Return as an Animal from Bruno Dicolla
It's sweater weather this week and Walgreens has its Halloween stuff on the shelves, but instead of moping about the season's end I'm welcoming the 'back to school' vibe of autumn for once. Though we had some good times, I'm perfectly happy to wave goodbye to Cold Morbid Summer 09. The most recent high-profile death —DJ AM — was also the one I found the most depressing, not least because of his mammoth talent and young age. Read A-Trak's eulogy to his friend and colleague here, or download this live set of AM's from 2007.Here in Chicago another much talked about passing this week was that of Radley, the cute old black cat that held court on the Empty Bottle's couch. From his loving owners:
We’ll be sitting shiva for our departed friend on September 1 and revealing a permanent memorial to our favorite feline – the naming of “The Radley.” Friends of the Bottle have long claimed that Radley could be caught cozying up to unaccompanied pints of vodka, grapefruit juice and soda – previously known as a Yachtsman, the popular beverage will be known at the Empty Bottle as “The Radley.”
We should all be so lucky as to get a namesake drink when we go. Personally when my time comes I plan on haunting everyone I know to make sure nobody forgets about me.
I'll post my summer top ten playlist soon, but here are some songs from the inbox got a lot of play this week.
from the forthcoming "In and Out of Control," out October 5.
Sean plays the Beat Kitchen on September 21.
