Pretentious Mix Tapes I Made In High School

This mix is about time travel, and also my 21st birthday.

Why It’s Pretentious: Uh. In case you don’t follow me on Twitter, I just want to let you know that it’s my birthday. Turning 21. On 11/11/11. So. You know. EVERYONE JUST PLAN ON ME BEING REALLY OBNOXIOUSLY EXCITED TODAY. Anyway, I made this mix in freshmen year of college. I realized I’d hit 21 on my “My Life In Song” series, so I decided to make a birthday mix for my future 21 year old self. Past self did a pretty good job; it’s short yet uplifting and starts with Ke$ha. Just like me.

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This mix is about tribal patterns, those triangles that hipsters really like, and a thinly veiled tribute to Beyonce.

Why It’s Pretentious: Lately, I’ve been really into making mixes about genres that I don’t really listen to or know anything about. This one came about at two in the morning the other night, when I was editing papers on Harry Emerson Fosdick and decided I wanted to listen to tribal pop to get myself pumped up. Even though I may or may not have just made that genre up, I can tell the mix is a success because it includes two songs by Beyonce. I am a firm believer in the Rectangle Rule of Pop Music. That is, not all good mixes include songs by Beyonce, but all mixes that include songs by Beyonce are good.

Think about it.

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