The Mood

Rolled by: me
November/December 2025
TRT: 1h13m45s

Another mix bcuz I felt like it.

1. My usual 2 seconds of silence to start it off


2. Hot Chip “The Beach Party”
   From Coming On Strong (Moshi Moshi [UK] / Astrawerks [US] 2004)

   English synthsters Hot Chip being weird off their first album.



3. Handsome Boy Modeling School “Sunshine”
   From So... How’s Your Girl? (Tommy Boy 1999)

   “Yo does this sound handsome?” Spiel by Father Guido. Here begins the loose theme of this mix: somebody who isnt here. I cut out the last verse for time.



4. Open Mike Eagle “rejoinder (burning the last puzzle piece)”
   From Neighborhood Gods Unlimited (Auto Reverse 2025)

   Laid back new stuff from Mike continues the theme.



5. KA “No Downtime”
   From Grief Pedigree (Iron Works 2012)

   This cut also laid back but intense too. And fuckin undeniably dope.



6. Everything But The Girl “Missing (Todd Terry Club Mix)” (Blanco Y Negro 1995)

   Originally an acoustic guitar type number, got remixed with a house type beat for the 12″ and became a huge hit nobody could avoid. (Later pressings of the album (Amplified Heart) included the remix as a bonus track—they knew why people were buying it.) I've always loved this song. I cut out a few bars for time.



7. MF DOOM “Doomsday” (excerpt)
   From Operation: Doomsday (Fondle ‘Em 1999)

   Just the instrumental part from the very end of this song where DOOM flips a sample off Boogie Down Productions' “Poetry” (one of my all time faverit rap joints of all time).



8. Thelonious Monk Quartet “Misterioso”
   From Misterioso (Riverside 1958)

   Classic Monk. I'm always a little afraid to thro a 10-minute jazz tune into the middle of a mix—kinda breaks it up—but I do it anyway.



9. They Might Be Giants “Your Racist Friend”
   From Flood (Elektra 1990)

   It was the loveliest party that I've ever attended/ If anything was broken I'm sure it could be mended. Don't know why I like hearing these hard MIDI drums, bass & accordion right after “Misterioso” but I do. I dig the shortnsweet solos, 4 bars of electric guitar, 8 bars of trumpet.



10. Bobby Bland “Ain't No Love in The Heart of The City”
    From Dreamer (ABC Dunhill 1974)

    Classic lowdown 70s soul. Again not sure why I like this tune in exactly this position, but to me it's a great left turn. Again, somebody isnt here.



11. Bill Withers “Sweet Wanomi”
    From Just As I Am (Sussex 1971)

    A Bill Withers album track is just what I needed. This time the person isnt missing; they're here, and you can't believe it. It's like the exception that proves the rule or something, or, as Open Mike Eagle said earlier, a subversion of expectations.



12. Sly & The Family Stone “(You Caught Me) Smilin'”
    From There’s A Riot Goin’ On (Epic 1971)

    One of Sly's best songs, and he has a lot of best songs.



13. Solange “Junie”
    From A Seat At The Table (Saint Records / Columbia 2016)

    Joyful jam from Solange. Kinda similar feel to “Smilin'”. You want to be a teacher, don't want to go to school. Don't want to do the dishes, just want to eat the food.



14. D’Angelo “Chicken Grease”
    From Voodoo (Cheeba Sound / Virgin 2000)

    Soulquarians jamming and having a good time. We're getting happy on side 2.



15. Nick Drake “Hazey Jane II”
    From Bryter Layter (Island 1971)

    Nick Drake is funkier than he gets credit for. This jam gets me doing the stankface.



16. Hot Chip “Eleanor”
    From Freakout/Release (Domino 2022)

    The missing person has reappeared. You hope she'll stay, but… This is such a banger. So joyful & melancholy & just undeniable.



17. Stardust “Music Sounds Better With You (Radio Edit)”
    From (Roulé 1998)

    Dancefloor classic made by one of the guys from Daft Punk and another guy nobody heard of after this or before. Supercatchy. Evrything about this record sounds choked. The sample cuts off a little early. The guy sounds like he's singing thru a clencht throat. The EQ. It all feels closed in.



18. Kraftwerk “Computer Love”
    From Computer World (US version) (Warners 1981)

    Depeche Mode totally ripped off this song.



19. “Weird Al” Yankovic “Everything You Know Is Wrong”
    From Bad Hair Day (Rock ‘n’ Roll/Scotti Bros. Records 1996)

    Weird Al's idea of a They Might Be Giants song. He calls these “style parodies”, wherein he spoofs not a specific song but a band's whole thing. His most famous one is probably “Dare To Be Stupid” (a Devo parody). I think the style parodies are his best songs.



20. Weird Al's song naturally reminded me of the Firesign Theatre album of the same name (Columbia 1974), so I added a tiny little snippet of that.


21. 6 seconds of silence

Transitions I'm not quite sure about:

• “No Downtime” → “Missing”
• “Chicken Grease” → “Hazey Jane”