Earlier this week, Aaron reminded me of a fun mixtape challenge we worked on a couple years ago. The idea was to take two female film characters and create mixtapes for them - stuff we imagine they’d listen to in their car, things that seem to belong to them even though we could never be […]
It’s that time of year - I begin going through all the records I’ve acquired and revisit almost all of them in an attempt to both clear away things that didn’t stick and celebrate those that did. It’s time for another mixtape, so I wanted to share some of my favorite tracks from some of […]
I made this one for Kevin before he left on a trip - I think it’s generally awesome, even though it’s kind of long. Enjoy it!
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01 Baltic Fleet “Intro”
02 The Mae Shi “The Potential”
03 Castor “Moving Backgrounds”
04 Squeeze “Another Nail in My Heart”
05 Adem “Loro”
06 Rollerskate Skinny “Shallow Thunder”
07 John Phillips “Drum”
08 […]
This mix should be listened to while doing some thoughtful night driving on a warm summer evening.
Or something like that.
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01 Labradford “Soft Return”
02 Bark Psychosis “Burning the City”
03 Juana Molina “No Seas Antipatica”
04 Minus Story “Heaven and Hell”
05 Namelessnumberheadman “Mid-Continent”
06 Linda Perhacs “Chimicum Rain”
07 Shearwater “The Snow Leopard”
08 Paavoharju “Italialaisella […]
This mix represents the last few months of my life fairly well, there’s a little bit of everything: gloomy, happy, loving, excited and full-on rockin’. There’s a nice mix of new and old, too. I hope that you enjoy it — it’s a lot less esoteric than the last handful of mixes I’ve made, […]
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