5 hits of Sunshine

The weather this morning is cloudy, misty, breezy,rainy, sucky and lame. Portland seems stuck in November. Sad music plays on the cafe speakers, two crows outside fight over a carcass, and I just saw an autumn leaf blow past . . . it was crying.

To combat this downer weather here is a list of my top five summer songs - songs that make you want to dance, hop, run, and basically give you an emergency blood transfusion of sunshine.


1. Strawberry Letters 23 - Shugie Otis
2. Skin of my Yellow Country Teeth - Clap Your Hands say Yeah
3. Sinnerman - Nina Simone
4. Seadrum - The Boredoms
5. Summertime ( and the living's easy) - Sam Cooke or any version

Put these songs and a mix of your own on a tape. Pretend it's really hot. Walk around with a boombox, in flip-flops and shorts. Bring a frisbee. Go naked - it's legal in Portland.