Evan O’Television

My Summer Pop mixes soldier on!  From Paul Weller’s city snapshots to Woody Guthrie’s California skies as sung by Jeff Tweedy, this batch is characterized by a surprising number of  90′s entries.  But they are surely balanced out by cuts both as nouveau as Sleigh Bells and as retreau as Cat Stevens!  Plus… “Some people [...]

For those of you who enjoyed April’s “Jazz & Soul on Outerspace Parole” Mix.  This is, in many ways, the sequel but with a refined focus on electronic jazz and instrumental hip-hop.  The title is a reference to a scene in my favorite movie of the last decade, 2046. And the mix ends with a [...]

Yes!  Another healthy dose of Summer Pop just in time for Memorial Day weekend.  White Stripes, Modern Lovers, Gorrillaz and Go-Go’s git down… Playlist is below the fold. O’Pinionated Mix -Summer Pop #8

“Anthony walked to his death because he thought he’d never feel this way again,” begins the Belle & Sebastian opener to my first Summer Pop mix of the season, and it’s a strangely accurate warning of what lies ahead.  As always I’ve picked tracks that are hummable, catchy and eclectic, but as I was building [...]

For the one-year anniversary of the Mixtape Friday series we’re going back to basics:  great songs  in the verse-chorus-verse mode by rock outfits and singer-songwriter types. Much like my first posted O’Pinionated Mix “Lost Verses” and July’s “Lost Causes”, the songs are a combination of classic favorites by folks like Tom Waits and R.E.M. as [...]

For the return of Mixtape Fridays, I have let the jazz and soul masters take command and guide us into the spring.  It takes several  tangents (many of them African), includes a track Nas did with his father, a Sade song off my favorite new album of 2010, and opens with a great Nina Simone [...]

Did I hear you say, “All I want for Christmas is electronic funk and jazz?” Well, good.  ‘Cause I’m gonna stuff your stocking as full as I would if it were Kilted-Yak-Eve! Check out the first track (a spanking-new cover, just out this week) and it should give you a sense of whether or not [...]

Yes.  I know it’s a Summer Pop Mix in December.  But it’s a testimony to my belief in the longevity of the latest installment of tunes.  Don’t you want a little Pop in your life in the dead of winter? I know I do. (Playlist is below the fold.) O’Pinionated Mix – Summer Pop #6

Half as many songs as usual today. But that’s only because these are twice as long. Some epic-novel-type-slow-build cuts. (Playlist after the fold.) O’Pinionated Mix #7 – “Stars Are Projectors”