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A little late but your summer jam has arrived. Not long ago I stumbled across an old CD-R I threw together to bump in my Jeep Wrangler during summer 2003. Feeling nostalgic for those Y2K R&B vibes, I decided to source better quality copies of each song and give it a proper mix. I took creative license by adding a Prince song to the end as part of my continued effort to stunt on all the unreleased...

The Smashing Pumpkins - Ugly ABRA - VEGAS Ashanti + Kaelin Ellis - Down 4 U (duncan gerow edit) Dis 'N' Dat - Dis 'N' Dat Bruno Mars - Calling All My Lovelies (-8 Grown Ass Man Speed) Jill Scott - Wanna Be Loved DJ Luke Nasty - OTW Bobby Caldwell - Open Your Eyes Ashanti - Rock Wit U (Awww Baby) Classmate Journal - Yesterday Mark A. Mitchell - All Your Love Kiesza - So Deep Seals and Crofts - Diam...

I first heard the term Northern Soul in the early 2000s while watching a one-hit wonder show on VH1 that mentioned “Tainted Love” as a song the members of Soft Cell used to dance to as teenagers in discotheques. A few years later, I was watching a documentary on rave culture, and Northern Soul came up again. I was hooked. It turns out that Northern Soul wasn’t built on the Motown hits everyone alr...

Obviously not mine. Just doing my part to keep this amazing mixtape circulating. Lossless sourced.

Because I tend to get a little free and easy with my mixes, I'm starting an occasional series where I'm only going to select tunes from ONE genre. First up is a tasty little selection of '70s Soul. Enjoy! Cold Blood - I Just Want To Make Love To You The Staple Singers - Respect Yourself Donny Hathaway - Sugar Lee King Floyd - Groove Me Jean Knight - Mr. Big Stuff Donny Hathaway - Where Is the Love...

I first heard the term Northern Soul in the early 2000s while watching a one-hit wonder show on VH1 that mentioned "Tainted Love" as a song the members of Soft Cell used to dance to as teenagers in discotheques. A few years later, I was watching a documentary on rave culture, and there was Soul again. I was hooked. It turns out that for every Motown hit we all know and love, there were probably 50...

I first heard the term Northern Soul in the early 2000s while watching a one-hit wonder show on VH1 that mentioned "Tainted Love" as a song the members of Soft Cell used to dance to as teenagers in discotheques. A few years later, I was watching a documentary on rave culture, and there was Soul again. I was hooked. It turns out that for every Motown hit we all know and love, there were probably 50...

This is quite simply the greatest mix I've heard in over a year. It's also a complete mystery to me regarding who DJ Donkey Nutss is, was, or whether he ever existed at all. Also, where are volumes 1 and 2? Who knows?? Sharing in hopes that others might enjoy it as much as I do.

A mellow set I played at the wonderful Octopus Literary Salon (RIP) in Oakland, California, during Cassette Store Day 2016. Chicago Transit Authority - Prologue, August 29, 1968 Madonna - I'll Remember (Cassingle) Aloe Blacc - Bailar America - Tin Man (Cassette) Dave Mason ft. Michael Jackson - Save Me INXS - In Vain (Cassette) LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends The Doors - Gloria (Cassette) P ince...

To be honest, I totally jacked this idea from MTV Party to Go 7 but I needed a way to drop these fire old tunes at a weekly gay bar gig a few years ago. I went by DJ alt.rock for 10 years as a tongue-in-cheek diss at lazy rock & roll radio program directors "discovering" '90s alternative rock in the late aughts. DJ alt.rock was also a nod to early rap names that usually contained either "rock" or...

Every day is Valentine's Day, foo! Frank Ocean - Songs for Women The System - Lollipops and Everything Freestyle - Fantasi Sheila E - One Day (I'm Gonna Make You Mine) A Taste of Honey - Sukiyaki Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting Ethel Beatty - It's Your Love Eighties Ladies - Turned On to You Furface - Happy Faze O - Riding High Skratch N Sniff - Wish My 64 Was Here Midnight Star - Freakazoid O'Brya...

Quick cut-n-paste edit. Take your pick, enjoy. I went by DJ alt.rock for 10 years as a tongue-in-cheek diss at lazy rock & roll radio program directors "discovering" '90s alternative rock in the late aughts. DJ alt.rock was also a nod to early rap names that usually contained either "rock" or "ski"... Never in a million years did I imagine that the prefix "alt-" would be so drastically ruined by a...

