Booth notebook

Session notes from the booth.

The lineup logic, the song notes, and the things I want you to hear, saved one session at a time.

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Artists
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Genres
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Special turns
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3 saved turns
Lineup logic first. Song notes right behind it.
Dusky slow burn / roofline heatPlaylist noteJun 13, 20269:29 AMOpen set

Roadhouse Blues (Screamin' Ray Daniels a.k.a. Ray Manzarek On Vocals) is the thesis, and Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) [Live] (Remastered) is the answer waiting on deck.

Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) [Live] (Remastered) by Talking Heads off Live At The Heatwave Festival, Bowmanville, Ontario, 23 Aug '80 (Remastered) (2015) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in. Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) [Live] (Remastered) is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
Roadhouse Blues (Screamin' Ray Daniels a.k.a. Ray Manzarek On Vocals)
The Doors
Morrison Hotel · 1970 · Pop, Rock
Programming
Open set

Mr Rassy is shaping the next turn from the records already on the deck.

Dreaming My Dreams · full
Lineup note
Roadhouse Blues (Screamin' Ray Daniels a.k.a. Ray Manzarek On Vocals) into Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) [Live] (Remastered)

Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) [Live] (Remastered) by Talking Heads off Live At The Heatwave Festival, Bowmanville, Ontario, 23 Aug '80 (Remastered) (2015) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context
Morrison Hotel · 1970

Hearing it against Morrison Hotel matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Ray Manzarek On Vocals) by The Doors off Morrison Hotel (1970) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With The Doors, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for
What to catch in the arrangement

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead. Notice how it hands the weight to Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) [Live] (Remastered) by Talking Heads off Live At The Heatwave Festival, Bowmanville, Ontario, 23 Aug '80 (Remastered) (2015) instead of crowding the next move.

The DoorsTalking HeadsRadioheadPop, RockPopAlternative Rockdusky slow burn / roofline heatblue hourroofline heatPop, Rock
Session map
3 stored song notes
01now
Roadhouse Blues (Screamin' Ray Daniels a.k.a. Ray Manzarek On Vocals)
The Doors
Why it fits

Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) [Live] (Remastered) by Talking Heads off Live At The Heatwave Festival, Bowmanville, Ontario, 23 Aug '80 (Remastered) (2015) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Morrison Hotel matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Ray Manzarek On Vocals) by The Doors off Morrison Hotel (1970) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With The Doors, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead. Notice how it hands the weight to Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) [Live] (Remastered) by Talking Heads off Live At The Heatwave Festival, Bowmanville, Ontario, 23 Aug '80 (Remastered) (2015) instead of crowding the next move.

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Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) [Live] (Remastered)
Talking Heads
Why it fits

Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) [Live] (Remastered) by Talking Heads off Live At The Heatwave Festival, Bowmanville, Ontario, 23 Aug '80 (Remastered) (2015) stays related to Roadhouse Blues (Screamin' Ray Daniels a.k.a. Ray Manzarek On Vocals) by The Doors off Morrison Hotel (1970) through pop, but changes the pocket enough to matter. Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves Kid A by Radiohead off 2006-06-17: Bonnaroo Festival, Manchester, Tn, Usa (2006) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Live At The Heatwave Festival, Bowmanville, Ontario, 23 Aug '80 (Remastered) matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) [Live] (Remastered) by Talking Heads off Live At The Heatwave Festival, Bowmanville, Ontario, 23 Aug '80 (Remastered) (2015) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Talking Heads, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead. Notice how it hands the weight to Kid A by Radiohead off 2006-06-17: Bonnaroo Festival, Manchester, Tn, Usa (2006) instead of crowding the next move.

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Kid A
Radiohead
Why it fits

Kid A by Radiohead off 2006-06-17: Bonnaroo Festival, Manchester, Tn, Usa (2006) cools the temperature after Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) [Live] (Remastered) by Talking Heads off Live At The Heatwave Festival, Bowmanville, Ontario, 23 Aug '80 (Remastered) (2015) and lets the turn breathe. Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars.

