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Mixed Genre
6/18/2002
July 2000: Via e-mail and the phone, I was getting to know an English boy named Nick (a friend of a friend). I liked him, he was responding in kind; therefore, I had to make him a tape. I divided the t …
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Theme
6/18/2002
It was mid-August 2000, and I was deeply smitten with a British boy who was coming to visit in September. I made this mix of North American bands for him (yeah, I know Thom Yorke's on there). I think t …
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Mixed Genre
6/18/2002
I made this on October 12, 2000, just because I felt like my making my best friend Andrew a mix. Also because, at the time, I was obsessed with "Weekends" and "Don't Mess With My Man", and Andy couldn' …
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Mixed Genre
6/18/2002
I started this mix on February 11, 2001, and finished it just in time for my friend's birthday (February 22, 2001). Her name is Wendy, and she loves dancing.
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Theme
6/18/2002
It was February 26, 2001; my friend Kevin and I had recently recorded a very low-fi cover of Elvis Costello's "Watch Your Step", and I was proud of it. In the exchange of tapes between me and my friend …
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Mixed Genre
6/18/2002
My best friend Andrew and his partner Christie had moved a few times in a relatively short period (hence the title). Each time they did, I would give them a mix as a housewarming present. This one was …
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Mixed Genre
6/18/2002
I'd been good friends with Jay for a long time, when I realized that I'd yet to make him a mix. So, on Hallowe'en 2000, I did. The only sure thing was to be "Upside Down", because that's the only song …
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Theme - Depression
6/18/2002
I started this mix on May 26, 2000; I finished it on October 9th of the same year. I don't know why it took me so long. And I can't explain why these songs make me sad (Erasure?), except perhaps it has …
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Theme
6/18/2002
When I made this mix (November 2000), I was obsessed with a few of these songs. I had no real theme with which to tie them together, so I copped out and divided the sides up into men and women.
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