This mix isn't amazing; it's not great; it's not artful. But it was my summer, of 2001. Composed of songs I happened upon on the internet (it was made about a month before Napster started shutting down …

I gave this to a friend, and told him that I hoped it would be the kind of thing he'd listen to on a lazy day when all you want to do is lay down and listen to music and think. I'd put "Why Not Smile?" …

and i'm certain if i crash into those trees, it'll make less of a mess than you made of me.

This is basically an indie rock romance mix, but there were enough non-message, just cool sounding songs on the tape to push it out of the Romance category. The mix was made as a birthday present for m …

my friend wanted tapes of these CD's, so instead of just going straight copies, i alternated them a little. i added in the modest mouse song because i didn't have anymore elliott smith songs that i lik …

my rather punk rock friend mentioned that she'd like a little more weezer in her life...and just taping an album would be boring...so i think i got kind of carried away. but i had a great time mixing i …

this is a cd a friend of mine made for me to try to get me more into emo music. i can't say that this is my favorite cd, but i have listened to it more than once.

I made it four times unsuccessfully, before it was finished. I hope she likes it.

Indoctrination type mix from Spring 1999. I was listening almost exclusively to Komeda at the time, and was out to convert everyone in a 100 mile radius. It didn't work...their loss. Second side: bands …