Pretentious Mix Tapes I Made In High School

Crosswords and Coffee

This mix is about getting back to the grind on Monday mornings, coffee, and crossword puzzles. 

Why It’s Pretentious: So anyway, if you say nice things to me, I will probably make you a tape. Or at least a mix. This mix is for crosswordsandcoffee, who left me a nice note about my blog last week. YOU SEE, NOW THE THEME MAKES SENSE. Even though I made this over the weekend, I tried to keep it pretty high school. In other words, I started off acoustic only to end with two electronic/remix songs COMPLETELY OUT OF NOWHERE. Also, there’s a Smiths song. Also, in high school, I really wanted to make a mix about crosswords, but it never happened, so. Moral of the story: say nice things to me so I can procrastinate by fulfilling a high school mixtape dream!

RE: Questions about last week’s Backstreet Boys post (someone please explain to me why you can’t reply to things). Betsy, haha, it was about how I love the Backstreet Boys more than other people love the Backstreet Boys. Amy, of course we’re playing Slow Jams when you come to Nash! Awww yeah.

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Every Good Boy Does Fine #1: The Andy Griffith Show

This mix is by I Speak In Tunes and is about whistling, presumably.

Why It’s Pretentious: Our house is made up of one music business major, one entertainment industry studies major, one commercial voice major, and a soon-to-be philosophy major with a minor in stoner rock. So as you can imagine, every morning’s breakfast soundtrack is a little bit like a musical tug-of-war. This morning, Sarah (aka constantstateofdistraction) won out with The Andy Griffith Show, the first Every Good Boy Does Fine mixtape. As someone who frequently tweets using 50s and 60s slang, this is a mix I can get behind. If your musical taste reaches back to the time when Frito Lay was a snack company and a dance and a song and an artist, then this is a mix that you can probably also get behind.

In summary, get behind this mix.

Download via I Speak In Tunes.