Greetings from Laurel Canyon!
Yep, another Friday in January blowing through the Canyon. As fires burn canyons to the east, “warm” and “dry” are two words that come to mind this morning. The great drought of ’14 has begun.
The story of 2014 is beginning to feel much like one of those “clever pop songs” of late. Catchy, ironic, and fun in an upside kind of way.
Speaking of pop, it’s Grammy weekend in LA! Thanks to the oncoming Winter Olympics, LA—or I should say NARAS—is pushing the party panic button early. (Quite a parade of most things not so cool about the music business.) Yet, like the clever pop song and our drought, it’s not all bad. They’ll be plenty of sunshine and clever smiles to go around.
At the end of the day, I’m not sure what this week’s Idelic Hour playlist is about. The muse that inspired me was in fact a song, “Reverse Skydiving” from deep house collective Hot Nature.
Concepts that are upside-down fit this young year. The songs over the next hour are not very ironic. More than anything they are new and pretty damn cool. Could be the winter games?
We’re in the third week of the year and here they come. New vinyl is filling the air! Hang onto your hats as we fall upside into this crazy new year of music.
The Idelic Hit of the Week:
Merchandise – Begging For Your Life / In The City Light (Radio Edit)
