May 2011
17 posts
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Just Kidding...
…the video for “Hey Friend” dropped TODAY. In other news, it’s 100% RAD AND ACCURATE.
Check it out by clicking this bold text that will link you to Rolling Stone dot com.
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Al Lover's Distorted Reverberations of...
This mix is about psychedelic reinterpretations of contemporary rock ‘n roll.
Why It’s Pretentious: ”But Ale!” you say. “You said it was covers week! These are remixes!” Well yes, but what is a remix or a cover but mere interpretation? An innovative take on a recognizable form? Also, these are awesome, so cool yer jets. My favorite is his “psychedelic...
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Sing Me To Sleep
This mix is about how I’m gonna sing you to sleep via cover songs.
Why It’s Pretentious: THIS WEEK IS COVERS WEEK IN HONOR OF THE SUMMER MIX EXCHANGE CLUB OPEN TO ALL NO GIRLS ALLOWED!!!!. As I’ve mentioned before, covers of pop songs are my favorite pretentious loophole, so I have a lot of cover-only mixes. I also have a lot of mixes that are designed to help my friends...
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Summerines
This mix is by ispeakintunes and is about summer.
Why It’s Pretentious: I want to take a second to talk about something serious that I had to go through the other day. I had to sell my Bonnaroo ticket. Afterwards, I played The Drums’ “It Will All End In Tears” as a joke. But then I almost started crying. One minute it was funny and the next I was getting all choked up...
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Words With Friends
This mix is about an alternate universe in which all our utterances are polysyllabic.
Why It’s Pretentious: The theme for last week’s Summer Mix Exchange Club Open To All No Girls Allowed!!!! was “Words with Friends.” Partly because I’m obsessed with the game and partly because it was the first phrase I saw when I was making the note. Mine was about a group of...
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Hiding the Bushes (The Intense Bike Ride Mix)
This mix is about loving someone so much that you just have to follow them around everywhere.
Why It’s Pretentious: I like the mixes I post to relate to my life. This mix is about stalking someone. That was a funny joke because although the sentences although appear to be related, the second sentence was actually a non-sequitur. Those are my favorite kinds of jokes. I’m talking...
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Butthole Fever
This mix is by totalbabe and is about feverish buttholes.
Why It’s Pretentious: Okay, you guys. I was browsing Tumblr, wondering which mix I was gonna post today, when I ran across this beauty. It’s like, I could post a pretentious mixtape I made in high school OR I COULD POST A MIX CALLED BUTTHOLE FEVER. You know? If you’re put-off by the name, don’t you worry. I checked...
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The Rise and Fall of Vaguely Radical Behavior...
This mix is about the aftermath of the end of the world.
Why It’s Pretentious: In honor of the Rapture tomorrow, I’m posting the second side to my epic mixtape about a boy and his self-fulfilling apocalyptic prophecies. Basically, he wakes up, slowly realizes what he’s done, and ends up killing his freaked out girlfriend. Or the power of love redeems him. Depends on my mood...
mixtape #13: i fucking miss my best friend →
This mix is by roadmovies and is about YOU GUYS WHY DOES SPAIN STEAL ALL FRIENDS?!
Why It’s Pretentious: I miss Kelsey :( #teamHAKDwithouttheK
roadmovies:
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two years my best friend johnny moved to spain for skateboarding and i miss his guts :(
i’m sending this mixtape to him to make him miss me so much he will decide to come home :)
1. waiting for my...
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electrospazzpop;;
This mix is about how I can put Justin Timberlake in a mix but still keep my indie cred.
Why It’s Pretentious: This mix is less “pretentious” and more “train wreck.” In the summer of 2006, I made up my own genre of music called electrospazzpop;; with two Zs and two semi-colons. To this day, I’m not sure what I was thinking. At the time, I was also obsessed...
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Summer Mix Exchange Club. Open to All. NO GIRLS...
Alright. So I’ve officially entered that part of summer in which I don’t know what day it is. I posted Sunday’s mix thinking it was Monday, yesterday’s mix thinking it was Tuesday… I have now realized that today is Tuesday. So to fill the gap, I’m gonna go into more detail about the Summer Mix Exchange Club (Open to All. NO GIRLS ALLOWED!!!). If you like making...
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Avoid Capslock / Not Pastel
This mix is by imnotsober and is about avoiding your mood swings, which I think is ironic.
Why It’s Pretentious: Lately, there’s been an abundance of mixes with songs I liked in high school, but I chose this one because it has two songs by The Arrogants, who I loved. They’re pretty adorable and dainty and often forlorn. In middle school, I put “Let You Down” on a...
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(pretending to read)
This mix is about how I miss you.
Why It’s Pretentious: Sigh. You guys, I don’t really know what to write here except that it’s only been summer for a few days and I already miss all my friends. A few years ago, my co-dependent best friend went to Spain, so I made a mix about it and named after a Death Cab song. I now dedicate this tape to all my friends who aren’t in...
S/S '11 Collection
This mix is by Suburban Mike and is about, erm, lots of things.
Why It’s Pretentious: I’m gonna let Suburban Mike speak for himself:
I MADE SOME SELECTIONS OF MUSIC SONGS FOR YOU TO LISTEN TO WHILE YR OUTSIDE BY THE POOL OR IN YR CAR WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN OR ON A CROWDED BUS TRYING TO GET ACROSS TOWN OR FLOATING THROUGH WEST MEMPHIS ON THE HOOD OF YR ‘92 COROLLA AS THE MIGHTY...
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Pretty Much Amazing
This mix is about how school is over and it’s summertime!
Why It’s Pretentious: Yeah, I could get you a frame or stationary set for your grad present, OR I COULD MAKE YOU A REALLY AWESOME MIXTAPE. As you can tell from the title, this mix was obviously about me and some of the pop songs I liked throughout my high school career, though I did stick some terrible songs on there to...
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Summer in 3/4 Time
This mix is by Jens Lekman and is about songs in 3/4 time.
Why It’s Pretentious: Jens Lekman writes songs about all the moments that get trapped in your mind and all the secret thoughts they spark. If you’re unsure about his talent, know that he’s Swedish and writes pop music. If that doesn’t mean anything to you, exit this blog. He also recently made a mix of songs in 3/4...
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At Last! At Last! At Last! (Side One: Pants. I...
This mix is about the people who take care of you.
Why It’s Pretentious: Tumblr! I’m sorry I had to take last week off for finals and milkshake-making, but I’m back! In case you didn’t know, yesterday was Mother’s Day. If your eyes just got really wide, don’t worry I got chu. Today’s mix is a mother’s day gift from a couple years ago. I...
