Back after missing last week talking about the unhip hipness of city pop, video game layoffs, and more. I also talk a bit about the 33 1/3 book series, pictured above. (Ignore that I read a 6 as a 0 when taking the picture.)

Shuffle Time airs every other Saturday at midnight.

Recording

Track played

• Sonic Youth — “Sunday” (1998)
• Shabazz Palaces — “The King’s New Clothes Were Made by His Own Hand” (2011)
• Mahmoud Ahmed — “Erè mèla mèla” (1975)
• Taeko Ohnuki — “Tokai” (1977)
• Herbie Hancock — “Cantaloupe Island” (1964)
• Johnny Burnette and the Rock ‘n Roll Trio — “Honey Hush” (1956)
• Gil Scott-Heron — “New York Is Killing Me” (2010)
• John Zorn — “Latin Quarter” (1990)
• ABBA — “So Long” (1975)
• Harmonia — “Dino” (1974)
• Peter McConnell — “The Questionable Area?” (2021)
• Pavement — “Father to a Sister of Thought” (1995)
• Emmanuel Jal & Abdel Gadir Salim — “Lemon Bara” (2005)
• Todd Terje — “Svensk Sås” (2014)
• Captain Beefheart — “Big Eye Beans from Venus” (1972)