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The lineup logic, the song notes, and the things I want you to hear, saved one session at a time.

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Soulful / warm gravityPlaylist noteApr 20, 20265:48 PM

I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) is setting the golden afternoon temperature on the dial.

I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) by The White Stripes off Elephant (2023) is coming through with a steady shoulder-roll, a soulful / warm gravity lean, and a touch of warm gravity. Fooled Around and Fell in Love is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003)
The White Stripes
Elephant · 2023 · Pop, Rock, Alternatif et Indé
Lineup note
I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) into Fooled Around and Fell in Love

I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) by The White Stripes off Elephant (2023) belongs here because David Bowie keeps the emotional pressure steady after Thank You Friends by Big Star and turns the color from 1990s into 2020s.. Fooled Around and Fell in Love is waiting as the answer, so this record is doing more than setting a mood; it is shaping the turn.

Track context
Elephant · 2023

I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) comes through with a steady shoulder-roll and pop, rock, alternatif et indé around the edges, giving the sequence a 2020s depth instead of a quick disposable hit. The crowd response around Me And Mrs. Jones by Billy Paul suggests listeners are leaning toward texture and detail, not just impact.

Listen for
What to catch in the room

Listen for how Fooled Around and Fell in Love answers the color and pressure of the current record instead of simply matching its tempo. The real hook is in how the pop, rock, alternatif et indé grain keeps glowing even as the transition opens up.

The White StripesElvin BishopDavid BowiePop, Rock, Alternatif et IndéClassic RockArt Rocksoulful / warm gravitygolden afternoonwarm gravityPop, Rock, Alternatif et Indé
Session map
3 stored song notes
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I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003)
The White Stripes
Why it fits

I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) by The White Stripes lands here because David Bowie keeps the emotional pressure steady after Thank You Friends by Big Star and turns the color from 1990s into 2020s.. The pop, rock, alternatif et indé edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match. Fooled Around and Fell in Love can step in after it without the handoff feeling pre-chewed.

Track context

On Elephant (2023), I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) shows The White Stripes working in a 2020s pocket with pop, rock, alternatif et indé in the grain. The cut moves with a steady shoulder-roll, which is why it can hold this turn without flattening it.

Listen for

Listen for the pop, rock, alternatif et indé texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. It also leaves a lane for Fooled Around and Fell in Love to arrive without the segue feeling forced.

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Fooled Around and Fell in Love
Elvin Bishop
Why it fits

Fooled Around and Fell in Love answers I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) by The White Stripes with a related tension instead of a copycat move, so the sequence keeps opening out. The classic rock edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match. Rock ’n’ Roll With Me (Live) can step in after it without the handoff feeling pre-chewed.

Track context

On Sounds of the Seventies - '70s Gold (1998), Fooled Around and Fell in Love shows Elvin Bishop working in a 1990s pocket with classic rock in the grain. The cut moves with a slow-burn glide, which is why it can hold this turn without flattening it.

Listen for

Listen for the classic rock texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. You can hear how it answers I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) without borrowing the same emotional weight. It also leaves a lane for Rock ’n’ Roll With Me (Live) to arrive without the segue feeling forced.

03later
Rock ’n’ Roll With Me (Live)
David Bowie
Why it fits

Rock ’n’ Roll With Me (Live) answers Fooled Around and Fell in Love by Elvin Bishop with a related tension instead of a copycat move, so the sequence keeps opening out. The art rock edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match.

Track context

On Moonage Daydream: A Film by Brett Morgen (2022), Rock ’n’ Roll With Me (Live) shows David Bowie working in a 2020s pocket with art rock in the grain. The cut moves with a slow-burn glide, which is why it can hold this turn without flattening it.

Listen for

Listen for the art rock texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. You can hear how it answers Fooled Around and Fell in Love without borrowing the same emotional weight.

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And now, let's take a slight turn into the 2020s with David Bowie. Rock 'n' Roll With Me is a perfect way to extend the feeling of warmth and soulfulness we've been enjoying.

Soulful / honeyed drivePlaylist noteApr 20, 20263:12 PM

Wide Open Space (Remastered) is setting the golden afternoon temperature on the dial.

