It looks like fall is finally here in New York City, just a few months later than some of us had been hoping. Still, breaking out of the lethargy of yet another prolonged (and exceptionally humid) New York summer, the cool air settling over the city this past week feels damn good. Therapeutic, even. It makes you wake up with a little extra spring in your step and a little more love in your heart.

And that’s how I was feeling this weekend when, for the first time don’t-ask-my-co-workers-how-long, I actually woke up early for work. So, looking to savor the fresh fall air for a few extra hours before my shift started, I decided to walk to work, across the Williamsburg Bridge and crosstown to my job at a small bookstore in the West Village, on foot. Takes about an hour, nice walk. But for me, any walk is only as good as the soundtrack you bring with you.

So I woke up, started a pot of coffee, kicked on my turntables, and went about putting down an hour’s worth of good tunes to take with me on a stroll to work on a cool fall morning. There’s no real theme, no real technical skill or mixing (unless you count the tape delay on a couple of those reggae joints) involved, just a long set of nice tracks, mostly soul cuts, but with a few new joints, some reggae, some afrobeat, and other strangeness peppered in. It made the walk nice, and the workday slide by like butter. And so this set has been dubbed, A Stroll Through the City on a Cool Fall Morning.

Taking a cue from newest PCS music contributor minusbaby and his Cover Letters post, I’m making up for a lack of original album art (though one should show up in your iTunes if you import this set into there) by putting up album covers for most of the records I spun into this set. So let’s get to it.

Also, did I mention we have a few new music contributors making their way to these staff blog pages these days? I don’t want to ruin any surprises, but I will say to keep your eyes and ears open, because things is happening. Hope you enjoy A Stroll Through the City on a Cool Fall Morning.