10 Aug Matador Playlist 8/8/24
Ahh, yes—those cool, rainy summer evenings in Santa Fe! They really are the best. The clouds start to build up in the mid to late afternoon and by five or six the rain showers flirting around the edge of the city—off to the west towards the Jemez mountains or just outside of town in the Sangre de Cristo foothills—get their gumption up and bust a move on the City Indifferent. The tourists wrap themselves in their plastic ponchos and scamper for the portal at the Palace of the Governors or the shops and boutiques surrounding the Plaza. The temperature begins to drop, often by 20 or 30 degrees. The showers usually clear out in a hour or so and, with a bit of luck, my old amigo Jamie Lenfesty and the good folks from Lensic 360 are able to present the summer concert series at the Plaza bandstand or the Railyard without atmospheric impediment.
A major deluge last night seemed to have, sadly, put the kibosh on Jamie’s much-anticipated Digable Planets gig at the Railyard. I rode the Inkcycle over there around 6:00 and waited out the downpour until close to 8:00. It would seem to have been a non-starter but, back at home shortly before ten PM, I detected a melodic thump in the distance. Stepping outside to listen for a moment it seemed that the DP’s had indeed made it to the stage after all. I considered leaping in the Inkmobile to try and make a mad last-minute dash to try and catch a bit of the show, but twas not to be. Bummer, dude.
Being the dank, low-ceilinged subterranean hidey hole that it is, the Matador reliably tends towards the stuffy, but on rain-cooled mid-evenings the temperature outside has typically dropped to the mid or low 70s and the door is opened to allow in some blessedly fresh air. By the time I emerge from beneath Galisteo Street around 2:30 AM it is genuinely chilly for the brief drive home. After a four and a half year hiatus from the DJ Inky routine, it all feels comfortingly familiar. Come freezing January I know I’ll be singing a different song, but I’m content to enjoy it while I can.
An energetic evening this Thursday. A fairly mellow beginning that built to a crowded finale with the reggaeton crowd in attendance along with a few hipsters (aging hipsters, if I’m being honest—as it takes one to know one) making requests for the likes of the Velvet Underground and David Bowie, which I was more than happy to oblige.
Kudos once again to bartender extraordinaire Katya, doorman Ian and the rest of the crew, and to Cesar and Franceesco (wherever you are). DJ Inky will be on hiatus for a couple of weeks to visit InkMom in America’s Dairyland, but I shall return on August 29th.
YouTube Playlist link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kwAuLw0nec&list=PLtijmREQAWmChOSkaIzA77tqSHmAX_ZkJ
Grammar of Life – Charles Bukowski
Intro – the xx
The Magic Number – De La Soul
Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow – Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Lithium – Nirvana
She’s Like Heroin to Me – the Gun Club
China Girl – David Bowie
Why Don’t You Love Me – Hank Williams
Highway to Hell – AC/DC
Found a Job – Talking Heads
Hyperpower! – Nine Inch Nails
Cinemascope (feat. Trombone Shorty) – Galactic
All I have to Do is Dream – the Everly Brothers
The KKK Took My Baby Away – the Ramones
Wednesday – Drive By Truckers
Simmer Down – Bob Marley
You’ve Got Another Thing Coming – Judas Priest
Chop Suey! – System of a Down (request)
Tall Man, Skinny Lady – Ty Segall
Fatback – Link Wray (request)
Broken Face – Pixies
Leave My Kitten Alone – the Detroit Cobras
The Wait – the Pretenders
Happy Together – the Turtles (request)
Get Up, I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine James Brown
Army of Me – Björk
Army of Me (alt mix) – Björk
Army of Me (remix) – Björk
Sweet Leaf – Black Sabbath
Man-Size – PJ Harvey
Let’s Stay Together – Al Green
The Way It Is – X
Walk on the Wild Side – Lou Reed (request)
Teenage Head – the Flaming Groovies
Clear Blue Sky – Chris Whitley
What’s the Rumpus? – Jack White
Garbageman – the Cramps
Baby You’re A Rich Man – the Beatles
I Love A Man in a Uniform – Gang of Four
I Can’t Stand It – the Velvet Underground (request)
Son of a Preacher Man – Bobbie Gentry
I’m Waiting for the Man – Velvet Underground (request)
Do the Strand – Roxy Music
Bad Reputation – Joan Jett (request)
Personality Crisis – New York Dolls
She’s Lost Control – Joy Division
Cherry Bomb – the Runaways (request)
Bohemian Like You – the Dandy Warhols
Down On The Street – the Stooges
Young Americans – David Bowie
How Soon Is Now – the Smiths
Rebel Rebel – David Bowie (request)
Lovesong – the Cure
Teenage Lobotomy – the Ramones
Ch-Check It Out – Beastie Boys
The Guns of Brixton – the Clash (for Franceesco)
Afrika Shox – Leftfield (feat. Arfrika Bambaataa)
The Seeker – the Who
Goof Good Things – the Descendents
Midnight Ravers – Bob Marley & the Wailers
Ever Fallen In Love – the Buzzcocks
Hey Porter – Johnny Cash
Nearly Lost You – Screaming Trees
I Want to Take You Higher – Sly & the Family Stone
Fatty Boom Boom – Die Antwoord
Kill Surf City – the Jesus & Mary Chain
The Act We Act – Sugar
Blister in the Sun – Violent Femmes (request)
Petition the Lord With Prayer – the Doors
Dead Rats, Dead Cats – the Doors
Break On Through – the Doors
Move Ya Body (feat. Jabba) – Nina Sky
Harley Quinn – Fuerza Regida & Marshmello
Con Calma (feat. Snow) – Daddy Yankee
You Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC
Nunca Es Suficiente (feat. Natalia Lafourcade) – Los Angeles Azules
La Bamba – Ritchie Valens
No Hands (feat. Roscoe Dash & Wale) – Waka Flocka Flame
Despacito – Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee
Oye Como Va – Santana
Curtain Call (feat. Rick Ross) – Nina Sky
(Hey Baby) Que Paso – Texas Tornados
World Without Tears – Lucinda Williams
Buona Sera – Louis Prima
Happy Trails – Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
Taxi – Bryan Ferry
Healing of the Nation – Bill Laswell & Roots Tonic
