You Schmoze You Lose: Don't Ask Me To Dance

It's a well known fact that we here at the Schmoozer need a bit of alcoholic encouragement when it comes to dancing. Of course, there are those moments when your DJ has been alone and could easily be caught sober and dancing on the hardwood floors...but that's not for your eyes. This installment of You Schmooze, You Lose once again visits with some old friends interspersed with a stranger or two. Whether you feel the need to flail about with abandon or station yourself in a corner is at your discretion. DJ Motherfucker is not going to ask you to dance. You Schmooze, You Lose: An Imaginary DJ Set By Jennie Willis Arab Strap- Don't Ask Me To Dance Starting us out on two left feet is this morose rave-up from Scottish ennui muckrakers Arab Strap. The sounds of allowing yourself to be dragged to some inane dance party just to get laid. You know you've been there, admit it. The Clash- Rebel Waltz Next up is a revolutionary waltz served up Sandinista! style. The war has been lost and the options are few; stand down and drop your weapons or stay strong and dance to the rhythm of defeat with guns held high. Delroy Wilson- Addis Ababa This selection from Keith Hudson produced Delroy Wilson is heavy Dub at it's finest: synthesizers and riddim that will knock you through the floor and detached soul oozing from Wilson's vocals. A brilliant play on "House of the Rising Sun." You will be a better person for having heard this track. Colleen- Everyone Alive Wants Answers Gorgeous superficiality. Wind-up water and flowing birds. Everyone wants some kind of answer. PJ Harvey- Sweeter Than Anything A selection from miss Polly Jean's alluring "Is This Desire?" B-Sides. Reflections on promises made down by the river. So sad, our memory. Dirty Three- Some Summers They Drop Like Flies Summer is winding down here at the Schmooze, and this heat and drought combined with hasty days and restless evenings makes us wish the season would drop dead. But we're willing to settle for Warren Ellis' violin to pull us through. The Wedding Present- Suck A classic track of indie lust and resignation. We've all had that one person that sucked it all out of us. Whether we wanted them to or not. Woven Bones- With You Alone Dragstrip garage smut seems to be Woven Bones' forte. This band cannot wait to get you alone. Loud, brash and unapologetic. The way we like it. Silver Apples- You and I Closing out the night is the futuristic and enigmatic noise of Silver Apples. To think what could have been if the little things would stop meddling with the bigger picture.