Mix Tape
The San Francisco Chronicle today has a sweetly nostalgic article about the mix tape. I'm lucky enough to have quite a few of these tucked away in a box, and now I want to go and dig them all out. I met some of my favorite bands this way.
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April 27, 2008
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I used to be obsessed with making mix tapes. I actually used to make fancy covers for them and everything. For awhile, I did the same with mix CDs but it's just not the same.
Posted by:Melissa Donovan | April 28, 2008 at 12:40 PM
I've a box of thousands of mix tapes, and while I wasn't one for covers, I did love making up titles for them.
I also got into the CD mix thing for a while, but now I'm lazily content to make a contribution of one song per week to a podcast....
Posted by:jc | April 28, 2008 at 02:59 PM
Melissa, you're a woman after my own heart. I used to create these intricate little collages for the mix tapes I made. I think creating the titles may speak to the same impulse of wanting to symbolize or sum up what you're saying with the music on the tape...
jc, which podcast do you contribute to? How did I miss that??
Posted by:Greer | April 28, 2008 at 04:24 PM
Contrast Podcast....there's a link direct from The Vinyl Villain.
A new episode comes out every Tuesday. Feel free to join in...its wholly non-judgmental.
Posted by:jc | April 29, 2008 at 01:46 AM
Found it! Thanks jc, looks like fun.
Posted by:Greer | April 29, 2008 at 02:31 PM