Quick cut-n-paste edit:) I went by DJ alt.rock for 10 years as a tongue-in-cheek diss at lazy rock & roll radio program directors "discovering" '90s alternative rock in the late aughts. DJ alt.rock was also a nod to early rap names that usually contained either "rock" or "ski"... Never in a million years did I imagine that the prefix "alt-" would be so drastically ruined by a former reality TV clo...

A meme blew this song up back in 2016 so, of course, I figured out a way to drop it in a weekly gay bar gig I had back then. I miss that crowd. Super fun dancefloor of diverse kids who sang along to everything. Lossless sources because I don't be playing around with my edits Merry Christmas!!! I went by DJ alt.rock for 10 years as a tongue-in-cheek diss at lazy rock & roll radio program directors...

When the Lord hands you a break, you extend that break . . . Needle drop vinyl source. I went by DJ alt.rock for 10 years as a tongue-in-cheek diss at lazy rock & roll radio program directors "discovering" '90s alternative rock in the late aughts. DJ alt.rock was also a nod to early rap names that usually contained either "rock" or "ski"... Never in a million years did I imagine that the prefix "a...

When the Lord hands you a break, you extend that break . . . Lossless source from a CD rip I went by DJ alt.rock for 10 years as a tongue-in-cheek diss at lazy rock & roll radio program directors "discovering" '90s alternative rock in the late aughts. DJ alt.rock was also a nod to early rap names that usually contained either "rock" or "ski"... Never in a million years did I imagine that the prefi...

This is most definitely not my mix but I'm posting in all it's lossless glory in order to keep it alive. Along with Portishead's Essential Mix from the same era, this is one of the mixes that informs every move I make at the decks. Props to user "Plugg" at themixingbowl.org for uploading this (and for staying up all night manning a stereo VCR that he used to record these classic Essential Mixes in...

The OG GQ track is ok, Theo Parrish's edit is absolutely brilliant, but it's a little hard to drop on people who aren't ready. That's why I spent $100 for the Uget cd set and edited his version down a little. I then played it nearly weekly in 2014. I went by DJ alt.rock for 10 years as a tongue-in-cheek diss at lazy rock & roll radio program directors "discovering" '90s alternative rock in the lat...

Wait, what? Smooth (for 2002, I guess) extended edit I made back in college. I actually handed in for an editing project. You know I got an A+. I think I need to dig out the sources and re-do this one. I actually edited it in SAW Plus, if anybody remembers that sweet little program. I went by DJ alt.rock for 10 years as a tongue-in-cheek diss at lazy rock & roll radio program directors "discoverin...

Subtle as can be . . . R.I.P. Phife I went by DJ alt.rock for 10 years as a tongue-in-cheek diss at lazy rock & roll radio program directors "discovering" '90s alternative rock in the late aughts. DJ alt.rock was also a nod to early rap names that usually contained either "rock" or "ski"... Never in a million years did I imagine that the prefix "alt-" would be so drastically ruined by a former rea...

I recreated a blend from MTV Party to Go 7 so I could drop these fire old tunes at a weekly gay bar gig a few years ago. I went by DJ alt.rock for 10 years as a tongue-in-cheek diss at lazy rock & roll radio program directors "discovering" '90s alternative rock in the late aughts. DJ alt.rock was also a nod to early rap names that usually contained either "rock" or "ski"... Never in a million year...

Lil' cut-n-paste I did for this dope floor filler. I went by DJ alt.rock for 10 years as a tongue-in-cheek diss at lazy rock & roll radio program directors "discovering" '90s alternative rock in the late aughts. DJ alt.rock was also a nod to early rap names that usually contained either "rock" or "ski"... Never in a million years did I imagine that the prefix "alt-" would be so drastically ruined...

Let's have some fun with LZ stems . . . I went by DJ alt.rock for 10 years as a tongue-in-cheek diss at lazy rock & roll radio program directors "discovering" '90s alternative rock in the late aughts. DJ alt.rock was also a nod to early rap names that usually contained either "rock" or "ski"... Never in a million years did I imagine that the prefix "alt-" would be so drastically ruined by a former...