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Happy Happy, Joy Joy!
When I used to work with my friend Rick Slusher, he compiled a quote book, based on memorable things people would say throughout the work day. He once told me that 75% of the quotes on the list are from me and my buddy James Moore. Now I’ve heard...
F Line Observations: “Monstropolis”
Monstropolis: A city that grows without regulations, architectural guidance & consideration for the community. I was riding on the F train looking south over Carroll Gardens at the rooftop additions and recent modifications. The funny thing...
Joy in Branding and Design
When I was growing up in Pittsburgh a must-stop for any visiting guests was a trip to Mount Washington, to look out over the city. If it was a special visit, we would get to ride the incline to the top. While most folks marveled at the skyline and...
Genius gives birth, talent delivers.
Genius gives birth, talent delivers. Jack Kerouac I read an article about the Coen brothers, in which they discussed that by using the same team on all of their movies, they are able to achieve greater production values and make higher quality...
An Inflammation of Creativity and Happiness
Reflections on the creative process to develop a Super Bowl commercial for Jovia.
Playing it Wrong on Purpose
I saw a band recently that I hadn’t seen since 1984. That’s right – 37 years ago. I was excited to see them again but wondered…would still have the same wildly creative spirit? To me, NRBQ is one of those bands that plays it wrong on purpose,...
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Heavy Rotation Vol 24a
In a world of pandemics and social unrest there was no Thanksgiving music. UNTIL NOW! OTTO Brand Lab brings you two back-to-back-packed Heavy Rotation’s that establish new holiday standards for many Turkey Day’s to come. Mixxed and kixxed by Squirrelly Joe herself.
How Late’ll Ya Play ‘Till, Vol. 1
David Bromberg
- Come On in My Kitchen
Cab Calloway
Hi De Ho Man: Cab Calloway Classics
- Everybody Eats When They Come to My House
Lost In The Stars: The Music Of Kurt Weill
Lou Reed
- September Song
The Complete RCA Victor Recordings
Dizzy Gillespie & Joe Carroll and Ensemble
- Hey Pete! Let’s Eat More Meat (1994 Remastered)
Wake Up Everybody
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
- Wake Up Everybody
Family Reunion
The O’Jays
- Family Reunion
Live!
The Commodores
- Too Hot Ta Trot
A Wizard, a True Star
Todd Rundgren
- Hungry for Love
Way Down In The Rust Bucket (Live)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
- T-Bone
They’re All Gonna Laugh at You!
Adam Sandler
- The Thanksgiving Song
The Essential
Fats Waller
- All That Meat & No Potatoes
It’s Monk’s Time
Thelonious Monk
- Stuffy Turkey
The Complete Decca Singles, Vol. 3: 1942-1949
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
- The Frim Fram Sauce
Have a Good Thanksgiving Day
Cocktail Party Music Collection
- Thanksgiving Day Parade
Nashville
Josh Rouse
- Winter In the Hamptons
A Thousand Roads
David Stoddard
- Professional Football
All the Right People
Cas Haley
- All the Right People
Down By the Old Mainstream
Golden Smog
- Pecan Pie
Just As I Am
Bill Withers
- Grandma’s Hands
Hermit of Mink Hollow
Todd Rundgren
- Bag Lady
Harvest Moon
Neil Young
- Harvest Moon
Plastic Seat Sweat
Southern Culture On the Skids
- Banana Puddin’
Goin’ 50
ZZ Top
- I Thank You
The Best of Little Eva
Little Eva
- Let’s Turkey Trot
Third
Big Star
- Thank You Friends
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
- Mayonnaise
Charlie Brown Holiday Hits
Vince Guaraldi Trio
- Thanksgiving Theme
The Best of Lee Perry
Lee “Scratch” Perry
- Roast Fish and Corn Bread
Confrontation
Bob Marley & The Wailers
- Give Thanks and Praise
The Very Best of Mick Jagger
Mick Jagger
- Too Many Cooks (Spoil the Soup)
Jr. Walker & The All Stars: The Definitive Collection
Jr. Walker & The All Stars
- Home Cookin’