Wide Open Space (Remastered) by Mansun off Attack of the Grey Lantern (1996) is coming through with a slow-burn glide, a soulful / honeyed drive lean, and a touch of honeyed drive. Bags' Groove (Take 1) is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
Wide Open Space (Remastered)
Mansun
Attack of the Grey Lantern · 1996 · Pop, Rock, Alternatif et Indé
Lineup note
Wide Open Space (Remastered) into Bags' Groove (Take 1)

Wide Open Space (Remastered) by Mansun off Attack of the Grey Lantern (1996) belongs here because keeps the emotional pressure steady after Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Live) by Red Hot Chili Peppers and changes the palette without cutting the thread. Jazz is a real lane in this library, which helps the choice feel rooted instead of random. Compared with the last few turns, it changes the sentence enough to keep the hour feeling authored.. Bags' Groove (Take 1) is waiting as the answer, so this record is doing more than setting a mood; it is shaping the turn.

Track context
Attack of the Grey Lantern · 1996

Wide Open Space (Remastered) comes through with a slow-burn glide and pop, rock, alternatif et indé around the edges, giving the sequence a 1990s depth instead of a quick disposable hit. The crowd response around Me And Mrs. Jones by Billy Paul suggests listeners are leaning toward texture and detail, not just impact.

Listen for
What to catch in the room

Listen for how Bags' Groove (Take 1) answers the color and pressure of the current record instead of simply matching its tempo. The real hook is in how the pop, rock, alternatif et indé grain keeps glowing even as the transition opens up.

MansunKenny ClarkeDavid BowiePop, Rock, Alternatif et IndéJazzArt Rocksoulful / honeyed drivegolden afternoonhoneyed drivePop, Rock, Alternatif et Indé
Session map
3 stored song notes
01now
Wide Open Space (Remastered)
Mansun
Why it fits

Wide Open Space (Remastered) by Mansun lands here because keeps the emotional pressure steady after Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Live) by Red Hot Chili Peppers and changes the palette without cutting the thread. Jazz is a real lane in this library, which helps the choice feel rooted instead of random. Compared with the last few turns, it changes the sentence enough to keep the hour feeling authored.. The pop, rock, alternatif et indé edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match. Bags' Groove (Take 1) can step in after it without the handoff feeling pre-chewed.

Track context

On Attack of the Grey Lantern (1996), Wide Open Space (Remastered) shows Mansun working in a 1990s pocket with pop, rock, alternatif et indé in the grain. The cut moves with a slow-burn glide, which is why it can hold this turn without flattening it.

Listen for

Listen for the pop, rock, alternatif et indé texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. It also leaves a lane for Bags' Groove (Take 1) to arrive without the segue feeling forced.

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Bags' Groove (Take 1)
Kenny Clarke
Why it fits

Bags' Groove (Take 1) answers Wide Open Space (Remastered) by Mansun with a related tension instead of a copycat move, so the sequence keeps opening out. The jazz edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match. Rock ’n’ Roll With Me can step in after it without the handoff feeling pre-chewed.

Track context

On Bags' Groove (2016), Bags' Groove (Take 1) shows Kenny Clarke working in a 2010s pocket with jazz in the grain. The cut moves with a slow-burn glide, which is why it can hold this turn without flattening it.

Listen for

Listen for the jazz texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. You can hear how it answers Wide Open Space (Remastered) without borrowing the same emotional weight. It also leaves a lane for Rock ’n’ Roll With Me to arrive without the segue feeling forced.

03later
Rock ’n’ Roll With Me
David Bowie
Why it fits

Rock ’n’ Roll With Me answers Bags' Groove (Take 1) by Kenny Clarke with a related tension instead of a copycat move, so the sequence keeps opening out. The art rock edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match.

Track context

On Diamond Dogs (1974), Rock ’n’ Roll With Me shows David Bowie working in a 1970s pocket with art rock in the grain. The cut moves with a slow-burn glide, which is why it can hold this turn without flattening it.

Listen for

Listen for the art rock texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. You can hear how it answers Bags' Groove (Take 1) without borrowing the same emotional weight.

Open saved booth copy

Mr Rassy is lining up Bags' Groove (Take 1) by Kenny Clarke off Bags' Groove (2016). It hit in 2016, it comes off Bags' Groove, Jazz on the edges. The transition feels clean and alive. keeps the emotional pressure steady after Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Live) by Red Hot Chili Peppers and changes the palette without cutting the thread. Jazz is a real lane in this library, which helps the choice feel rooted instead of random. Compared with the last few turns, it changes the sentence enough to keep the hour feeling authored.

