Welcome to another episode of the Savage Love podcast—your one-stop for all the gritty, skanky sex column advice you could ever want. On today’s show: Do you have “Reluctant Dom Syndrome” (RDS)? Dan Savage has the cure.

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This week’s Mercury music section is all filler, no killer. Wait, is that right? Can we settle on all killer filler? Thanks. This week on Easier Than Reading, hear Ezra ramble and play tunes from Rasputina (pictured above), BOAT, Fist Fite and more.

Summer is here! Summer is really, really, really fucking here. Summer to Mike means: sweaty dance floors, hot jams, sexy people wearing next to nothing, and cold beers.

Coincidentally, that sounds a lot like what he told us winter and spring meant to him. Yeah, maybe he’s a spaz with a one track mind, but he’s our spaz, so there. Our spaz made a mix for us this week, and he’s got an important announcement!

[Dear World, please peep the following announcement. -Mike]

So Hot Right Now kicks off its monthly dance party next Thursday, July 19th! We’re taking over the ABOUT dance party at Branx (320 SE 2nd) every third Thursday of every month. Come dance and get buckwild with JOEEIRWIN, Mike Williams, and DJ Beyonda on Thursday July 19th at BRANX! Let’s PARTY!

Nono drama. Nononono drama: sohotrightnow@portlandmercury.com

Tracklisting after the jump!

Tittsworth - Brains
Soulico feat. Axum - Pitom Banu (Wido Remix)
M.I.A. - URAQT (Luvtek Remix)
Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls (Sujinho Remix)
Hurricane Chris - A Bay Bay (William Russell Remix)
Lil' Mama - Lip Gloss (Kid Fresh & Haterboy ReFix)
Alter Ego - Rocker (Stanton Warriors Remix)
DJ Blaq Starr feat Rye Rye - Shake it to the Ground (Accapella)

We’re not sure how we conned him into it, but the great DAVE ALLEN of GANG OF FOUR sits down with Matt for a little Q&A. Scratching “interview one of your music idols” off our TO DO LIST, welcome to Episode 26 of PURE POD FOR NOW PEOPLE!