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  • Beatique Mix July 2026

    Lately, I’ve been hearing a lot of nods to 1990s dance music in contemporary productions, which is why I dug up some tunes from the era for the July edition of the Beatique mix. It has nothing to do with nostalgia- a word that gets thrown around online so often that no one even knows what it means anymore- I’m just drawing connections between the past and the present. The full breakdown of the set is below, but this month’s mix includes new music from Mouse and Mars and Lee “Scratch” Perry, Tomora, Olof Dreijer and Matias Aguayo, throwbacks from De la Soul and The Prodigy and lots more. Oh, and there’s a new Madonna song, way at the end of the mix. 

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  • New Year, New Mix

    Overlooking the L.A. River after a storm. January 1, 2026 (Photo: Liz Ohanesian)
    L.A. River after the rain. January 1, 2026 (Pic: Liz O.)

    As usual, one of my New Year resolutions was to spend less time scrolling. And, also as usual, I failed sometime during the morning of January 1. By lunch, I was still in my pajamas, sitting on the sofa with my eyes darting back and forth between devices. On my phone, I tapped through the New Year’s Eve stories of virtually everyone I know. On my laptop, I hate read an op-ed in the billionaire-owned L.A. Times about why taxing the rich is bad and felt no remorse for using a paywall remover to do it. And I did all this while watching the Rose Parade, plus an hour’s worth of cartoons. Then I figured I should cosplay an adult, so I put on real world clothes, sat back on the couch and watched General Hospital. It was a repeat of the final episode with Luke Spencer played in memory of the actor Anthony Geary, who recently died, so I kind of had to watch it. 

    New year, same ol’ Liz. 

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  • Beatique Mix #2 Is Now Online

    cover of Beatique Mix with Liz O. #2

    The second episode of Beatique, my monthly podcast/mix series, is ready for you now. Listen on Mixcloud or via the embed below. Keep reading for the full tracklisting with links to where you can purchase these tunes. 

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