October Mix... "There's A Kind Of Cockle-Shell About You"

Theme From The Valley Of The Dolls- Andre Prvin

I Put A Spell On You- She & Him

One Man Guy- Rufus Wainwright

Hallelujah- Michael McDonald

Me & Only Love- Lila Downs

Sunday- k.d. lang

Smile- Janelle Monae

Back In The Crowd- Tom Waits

Cest Petits Reins- Sophie Milman

I Won't Let You Go- James Morrison

Change The Sheets- Kathleen Edwards

Snow In Venice- Elizaveta

Barbarella Main Title- Bob Crewe

It's a wonder, Wonder woman

You're so wild and wonderful

'Cause it seems whenever we're together

The planets all stand still

Barbarella psychadela

There's a kind of cockle-shell about you

(Barbarella Ba-ba-barbarella)

Dazzle me with rainbow colors

Fade away the duller shade of living

Get me up high, teach me to fly

Electrify my life with starry lights

Above the stratosphre, bring your dearness near

Till the dawn comes tumbling down

(Don't make a sound--shhh)

Every word we need comes from the sky

Can't you read my eyes saying "love"

Woah you give me a cold shoulder

Still I'm dyin' girl to hold you & make love

Barbarella psychadela

Never can a fella name or call you

(Barbarella Ba-ba-barbarella)

Crewe & Fox

1968

I would send your very own copy of the October Mix. Just ask nice.

A New June Mix

June is an important month at Post Apocalyptic Bohemia, & made even more so after Portland was dealt the coolest & wettest spring since records have been kept. The garden is certainly green. Yet your host is pale & petulant & peevish. The Husband & I have lived in Seattle or Portland for 30 years, but that was not enough of enlightened edification tp prepare for Spring 2001.

When I finally reach Saturday, I will have worked 16 days in a row, sometimes 15 hour days, part of the stretch I was sick. This was all because my assistant, went off & got married, wed to a young lady that I hired & they fell in love on the job. They have me to thank for their happiness. That is what I do, I spread happiness.

Saturday I will start a week long staycation. It will begin with 2 days of temperatures in the low 80s & blue skies. I am so very ready for some Vitamin D.

June warrants several of my custom playlists that are very much in demand in my circle. I allow myself to become unnecessarily gay in June, as it is Gay Pride in Seattle & Portland & the month of the Tony Awards, a high holiday at Post Apocalyptic Bohemia. God in Her infinite generosity has aligned Gay Pride & the Tonys to be on the same day! Now that is Gay!

I celebrate Pride by not going to the parade or the Pride Festival at the waterfront. I have a deep disapproval for &a need to avoid large gatherings of people who are not usually positioned in a place they would normally never be, unless they are there to see me, which would be understandable. On Pride Day I stay home, smoke some pot & play show tunes rather loudly as I sing & dance along, a custom that dates back to 1969. I appreciate the continuity.

I offer up a just completed Custom Mix for my respite. If for any reason you find this mix to be amusing & alluring, simply email me with your snail mail address & I will send you one. That is how much I love you.



I give you Steve's At It Again Mix:

One For My Baby- Marlene Dietrich & Burt Bacharach

Boys Dont Cry- The Cure

When The Hangover Strikes- Squeeze

The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)- Tom Waits

Drinking Again- Dinah Washington

Something Cool- June Christy

I'm A Stranger Here Myself- Patti LuPone

I Love Men- Eartha Kitt

Calgary- Bon Iver

Crazy In Love- Antony & The Johnsons

Without You- Eddie Vedder

Rum & Coca Cola- Julio Iglesias