a different mixtape swap concept/make a cool kid cooler!

[mr_j]

so, like, the other day, miss phyllis challenged me to make her an awesome mixtape. so, like, i did. but i got to thinking, it's been a while since there's been a mix CD swap.

but i thought, 'you know, swaps are nice and all that, but why not do something new?'

so i thought, instead of 'swapping' with people, designate a person to be the recipient of mix cd's for a month. to initiate this, february is 'make phyllis a mix month.' for this month, everyone who wants to participate gets to make a CD for phyllis.

at the end of february, miss p gets to name the person who gets mixes for march. the catch? she gets to name the person from the people who made her mixes.

is this cool?

btw, i forgot the tracklist, so i'm posting mine here, partially to show off my coolness...

Side A:

M. Doughty "Looking at the world from the bottom of a well"
Field Music "A House is not a Home"
Lovedrug "Cannibal Clouds"
Weird Weeds "Broken Arm"
Deerhunter "Spring Hall Convert"
THe Eames Era "Lt Me Spin"
Of Montreal "Voltaic Crusher/Undrum to Muted Da"
Loney, Dear "Sunday Waits"
The Higher "D.A.R.E."
Mirah "Green Up Time"
A Sunny Day in Glasgow "Watery (Drowning is Just Another Word for Being Buried Under Water)"
Loretta Lynn "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin'"
The Field Mice "Missing the Moon"

Side B:

Abba "The Visitors (Cracking Up)"
Mudhoney "Who You Drivin' Now?"
Aqueduct "Broken Records"
The Brother Kite "Bringing it all Back Home"
Maritime "We Don't Think, We Know"
Rosie Thomis "Pretty Dress"
The Matches "Little Maggots"
31Knots "Pulse of a Decimal"
Lou Barlow as Sentridoh "My Surrender"
Midnight Movies 'Bell TOwer"
Troubled Hubble "I'm Pretty Sure I Can See Molecules"
Throwing Muses "Two Step"
Spoon "Loss Leaders"
Guided by Voices "Kisses to the Crying Cooks"

[guseldorph]

Loney, Dear "Sunday Waits"

loney, dear is the saccharine sweet shiznit.

[Phyllis]

this is so super sweet that i think i might cry.


okay too late.
<3333333
EDIT: omg abbaaaaa

[Phyllis]

okay whooooa guys. slow down. don't all post at once.

[monet2u]

I'll take a stab at one when I get back. I haven't a clue what I should put on there, but I'll think of something. Maybe I'll lay my hands on some new music while on vacation.

[James]

I'm in. But I'm not so sure it would make her cooler. I heard a commercail for one of these compilations from this year's biggest UK hits, and I liked every single song they played. Every single one.

But then again, I just tracked down a copy of Aphex Twin's "Selected Ambient Works 85-92", so I think my horizons are actually broadening in all directions, including some mainstream stuff.

So yeah, I'm in.

[eebs]

i'm in as well - let us know where to send them to.

[Phyllis]

last time i posted my address mi madre got pissed. so if you want it just pm me.

[Irock]

I'll only do it if Phyllis promises to like whatever i give her. It's not that I don't have stuff she'd like anyway, it's just that I have too much shit going on right now to devote the amount of time neccesary to do this little project correctly. As Such, I'll just be throwing it together all halff-assed.

OK??

[James]

I was thinking that we should put a limit of 10 songs on it, ya know, like an old Smiths record or something, and then you wouldn't have to worry about filling up two discs worth of stuff or whatever...

But then I remembered I hate adding rules to shit unnecessarily...

[monet2u]

I actually like the 10 song idea. Probably a lot easier to listen to if only 10 songs considering the amoutn of discs she's gonna get.

[Phyllis]

I'll only do it if Phyllis promises to like whatever i give her. It's not that I don't have stuff she'd like anyway, it's just that I have too much shit going on right now to devote the amount of time neccesary to do this little project correctly. As Such, I'll just be throwing it together all halff-assed.

OK??

giiirrrrl, i'm all about half assing things. no prob<3

also, ten songs is a good idea.

[jen]

wait, what kind of mixes are expected of us? is this one of those "i think you'd like this" or "these are songs i like, screw you if you don't" or god please no "let me try to find obscure stuff for you that you've never heard"? i could do the first two, but only after knowing what phyllis actually likes...

[mr_j]

so many questions!

i do like the 10-song rule.

but i had to make an actual *tape* because i don't really have the kind of access to a CD burner for making mixes. burning things found online, sure...

anywho, yeah, the 10-song thing is nice.
but it shouldn't be a limit if you don't want it to be a limit, ya dig?

and just put things on it that *you* like that you want to share w/peeps. doesn't necessarily have to be obscure.

[Phyllis]

you made a tape? geez, it's the 21st century man. i might not be able to listen to it for a while because the only tape player i have is broken. ;(

and someone said something about what kind of mix it is; just put shit on there that you like. doesn't matter if you think i'll like it/i've heard it before.