Dear friends, 

It's been a while, no? We last met in April and missed each other in May. I wish I could say that I was busy touring the Baltic Sea in a submarine, commanded by a handsomely bearded captain bearing a striking resemblance to John Hamm who managed to steer our vessel mere inches away from the mouth of a hungry whale which ended up not being a hungry whale but another secret submarine belonging to The Gorillaz, who ended up inviting us over to listen to records which was sooo much fun that I forgot where I was and that I had a popcast to make back in Sacrame- er, I mean, in my mountaintop laboratory in the Alps. Did I mention that they turned us into cartoons as well..? (I'm still trying to figure my way out of that one) At any rate, here are some tunes that I discovered in the submarine dashboard. Man, those were some good times. Lé Sigh…

NOTE: tracks 4, 5 & 6 serve a mini tribute to Ray Bradbury's amazing contributions to the world of science fiction and to our collective imaginations. Imagine mini-Ray pop into your mental space once track 4 starts. If he waves to you, you can wave back, he'll like that. Then watch him climb into his mini eternal travel capsule and soar away, zipping from galaxy to galaxy for an eternity to come…

1. Recharge & Revolt: The Raveonettes
2. You Only Want It Cause You're Lonley: Parlovr
3. Islands, IS: Volcano
4. The Oh of Pleasure: Ray Lynch
5. Through The Valley: Sinoia Caves
6. Twin of Myself: Black Moth Super Rainbow
7. La Rat: Opposite Sex
8. Frightened in France: Kissing the Pink
9. This Isn't Our Parade: Santigold
10. Heaven: The Walkmen
11. Else: Built to Spill
12. Russia, Leave God's Moon Alone: Dora Alexander

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