Comments on: The Pressure of the Professional Mix Tape http://isntitfun.com/2008/05/the-pressure-of-the-professional-mix-tape/ Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:06:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Brian http://isntitfun.com/2008/05/the-pressure-of-the-professional-mix-tape/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Brian Fri, 30 May 2008 01:18:49 +0000 http://isntitfun.com/?p=11#comment-5 Great link, Marcello. Thanks for that. As far as that feeling you have, I should be fair and say that I don't think my extensive knowledge of the Christie Front Drive catalog is any proof that *I* know anything about music. I'm just saying that my connection to those songs made it easy to throw together a 120min cassette and hand it to someone I met months back at a shitty basement show. Now, it's a struggle between my general lack of interest in music and my massive uphill battle with being 30 and becoming obsolete in the eyes of far hipper youngsters. I was you once, dear youngsters! Don't forget it! Great link, Marcello. Thanks for that.

As far as that feeling you have, I should be fair and say that I don’t think my extensive knowledge of the Christie Front Drive catalog is any proof that *I* know anything about music. I’m just saying that my connection to those songs made it easy to throw together a 120min cassette and hand it to someone I met months back at a shitty basement show. Now, it’s a struggle between my general lack of interest in music and my massive uphill battle with being 30 and becoming obsolete in the eyes of far hipper youngsters.

I was you once, dear youngsters! Don’t forget it!

]]> By: Brian http://isntitfun.com/2008/05/the-pressure-of-the-professional-mix-tape/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Brian Thu, 29 May 2008 01:41:47 +0000 http://isntitfun.com/?p=11#comment-4 Ah, fuck it. Nostalgia IS drunk, after all. Too drunk to get song titles correct. Ah, fuck it. Nostalgia IS drunk, after all. Too drunk to get song titles correct.

]]> By: Scott http://isntitfun.com/2008/05/the-pressure-of-the-professional-mix-tape/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Scott Wed, 28 May 2008 13:15:06 +0000 http://isntitfun.com/?p=11#comment-3 I think I made this tape before! Really awesome songs for sure. Though, if you really want to show off how cool you are and how much you know, change the Jimmy Eat World song's title to "What I Would Say to You Now" (switch the "I" and "Would"). I just double-checked the 7" to make sure. I'm also willing to bet that if you gave a tape/CD like this to a 20-year-old, he/she would be blown away. For Christ's sake, he/she was probably 10 or 12-years-old when most of these songs came out! Scary. I think I made this tape before! Really awesome songs for sure. Though, if you really want to show off how cool you are and how much you know, change the Jimmy Eat World song’s title to “What I Would Say to You Now” (switch the “I” and “Would”). I just double-checked the 7″ to make sure.

I’m also willing to bet that if you gave a tape/CD like this to a 20-year-old, he/she would be blown away. For Christ’s sake, he/she was probably 10 or 12-years-old when most of these songs came out! Scary.

]]> By: marcello http://isntitfun.com/2008/05/the-pressure-of-the-professional-mix-tape/comment-page-1/#comment-2 marcello Wed, 28 May 2008 03:17:41 +0000 http://isntitfun.com/?p=11#comment-2 I think your mix tape sounds great. It sounds like the problem isn't your music so much as your coworkers. Maybe I'm just getting old, as 30 is only a few months away for me, but I get that curmudgeonly feeling that kids these days don't know anything about music. Also, there was a girl on Yelp for a little while who did this whole mixtape swap thing and she posts them on her site. Some pretty decent stuff: http://mixtapesbringsmiles.blogspot.com/ That Muxtape site seems pretty cool. I think I'm going to have to create an account and make my own mixes now. I think your mix tape sounds great. It sounds like the problem isn’t your music so much as your coworkers. Maybe I’m just getting old, as 30 is only a few months away for me, but I get that curmudgeonly feeling that kids these days don’t know anything about music.

Also, there was a girl on Yelp for a little while who did this whole mixtape swap thing and she posts them on her site. Some pretty decent stuff: http://mixtapesbringsmiles.blogspot.com/

That Muxtape site seems pretty cool. I think I’m going to have to create an account and make my own mixes now.

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