mixtapes

trying out mixwit

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Oh, my heavens. I may be in love. So, do I go back and do all my mixes this way? Or just start from here?

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i miss my man

an’ he been gone all week. So I made him a playlist called Get Back To Me. Here it is: Don’t Make Me Wait / LocksleyDo You Want to / Franz FerdinandSugar Magnolia / Grateful DeadYou Only Live Once / The StrokesSugar on My Tongue / Talking HeadsStickshifts and Safetybelts / CakeCome On Home / [...]

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Love Is A Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time

Phenomenal. I devoured this book, mixed and penned by Rolling Stone writer Rob Sheffield, in two late night reads, only because I forced myself to stop and savor the last half on a second night rather than read until the sun rose. Beautiful and anguished by turns, interwoven with the music of love and death [...]

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boyfriend sweater

I may have outdone myself. This is one of the best mixtapes I’ve made so far. Comforting, with boyfriend-scented memories and a slow dance or two. Eminently listenable, it’s the perfect mix of blues, folk, pop, indie, and rock-n-roll. A little bit of cheery whistling, some harmonica, even some faux snake rattles (REO, in homage [...]

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20 years

Finished and burned the 20 year anniversary rock-n-roll playlist. It’s different that I thought it would be, but I really like it! Ends on a nice slow dance, so we have to be out of the car by then, right? 1. When You Were Young, The Killers2. Mr. Brightside, The Killers3. Hump de Bump, Red [...]

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adding gomez

to the 20th anniversary rock-n-roll mixtape. I fell in love with Gomez when I heard their smooth and quirky tune “These Three Sins” on the Catch and Release soundtrack. Then I found their body of work to be an incredibly diverse, with something for nearly every mood. They definitely give the impression that they are [...]

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anniversary mixtaping to do!!

Working on the 20th Anniversary Rock n Roll Mixtape, kinda have a “twos” theme goin’ on for obvious reasons. This has to be a playlist that incites one to kick off the chandelier shoes (or male equivalent) and dance like an idiot while singing at the top of one’s lungs and maniacally playing air drums. [...]

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