It Makes Me Smile And It Keeps My Teeth Clean

Thank you to everyone who came out for the Fluxblog/Stereogum event last night. I realize that it was a work/school night and that DJ sets by a bunch of bloggers doesn’t quite match up to the entertainment value of a brand new (and very key!) episode of Lost, so I’m very grateful for everyone who showed up, and especially for the people who were still around by the time I started. I went on a little late. Sorry!

Spektrum “May Day” / Cristina “Mamma Mia” / Ludus “Breaking The Rules” / Dolly Parton “Baby, I’m Burning” / ABBA “You Owe Me One” / Girls Aloud “Biology” / Art Brut “Good Weekend” / Maxi Geil! & Playcolt “Makin’ Love in the Sunshine” / Beyonce with Slim Thug and Bun B “Check On It” / Fox “SSSingle Bed” / Hey Willpower & Annie “Chewing Gum” / Los Super Elegantes “Dance” / Rachel Stevens “I Said Never Again (But Here We Are)” / Hollertronix “Tippin’ Toxic” / Hank “Ferox” / Love Is All “Motorboat”

Hey Willpower with Annie “Chewing Gum” – Not a dream, not a hoax, not an imaginary story a homemade mash-up: Will (Imperial Teen) Schwartz’s pop group have teamed up with Annie for a duet version of “Chewing Gum,” resulting in a track that seems almost strategically designed to appeal to me. At this rate, we can expect a Stephen Malkmus/Eleanor Friedberger duet before the end of the year. (Click here for the official Hey Willpower site.)

Fox “SSSingle Bed” – Here’s another old family favorite for the newer readers. This brilliant glam-funk track is just a little over thirty years old right now, but it still feels a little bit ahead of its time. Unfortunately, this track is entirely out of print at the moment as far as I know, though the first two Fox albums were recently reissued in the UK. A reader just informed me that this song is indeed in print as part of a compilation titled Guilty Pleasures Rides Again. I kinda resent the implication that anyone should feel like this song is a “guilty pleasure,” but whatever. (Click here to buy it from Amazon UK.)