solipsistic NATION No. 114: Lush

Originally I was going to do a Halloween themed show this week but after putting the playlist together I realized that it just sounded cheesy. Now I appreciate a certain amount of cheese in a postmodern ironic way but the mix I had put together was ridiculous. You’ll just have to trust me on this.

I had to put together the show quickly so I was flailing about for ideas for mixes when I decided what playlists I had created for my iPod. I’ve got a couple of smart playlists that contain all the songs in the solipsistic NATION library sorted by year, in current rotation and previously played on the show. I’ve also got a dozen or so playlists grouping songs by genres or labels or themes. One playlist called “Acid Jazz/Trip Hop/Swing/Lounge” had a bunch of dope tracks that I had been accumulating over the last year. All I had to do was pull an hour’s worth of songs for today’s show and bang! Instant show.