This is my playlist for humid, hot, windless summer nights, and for summer parties filled with twinkling lights and mason jars filled with gin rickeys:

Rumble – Link Wray

This is Not a Love Song – Nouvelle Vague

Sittin on the Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding

Mr. Tangerine Speedo – Caviar

Blue Bayou – Linda Ronstadt

Rollin in the Deep – Adele (of course, the hit of the year so far)

Summer in the City – Joe Cocker or Loving Spoonful, both are great

Walkin After Midnight – Patsy Cline

The reason I fancy-edited this picture was because the original photo model’s white white arms scared me.

It’s summer, lady – get some sun. P.S. Anyone recognize what amazing summer movie this is from?