Soulful / midnight patiencePlaylist noteApr 20, 20263:00 AM

Let Me Be Mine is setting the deep night temperature on the dial.

Let Me Be Mine by Spoon off They Want My Soul (2024) is coming through with a slow-burn glide, a soulful / midnight patience lean, and a touch of midnight patience. Scentless Apprentice (Album Version) is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
Let Me Be Mine
Spoon
They Want My Soul · 2024 · Pop, Rock, Alternatif et Indé
Lineup note
Let Me Be Mine into Scentless Apprentice (Album Version)

Let Me Be Mine by Spoon off They Want My Soul (2024) belongs here because Keeps the emotional pressure steady after Figure It Out by Royal Blood and turns the color from 2010s into 1990s.. Scentless Apprentice (Album Version) is waiting as the answer, so this record is doing more than setting a mood; it is shaping the turn.

Track context
They Want My Soul · 2024

Let Me Be Mine comes through with a slow-burn glide and pop, rock, alternatif et indé around the edges, giving the sequence a 2020s depth instead of a quick disposable hit. The crowd response around Me And Mrs. Jones by Billy Paul suggests listeners are leaning toward texture and detail, not just impact.

Listen for
What to catch in the room

Listen for how Scentless Apprentice (Album Version) answers the color and pressure of the current record instead of simply matching its tempo. The real hook is in how the pop, rock, alternatif et indé grain keeps glowing even as the transition opens up.

SpoonNirvanaDavid BowiePop, Rock, Alternatif et IndéArt Rocksoulful / midnight patiencedeep nightmidnight patiencePop, Rock, Alternatif et Indé
Session map
3 stored song notes
01now
Let Me Be Mine
Spoon
Why it fits

Let Me Be Mine by Spoon lands here because Keeps the emotional pressure steady after Figure It Out by Royal Blood and turns the color from 2010s into 1990s.. The pop, rock, alternatif et indé edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match. Scentless Apprentice (Album Version) can step in after it without the handoff feeling pre-chewed.

Track context

On They Want My Soul (2024), Let Me Be Mine shows Spoon working in a 2020s pocket with pop, rock, alternatif et indé in the grain. The cut moves with a slow-burn glide, which is why it can hold this turn without flattening it.

Listen for

Listen for the pop, rock, alternatif et indé texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. It also leaves a lane for Scentless Apprentice (Album Version) to arrive without the segue feeling forced.

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Scentless Apprentice (Album Version)
Nirvana
Why it fits

Scentless Apprentice (Album Version) answers Let Me Be Mine by Spoon with a related tension instead of a copycat move, so the sequence keeps opening out. The pop, rock, alternatif et indé edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match. Battle for Britain (The Letter) can step in after it without the handoff feeling pre-chewed.

Track context

On In Utero (HD Remastered) (1993), Scentless Apprentice (Album Version) shows Nirvana working in a 1990s pocket with pop, rock, alternatif et indé in the grain. The cut moves with a slow-burn glide, which is why it can hold this turn without flattening it.

Listen for

Listen for the pop, rock, alternatif et indé texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. You can hear how it answers Let Me Be Mine without borrowing the same emotional weight. It also leaves a lane for Battle for Britain (The Letter) to arrive without the segue feeling forced.

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Battle for Britain (The Letter)
David Bowie
Why it fits

Battle for Britain (The Letter) answers Scentless Apprentice (Album Version) by Nirvana with a related tension instead of a copycat move, so the sequence keeps opening out. The art rock edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match.

Track context

On Earthling (1997), Battle for Britain (The Letter) shows David Bowie working in a 1990s pocket with art rock in the grain. The cut moves with a slow-burn glide, which is why it can hold this turn without flattening it.

Listen for

Listen for the art rock texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. You can hear how it answers Scentless Apprentice (Album Version) without borrowing the same emotional weight.

Open saved booth copy

Mr Rassy is lining up Scentless Apprentice (Album Version) by Nirvana off In Utero (HD Remastered) (1993). It hit in 1993, it comes off In Utero (HD Remastered), Pop, Rock, Alternatif et Indé on the edges. The transition feels clean and alive. Keeps the emotional pressure steady after Figure It Out by Royal Blood and turns the color from 2010s into 1990s.