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The Friday Mixtape: 3/5/10

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Cover Me!

As the current host of “Cover Me,” here at Popdose, I figured it was only appropriate that I kick off my little corner of The Friday Mixtape off with a selection of covers. It’s the weekend, so kick back, mellow out and get into the groove.

Side A: Headbands, Leg Warmers and Rubik’s Cube

Lazlo Bane – Overkill from 11 Transistor (1997)
Joe Regen – Don’t Stop Believin’ [non-album track] (2008)
Everything But the Girl – Time After Time from Acoustic (1992)
The Pigeon Detectives – The Power of Love from Radio 1: Established 1967 (2007)
Leroy Justice – Purple Rain [non-album track] (2006)
Lilly Allen – Don’t Get Me Wrong from Radio 1: Established 1967 (2007)
Childern of Bodom – Talk Dirty to Me from Are You Dead Yet? (2005)
Jeffrey Gaines – In Your Eyes (live) from Scares Me More (1992)

Side B: Lava Lamps, Platform Shoes and Disco Balls

CAKE – I Will Survive from Fashion Nugget (1996)
Erykah Badu – Stay from Live (1997)
Chromeo – I Can’t Tell You Why (revised) from DJ-Kicks (2009)
The Bird and the Bee – How Deep is Your Love from Please Clap Your Hands (2007)
Faith No More – Easy from This Is It: The Best of Faith No More (2003)
Mary J. Blige – Sweet Thing from What’s the 411? (1993)
Incognito – That’s the Way of the World from Bees + Things + Flowers (2006)
Dweezil Zappa – Stayin’ Alive from Confessions (1991)

Bootleg City: Matthew McConaughey’s Favorite Songs of the Late ’90s

Hey, y’all. Matthew McConaughey here, fillin’ in for Mr. Mayor of Bootleg City this week. Cassanova gave me a jingle-jangle the other day and said, “Matty Mac, do me a solid and make a celebrity cameo in the BLC this week so I can cut out early for Labor Day. Surf, sand, sun, and sobriety — I’m all over it this weekend. Except for that last part, brother, knowwhatI’msayin’? Hahaha! Cool. Later.” (I did use the words “Labor Day.” The rest is from the mind of Matthew. —Ed.)

Hard to believe it’s been over a year since I last talked to y’all on Popdoze so Bobby C. could have another week off. I’m a big fan of Sugar Water (Stop it, you’re embarrassing me! —Ed.), so I was sad to see it move from entree to after-dinner mint on Bobby’s menu when he became mayor of Bootleg City last fall. But we all have to make sacrifices when we take on new responsibilities, don’t we?

Take me, for example — my son, Levi, is almost 14 months old. Can y’all believe that? Crazy. I can’t even remember life before he was born. Part of that’s because of the weed, but life really does change once you’re a daddy. And my wife, Camila, is expecting our second one by the end of the year.

Whoa, did I just say “wife”? Back up, y’all — that was a slip of the tongue. Camila’s my partner. My main squeeze. My colleague in baby raisin’. But not my wife. Neither of us are into that right now. Maybe one day, but we’re not like normal people — we don’t need the tax breaks, know what I mean? When you’re rich, money has no effect on love.

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