“A girl in a bikini is like having a loaded pistol on your coffee table — there’s nothing wrong with them, but it’s hard to stop thinking about it.”

And ah, summer is upon us with its usual ferocity. No girls in bikinis anywhere close though, only the sultry summer breath rising from the earth and the reassuring thud of stupid bugs thwacking against the screen door.

So for those of you who, like me, are cooped up somewhere and the darkness and warmth wishing to all your gods that you could be on a beach somewhere with an infinite supply of tall cold beers, 8 tracks for the summer of 2012.

Glad You Came- The Wanted

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We’ll Be Alright- Travie McCoy

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Don’t Stop- Foster The People

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40 Day Dream- Edward Sharpe

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Mona Lisa- The Summer Set

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Good Vibrations- Beach Boys

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Under The Boardwalk- The Drifters

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Naive- The Kooks

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