SUILTSOY's mid-summer playlist...

Wow, it seems like I've been promising a new playlist for some time now. I haven't compiled one since around April, aka Spring Break 2011. Sheesh! Since then I've been introduced by friends, blogs, Hype Machine and Twitter to all sorts of sizzlingly summer-perfect tunes, and it's high time I shared them with you. Some songs you may recognize from past MWMM posts, but Hooray! here they all are in once place.

This time around it's mostly new-ish music, but I couldn't resist throwing in a few tried-and-true classics as well.  So without further ado, pull up your iTunes account, your Spotify, Grooveshark, your Napster-esque illegal downloading software (if that's your thing), or maybe just YouTube, and get this playlist in your life.

Body Language - Social Studies (Plastic Plates Remix)

Jay-Z - 30 Something

Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars

Foster The People - Call It What You Want

Niki & The Dove - Gentle Roar (Mylo Remix)

Calvin Harris - The Rain

YACHT - Dystopia (The Earth Is On Fire)

The Generationals - Ten-Twenty-Ten

Of Monsters And Men - Little Talks

Florence + The Machine - Between Two Lungs

Hot Chip - The Warning

Eliza Doolittle - Skinny Genes

Yeasayer - Crazy (Seal Cover)

MSTRKRFT ft. John Legend - Heartbreaker

Hall & Oates - You Make My Dreams

Theophilus London - Why Even Try (RAC Remix)

Thao With The Get Down Stay Down - When We Swam

Paul Simon - Call Me Al

Fancy - Drake, Swizz Beats, T.I.

Adele - Rumor Has It

 Fitz & The Tantrums - Rich Girls

Rooney - When Did Your Heart Go Missing

Al Green - Love & Happiness

The Flavour - Sex on Fire (Kings of Leon Cover)

Beirut - East Harlem

Breakbot - Baby I'm Yours

Milky - Be My World

Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend

The Cool Kids - Swimsuit (Ft. Mayer Hawthorne)

Big Sean ft. Lupe Fiasco - Don't Wait For Me

Beyonce ft. Andre 3000 - Party

Mylo - In My Arms

Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up

Click here to play it on Grooveshark
(My apologies if that link doesn't work, I thought I'd try at least!)

Hope you like it.

Happy listening and happy summer!

*There are so many shout outs to give in thanks for all this great music, so if you see a song on there and you're like, "Hey, I'm pretty sure I shared that song with her," then you probably did. So, thank you!

mid-week music moment...

I was lucky enough to have my parents finally come visit me out here this past weekend. It was a trip almost two years coming - and I can't express how excited I was to show them around my New York and see them for the first time since Christmas.

We had a great weekend - a perfect balance of their uptown, upscale Manhattan of past visits, and my downtown day-to-day life. All the things we did piece together like a pretty great guide to wining and dining with a dash of culture and shopping from Soho to the Upper East Side:


{We dined.}

• Gotham Grill: White table clothes, amazing seafood and a very 90s New York vibe, like Gramercy Tavern and totally delicious (the seafood salad is unreal)
• The Modern: minimalist, fancy and contemporary - just like the museum (amazing duck confit)
• db Bistro Moderne: fancy and delicious
  
• The Standard Grill: great spot for an early breakfast al fresco
  
• Public: trendy, brunch-y, delicious lentil salad and great drinks
• La Piscine: on the roof of Hotel Americano; lots of delicious fried seafood with a side of DJ
  
• Brasserie Julienne: cute little french joint on 2nd Ave in the 80s, live jazz with your moules frites
  
• Morandi: loud, busy and seriously great Italian fare on Waverly and 7th Ave
  

{We drank.}

• La Piscine: Before dinner every night we had cocktails on the roof with an amazing view of the city
  
• Kingswood: After dinner at db, I brought my parents to meet up with friends and see one of my favorite West Village bars
  
• Public: a dirty martini for Mom, a bourbon iced tea for me and the Bloody Maria for Dad
  

{We saw.}

• The MoMA:the Cindy Sherman exhibit was cool and creepy, but the permanent exhibits are always refreshing and unmissable
  
• The East River Ferry: A fun and unique way to get between Manhattan and Brooklyn - especially on a warm day; we took it to and from 34th street to the flea market 
• Brooklyn Flea (Williamsburg): people watching, antique-ing and artisianal everything - of course
  
• The Met: My favorite museum in Manhattan, and the Steins Collection and Shiaparelli and Prada exhibit were crowded but truly wonderful (unfortunately the Cloud City exhibit on the roof was closed for weather)

{We shopped.}

• Uniqlo @ 53rd & 5th: picked up 4 shirts for my dad, but the crazy atmosphere and sheer amount of clothes is a little too much
  
• Treasure & Bond: cool, well-curated jewelry, gifts and apparel on lower West Broadway in Soho
  
• MoMA Design Store: so many unique and useful knick-knacks, and perfectly sized art prints for $10

mid-week music moment...

Adele's voice is just killer.

The original version of this song is soulful and addictive.

This remix is even more so.

"Rolling in the Deep (Jamie xx Shuffle)"

Happy Wednesday, hope you're all surviving and thriving in the giant 30-state storm.