Home Cooking
The Soul Investigators
- Momma’s Gravy (Yum Yum)
Best Of
Manu Dibango
- Hot Chicken
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OTTO Vol X (80)
Enjoy a door-to-door mixed bag of Tricks and Treats for Devil’s Night 2021 from the OTTO Brand Lab studios in NYC & SF. (Adult)
The Chordettes’ Best
The Chordettes
- Mr. Sandman
Walkin’ My Cat Named Dog
Norma Tanega
- You’re Dead
31 – A Rob Zombie Film (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Kitty Wells
- We Buried Her Beneath the Willows
John 5, Rob Zombie, Bob Marlette & Chris Harris
- RV Attack (Instrumental Score)
I Put a Spell On You
Nina Simone
- I Put a Spell On You
Kay Starr with Orchestra
Kay Starr
- The Headless Horseman
Somebody’s Watching Me
Rockwell
- Somebody’s Watching Me
Halloween Kills (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter & Daniel Davies
- Rampage
New York
Lou Reed
- Halloween Parade
Sinister (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Christopher Young
- Never Go In Dad’s Office
I Want Candy: The Best of the Strangeloves
The Strangeloves
- I Want Candy
Skull Ring
Iggy Pop & The Stooges
- Skull ring
More Fun In the New World
X
- Devil Doll
A Moon Shaped Pool
Radiohead
- Burn the Witch
Stereo-Typical: A’s, B’s & Rarities
The Specials
- Ghost Town
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Vince Guaraldi
- Graveyard Theme
Hellbilly Deluxe
Rob Zombie
- Living Dead Girl
Collection 2
The Misfits
- Halloween II
Rosemary’s Baby (Music from the motion picture)
Krzysztof Komeda
- Lullaby From Rosemary’s Baby, Part 1
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground & Nico
- Venus In Furs
Captain Clegg and the Night Creatures
Captain Clegg & The Night Creatures
- Transylvania Terror Train
Baby You’re a Haunted House
Gerard Way
- Baby You’re a Haunted House – Single
Fallen
Evanescence
- Haunted
Take Time to Know Her
Percy Sledge
- Spooky
Whip It On
The Raveonettes
- Attack of the Ghost Riders
Marquee Moon
Television
- See No Evil
G Sides
Gorillaz
- Dracula
Time for the Devil
John & Jehn
- Vampire
Good Times, Bad Times
Godsmack
- Voodoo
The Prairie Ramblers
The Prairie Ramblers
- Ghost in the Graveyard
Metals
Feist
- Graveyard
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
- We Only Come Out at Night
The Complete Collection
Flight of the Conchords
– Demon Woman
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Outkast
- Dracula’s Wedding (feat. Kelis)
Monster Hospital
Metric
- Monster Hospital (MSTRKRFT Remix)
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OTTO Heavy Rotation Vol 21 (220)
Getting vaccinated and grooving to the soulful freedom of spring 2021, with seven new releases and three classics to keep the flow.
Daddy’s Home
St. Vincent
- Pay Your Way In Pain
- The Melting Of The Sun
WE ARE
Jon Batiste
- MAVIS
- FREEDOM
- SHOW ME THE WAY (feat. Zadie Smith)
Hypotheticals
Lake Street Dive
- Hypotheticals (Edit) – Single
I Can Change (wiidope Remix)
Lake Street Dive
- I Can Change (wiidope Remix) – Single
Hotel Surrender
Chet Faker
- Low
- High
Outside Child
Allison Russell
- Nightflyer
- Persephone
Proud Mary (Bonus Track Version)
Solomon Burke
- I’ll Be Doggone
- How Big a Fool (Can a Fool Be)
Silk & Soul
Nina Simone
- I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
Power – EP
Olivia K & The Parkers
- That Afro
- Respect
- Power
Musical Massage
Leon Ware
- Don’t You Wanna Come (Demo)
- Learning How to Love You
Black Myself
Amythyst Kiah
- Black Myself – Single
The Philadelphia Experiment
The Philadelphia Experiment
- Grover
- Ain’t It The Truth
All the Right People
Cas Haley
- All the Right People
- All the Right People Jam
- Kellie’s Song
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OTTO Heavy Rotation Vol 2020: second Wave
Almost all new ear candy music culled from the spins of WDST Woodstock during the Pandemic. We hope you find your groove and some peace in this K-Tel style mix. Long live live radio!!!!
