Disco House

Some of this music I danced to when it was new and it hit just as hard then. There's a moment in every one of these tracks where the old disco source material punches through the production and reminds you why it never really went away. A pick that crosses decades and countries, some French, some not, all of it pointed at the same mirrorball. Somebody played Let's All Chant at a wedding in Belize once and I stood there thinking, is this disco? Is this House? Nobody knew. Nobody cared.

Disco House

01 Modjo - Chillin'

02 DJ Falcon - Honeymoon

03 Alan Braxe & Fred Falke - Intro

04 Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You (Extended Version)

05 Purple Disco Machine - Dished (Male Stripper Extended Mix)

06 The Supermen Lovers with Mani Hoffman - Starlight (Disco Edit)

07 Junior Jack - Thrill Me

08 Soldiers Of Twilight - Believe (Original Mix)

09 Armand Van Helden - My My My

10 Addy van der Zwan featuring The Michael Zager Band - Let's All Chant (Original Mix)

11 Together - So Much Love To Give

Crossover House

Somebody stitched this pick together in a lab and threw the switch. These tracks have house DNA running through them. You can hear it. But they got loose, crossed over, and ended up on mainstream radio and MTV before the purists could stop them. A good house DJ could drop any of these without losing the room, but none of them really belong in a tidy category bin. Too pop for the deep heads, too groove-driven to dismiss. The villagers didn't know what to make of it. The dancefloor doesn't care. And these knockers are subwoofers.

Crossover House

01 Quando Quango - Love Tempo (Remix)

02 Inner City - Big Fun (Remix)

03 Adamski - Killer (extended version)

04 Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam (extended Version)

05 Eric Prydz - Call On Me

06 Swedish House Mafia featuring Pharrell Williams - One (Your Name)

07 New Order - Blue Monday (Original 1983 12 Single Version)

08 MARRS - Pump Up the Volume (Original 1987 UK 12 Single Version)

09 Black Box - Ride On Time (extended version)

10 Everything But The Girl - Missing (Todd Terry Remix)

11 Felix - Don't You Want Me (12'' Version)

12 Daft Punk - One More Time

Fun House

Put this one together because novelty and fun records are a no-brainer for me. Why is it that don't-play lists for DJs almost always have the same songs as must-play lists? Just depends on the person. I like to think that I'm the fun guy making the picks in the house and that's why it's no surprise that I love the don't-play as much as, if not better than the do-play. This is kinda both. The pick is one that proves the point. More than any of the others, this requires people telling other people what's fun to use and what's crap. So tell me some of yours. I'll look out.

Fun House

01 Mr Lee - Pump Up London

02 Duck Sauce - Barbra Streisand

03 Modjo - Lady (Hear Me Tonight)

04 Junior Jack - Stupidisco

05 Ron Carroll & Superfunk - Lucky Star

06 Sole Patrol - Step On It

07 Shakedown - At Night

08 Armand van Helden featuring Mita - Entra Mi Casa

09 Pat & Mick - Use It Up & Wear It Out (12'' Mix)

10 Room 5 - Make Luv 2005 (Milk & Sugar Club Mix)

11 S-Express - Theme from S-Express

12 Spiller - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)

13 Redfoo - Juicy Wiggle (Ralphi's Housed Dub)

14 Phats & Small - Turn Around

15 Cassius - Feeling For You

Ése 4

Yesterday I primed you for this pick, go back a day and get all the links for the earlier volumes. I always rail against Cinco De Mayo being a non-Mexican, Mexican holiday. It does exist, but it's not as big as it is in the United States. I am not going off today, today I will just join in and have a Modello Negra and some Pozole (one of my favorite soups). I can never make it quite right. My neighbor (Eva) from years back used to make the best Pozole ever! She tried to teach me. She lived across the street from us. Her kids played with mine and I just always got invited when she cooked Mexican food. Great family! Anyway more Dude Rock with a latin base.

