a bit more like I’m waiting around to find my place.

Bah! I love each and every one of these songs and they get me boogeying often. Several were re-plays from past shows, eagerly revisited by Longhair and I out of adoration.

As with the Techno show, this week’s show is also available for download. Enjoy!

I’ll post again in the fall when we re-open with a new and more vigorous set list! Thanks again to all our liminal listeners.

Ostrobogulous
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