Midnight
Grace Potter
- Alive Tonight
- Your Girl
Agreeable
Cautious Clay
- Agreeable – Single
Simple Things – EP
Sasha Dobson
- Don’t Carry Me
- Simple Things
Cowboy Junkies
Studio
- Sweet Jane
Jaime
Brittany Howard
- Stay High
- Baby
Introducing…
Aaron Frazer
- Bad News
- Over you
Hell N Back
Bakar
- Hell N Back – Single
A Small Death
Samantha Crain
- Garden Dove
Turn Off the News (Build a Garden)
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
- Turn Off the News (Build a Garden)
Bare My Soul
Keller Williams & Erothyme
- Bare My Soul – Single
Get Around
Not Just Charlie
- Get Around – Single
Hardwired Mixtape
Hailey Knox
- Bitch, Bitch, Bitch
Overlord
Dirty Projectors
- Overlord – Single
Tempest in a Teacup
Blueberry
- Dream My Life
Shadows
Cannons
- Fire for You
- Shadows
The Good, The Bad and the Bette
Bette Smith
- Fistful of Dollars
I Learned the Hard Way
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
- Better Things
Be a Rebel
New Order
- Be a Rebel – Single
Melodies
Lord Echo
- Cosmic Echos
Healing
Upstate
- Healing
- Going Gone
White Knight
Todd Rundgren
- Beginning (Of the End) [feat. John Boutté]
We’re All Gonna Die
Dawes
- When the Tequila Runs Out
Threads
Sheryl Crow
- Wouldn’t Want to Be like You (feat. St. Vincent)
Venom & Faith
Larkin Poe
- Bleach Blonde Bottle Blues
After the Party
The Push Stars
- Drunk Is Better Than Dead
Set My Heart On Fire Immediately
Perfume Genius
- Describe
People, I’ve been sad
Christine and the Queens
- People, I’ve been sad – Single
Midnight Manor
The Nude Party
- Cure Is You
- Shine Your Light
Holy Smokes Future Jokes
Blitzen Trapper
- Masonic Temple Microdose #1
Now That the Light is Fading – EP
Maggie Rogers
- Dog Years
Italian Ice
Nicole Atkins
- AM Gold
No Compromise
Jules and The Jinks
- No Compromise – Single
Let It Slide
Marco Benevento
- Oh Baby Can’t You See
Black Pumas
Black Pumas
- Black Cat
- Colors
I Hear the Ax Swinging
Ghost of Vroom, Mike Doughty & Andrew Livingston
- I Hear the Ax Swinging – Single
Workin’
Scruffy Pearls
- Workin’ – Single
In Isolation
Elle King
- The Let Go
Nola
Benji.
- Nola – Single
Paradise
Knox Fortune
- Stars
Xoxo
The Jayhawks
- This Forgotten Town
Obviously
Lake Street Dive
- Making Do
WE ARE
Jon Batiste
- I NEED YOU
Shelf-Life
Bedrock
- Sweat
KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
- Hero (Intro)
- Hero
The Days of Our Nights
Luna
- Sweet Child of Mine
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OTTO Heavy Rotation Vol 2020: first Wave
Almost all new ear candy music culled from the spins of WDST Woodstock during the Pandemic. We hope you find your groove and some peace in this K-Tel style mix. Long live live radio!!!!