Track context

Hearing it against 2006-06-17: Bonnaroo Festival, Manchester, Tn, Usa matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Kid A by Radiohead off 2006-06-17: Bonnaroo Festival, Manchester, Tn, Usa (2006) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Radiohead, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead.

Open saved booth copy

Mr Rassy is lining up Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) [Live] (Remastered) by Talking Heads off Live At The Heatwave Festival, Bowmanville, Ontario, 23 Aug '80 (Remastered) (2015). Hearing it against Live At The Heatwave Festival, Bowmanville, Ontario, 23 Aug '80 (Remastered) matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) [Live] (Remastered) by Talking Heads off Live At The Heatwave Festival, Bowmanville, Ontario, 23 Aug '80 (Remastered) (2015) stays related to Roadhouse Blues (Screamin' Ray Daniels a.k.a. The transition is earning its place instead of skating by on vibe. The request line is whispering "I need a dusky slow-burn lane with warm low end tonight.".

Dusky slow burn / living room glowPlaylist noteJun 13, 20266:11 AMOpen set

Roadhouse Blues (Screamin' Ray Daniels a.k.a. Ray Manzarek On Vocals) is the thesis, and Venus in Furs is the answer waiting on deck.

Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves Venus in Furs by The Velvet Underground & Nico off The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969 (1990) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in. Venus in Furs is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
Roadhouse Blues (Screamin' Ray Daniels a.k.a. Ray Manzarek On Vocals)
The Doors
Morrison Hotel · 1970 · Pop, Rock
Programming
Open set

Mr Rassy is shaping the next turn from the records already on the deck.

Venus in Furs · full
Lineup note
Roadhouse Blues (Screamin' Ray Daniels a.k.a. Ray Manzarek On Vocals) into Venus in Furs

Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves Venus in Furs by The Velvet Underground & Nico off The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969 (1990) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context
Morrison Hotel · 1970

Hearing it against Morrison Hotel matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Ray Manzarek On Vocals) by The Doors off Morrison Hotel (1970) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With The Doors, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for
What to catch in the arrangement

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead. Notice how it hands the weight to Venus in Furs by The Velvet Underground & Nico off The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969 (1990) instead of crowding the next move.

The DoorsThe Velvet Underground & NicoTalking HeadsPop, RockRockPsychedelic Rockdusky slow burn / living-room glowdeep nightliving-room glowPop, Rock
Session map
3 stored song notes
01now
Roadhouse Blues (Screamin' Ray Daniels a.k.a. Ray Manzarek On Vocals)
The Doors
Why it fits

Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves Venus in Furs by The Velvet Underground & Nico off The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969 (1990) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Morrison Hotel matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Ray Manzarek On Vocals) by The Doors off Morrison Hotel (1970) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With The Doors, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead. Notice how it hands the weight to Venus in Furs by The Velvet Underground & Nico off The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969 (1990) instead of crowding the next move.

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Venus in Furs
The Velvet Underground & Nico
Full play
Why it fits

Venus in Furs by The Velvet Underground & Nico off The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969 (1990) cools the temperature after Roadhouse Blues (Screamin' Ray Daniels a.k.a. Ray Manzarek On Vocals) by The Doors off Morrison Hotel (1970) and lets the turn breathe. Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves Cities (Live) (Remastered) by Talking Heads off Live At The Heatwave Festival, Bowmanville, Ontario, 23 Aug '80 (Remastered) (2015) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Venus in Furs by The Velvet Underground & Nico off The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969 (1990) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With The Velvet Underground & Nico, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead. Notice how it hands the weight to Cities (Live) (Remastered) by Talking Heads off Live At The Heatwave Festival, Bowmanville, Ontario, 23 Aug '80 (Remastered) (2015) instead of crowding the next move.

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Cities (Live) (Remastered)
Talking Heads
Why it fits

Cities (Live) (Remastered) by Talking Heads off Live At The Heatwave Festival, Bowmanville, Ontario, 23 Aug '80 (Remastered) (2015) stays related to Venus in Furs by The Velvet Underground & Nico off The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969 (1990) through pop, but changes the pocket enough to matter. Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars.

