Lady Killer's Home Journal: A Cocktail-Party Playlist
Joëlle Jones

Editor's Note

Dear Reader:

An editorial visit to Joëlle's studio can be many things -- surprising, alarming, possibly expensive -- but on our most recent call, it was largely cluttered. 

We shoved open the studio door against a tide of half-packed suitcases. In the eye of this gadabout's hurricane stood Ms. Jones, holding out a pitcher of something bright green. A pug napped on a nearby Samsonite case. 

"What I should do is finishing packing for San Diego Comic-Con," she said as she filled our glasses with what looked like Kryptonite (and, next morning, felt like Kryptonite). "Instead I'm playing with some new pencils." A sketchbook sat nearby.

The trip to this year's funnybook congress was decided at the last minute, but the powers that be still managed to cobble together a signing schedule. Feel free to say hello Friday-Sunday, July 21-23 at the following booths and panels:

 

Ask Josie Anything!

Dear Josie:  I’m getting ready for a cocktail party at my home and everything's in place -- fondue set, rum punch, clam dip, deviled eggs, Jell-O AND ambrosia salads -- but I just realized I forgot to sort out the evening's music playlist! Can you help?

— Seriously Worried — I Need Grooves!

Fear not, SWING! I flipped through our HiFi collection and hastily assembled a playlist suitable for a boistrious, glass-clinking lounge. Field testing confirms the following songs pair wonderfully with our "Cold and Bitter Revenge" cocktail. I hope you enjoy Mel "The Velvet Fog" Tormé as much as Gene does!

Lady Killer's Home Journal Cocktail Party Playlist

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  1. "Thirteen Men" by Ann-Margret
  2. "The Silencers" by Vikki Carr
  3. "Fly Me to the Moon" by Julie London
  4. "Comin' Home Baby" by Mel Tormé
  5. "Triste" by Antonio Carlos Jobim & Elis Regina
  6. "Prisencolinensinainciusol" by Adriano Celentano
  7. "Here's to the Losers" by Frank Sinatra
  8. "House of Bamboo" by Earl Grant
  9. "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E." by Teddy Randazzo
  10. "Playboy's Theme" by Cy Coleman
  11. "Gopher Mambo" by Yma Sumac
  12. "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home to" by Julie London
  13. "Blue Skies" by Ella Fitzgerald
  14. "Do It Again" by April Stevens
  15. "Voodoo Dreams" by Les Baxter
  16. "So in Love" by Mario Lanza
  17. "Too Close for Comfort" by Mel Tormé
  18. "Papa, Won't You Let Me Go to Town With You" by Bobbie Gentry
  19. "Begin the Beguine" by Juan Garcia Esquivel
  20. "I've Got Just About Everything" by Tony Bennett
  21. "Go Slow" by Julie London
  22. "Zelda's Theme" by Perez Prado
  23. "Whatever Lola Wants" by Mel Tormé
  24. "The Coffee Song" by Frank Sinatra
  25. "Yèkèrmo Sèw (A Man of Experience and Wisdom)" by Mulatu Astatke
  26. "Mucha Muchacha" by Juan Garcia Esquivel
  27. "Samba De Orfeo" from the soundtrack to Black Orpheus 

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