Black Hole Rainbow
Devon Gilfillian
- Unchained
- The Good Life
Scruffy Pearls
Scruffy Pearls
- Good Things
Sit Back
Scruffy Pearls
- Sit Back
Satellite Man
Satellite and the Harpoonist
- Satellite Man
Hard on Things
The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer
- Hard on Things
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
- Paris (Ooh La La)
Ghost of Vroom 2
Ghost of Vroom, Mike Doughty & Andrew Livingston
- Rona Pollona
- Chief of Police
Black Pumas
Black Pumas
- Fire
- Black Moon Rising
Plastic Soul
Mondo Cozmo
- Shine
Jaime
Brittany Howard
- History Repeats
- He Loves Me
The Moon And Stars: Prescription For Dreamers
Valerie June
- Call Me A Fool (feat. Carla Thomas)
Bang Bang Boom Boom
Beth Hart
- Bang Bang Boom Boom
How Low Can You Go
LP
- How Low Can You Go
The One That You Love
LP
- The One That You Love
Free Love
Sylvan Esso
- Ferris Wheel
Giant
ZZ Ward
- Giant
Sex & Stardust
ZZ Ward
- Sex & Stardust
Sad Hunk
Bahamas
- Trick To Happy
Fly Between Falls
ALO
- Wasting Time
KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
- You Ain’t the Problem
Sonia Dada
Sonia Dada
- Jungle Song
Bittersweet
Lianne La Havas
- Bittersweet (Radio Edit)
Lianne La Havas
Lianne La Havas
- Can’t Fight
Emily Wolfe
Emily Wolfe
- Holy Roller
Lo-Fi-Soul
Haley Reinhart
- Deep Water
Radio Free Universe
Love
- Love Right Now
Los Lonely Boys
Los Lonely Boys
- Heaven
Twelfth
Old 97’s
- Turn Off the TV
The Nude Party
The Nude Party
- Feels Alright
- Chevrolet Van
Songs From the Road
Andy Frasco & the U.N.
- Tie You Up (Live)
- Smokin’ Dope and Rock N’ Roll (Live)
Another Live
Utopia
- The Wheel (Live)
Private Revolution
World Party
- Ship of Fools (feat. Anthony Thistlethwaite)
Goodbye Jumbo
World Party
- Way Down Now
Running Red Lights (feat. Rivers Cuomo & Pink Siifu)
The Avalanches
- Running Red Lights (feat. Rivers Cuomo & Pink Siifu)
On The Line
Jenny Lewis
- Rabbit Hole
Nice As Fuck
Nice As Fuck
- Guns
Down with the Ship
Todd Rundgren & Rivers Cuomo
- Down with the Ship – Single
Officer of Love
Caamp
- Officer of Love – Single
Daylight
Grace Potter
- Officer of Love
- Desire (feat. Lucius)
Life in the Dark
The Felice Brothers
- Plunder
Twelve
Patti Smith
- Smells Like Teen Spirit
A Wizard, a True Star
Todd Rundgren
- Just One Victory
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Psych Charger
- Scream, Blacula, Scream
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
- I Put a Spell on You
The Cramps
- I Was a Teenage Werewolf
Concrete Blonde
- Bloodletting
Vince Guaraldi Trio
- Great Pumpkin Waltz
The Cranberries
- Zombie
Ramones
- Pet Sematary
Nine Inch Nails
- Dead Souls
Eels
- Your Lucky Day In Hell
Sonic Youth
- Halloween
New York Dolls
- Frankenstein
Alice Cooper
- Feed My Frankenstein
Dirty Vegas
- Ghosts
Daniel Johnston
- Casper The Friendly Ghost
Classics IV
- Spooky
Siouxsie and the Banshees
- Halloween
The White Stripes
- Little Ghost
Ramones
- I Don’t Wanna Go Down to the Basement
Cat Power
- Werewolf
Los Amigos Invisibles
- Diablo
Luna
- Season of the Witch
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Vol. 19 | 09.2019
This autumn season our musical wool blanket has come from the 80s and early 90s.
NY
Out of the Shadow
Rogue Wave
- Every Moment
- Postage Stamp World
Pop Art
Transvision Vamp
- I Want Your Love
- Andy Warhol’s Dead
Sex, America
Cheap Trick
- Everything Works if You Let It
- Gonna Raise Hell
Rattlesnakes
Lloyd Cole
- Perfect Skin
- Speedboat
Love Bomb
The Tubes
- Night People
- Say Hey
- Eyes
- Muscle Girls
- Theme from a Wooly Place
- For a Song
- Say Hey (Part 2)
- Feel It
- Night People (reprise)
CA
Catch for Us the Foxes
mewithoutyou
- Torches Together
- January 1979
Kodama
Alcest
- Darkness
- Oiseaux de proie
Rocky IV OST
- Burning Heart – Survivor
- No Easy Way Out – Robert Tepper
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Vol. 18 | 09.2019
As summer ends we are trying to keep our stamina up while we launch the new Jovia Brand. After 2 years in the making it truly rocks!
