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    boxspelunker: In 2006, I made two mix CDs for my partner at the time. She said she didn't like any of my music, so one of the CDs was stuff I liked that I thought ... more »
    kppontrucking: What, no "Sex Bomb" song? Sex bomb, sex bomb, you're my sex bomb... LMFAO. more »
    Cam/ron: FWIW, I used to be into piecing together "shuffle" mixes where I would set my iTunes player on shuffle and then place the random tracks into a playlis... more »
    The HZA.: The Email My Heart really makes it... more »
    Ipomoea: My first real boyfriend gave me a mix tape that was amazing, and I wish I still had it. The Vandals, the Queers, the Ramones, some local jazz group he... more »
    hamburgerhotdog: I once got a mix tape on a first date that opened with Sylk's "Freak Me". No second date. more »
    Mediokra: I may have made this exact mix when I was about 17. Goddamn. more »
    Callipegian: A couple of my friends were really into classic rock in high school, and one guy, a saxophone-playing member of the cross-coutnry team, made me a mix ... more »
    cantstopwontstop: It's 1995- Fifteen year old me has just broken up with First Boyfriend. First Boyfriend is a lovable doofus who smells like Snuggle original fabric so... more »
    Elaken: Awww, I hate the idea of mocking someone's musical tastes. I am sure some of you guys would be brutal about my itunes list. I like almost everything... more »
    Pearl Forrester: My husband made me several mix CDs when we starting dating. They are wonderful with great cover artwork (he digitally painted over pictures of us). He... more »
    lilbobbytables: My 7th grade BFFF made me a mix tape to expose me to punk. It was awesome. My dad was uncomfortable with "Code Blue", however, so it was a Walkman on... more »
    counterclockwise's using her promoting-power for good: I made a mixtape for my little sister (who's 15) and she was baffled when I handed her a tape instead of a CD. She doesn't own a tape recorder! Is the... more »
    Ipomoea: I once made a mix tape for an exboyfriend that had the Buffy and Angel love theme on it. OH GOD I AM SO ASHAMED. more »
    gobblegirl: Ooooh, can we send in our best mixtape stories? Mine involves drunken groping, emotional infidelity, hilarious age differences and a months-later happ... more »
  • #mixitup

    Sex, Guys & Audiotape: "just for u"

    This walk down mix tape memory lane comes via "cheerful indie rocker" Sam, who presented the glimpse into his sensitive guy soul to Susan in winter 2001. More »
  • #mixitup

    Sex, Guys & Audiotape: "Summer Songs '99"

    Remember mixed tapes? We kick off this look into a Young Man's Soul with "Summer Songs '99," a mixed tape from "sensitive dude" Jake to Sarah, 18, before their first summer of college. More »
  • #outofafrica

    Young Love

    Two German children, ages six and seven, who say they are "very much in love," decided to get married in Africa "where it is warm" and went to the train station, where police apprehended them.