Pretentious Mix Tapes I Made In High School

36. i want a rhythm to compliment my groove

This mix is about the first day of school, junior year.

Why It’s Pretentious: A lot of the time, mixes that I make are actually responses to other mixes. That way, when I start yet another one with Miles Fisher, I can pretend I’m being clever because don’t you see the subtle — nay, coy — reference. This mix is about all the songs I liked this summer that weren’t by Jeff the Brotherhood or Diarrhea Planet. I hope that when I officially start Pretentious Mixtapes I Made In College, I will still consider Jojo’s “Paint” to be “my jam” and Pitbull into The Drums to be one of the most inspired transitions of all time. In conclusion, Beyonce is pregnant? You guys, I don’t have TV.

Spotify link.

Tracklisting and downloads after the jump.

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This mix is about my jams of 2011.

Why It’s Pretentious: Internet, I have few flaws— but my one fatal flaw is being bad at making end of year lists. In my mind, “the end of the year” is just the short way of saying “the most anxious and nerve-wracking time of the year.” First, everyone’s birthday is coming up (Jesus, my old roommate, my current roommate, my future roommate, my honorary roommate…) so I’m plummeting headfirst into holiday-induced poverty. Second, my grasp on the length of a year is loose at best. I still operate on school years; to me, 2011 starts sometime around late August 2010. At the same time, August 2010 - July 2011 is a little fuzzy. Therefore, most of my end of year list-making is actually me consulting Wikipedia before yelling “that album didn’t come out this year?!”

To make things easier on me, here are 11 songs I was really into in 2011 that also came out in 2011. Full disclosure: there’s probably a disproportionate amount of Infinity Cat bands. However, there’s also Beyonce, so…

Download: Right click, save-as.

Tracklisting after the jump. OH AND HEY, happy new year and stuff.

12/31/11

Summer Mix Exchange Club! Open To All. NO GIRLS ALLOWED!!!! Week #1: FAV BABES/guiltypleasureZ.

Bonus Material: A Treatise on the Fav Babe

CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, BABESHIP (BABEDOM) HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH LOOKS ALTHOUGH BABES MAY ALSO BE HOT OR CUTE OR WHATHAVEYOU THE TRUE FAV BABE IS A BABE ON THE INSIDE A BABE OF THE SPIRIT A BABE OF THE SOUL

THE QUALITIES OF A FAV BABE MAY CHANGE DEPENDING ON THE VALUES OF EACH INDIVIDUAL BUT CERTAIN ONES REMAIN THE SAME AND THEY ARE

1. SINCERITY, OR BY ANOTHER NAME: AUTHENTICITY

THE FAV BABE IS AN HONEST INDIVIDUAL TRUE TO THEMSELVES AND HAPPY WHEN THEY ARE HAPPY AND SAD WHEN THEY ARE SAD AND YOU TAKE THEM OR LEAVE THEM FOR WHO THEY ARE AND THEY DON’T GIVE A FUCK (EVEN IF THEY GIVE A FUCk THEY DO NOT GIVE A FUCK!!!)

2. THE ABILITY TO SHRED

BONUS POINTS FOR AN UNEXPECTED ABILITY TO SHREAD LIKE WHEN YOU PLAY REALLY BOUNCEY POP MUSIC WITH GLOCKENSPIELS BUT WHEN YOU GET ON STAGE YOU SHRED LIKE A MOTHERFUCKER AND JUMP OFF EVERYTHING IN SIGHT THIS MEANS YOU OBERHOFER

3. ADORABLENESS

FUCK IT, IF YOU’RE CUTE, YOU’RE PROBABLY A FAV BABE. IF YOU PUT A SMILE ON MY FACE CONSTANTLY EVEN WHEN YOU ARE TEARING UP MY HEART VIA NSYNC, YOU ARE DEFINITELY A FAV BABE.

4. THE ABILITY TO PUT INTO WORDS WHAT OTHERS CANNOT

PARTICULARLY IF THOSE FEELINGS ARE UNIVERSAL IF YOU CAN CAPTURE THE PURITY OF BEING IN LOVE IN A SONG THEN YOU ARE A FAV BABE

I DON’T BELIEVE IN GUILTY PLEASURES BECAUSE YOU LOVE WHAT YOU LOVE AND THAT’S BEAUTIFUL ALWAYS

THE SMITHS: BABES.

JENNY OWEN YOUNGS: BABE.

JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD: BROTHER BABES.

SELENA GOMEZ: BABE.

BEYONCE: BABE.

NIRVANA: BABES.

DAVID BOWIE: BABE.

THE DRUMS: BABES.

EVAN P DONOHUE: BABE.

KE$HA: BABE.

THE EXPLODING HEARTS: BABES.

BIG SURR: BABES.

JOJO: BABE.

BACKSTREET BOYS: BACKSTREET BABES.

OBERHOFER: BABE.

BEST COAST: BABE.

YOU ARE ALL MY FAV BABES

YOU ARE ALL MY FAV BABES

SHRED HARD AND LOVE FOREVER

06/18/12

Pretentious Mix Tapes I Made In High School

36. i want a rhythm to compliment my groove

MMXI

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