NY
Girlfriend
Matthew Sweet
- Divine Intervention
- I've Been Waiting
- Girlfriend
Rocket to Russia
Ramones
- Rockaway Beach
- Surfin' Bird
Blind Melon
Blind Melon
- No Rain
- Tones of Home
Young & Dangerous
THE STRUTS
- I Do It So Well
- Body Talks (ft. Kesha)
Let It Be
THE STRUTS
- I Will Dare
- Unsatisfied
CA
All Mirrors
Angel Olsen
- All Mirrors
- Lark
Birth of Violence
Chelsea Wolfe
- American Darkness
- Little Grave
Death Magic
Health
- Stonefist
- L.A. Looks
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Vol. 17 | 07.2019
NY
Guitar In The Space Age
Bill Frisell
- Messing With the Kid
- The Shortest Day
But You Caint Use My Phone
Erykah Badu
- Phone Down
- Hello
Beautiful Tomorrow
Blue Six
- Let's Do It Together
- Pure
White People
Handsome Boy Modeling School
- I've Been Thinking
- A Day in the Life
Brothers of Destruction
The Lemon Twigs
- Intro
- Why Didn't You Say That
- Night Song
CA
You Drive
You Drive
- Royal Blue
- New
Into the Water
Ritual Howls
- Scatter the Scars
- Nervous Hands
Heaven that Dwells Within
Wormwitch
- Dancing in the Ashes
- Vernal Womb
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Vol. 16 | 06.2019
In honor of OTTO Marriage Month—cheers!!!! to Lindsey and Saleena—we are featuring our team’s wedding songs:
Andrea
Annie's Song
John Denver
Andy
White Wedding
Billy Idol
Chris
You And I
Crystal Gayle and Eddie Rabbitt
Don C
Just the Two of Us
Grover Washington Jr. (Feat. Bill Witherse)
Don T
Love Bites
John Denver
Hope
By Your Side
Sade
Kevin
Rock Lobster
The B52's
Kimberly and David
Ceremony
Hideaway
Todd Rundgren
Dance
A Dream Goes on Forever
Todd Rundgren
Megan
So Long, Lonesome
Explosions in the Sky
Michael
Kiss
Tom Jones & the Art of Noise
Mike
First Dance
Sea of Love
Cat Power
Bridal Procession
There is a Light That Never Goes Out
The Smiths
Bridal Entrance
I Found a Reason
Cat Power
and we exited the aisle to
Black Thunder
Doomriders
Couldn't be just one song, right?
Ray
Time in a Bottle
Jim Croce
I'm a hopeless romantic.
Steve H
Can't Help Falling in Love
Elvis Presley
Steve P
Another One Bites the Dust
Queen
Tina
Miserlou
Dick Dale and his Del-Tones
Bonus
Bob's Wedding Compendium
True Companion
Marc Cohn
The Way You Look Tonight
Frank Sinatra, DUH
Buono Sera
Louis Prima
Here, There and Everywhere
The Beat-alls
Can't Take My Eyes Off You
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
Papa Loves Mambo
Perry Como (there's an ewww factor there right?)
Two Out of Three Ain't Bad
Meat Loaf (and 50% of marriages end in divorce)
Now if you'll excuse me I have to get some insulin
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Vol. 15 | 06.2019
Listen to this month's featured artists who inspire us. The summer weather has us feeling eclectic & gaga-esque.
NY
Negro Swan
Blood Orange
- Charcoal Baby
Free Town Sound
Blood Orange
- Augustine
Vanished Gardens
Charles Lloyd
- Defiant
- Angel (feat. Lucinda Williams)
Dirty Computer
Janelle Monae
- Pynk (feat. Grimes)
- Make Me Feel
Collagically Speaking
R+R=NOW
- Change of Tone
- Resting Warrior
Brainfeeder X
Various Artists
- Bug Thief - Iglooghost
- Order of the Golden Dawn - Daedelus
CA
Panorama
La Dispute
- Fulton Street |
- View From Our Bedroom Window
Danzig
Danzig
- Am I Demon
- Mother
You Won't Get What You Want
Daughters
- Satan in the Wait
- Daughter
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Vol. 14 | 03.2019
Currently these are the hot 8-tracks 2XL is cooking in The Lab @ 30 W 21st.
