A lot of big hits have been racing up the summer pop charts in recent weeks.

Unfortunately, I can’t name any of them.

So I’ve decided to create a super-great SUMMERTIME PLAYLIST of my own.

Here it is, divided into impenetrable and indecipherable themes. To paraphase something Joe Garden wrote in The Onion circa 1996, my list has all the consistency of an 8th grade mix-tape. I can’t promise that the chosen songs have anything to do with summer. They probably don’t.

Here is the playlist.

DECEPTION

• “Dreamer Deceiver,” by Judas Priest (this is epic with a capital “E.” Rob Halford emits the lonesome coyote call. Highly recommended).

• “The Traitor,” by Herbie Hancock (this song cooks with gas and you really have to experience the entirety of it).

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ESOTERICA

• “Lilin,” by John Zorn

• “Mekapses Yitonisa,” by Estradasphere (great time signature — I think it’s 7/8).

• “Sanctuary,” by Mahavishnu Orchestra

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HOLIDAY

• “Fourth of July,” by X

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INDEFATIGABLE  PEP & CHEER

• “Da Doo Ron Ron,” by Shaun Cassidy

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JESUS CHRIST

• “Jesus is a Soul Man,” by Johnny Rivers

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MIDNIGHT

• “South City Midnight Lady,” by the Doobie Brothers

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SPECIAL REO SPEEDWAGON-ONLY SECTION!

• “It’s Everywhere,” by REO Speedwagon

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TENDER LOVE

• “It Was You,” by Aretha Franklin

• “Learnin’ to Love,” by Ween

• “Sweet Thing,” by Rufus and Chaka Khan

• “You Don’t Know What Love Is,” by Chet Baker

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THE MUSIC OF GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING COMPOSER LENNY KRAVITZ

• “Are You Gonna Go My Way,” by Moog Cookbook

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TICKLING THE IVORIES

• “Real Gone Lover,” by Smiley Lewis

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SOME TWITTER ACCOUNTS WORTH FOLLOWING

((Thorlock))

Bootsy Collins

Boy George

Gregg Turkington

Ice-T

Iron Maiden

Kraftwerk

Lita Ford

Oderus Urungus

Roddy Bottum

Shaun Partridge

Slayer

Terry Bozzio

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ALBUM COVER OF THE WEEK

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MUSICA ON THE FLICKR

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