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boxspelunker
03/06/09

In reply to Sex, Guys & Audiotape: "just for u"
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 she might like (she loves hip-hop and rap while I am more disco-ee and shitty Europop with some metal thrown in for good measure) and songs I knew she did like. I was pretty excited, because I was hoping we could share some musical tastes and maybe get to know each other a little better.

She never listened to them and let her cat sit his ass on the artwork I had given her for her birthday.

Honestly, she was kindof a buttchunk.
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kppontrucking
03/05/09

In reply to Sex, Guys & Audiotape: "just for u"
What, no "Sex Bomb" song? Sex bomb, sex bomb, you're my sex bomb...

LMFAO.
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boxspelunker
03/06/09

@kppontrucking: AND BABY YOU CAN TURN ME ON
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Cam/ron
03/05/09

In reply to Sex, Guys & Audiotape: "just for u"
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 playlist. All of the cool moments would happen by luck. There would be results like the Runaways' "Cheery Bomb" being followed by a field recording of seagulls on a Scottish island. I also had a brief hobby of creating "mystery mixes" by burning mixes onto CD-Rs, and then leaving the discs and the music tracks unlabeled so that their receipients would never know which artist or song is being played.
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The HZA.
03/05/09

In reply to Sex, Guys & Audiotape: "just for u"
The Email My Heart really makes it...
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Ipomoea
03/05/09

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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 had a promo of called straighnochaser, oh. I loved that tape so much.
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hamburgerhotdog
03/05/09

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I once got a mix tape on a first date that opened with Sylk's "Freak Me".

No second date.
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hamburgerhotdog
03/05/09

@hamburgerhotdog: I'd also rate this one a five - it's got the "OMG super obscure I bet you've never heard of this band" element (AC) mixed with the "don't worry, I'm not a complete music snob who will mock you for owning a Stevie Wonder record" and a smidge of "I'm not too goth to dance".
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Mediokra
03/05/09

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I may have made this exact mix when I was about 17. Goddamn.
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Callipegian
03/05/09

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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 tape with CSR on one side and Simon & Garfunkel on the other. It was FANTASTIC! I remember my dad doing a spit take on his coffee when I started singing along to "Cecelia" on the radio on the way to school one morning.
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Beat Girl
03/05/09

@Callipegian: CSR?
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Callipegian
03/05/09

@Miss Carrie Nation: I am an idiot! CSN. Crosby, Stills and Nash.
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Beat Girl
03/05/09

@Callipegian: OOOhhhhhh right. I wondered if you meant CCR (Creedance Clearwater Revival)

CSN are wonderful.
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TildeMarks
03/05/09

@Miss Carrie Nation: I had the same question, but it is an awesome mix either way.
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Dictator for Life
03/05/09

@Callipegian: Those were my 2 favorite bands when I was 10. I was not popular in school. These two sentences are related.
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cantstopwontstop
03/05/09

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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 softener and who's only life goals are 'chillin' and 'getting blown'.

A mysterious package is left on the steps of the house the next morning. A padded envelope containing a cassette and a letter are inside.

"Dear cantstopwonstop [um, only my real name and SPELLED WRONG],

I always pitchered [oh yeah] us together. I hope you come to realize how we're meant to be together always, please listen to the tape, it shows how I really feel.

I love you,

First Boyfriend

The cassette contained Nazareth's "Love Hurts" on repeat. Both sides.
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Callipegian
03/05/09

@cantstopwontstop: Dude. The pathos! DEWD!
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Dictator for Life
03/05/09

@Callipegian: You have the best screen name EVER! I know what that word means because I read it in Frazz. I am friending you :)
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Elaken
03/05/09

In reply to Sex, Guys & Audiotape: "just for u"
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, I am very open to music, whether it be obscure or something like Linkin Park. Even bands I am not a fan of, like Dayglo Abortions, I can usually find at least one song I will like.

