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Theme
3/23/2006
Well, technically only 3 of the tracks are called "Telephone Song," but you get the idea. I like how the different tunes give glimpses of the development of the technology--the engaged operator in "Giv …
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Theme
2/24/2006
I started this mix back in November, when I reached a sort of breaking point. It was going to be one of those mixes. Is this the start of the breakdown? I can't understand you. Look, I am walking as if …
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Theme
2/13/2006
Happy V-Day, everybody! Space restrictions mean I had to leave off LOVE IS STRONGER THAN JUSTICE and LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING and YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS and A STRANGE KIND OF LOVE and well, …
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Mixed Genre
2/13/2006
Another old mix: this one comes from my first semester of my first year in graduate school. I can still picture the strange single dorm room with its bunk beds and trying to get used to snow. The title …
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2/12/2006
Yet another mix from 11 years ago! Upon further reflection, did this one need that much Prince? And I wonder what the Flecktones and the Del-Tones would say to one another.
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2/12/2006
Continuing the process of cataloguing old mixes.... Cool! (but I'm keeping my pants on) Apparently this was when my camp sensibility was beginning to develop: I love the Diana Ross in between the great …
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Blues
2/11/2006
This is an old mix, a tape I made in 1997, melancholy. Compositionally it started with Cassandra Wilson's cover of U2's "Love Is Blindness": I wanted to find a way to connect the two. I thought immedia …
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Mixed Genre
2/6/2006
This mix grew out of a couple of sessions with the randomizer, which let me hear some connections I had not noticed before. And it brings together some music from all over the place--Sicily, Finland, A …
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Theme
2/6/2006
A friend claimed there were no good ingredient songs. Many of these don't exactly fit his request, but can you scoff at the menu?: jelly rolls, pasta with pesto, english muffins, Captain's Wafers, waff …
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