On Friday nights, I
DJ at Mulberry St. Ristorante (aka The Anti-Club). Having this regular DJ
gig keeps me always searching for new music. One of the things I like to
do is choose a musician I'm interested in, listen to their entire discography,
and then select my favorite songs for a night devoted to them. This is
both educational and fun! So far, I've done Bob
Dylan Night, Sonic
Youth Night, Neil
Young Night, and Prince
Night. A couple weeks ago, I did Bruce Springsteen Night. I
also created free mix CDs for the first 20 guests, which included my favorite
track from each of The Boss's 18 studio albums. In case you missed it,
here's my Bruce Springsteen mixtape:
“Does This Bus Stop at
82nd Street?” from Greetings
From Asbury Park, N.J. (1973)
“Incident on 57th
Street” from The Wild, the Innocent,
& the E-Street Shuffle (1973)
“Thunder Road” from Born to Run (1975)
“Badlands” from Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
“Hungry Heart” from The River (1980)
“Atlantic City” from Nebraska (1982)
“I’m on Fire” from Born in the USA (1984)
“Tougher Than the Rest”
from Tunnel of Love (1987)
“57 Channels (and
Nothin’ On)” from Human Touch (1992)
“If I Should Fall
Behind” from Lucky Town (1992)
“The Ghost of Tom
Joad” from The Ghost of Tom Joad
(1995)
“My City of Ruins”
from The Rising (2002)
“Long Time Comin” from
Devils and Dust (2005)
“Erie Canal” from We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
“I’ll Work for Your
Love” from Magic (2007)
“Tomorrow Never Knows”
from Working on a Dream (2009)
“Land of Hope and
Dreams” from Wrecking Ball (2012)
“Dream Baby Dream”
from High Hopes (2014)
I'm currently researching Frank Zappa and John Zorn, for future DJ theme nights. See you next Friday at The Anti-Club!
