When Barack Obama's campaign rolls into town, the DeeJays get ready. Here's a sampling of some of what played at the Obama rally last week in San Francisco.
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Family Affair - Sly and the Family Stone
Ain't No Stopping Us Now - Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes
Waiting On The World to Change - Jon Mayer
Takin' Care of Business - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Think - Aretha Franklin
We Are Family - Sister Sledge
Funky President (People It's Bad) - James Brown
Pick up the Pieces - Average White Band
Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye and Tammy Terrell
As we celebrate the last gasp of Summer of Love's 40th anniversary, I thought it'd be nice to check out some lesser known tunes from that era. You know, the ones you haven't heard in an elevator or grocery store in the last fifteen minutes.
Society's Child - Janis Ian
Tobacco Road - Lou Rawls
Mystery Train - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Hip Hug-Her - Booker T. & The MG's
Venus in Furs - The Velvet Underground & Nico
Stoney End - Laura Nyro
Dear Mr. Fantasy - Traffic
I Feel Like I'm Fixin to Die Rag - Country Joe & The Fish
Carrie-Anne - The Hollies
Astronomy Dominé - Pink Floyd
The complete iMix is
here.
This week's iMix: Songs You Won't Hear at Jenna Bush's Wedding:
PBR Vacation - Amish Love Child
The Chemicals Between Us - Bush
Go Home, Your'e Drunk - Big Daddy Project
The Logical Song - Supertramp
Love Child - Diana Ross & The Supremes
Laura's Bush - Pretty Flowers
Your Secret Love - Luther Vandross
Lies - Thompson Twins
Don't Cry for Me Argentina - Sarah Brightman
Satan's Daughter - Daktari
File this week's iMix 
under "Uh ...no shit, sherlock." The bit about William Randolph Hearst makes it look as though the journalist once known as "Mr. Sharon Stone" has kinda lost the plot.
Xanadu - Electric Light Orchestra
Reality N' Facts - Citizen Kane
The Journalists Revenge - The Pleasure
Lights, Camera, Action! (Remix) - Missy Elliott, Mr. Cheeks, Petey Pablo & Puff Daddy
How to Build a Life With a Lemonade Stand - Justin Trawick
Unreachable Love (P.I.M.P. Remix) - Kimodo Dragons
Vertigo - U2
Watch Dog - Etta James
Fightin' In The War With Spain - Wilmer Watts And The Lonely Eagles
Raze The City - Snow Patrol
This
week's iMix
reeks of an aging hipster trying to keep up with teh kidz.
Toxic Girl, Kings of Convenience
July, July!, The Decemberists
Birdie Brain, The Fiery Furnaces
Foxymusic, Super Furry Animals
Science Vs. Romance, Rilo Kiley
Falling Man, Blonde Redhead
Drill Me, Portastatic
Until the Morning Comes, Tindersticks
Lover's Spit, Broken Soc ial Scene
Porchlight, Neko Case & Her Boyfriends
A little something for the ladies holed up this weekend in the Windy City for BlogHer 2007.
Them Heavy People, Kate Bush
Bridges and Balloons, Joanna Newsom
Feeling of Gaze, Hope Sandoval and The Warm Inventions
The Sweetest Eyes (When You Laugh), Julie Doiron
Us, Regina Spektor
La Vida Es Una Carnaval, Celia Cruz
We Got the Beat, The Go-Go's
Slave to the Rhythm, Grace Jones
Ray of Light, Madonna
Little Bird, Annie Lennox
At long last, Roxanne Cooper, founder of one of the best of the popculture/political blogs out there, the late great RoxPopuli has agreed to help Spot-on readers with their cultural needs.
Every Friday, Roxanne's gonna hit "shuffle" on her new iPhone and send us a list of what shows up. She calls it the "Friday Random Ten" but you should warned: Sometimes she cheats and arranges things to suit her mood.
This week, she's in a good mood. Here's Roxanne's iMix
over at the iTunes store. And here are the songs:
My Happiness, Powderfinger
Goodbye Girl, Squeeze
Extra Special Guy, Gomez
The Guitar Man, Cake
Tell Me Something Good, Chaka Khan and Rufus
These Days, Joy Division
