Lobster in a Bucket

Dance Party

I had a good dance party to ring in the 4th. A good dance party needs to have enough people to fill up a space without making it cramped, plus an additional number so that folks can get their rest on without killing the vibe. Oh, and the playlist needs to bump. For my living room this magic number is 12 to 18 people. We started at 930, ended at 2. I think the pink shirt above was my second of the night, at about 1130 or 12. Upside of hosting a dance party is the ready wardrobe change, downside is the dirty kitchen floor the day after.

I did the playlist, which I repeat below. A couple songs on there were requests which I wouldn't have thought to put on there, I also made it a little heavy on Girl Talk in recognition of the Feed the Animals just coming out. I think any playlist that doesn't need a hasty skip-to-the-next song equals success. This one=success.

Stand out track, courtesy of my cousing Will who someone manages to keep up with remixes while spending the summer in Kigali is downloadable here. "It's A Fact" by Matt & Kim.

Track-Artist
Young Folks-Kanye West
99 Luftballoons-Nena
Heart it Races (YACHT's I Should Coco Remix)-Architecture in Helsinki
Like A Prayer-Madonna
Billie Jean-Michael Jackson
99 Problems-Jay Z
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)-Sly & The Family Stone
Smash Your Head-Girl Talk
Take On Me-A Ha
D.A.N.C.E. (Paste Black Remix)- Justice VS Date
Knife (Girl Talk Remix)- Grizzly Bear
F*** Tha Police-NWA
Sealion (Chromeo Remix) [Bonus Track]- Feist
Superfreak-Rick James
Mo Money Mo Problems-Notorious BIG
Just Cant Get Enough-Depeche Mode
Safety Dance-Men Without Hats
It's A Fact (Mano Remix Feat. Hollywood Holt)-Matt and Kim
Beastie Boys - Girls - Hello Tokyo Remix-Hello Tokyo
She Drives Me Crazy-Fine Young Cannibals
Stronger-Kanye West
Wot (Captain Sensible Cover)-Lismore
Gone Daddy Gone-Gnarls Barkley
I Turn My Camera On-Spoon
Tainted Love-Soft Cell
Let's Get It On-Marvin Gaye
C.R.E.A.M (Cash Rules Everything Around Me)-Wu-Tang Clan
Play Your Part (Pt. 1)-Girl Talk
Crazy-Gnarls Barkley
Just Cant Get Enough (Depeche Mode cover)-Mon04
Kiss-Prince
Sexx Laws-Beck
Meddle-Little Boots
A Milli (Produced By Bangladesh)-Lil Wayne
Going On-Gnarls Barkley
Encore-Jay Z
Bad-Michael Jackson
Can't Tell Me Nothing-Kanye West
BirdFlu-MIA
Set It Off-Girl Talk
Beat It-Michael Jackson
I Want To Take You Higher-Sly & The Family Stone
Bounce That-Girl Talk
Senorita-Justin Timberlake
Here's The Thing-Girl Talk
Hips Don't Lie-Shakira Feat. Wyclef Jean
Fancy Footwork-Chromeo
Cecilia-Simon & Garfunkel
Cupid (Christian Flores Edit)-Christian Flores
L.E.S. Artistes (Ooh Ee Remix)-Santogold