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We're bad email checkers...

2008-05-22T08:48:00.005-04:00

Sorry to those who have written us emails. I just thought to check it today and found some from a few months ago. And I feel bad that we don't check it more often, but hopefully we will start doing that. Anyway, here's a mix that somebody made and wanted us to put up. Sorry it's so late.

-Nelson

air - alone in kyoto

goodbye sweet halo - cows are cool

laura veirs - drink deep

lost patrol band - pick me up

david bowie - warszawa

black sabbath - paranoid

cat stevens - leavin on a jet plane

depeche mode - freelove

kim carnes - bette davis eyes

pearl jam - black

Le Mixxx

SUMMER IS HERE!

2008-05-05T01:20:00.003-04:00

Yo! It's finally summer!!! I finally spent some time and got a few new mixes for you to enjoy, all summer stuff, of course. A trilogy of sorts. There's an upbeat one to get you pumped for whatever it is that you want to do this summer, a mellow one for when you're relaxing and trying to get over your sunburn, and a surf one because you should be going to the beach and having fun.

I hope you're all having a radical summer! I'm definitely soaking mine up.

90'S DANCE MUSIC

2008-03-04T17:18:00.004-05:00

My friend and colleague Nelson Ball has already covered the essential 90's alt rock classics. I decided to take a different road. When I was growing up, I would always go to my sisters dance recitals. There I would hear a wide array of 90's dance jams and kids of all ages, is sparkely suits, and too much hair spray doing tap and jazz routines to these songs. Between witnessing these first had, watching countless hilarious home videos of said event, and cruising the streets of Naples, Florida in the back seat Jack's Hyundai Tiberon, blaring Ace of Base, these songs have stayed with me, and have become one of the staples of my youth. I bring you 15 tracks of insanely catchy, and just as cheesy, dance music. Lace up those LA Lights, Put down that Skip it, take apart that MegaZord, and hit the dance floor.

90'S DANCE MIX

1.ACE OF BASE-ALL THAT SHE WANTS
2.MARKY MARK-GOOD VIBRATIONS
3.FREAK NASTY-DA DIP
4.REAL MCCOY-ANOTHER NIGHT
5.HADDAWAY-WHAT IS LOVE
6.BOBBY BROWN AND BEL BIV DEVOE-POISON
7.MC HAMMER-CAN'T TOUCH THIS
8.VANILLA ICE-ICE ICE BABY
9.SIR MIX A LOT-BABY GOT BACK
10.69 BOYZ-TOOTSEE ROLL
11.REAL TO REAL-I LIKE TO MOVE IT
12.CE CE PENISTON-FINALLY
13.LA BOUCHE-TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART
14.COOLIO-FANTASTIC VOYAGE
15.MICHAEL JACKSON-BLACK OR WHITE

Another one?!

2008-02-22T05:30:00.003-05:00

OK, it's like 5:45 AM right now, but I had a good idea for an easy mixtape and I'm awake so decided to go for it.

The theme is "Days of the Week", and I just chose a song for each day with the name of the day in the title.

In some cases there were a few options for that given day, but I decided to go for bands that I haven't already used in previous mixes and that maybe you haven't heard of.

It's a pretty quick listen, but it's fun!

Days of the Week

-Nelson

Awesome. Totally Awesome.

2008-02-21T16:55:00.005-05:00

I am a HUGE fan of 90's Alternative Rock stuff so I decided to make a mixtape of some of my favorite jams. I included a bunch of things that I think everybody should know, even if they're more obscure; a bunch of recognizable hits and then some that you might only know if you were a real MTV and radio junkie like I was in the 90's. It was definitely a difficult task for me because the original list was way too long and I had to delete a ton off of it in order for it to fit on a cassette and decided to leave off the stuff that was more than just plain ol' rock.

Anyway, get out your favorite 90's band t-shirt and play a game of POGs while you listen.

I hope you enjoy it.

90's Alternative

-Nelson

Geeeeeeez

2008-02-20T02:51:00.003-05:00

Sorry it took forever to get something new up... I've been meaning to make this mixtape for a while and I finally felt ambitious enough to do it last night, so here it is!
These are just a few songs that have to do with rain, at least a little bit, and remind me of those rainy days when you get stuck inside and are terribly bored. Next time you find yourself in that spot, pop in this mixtape and stop stressing for a bit.

I hope everybody's doing well out there.

Rainy Day Mix

-Nelson

We're not dead...

2008-01-16T01:37:00.000-05:00

Hey everyone,
I just wanted to let you know that we haven't given up on this blog. We will be putting new mixes up shortly. I know that I have been busy myself with the start of this semester and I'm sure that Clarke has had some stuff to take care of as well. In the mean time, here is a semi-old little thing I made up for all of you mixtape n00bs out there:

Hopefully this will be somewhat interesting and it will help tide you over for a few more days. At least you'll be able to sleep at night now.

Take care.

-Nelson

Short Attention Span

2007-12-19T20:12:00.000-05:00

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN MIXTAPE

THIS MIX IS FOR THOSE OF YOU(LIKE ME) WITH THE SHORTEST OF ATTENTION SPANS. 17 SONGS, LASTING FOR A WHOPPING 5.9 MINUTES. ALL SONGS ARE UNDER 30 SECONDS, SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE ONE, JUST BLINK AND IT MIGHT BE OVER BY THE TIME YOU OPEN YOUR EYES. ENJOY.

CLARKE.

Best of 2007

2007-12-07T03:45:00.000-05:00

This mix is 15 of songs from my favorite records of the year. I really tried to put in some demos, 7"s and LPs on here. There were a lot of great records that came out this year that i am missing but I had to stop adding songs at some point. 15 songs, from 15 records that you might know, or you might have missed.

BEST OF 2007 MIXTAPE

PS-CAUTION: NEW LOWS AND TRASH TALK MAY CAUSE MOSHING AND BULLDOZING OF SMALL CHILDREN. BEWARE.

PPS-FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T HEARD SHIPWRECK, THEY HAVE SUCH GREAT LYRICS. THIS SONG MEANS A LOT TO ME. IT'S SOMETHING I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED IN. THIS SONG IS ABOUT RESPECTING AND APPRECIATING WOMEN. SOMETHING I ALWAYS STRIVE TRY TO DO. LOOK UP THE LYRICS WHILE LISTENING.

-CLARKE.

Go Vegetarians!

2007-12-07T01:00:00.000-05:00

Last night I compiled a bunch of my favorite songs about vegetarianism for a sweet new mixtape. Please download it and enjoy....... and stop eating animals. =)

Meat Free Medley

-Nelson

Here It Is!!!

2007-12-01T15:45:00.000-05:00

AWESOME!!! Here is the 1st mixtape, but before you download it I just wanted to ask everyone, real quick, to please make actual mixtapes with these playlists. Of course, if you can't or don't want to then don't, but for the record... mixtapes are cooler than anything else.

With that being said, please enjoy and tell all of your friends, family, co-workers, neighbors, etc. about this blog and keep stopping by periodically to snag some new playlists.

instrumental. MixTape

Take care.

-Nelson

Yo!

2007-12-01T01:58:00.000-05:00

So, a few days ago Clarke and I came up with the idea of doing this blog and posting themed mixtapes up as we thought of them and put them together. Tonight I had one that I wanted to do (which I will post shortly) so I sat down and created our account and here it is. I hope everyone enjoys this blog because mixtapes are awesome and the two of us are constantly sharing ideas for them, and now we're sharing them with you. If you have any ideas, questions, comments, or concerns feel free to either comment here or send us an email at mixtapeblog@yahoo.com .

Take care and stay positive.

-Nelson