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Session notes from the booth.

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

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Special turns
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Lineup logic first. Song notes right behind it.
Forward motion / radiant shoulder rollPlaylist noteApr 21, 20265:34 PM

Summer Deep is setting the golden afternoon temperature on the dial.

Summer Deep by T. Rex off T. Rex (1970) is coming through with a steady shoulder-roll, a forward motion / radiant shoulder-roll lean, and a touch of radiant shoulder-roll. Houses in Motion (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium) is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
Summer Deep
T. Rex
T. Rex · 1970 · Glam Rock
Lineup note
Summer Deep into Houses in Motion (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium)

Summer Deep by T. Rex off T. Rex (1970) belongs here because Houses in Motion (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium) by Talking Heads and A Teenager In Love by Red Hot Chili Peppers provide a clear arc after Into You by Funkadelic.. Houses in Motion (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium) is waiting as the answer, so this record is doing more than setting a mood; it is shaping the turn.

Track context
T. Rex · 1970

Summer Deep comes through with a steady shoulder-roll and glam rock around the edges, giving the sequence a 1970s 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 Houses in Motion (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium) answers the color and pressure of the current record instead of simply matching its tempo. The real hook is in how the glam rock grain keeps glowing even as the transition opens up.

T. RexTalking HeadsRed Hot Chili PeppersGlam RockPopRockforward motion / radiant shoulder-rollgolden afternoonradiant shoulder-rollGlam Rock
Session map
3 stored song notes
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Summer Deep
T. Rex
Why it fits

Summer Deep by T. Rex lands here because Houses in Motion (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium) by Talking Heads and A Teenager In Love by Red Hot Chili Peppers provide a clear arc after Into You by Funkadelic.. The glam rock edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match. Houses in Motion (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium) can step in after it without the handoff feeling pre-chewed.

Track context

On T. Rex (1970), Summer Deep shows T. Rex working in a 1970s pocket with glam rock 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 glam rock texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. It also leaves a lane for Houses in Motion (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium) to arrive without the segue feeling forced.

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Houses in Motion (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium)
Talking Heads
Why it fits

Houses in Motion (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium) answers Summer Deep by T. Rex with a related tension instead of a copycat move, so the sequence keeps opening out. The pop / rock edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match. A Teenager In Love can step in after it without the handoff feeling pre-chewed.

Track context

On Radio Waves 1978-1983: Psycho Killers, Vol. 2 (Live) (2016), Houses in Motion (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium) shows Talking Heads working in a 2010s pocket with pop / rock 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 texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. You can hear how it answers Summer Deep without borrowing the same emotional weight. It also leaves a lane for A Teenager In Love to arrive without the segue feeling forced.

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A Teenager In Love
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Why it fits

A Teenager In Love answers Houses in Motion (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium) by Talking Heads with a related tension instead of a copycat move, so the sequence keeps opening out. The alternative-rock edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match.

Track context

On Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Covers (EP) (2012), A Teenager In Love shows Red Hot Chili Peppers working in a 2010s pocket with alternative-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 alternative-rock texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. You can hear how it answers Houses in Motion (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium) without borrowing the same emotional weight.

Open saved booth copy

Mr Rassy is lining up Houses in Motion (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium) by Talking Heads off Radio Waves 1978-1983: Psycho Killers, Vol. 2 (Live) (2016). It hit in 2016, it comes off Radio Waves 1978-1983: Psycho Killers, Vol. 2 (Live), Pop / Rock on the edges. The transition feels clean and alive. Houses in Motion (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium) by Talking Heads and A Teenager In Love by Red Hot Chili Peppers provide a clear arc after Into You by Funkadelic.

Forward motion / warm gravityPlaylist noteApr 21, 20265:19 PMDeep shelf driftdeep cuts

Sound and Vision (Moonage Daydream Mix) is setting the golden afternoon temperature on the dial.

Sound and Vision (Moonage Daydream Mix) by David Bowie off The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (1972) is coming through with a steady shoulder-roll, a forward motion / warm gravity lean, and a touch of warm gravity. I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
Sound and Vision (Moonage Daydream Mix)
David Bowie
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars · 1972 · Glam Rock
Programming
Deep shelf drift

The album tracks and side doors, not the obvious front window.

Lineup note
Deep shelf drift

Sound and Vision (Moonage Daydream Mix) by David Bowie off The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (1972) belongs here because Keeps the emotional pressure steady after Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) (Mono) by The Beach Boys and turns the color from 2010s into 2020s.. I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) is waiting as the answer, so this record is doing more than setting a mood; it is shaping the turn.

Track context
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars · 1972

Sound and Vision (Moonage Daydream Mix) comes through with a steady shoulder-roll and glam rock around the edges, giving the sequence a 1970s 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 I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) answers the color and pressure of the current record instead of simply matching its tempo. The real hook is in how the glam rock grain keeps glowing even as the transition opens up.

David BowieThe White StripesT. RexGlam RockPop, Rock, Alternatif et Indéforward motion / warm gravitygolden afternoonwarm gravityGlam Rock
Session map
3 stored song notes
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Sound and Vision (Moonage Daydream Mix)
David Bowie
Why it fits

Sound and Vision (Moonage Daydream Mix) by David Bowie lands here because Keeps the emotional pressure steady after Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) (Mono) by The Beach Boys and turns the color from 2010s into 2020s.. The glam rock edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match. I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) can step in after it without the handoff feeling pre-chewed.

Track context

On The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (1972), Sound and Vision (Moonage Daydream Mix) shows David Bowie working in a 1970s pocket with glam rock in the grain. The cut moves with a steady shoulder-roll, which is why it can hold this turn without flattening it. Inside Deep shelf drift, it reads as curation rather than stunt programming.

Listen for

Listen for the glam rock texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. It also leaves a lane for I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) to arrive without the segue feeling forced.

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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) keeps deep shelf drift honest by sounding like a real choice inside that lane, not a decorative gesture. The pop, rock, alternatif et indé edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match. Summer Deep 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 slow-burn glide, which is why it can hold this turn without flattening it. Inside Deep shelf drift, it reads as curation rather than stunt programming.

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 Sound and Vision (Moonage Daydream Mix) without borrowing the same emotional weight. It also leaves a lane for Summer Deep to arrive without the segue feeling forced.

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Summer Deep
T. Rex
Why it fits

Summer Deep keeps deep shelf drift honest by sounding like a real choice inside that lane, not a decorative gesture. The glam rock edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match.

Track context

On T. Rex (1970), Summer Deep shows T. Rex working in a 1970s pocket with glam rock in the grain. The cut moves with a steady shoulder-roll, which is why it can hold this turn without flattening it. Inside Deep shelf drift, it reads as curation rather than stunt programming.

Listen for

Listen for the glam 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.

Open saved booth copy

Mr Rassy is lining up 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). It hit in 2023, it comes off Elephant, Pop, Rock, Alternatif et Indé on the edges. The transition feels clean and alive. Deep shelf drift is opening up. Keeps the emotional pressure steady after Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) (Mono) by The Beach Boys and turns the color from 2010s into 2020s.