Ése 4

56 Malo - Cafe

57 Mandrill - Mango Meat

58 Sapo - Can't Make It

59 Brownout - Con El Cuete

60 Seguida - Mambo Rock

61 Azteca - Can't Take The Funk Out Of Me

62 El Chicano - Brown-Eyed Girl

63 Macondo - Get It On Girl

64 Jungle Fire - Culebro

65 Ray Camacho & The Teardrops - Si Si Puede

66 Tierra - Sun God

67 Coke - Go Away

68 Santana - Give and Take

69 Ghetto Brothers - Girl From The Mountain

70 War - Me And Baby Brother

71 Chango - Chango

72 Massada - Arumbai

Ése 3

Well, to get ready for tomorrow, this is volume 3 of my latin dude pick Ése. It may have veered a little, but tomorrow I veer back. The idea is latin or chicano rock, songs a dude would like. You tell me do you think some dude (Chicano or not) would dig these songs? I think so. BTW, notice that I use the tilde over the "e" in some places and not the others, it's because it is a pain to alphabetize. No other reason. So, ese, enjoy the tracks.

Ése 3

38 Chicano Batman - Black Lipstick

39 Brownout - African Battle

40 Los Lonely Boys - Onda

41 Jungle Fire - Tropicoso

42 Ralph Robles - Come And Get It

43 Texas Tornados - Una Mas Cerveza

44 Azteca - Red Onions

45 Grupo Fantasma - Cumbia De Los Pajaritos

46 Boogaloo Assassins - No No No

47 Ozomatli - (Who Discovered) America

48 Luis Santi Y Su Conjunto - Los Feligreses

49 Mestizo Beat - Featherbed Lane

50 El Chicano - Viva Tirado

51 Thee Midniters - Chicano Power

52 Chango - Sacapa-Chango'

53 Sapo - Been Had

55 Joe Bataan - Subway Joe

House Foundation

Like Legos, none of this really matches and somehow it still locks together. Different sounds, different cities, different ideas of what this was supposed to be, but it all fits anyway. That’s this house pick, before anyone bothered sorting it out or deciding what went where. The pick holds as long as you leave it alone. Start pulling it apart and suddenly it’s everywhere, all over the floor, and I'm the idiot stepping on it barefoot. Reminds me of a song idea… I’ll have to make that next...

House Foundation

01 JM Silk - Music Is The Key (Original 12' House Key Mix)

02 Derrick May - Nude Photo

03 The Nightwriters - Let The Music Use You

04 Ralphi Rosario - You Used To Hold Me (Original Kenny's 12 Mix)

05 Mr. Lee - Get Busy

06 Cultural Vibe - Ma Foom Bey (Love Chant Version)

07 Raze - Jack The Groove (Hit Mix)

08 Juan Atkins - Night Drive (Thru-Babylon)

09 Jamie Principle - Baby Wants To Ride

10 Sterling Void - It's Alright (Original 12 House Mix)

11 Rhythim Is Rhythim - Strings Of Life

12 Farley Jackmaster Funk - Jack'n The House

13 Cybotron - Clear

Crazy House

Is this crazy? Unlike Sheldon, my mom did not have me tested, but she probably should have. Turns out what I call a good time other people call crazy, and this house is full of it. The funny stuff, the rude stuff, the stuff that has no business being this danceable. Still part of the house cleaning, still my pick, still crazy after all these tracks. Luckily, I don't have Billy Joel standing outside my glass house right now.

Crazy House

01 Green Velvet - Flash (Original Mix)

02 Who Da Funk featuring Terra Deva - Sting Me Red (Clever) (Main Mix)

03 DJ Assault - Ass-N-Titties

04 A Homeboy, A Hippie & A Funki Dredd - Total Confusion (Heavenly Mix)

05 Armand Van Helden - Witch Doktor

06 The Outhere Brothers - Boom Boom Boom (UK Radio Edit)

07 20 Fingers featuring Gillette - Short Dick Man (Red Jerry Mix)

08 Pood Bhud Pflug - Duelling Techno

09 Screamin' Rachael - Fun With Bad Boys

10 Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat

11 Pat & Mick - Let's All Chant (Something For The Kids Mix)

12 The JAMs aka The Timelords - Doctorin' The Tardis

13 DJ Sneak - Fix My Sink (Original Club Mix)

14 Detroit Grand Pubahs - Sandwiches (Original 12 inch version)