Four Fridays a year, SAM stays open till midnight, fires up the sound system, and invites a music-listening, good-time audience to enjoy an entirely different museum experience. By definition, SAM Remix is a doubled commingling of art and culture, so you can make an argument that just about anything goes. At least in terms of important things like what you’re going to wear.

You might dress in primary colors, with accessories that feature engineered dangling, with a nod to the Calder exhibit; you might take the Quartet of Suits up on its offer. Or just pick any era covered in the wide expanse of black and white photographs snapped by Northwest visionary Imogen Cunningham.

You might also just literally mix it up. Pattern-, print-, and textile-mixing being, of course, one of fashion’s favorite trends. (Oh, just you wait and see our Spring Fashion editorial in the April issue of Seattle Met.)

That’s about what I intend to do. Especially because the folks at SAM asked me to contribute a mix for the event. For each SAMRemix the public programming heads solicit media types, artists, and oh you know, others to put together twenty minutes of music to soundtrack the evening.

Sounds like a good date for you and that Shazam app, eh?

I was psyched at the invitation to participate. Below is what I ended up putting together, and why.

I look forward to seeing you — and seeing what you’re wearing — at the party on Friday night.

+"Gunbeat Falls," Shabazz Palaces, from Of Light I begin and end the mix with Seattle artists; from this track, I quote, “Push the button/start the show.”

+"Gembira Ria," Rosnah and the Siglap Five from Steam Kodok LP There’s something about ’60s pop music from Southeast Asian countries that is just totally immersive and mood-altering in the best way.

+"A Raincoat’s Room," Swell Maps, from Jane From Occupied Europe from Jane from Occupied Europe A post-punk palate cleanser with piano. This quick one-minute-and-some-spare-change tune was later renamed “Raining in my Room.” How Seattle.

+"Mind Holes," Yoko Ono from Onobox Is there anything better to fall into while in the middle of an art museum?

+"In Quest of the Unusual," Cabaret Voltaire, from Cabaret Voltaire And then a worthy goal to get you out.

+"Tango Whiskeyman," Can, from Soundtracks Cinematic, obtuse, direct, rambling, safety-yellow floral — with a flashes of purple-gray cross-hatched stripes.

+"Franz Kafka At The Zoo," by The Clean from Anthology Kurt Cobain at the museum, Franz Kafka at the zoo … I don’t know it just seemed right.

+"More Noise Please," Steven Jesse Bernstein from Prison My absolute favorite made-in-Seattle “song,” and a polite request for the remainder of the evening.

Oh, and: the first 100 partiers get in FREE. The rest of you will pay $10 (SAM members pay $5 and students $8; regular daytime admission is $15)