Jan 8, 2019 · playlists

Mixtape :: Some Like It Hot

KAFM Grand Junction, 9pm - 10pm

This is SOME LIKE IT HOT, a Mixtape of music about all things that are Not Cold, an hour of songs about heat and warm places, and bands that celebrate this elusive phenomenon. Although sometimes it resorts to extremes, it is hoped that this sonic concoction delivers some measure of imaginary heat to the listener.

Photo by jcob nasyr via Unsplash

Song	Artist	Notes
I Will Light You On Fire	Golden Shoulders	Buried treasure
Hot N' Bothered	Calvin Davidson	100% Bakersfield
Here Come The Warm Jets	Chrome	Almost kazoo-like
Unconsciously Screamin'	The Flaming Lips	From the loud years
— • BREAK • —
I'm On Fire	The Raging Teens	Ragin’ and fumin’
Angel Came Down	Warm Wires	Split my head like a coconut
More For Show	Hot Hot Heat	Like the Cure when the Cure weren’t around
Happiness Is A Warm Gun	Breeders	A laconic take on the matter
— • BREAK • —
Funeral Hotpants	Atomic 7	Everyone needs a pair
50 Hot Lester	James Kochalka	The mystery explained
Hot Topic	Le Tigre	Does it make you shimmy
Hot Carl	Monsieur LeRoc	Watch me now!
— • BREAK • —
Warm Storm	Howe Gelb	I’m making noises
Hot Stuff	Polysics	Manic extreme
Have A Heart Betty (I’m Not Fireproof)	The Soft Boys	Unsteady lads
Fight Fire	Southern Culture On The Skids	Originally by the Golliwogs
— • BREAK • —
Hot Lava	Kudu	Watch your step

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