29 Jun Matador Playlist 6/25/26 + Not A Fan!?!

Summer in Santa Fe, Gentle Reader(s)—that blessed season is upon us once again. As we head into July the once-reliable onset of monsoon season is nigh and we can but hope and pray that the Higher Powers are favorably disposed to bestow the life-giving rains. Admittedly, recent history is not encouraging: Winter snow basically didn’t happen, spring showers were pretty much of a bust, and now it is hot and dry and the wildfires are beginning to flare up all over the Southwest. Distressingly, the in-house climate control systems of the building wherein resides Ye Olde Matador Bar & Lounge are not functioning these days, and it can get pretty stuffy down in there. I arrived on Thursday evening to discover that Cesar had installed an industrial strength fan at the end of the bar adjacent to the DJ station. I’m tellin’ ya, people, this fan is HUGE and it apparently has only one setting: HURRICANE. Okay, that’s all well and good, but the damn thing is loud. And when I say ‘loud’ I mean LOUD loud. I literally could not hear the music in the bar, even from the speaker suspended about three feet from my head. I employ headphones, of course, but the volume in the headphones has nothing to do with the volume of the music in the bar.

I’m hoping the Monster Fan is a temporary measure—after all, it’s not like there’s any source of cool air back there in the far corner of the bar. There’s only me. In the meantime, I can tell you that I’m not a Fan. Of the Fan. But hurricane force winds be damned, DJ Inky did his damnedest to lay down a solid groove for the enjoyment of one and all this past Thursday. You can judge the success, or lack thereof, of this endeavour by clicking your clicky thing on the YouTube intrawebby version of the playlist right HERE. Yeah, you rite.

It could be worse, of course: We could be in Paris. You probably can’t even get a fan like this over there, access being tightly controlled by Les Ministère des Fans de Monstres. Check back next week for further adventures from the subterranean wind tunnel of Ye Olde Mat.

Matador Playlist 6/25/26

Grammar of Life – Charles Bukowski
Stiek Uit – Die Antwoord
Motorcycle – Love & Rockets
Hit It and Quit It – Funkadelic
25 or 6 to 4 – Chicago
The Reflex – Duran Duran
Born to Lose – Motörhead
Career Opportunities – the Clash
Dancing Queen – ABBA
Hey, Boy! Hey, Girl! – Louis Prima & Keely Smith
A Perfect Day Elise – PJ Harvey
Gimmie Gimmie Shock Treatment – the Ramones
400 Years – Bob Marley & the Wailers
Rocket From A Bottle – XTC
Long Division – Fugazi
I Gotsa Git Paid – ZZ Top
Young Hearts Spark Fire – Japandroids
I’m Not Your Mother, I’m Not Your Bitch – Courtney Barnett
Precious – the Pretenders
Ha Ha Ha – Flipper
Boyfriend – Best Coast
I Got It (What You Need) – Galactic
Suspicious Minds – Elvis Presley
New Rose – the Damned
Linger – the Cranberries (request)
For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) – AC/DC
Bad Art & Weirdo Ideas – Beach Slang
Broken Boy (feat. Iggy Pop) – Cage the Elephant
Teardrop – Massive Attack
Honky Tonkin’ – Hank Williams
Fired My Little Brains – the Kills
Wild Wild Party – Charlie Feathers
Don’t Play With Guns – the Black Angels
Boys-n-the-Hood (feat. Ice Cube) – Easy-E
Brick House – the Commodores
Golden Years – David Bowie
Tigers Don’t Cry – Die Antwoord
Pass That Dutch – Missy Elliott
Why Can’t I Touch It – the Buzzcocks
Garbageman – the Cramps
Loaded Heart – Gore Gore Girls
Atom Bomb – Fluke
Vietnamese Baby – New York Dolls
Afrika Shox – Leftfield, feat. Afrika Bambaataa
Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough – Michael Jackson
Catch These Fists – Wet Leg
Sound System – Operation Ivy
Lovesong – the Cure
U Got the Look – Prince
Crazy – Patsy Cline
For You Too – Yo La Tengo
Dreams – the Cranberries
Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine – the White Stripes
Earn Enough for Life – XTC
The World Is A Ghetto – War
Concrete Jungle – Bob Marley & the Wailers
Chase the Tear – Portishead
Airbag – Radiohead
Concrete – Shame
I Got The Hits – Jon Spencer
Five Guys Named Moe – Louis Jordan & his Tympani Five
Axis Mundi – Magik Markers
Jesus Built My Hotrod – Ministry
Jangling Jack – Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Piss Factory – Patti Smith
The Wait – the Pretenders
Fortune Teller – the Rolling Stones
Damaged Goods – Gang of Four
Fireball – Royal Bangs
Bring the Noize – M.I.A.
Limelight – Rush
Loudmouth – the Ramones
If You’ve Got the Money, I’ve Got the Time – Lefty Frizzell
How I (Learned My Lesson) – X
Superstition – Stevie Wonder
The Space Between – Roxy Music
Zama Zama – Die Antwoord
How Many More Times – Led Zeppelin
Uncomfortable Teenager – Phantastic Ferniture
A Plea – Flea
Heart Shaped Box – Nirvana
I’m Yer Huckleberry – Nine Pound Hammer
John Wayne Was A Nazi – M.D.C.
Sinnerman (Felix Da Housecat Mix) – Nina Simone & Felix Da Housecat
I Don’t Wanna Walk Around With You – the Ramones
Go (Rainforest Mix) – Moby
World Without Tears – Lucinda Williams
Buona Sera – Louis Prima
Happy Trails – Roy Rogers & Dale Evan’s
Taxi – Bryan Ferry