I CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU TO OPERATE

How to make a proper bootleg, in 3 not-so-easy steps:

1. Keep the best part of the original. That's usually the hook or, in this case, the legendary, unmistakable, world-beating vocal. You don't know what song this is if you're hearing it for the first time in a mix, and you hear a muffled "oooohhh" and you say, wait, was that?? Could it be? Nahhh. And then as soon as you hear 'BaaaaaayyyyyyyyBEEEE' BOOM YOUR FUCKING HEAD EXPLODES.

2. Put some bounce in it.

3. Crush.

Throw this on and let it wash over you. I dare you not to dance. Every time you play this jam somebody gets pregnant. Could be me. I don't even know.

My neighbors hate me right now. Do I turn it down? Close the window?
WRONG ANSWER. I TURN IT UP.

Because I'M HOT JUST LIKE AN OVEN, I NEED SOME LOVIN'.

Free download too. You're welcome.  

Get Your Dance On: Vogait feat. Beth Green - Supernova

Busy several days ahead. In the absence of any good posts, here's a good song. Yay.
Free download, too. That's a sweet deal right there.

I got this in heavy rotation. Decent hook, superb vocal. 

Oh you wanted another slow jam? Hold On, We're Going Home by Drake feat. Majid Jordan

This is from genre-bending R ampersand B / rap artist Drake's new album. Which is funny because it's pure synth-pop. And it's fantastic.

Put it on repeat! 

22 Minutes of Heat

Big Cheese sends this to me long, long after it's been available. Why not sooner? Just didn't care enough I guess. Bad friend. So it's a couple years old. But: it is outstanding.

Go here and download it immediately if not sooner: 
http://www.theglitchmob.com/music/2010/12/the-glitch-mob-vs-hype-machine/

And because I know how you like to be kept up to date, go here to listen/download the mixes from 2012:
http://hypem.com/zeitgeist/2012/tracks

And now you can ignore that hot mess until 2014.  People talking about how much people are talking about music? Too meta. Shut up and play the hits.

Music

We do a brisk trade in sad songs over here at GJAW. If you want rap music you can get that somewhere else, but if you want some melody and guitar then you've come to the right place.

I wanted to embed a video of a live performance of Bon Iver song from Glastonbury but I couldn't work that out. Something about copyrights and geography. You'll have to watch it and listen via some kind of foreign website. You could check it on his myspace page, or catch up with it on Letterman, but where's the fun in that? The definitive version (for me) is the Glastonbury performance; I think it shows off the strength of the song in a way that even the studio version fails to do. But that's me.

Enjoy.