Track context

Hearing it against Live At The Heatwave Festival, Bowmanville, Ontario, 23 Aug '80 (Remastered) matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Cities (Live) (Remastered) by Talking Heads off Live At The Heatwave Festival, Bowmanville, Ontario, 23 Aug '80 (Remastered) (2015) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Talking Heads, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead.

Open saved booth copy

Mr Rassy is lining up Venus in Furs by The Velvet Underground & Nico off The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969 (1990). Hearing it against The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Venus in Furs by The Velvet Underground & Nico off The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969 (1990) cools the temperature after Roadhouse Blues (Screamin' Ray Daniels a.k.a. The transition is earning its place instead of skating by on vibe. The request line is whispering "I need a dusky slow-burn lane with warm low end tonight.".

Dusky slow burn / roofline heatPlaylist noteJun 12, 202611:22 AMOpen set

Electric Guitar (Live) is the thesis, and The National Anthem is the answer waiting on deck.

Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves The National Anthem by Radiohead off KID A (2000) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in. The National Anthem is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
Electric Guitar (Live)
Talking Heads
Fear of Music (Deluxe Version) · 1979 · Rock
Programming
Open set

Mr Rassy is shaping the next turn from the records already on the deck.

The National Anthem · full
Lineup note
Electric Guitar (Live) into The National Anthem

Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves The National Anthem by Radiohead off KID A (2000) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context
Fear of Music (Deluxe Version) · 1979

Hearing it against Fear of Music (Deluxe Version) matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Electric Guitar (Live) by Talking Heads off Fear of Music (Deluxe Version) (1979) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Talking Heads, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for
What to catch in the arrangement

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead. Notice how it hands the weight to The National Anthem by Radiohead off KID A (2000) instead of crowding the next move.

Talking HeadsRadioheadThe Rolling StonesRockPop, Rockelectronic, ambient, experimentaldusky slow burn / roofline heatdaybreakroofline heatRock
Session map
3 stored song notes
01now
Electric Guitar (Live)
Talking Heads
Why it fits

Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves The National Anthem by Radiohead off KID A (2000) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Fear of Music (Deluxe Version) matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Electric Guitar (Live) by Talking Heads off Fear of Music (Deluxe Version) (1979) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Talking Heads, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead. Notice how it hands the weight to The National Anthem by Radiohead off KID A (2000) instead of crowding the next move.

02next
The National Anthem
Radiohead
Full play
Why it fits

The National Anthem by Radiohead off KID A (2000) cools the temperature after Electric Guitar (Live) by Talking Heads off Fear of Music (Deluxe Version) (1979) and lets the turn breathe. Reach for it when the sequence needs a record that can keep moving and still leave detail behind. It leaves Shine a Light by The Rolling Stones off Exile on Main St. (1972) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against KID A matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. The National Anthem by Radiohead off KID A (2000) earns its place when the turn needs shape, contrast, and enough detail to keep the next move honest. On KID A (2000), it reads as part of a larger album world instead of a stray file in the crate. Hearing it against KID A matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single.

Listen for

Listen for the point where the record suddenly feels larger than the speakers and starts changing the shape of the room. Notice how it hands the weight to Shine a Light by The Rolling Stones off Exile on Main St. (1972) instead of crowding the next move.

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Shine a Light
The Rolling Stones
Why it fits

Shine a Light by The Rolling Stones off Exile on Main St. (1972) cools the temperature after The National Anthem by Radiohead off KID A (2000) and lets the turn breathe. Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars.

Track context

matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. (1972) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With The Rolling Stones, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead.

Open saved booth copy

Mr Rassy is lining up The National Anthem by Radiohead off KID A (2000). Hearing it against KID A matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. The National Anthem by Radiohead off KID A (2000) cools the temperature after Electric Guitar (Live) by Talking Heads off Fear of Music (Deluxe Version) (1979) and lets the turn breathe. The transition is earning its place instead of skating by on vibe. The request line is whispering "I need a dusky slow-burn lane with warm low end tonight.".