I just think we should be more tolerant of people's choices.
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Ailanthus-altissima
03/05/09

@Elaken: Anal Cunt is the antithesis of Britney Spears. I'm not knocking his tastes, but that mix tape would implode in on its own contradictions.
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Beat Girl
03/05/09

@Elaken: Oh my giddy aunt you'd hate my boyfriend. He's a music critic. (I am little better)
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Ipomoea
03/05/09

@Elaken: I'm pretty critical with regards to what I like, but I am also open to being criticized. And believe you me, if you saw my CDs, you'd know why. I have no good excuses for some of the stuff I own-- I not only own THREE Tiffany CDs, there's Slayer, Kate Bush, Green Jello, Ani, etc. If you like it, you like it. I can't get defensive about my music. It accurately reflects me, and word has it, I am kind of a dork.

What I can be critical about is, after years of working music retail, watching someone buy Wolfmother and simultaneously shit-talk Led Zeppelin. REALLY, mini-hesher? Or the guy who sold all his classic rock albums (complete discographies of Beatles, Zep, Hendrix, Foyd, etc) and used his store credit to buy a bunch of trendy new country because "that was stupid music, this is good music." Dude, I might not like the classic rock much, but I can objectively appreciate it. And I can guaran-damn-tee you that all those dead musicians you just knocked are spinning in their graves as you trade them in for Toby Keith's "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue".
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Pearl Forrester
03/05/09

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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 also now makes AMAZING playlists that we listen to on our iTunes. They have themes (he did "The American Year" where every song is associated with a month in the year, and "Rainbow" with colors of the rainbow). I <3 him so much!
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pear.shaped.Sara
03/05/09

@Pearl Forrester: I am totally stealing the rainbow idea! Too cute :)
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lilbobbytables
03/05/09

In reply to Sex, Guys & Audiotape: "just for u"
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 only tape for sure.
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counterclockwise's using her promoting-power for good
03/05/09

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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 world coming to an end?
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Beat Girl
03/05/09

@counterclockwise says it's freak-out time!: They don't even manufacture tape anymore. For video OR cassette. I'm sorry to be the one to let you know.
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counterclockwise's using her promoting-power for good
03/05/09

@Miss Carrie Nation: Really!? Damn, that's harsh. It also makes me cry just a little bit.
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Beat Girl
03/05/09

@counterclockwise says it's freak-out time!: There was a period of mourning in my house. It's awful. Basically, if anyone wants to do an analogue recording in the future, they'll be taping over old stuff from very soon. It's devastating.

Some of the big labels are digitising their entire tape libraries, though, which is at least something.
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counterclockwise's using her promoting-power for good
03/05/09

@Miss Carrie Nation: Looks like I need to take good care of my tapes now. Or 50 obscure concert bootlegs will be lost forever. Not to forget the strange songs that my band (which existed about 14 days and went through 3 drummers) used to play. On a second thought, I could live with the loss of my embarrassing attempts at having a band.
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Ipomoea
03/05/09

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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.
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counterclockwise's using her promoting-power for good
03/05/09

@Ipomoea is the female version of a hustler: I still have stuff from the musical episode on my iPod. We can feel ashamed together.
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elitza owns the last Enzo shirt
03/05/09

@counterclockwise says it's freak-out time!: Um...... DUH. There's no shame there.
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Ipomoea
03/05/09

@counterclockwise says it's freak-out time!: Oh, I'm not ashamed of owning multiple Buffy CDs. It's the fact that I, while probably in my right mind, put the BA love theme on a mix tape for my exboyfriend... WHO WAS MY EX AT THE TIME. Was I subconsciously thinking that if I ran him through with a sword, he'd stop being an immature stoner fuckwit and become, you know, a functional human being?
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counterclockwise's using her promoting-power for good
03/05/09

@Ipomoea is the female version of a hustler: Oh, I didn't catch that he was ex at the time you made him the tape. I guess you were projecting that you could save him with your love if only you tried hard enough? Against all odds? Maybe he just needed his soul back?

Damn, I want to watch some Buffy now.
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gobblegirl
03/05/09

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Ooooh, can we send in our best mixtape stories? Mine involves drunken groping, emotional infidelity, hilarious age differences and a months-later happy-birthday mix!
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