NY
Houses of the Holy
Led Zeppelin
- The Ocean
- The Song Remains the Same
Live at Max's Kansas City
The Velvet Underground
- Beginning to See the Light
- White Light White Heat
New York Dolls
New York Dolls
- Personality Crisis
- Trash
Horses
Patti Smith
- Free Money
- Kimberly
Leave Home
Ramones
- Carbona NotGlue
- Oh, Oh, I Love Her So
CA
West Coast Digital Rain Edition
Part Time Punks Session
Choir Boy
- Blood Moon
- Passive With Desire
Time Rider
Chromatics
- Time Rider
Kill for Love
Chromatics
- These Streets Will Never Look the Same
The Acrobat
Death of Lovers
- Orphans of the Smog
- Ursula In B Major
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This Land
Gary Clark Jr.
This Land [Explicit]
What About Us
I Got My Eyes on You (Locked & Loaded)
I Walk Alone
Feelin’ Like a Million
Gotta Get Into Something
Got to Get Up
Feed the Babies
Pearl Cadillac
When I’m Gone
The Guitar Man
Low Down Rolling Stone
The Governor
Don’t Wait Til Tomorrow
Dirty Dishes Blues
Highway 71 (Bonus Track)
Did Dat (Bonus Track)
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Vol. 12 | 12.2018
The gnomes at OTTO really get jazzed on giving. Below are five Christmas discs to go with five of the charities we faithfully support. If you are our client, sit back and chill knowing that we give on your behalf every year. If you are our friend here for the tuneage, take a moment and drop a dime on one of the links below:
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Vince Guaraldi
WBGO
We proudly support our constant source of inspiration and knowledge on the history, the present and the future of music. Arguably, the greatest jazz station in the world.
Jackson 5 Christmas Album
Jackson 5
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
An amazing organization that provides essential services. We have worked for these guys and can assure you that your donations really do make a difference in the lives of patient’s and their families. We are proud supporters of our luminous lead gnomette Lindsey who helped us Light the Night for Lous Loves.
Acoustic Christmas
Neil Diamond
Gowanus Canal Conservancy
Back in 2006 before the Michelin Star restaurants and Whole Foods, our own Andy Simons created the Conservancy which has served as the environmental steward for the neighborhood through leading grassroots volunteer projects; educating students on environmental issues; and working with agencies, elected officials, and the community to advocate for, build, and maintain innovative green infrastructure around the Gowanus Canal.
The Sinatra Christmas Album
Frank Sinatra
Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen
The largest emergency food program in New York state, serving more than 1,000 meals each weekday to hungry and homeless New Yorkers. We are proud to be supporters of Sara Pandolfi and the Farm to Tray events.
Kylie Christmas
Kylie Minogue
The Susan G. Komen 3-Day. 3 Days. 60 Miles. To End Breast Cancer
An amazing organization that provides essential services. We have worked for these guys and can assure you that your donations really do make a difference in the lives of patient’s and their families. We are proud supporters of our luminous lead gnomette Lindsey who helped us Light the Night for Lous Loves.
Stocking Stuffers
- Spinal Tap / Christmas With The Devil
- Joey Ramone / Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight)
- The Youngsters / Christmas in Jail
- Johnny Guarnieri / Santa’s Secret
- The Staple Singers / Who Took the Merry Out of Christmas
- Isaac Hayes / Winter Snow
- Lightning Hopkins / Santa
- Jimmy Butler / Trim Your Tree
- Peter & The Test Tube Babies / I’m Getting Pissed for Christmas
- The 4-Skins / Merry Christmas Everybody
- Eric Cartman / Swiss Colony Beef Log
- The Raveonettes / Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
- Booker T & The MG’s / Winter Wonderland
- Debbie Dabney / I Want to Spend Christmas With Elvis
- NRBQ / Christmas Time is Here (Live)
- Todd Rundgren / One More Day
- Patti Smith / White Christmas
- Utopia / One World
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Vol. 666 | 10.2018
"So I realized I pretty much only listen to Halloween music, across many different genres. It’s not for the faint of heart, but it’s also not all chaos either." - Mike
Mike's Monstrous Mix, Featuring:
- Zeal and Ardor
- Carpenter Brut
- Chelsea Wolfe
- Nile
- Grave Pleasures
- Cradle of Filth
- Emily Jane White
- Iron Maiden
- Doomriders
- Old Gray
- Ihsahn
- Death of Lovers
- Ghost
- Slayer
- Pageninetynine
- Most Precious Blood
- Gehenna
- Loma Prieta
- Dark Funeral
- Metallica
THE Misfits Bonus Section
- Skulls
- Halloween
- Dig Up Her Bones
- Night of the Living Dead
- Vampira
- Ghouls Night Out
- Astro Zombies
- Horror Business
Megan's Extra Bonus Section
- Pet Semetary – The Ramones
- Psycho Killer – Talking Heads
- Area 52 – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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Vol. 11 | 10.2018
Music is a constant source of inspiration for all of us at OTTO Brand Lab. Watch this space to hear what’s playing in our studios and put OTTO in your ears.
