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Theme
6/25/2002
My best friend Andrew and his partner Christie moved to the country (Oxford Mills, ON, to be exact); this mix was part of their housewarming present. The title is a lyric from "Back Home Again" - it's …
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Theme
6/19/2002
May 28, 2000: I made this tape for Andrew; the songs are tied together with an extremely loose "creepy" theme (title, lyrics, sound, whatever). Some of the tracks are actually just sad. And then at the …
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Theme
6/19/2002
February 13, 2000: When Andrew Forbes left school and took a full-time job at the music web site where I worked, I made this tape to tease him. It was funny at the time.
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Theme
6/19/2002
This tape was made for my friend Ingrid on December 23, 1999. I wanted each band and/or song on Side B to remind her of the corresponding band and/or song on Side A. (Yeah, The Zombies don't really hav …
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Mixed Genre
6/19/2002
April 14, 1999: I thought, What if I programmed the oldies station? The answer: A lot of stuff from Rushmore. Made for good listening on the April 1999 road trip, especially when we drove through the b …
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Theme
6/19/2002
March 6, 1998: The second instalment in the all-girl mixed tape series. The first was made for my friend Sara; it was eaten by her car's deck, and never actually replaced. (Hence the "resurrection" tit …
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Single Artist
6/19/2002
On a trip to Graceland in April 1999, we went in all cynical and sarcastic and came out awed and enthusiastic. This tape had the same effect. (Made October 12, 1998 - I wish I'd brought it with us.)
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Theme - Cover Songs
6/19/2002
November 20, 1996: The first full tape of cover songs I'd ever made, as part of a group trade with then-university friends Sally, Mark and Bill. We never got around to it.
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Mixed Genre
6/19/2002
By July 19, 1997, I'd made Sean so many mixed tapes that a condensed collection became a necessity. He scrawled out his requests on a scrap piece of paper; this is the result.
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