I've done it again- I slacked. So, I'm gussying up the place and pulling out the tunes. Let's mingle,

while the music takes on a life of its own, randomly dashing from one jaunty summery thing to another. Full tracklist: http://friendistan.org/P/frf46.html

Five months without a podcast is a tad too long, but the the timing is just right for some energetic, springy, verdant and fecund tunes of mixed relevance to this time of year. Maybe it's just stuff I like, where this all began in the first place. Full tracklist: http://friendistan.org/P/frf45.html

The best ofs and new to mes for the past year, with a supercut of runners-up. Simple as that, but damn fine. Let the tops sing for themselves. Full tracklist: http://friendistan.org/P/frf44.html

Night music is a weird genre. It's got chords that fade in and out, like subatomic particles, and keys that jingle only when you fumble for them in the dark. Full tracklist: http://friendistan.org/P/frf43.html

It's summer and I'm lazy. I set the music to run randomly while I nap in the hammock. I'll be back later to see who made an appearance. Chaos! Full tracklist: http://friendistan.org/P/frf42.html

The main plaintiff against DOMA was the 84 year-old wife of Thea, a relationship the government refused to recognize. Until an uprising of common sense shot rainbow love into the chambers of the Supreme Court and PRIDE celebrations everywhere. Full tracklist: http://friendistan.org/P/frf41.html

Way back when we started, we devoted an episode to covers. These are in fact my favorite of gems in my scouring of obscurities. Surrender your favorite songs to the world-wide matrix of creativity. Full tracklist: http://friendistan.org/P/frf40.html

If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, what's in the ear? Why do we get stuck with metaphors like earworms? These songs celebrate and mock the creative process, which at the very least might prod us to peer into the paintbox again. Full tracklist: http://friendistan.org/P/frf39.html

The meddlesome march of time at least has some music to go along with it. 2011 was a doozy, and '12? Well, these are interesting times. Here's to hoping the year of the baker's dozen will be just as interesting,

but without as much "damn age." Full tracklist: http://friendistan.org/P/frf38.html

A lot has been happening in our restive Republic, and this transmission seeks to reassure the masses that we are a hardy people. Who else rides around triumphantly on unicorns? Full tracklist: http://friendistan.org/P/frf37.html