NY
Fine Art of Surfacing
Boomtown Rats
- I Don't Like Mondays
- Someone's Looking at You
Cymande
Cymande
- One More
- Bra
Banshee
Kendra Morris
- Concrete Waves
- Banshee
Eat the Elephant
A Perfect Circle
- The Doomed
- Feathers
Phaseshifter
Redd Kross
- Annie's Gone
- Shonen Knife
CA
Nearer My God
Foxing
- Grand Paradise
- Lich Prince
- Nearer My God
Stranger Fruit
Zeal & Ardor
- Gravedigger's Chant
- You Ain't Coming Back
- Built on Ashes
Bonus
The perfect soul and jazz mix to help you deal with those end of the summer blues.
Tracklist
- Lee Fields – Honey Dove (Soul Fire)-2002
- The Olympians – How Can I Love (Now That You’re Gone) (Truth & Soul)-2008
- Durand Jones & The Indications – Is It Any Wonder (Colemine)-2016
- Atlantis Jazz Ensemble – Pillars Of Hercules (Marlow)-2016
- Aloe Blacc – Good Things (Stones Throw)-2010
- The Iguanas – Pelican Bay (Yep Roc)-2008
- Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – Better Things (Daptone)-2010
- Slim Moore & The Mar-Kays – Riverside Drive (Marlow)-2011
- Seu Jorge & Alma – Everybody Loves The Sunshine (Now Again)-2010
- The Frightnrs – I’d Rather Go Blind (Daptone)-2015
- James Hunter Six – So They Say (Fantasy)-2013
- The Fabulous Three – Answer Me Softly (Psycho/Soul Fire)-2002
- Kamasi Washington – Kipling Theme (RCA)-2016
- Souljazz Orchestra – It’s Gonna Rain (Strut)-2015
- Charles Bradley & Menahan Street Band – The World Is Going Up In Flames (Dunham)-2011
- Sonny Knight & The Lakers – Oh Mary (Secret Stash)-2016
- Menahan Street Band – Going The Distance (Dunham)-2008
- Myron & E With The Soul Investigators – They Don’t Know (Timmion)-2013
- Mayer Hawthorne – Thin Moon (Stones Throw)-2011
HEAVY ROTATION
Vol. 10 | 08.2018
NY
The Story of Sonny Boy Slim
Gary Clark Jr.
- Our Love
- Cold Blooded
Both Directions At Once
John Coltrane
- Nature Boy
- Impressions - Take 3
Age of Understatement
The Last Shadow Puppets
- Standing Next to Me
- My Mistakes Were Made For You
Woodstock
Portugal. The Man
- Feel It Still
- So Young
Hello Summer
Pat Van Dyke
- Lotus
- Hello, Summer
CA
In honor of our San Francisco summer, here's some gloomy dark-wave, with just a sparkle of hopefulness to it. And an ultimate guilty pleasure.
Cherish the Light Years
Cold Cave
- The Great Pan is Dead
- Confetti
- Underworld USA
Born to Die
Lana Del Rey
- Born to Die
- Summertime Sadness
Summer Bonus
Feeding Tony’s Yacht Rock jones we are featuring a special streaming summer mix.
Naut-Cal:
A Funky Yacht Rock & AOR Mixtape by Shawn Lee of Young Gun Silver Fox for Wax Poetics
Featuring:
- You Win I lose- Hal Bradbury
- Pretend he’s me – Robert Byrne
- Somethings are better unsaid- Player
- The Sailors song- Pages
- House on the rock – Rob Mehl
- People gotta move – Gino Vanelli
- Whatcha gonna do- Pablo Cruise
- Nightfly- Donald Fagen
- Steal Away- Robbie Dupree
- Lihue- Nohelani Cypriano
- Much Higher- Gary Wright
- Jojo – Boz Scaggs
- Phantom of the footlights- The Larsen Feiten Band
- I wouldn’t want to be like you- The Alan Parsons Project
- You belong to me- The Doobie Brothers
- Alone too long- Hall & Oates
- Biggest part of me – Ambrosia
“whatever you wanna call it… It’s smooth as hell and makes me smile.”
-Shawn Lee
HEAVY ROTATION
NY
Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon
Devendra Banhart
- Lover
- Carmensita
Future Blues
Canned Heat
- Sugar Bee
- Let's Work Together
Penthouse
Luna
- 23 Minutes In Brussels
- Rhythm King
Garage Inc.
Metallica
- Turn The Page
- Die, Die My Darling
- Whiskey In The Jar
Currents
Tame Impala
- The Less I Know The Better
- Past Life
CA
Darkness Come Alive
Doomriders
- Heavy Lies The Crown
- Crooked Path
- Jealous God
Low Teens
Every Time I Die
- Map Change
- Fear And Trembling
We love our neighborhood block! Thanks to Abracadabra NYC for the rad space suit!
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NY
Wildflower
The Avalanches
- Because I'm Me
- Frankie Sinatra
The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series
Miles Davis & John Coltrane
- So What - Live from Copenhagen
- On Green Dolphin Street - Live from Copenhagen
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
- Can You Get to That
- Super Stupid
Timez Are Weird These Days
Theophilus London
- Last Name London
- Why Even Try
Boarding House Reach
Jack White
- Corporation
- Over and Over and Over
CA
Jupiter
Cave In
- Innuendo and Out the Other
- Big Riff
Until Your Heart Stops
Cave In
- Moral Eclipse
- Juggernaut
NO
Old Man Gloom
- Crescent
- To Carry The Flame
- The Forking Path
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NY
Colors
Beck
- Colors
- Up All Night
Jazzmatazz Vol. 1
Guru
- Lounging
- No Time To Play
Jesus of Cool
Nick Lowe
- I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass
- So It Goes
In Colour
Jamie xx
- Gosh
- Obvs
MASSEDUCTION
St. Vincent
- Hang On Me
- Los Ageless
CA
Rad (OST)
- Break The Ice - John Farnham
- Send Me An Angel - Real Life
- Thunder in Your Heart - John Farnham
Transformers The Movie
- The Touch - Stan Bush
- Nothin's Gonna Stand In Our Way - Spectre General
- Death of Optimus Prime - Vince DiCola
HEAVY ROTATION
NY
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Genesis
- Fly on a Windshield
- The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging
The Texas Bluesman
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Once Was a Gambler
- Watch My Fingers
Baby Please/ Just Walkin' in the Rain
The Prisonaires
- Baby Please
- Just Walkin' in the Rain
Half the City
St. Paul & The Broken Bones
- Call Me
- Like a Mighty River
Sir Nebula
Tauk
- Time's Up
- Where You Are
CA
Forced Witness
Alex Cameron
- Stranger's Kiss (feat. Angel Olson)
- Runnin' Outta Luck
- Candy May
The Dusk In Us
Converge
- A Single Tear
- Eye of the Quarrel
- Broken by Light
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NY
Christmas
FRANK Sinatra
- Mistletoe and Holly
- White Christmas
Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas
Ella Fitzgerald
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmsa
- Sleigh Ride
Christmas Album
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
- Winter Wonderland
- My Favorite Things
A Winter Romance
Dean Martin
- Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!
- Winter Wonderland
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Vince Guaraldi Trio
- O Tannenbaum
- My Little Drum
- Christmas is Coming
Kylie Christmas
Kylie Minogue
- It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
- Every Day's Like Christmas
A Twisted Christmas
TWISTED SISTER
- White Christmas
- Silver Bells