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As I mentioned way back when I started this series of blog entries (and the fact that I’m still doing this has to be a testament to my social life), my current mix process involves making quarterly mixes over the course of each year. Basically, I have a playlist called “New” which is filled with…… Continue reading Biographical Mix, 2001: Also Full of Stars

Believe it or not, this mix actually raises any fairly complex question as far as the formulation of my mixes is concerned or, more to the point: what do I do with songs by band my friends are in?This issue was brought on by the first few months I lived in Atlanta, when the Pankration…… Continue reading Biographical Mix, 2000: Mono

I have a lot of really specific memories from the songs on this mix, more so than most of my mixes. While all of them give me a sense of a period of time, not all of them make me think of exact moments in time, but I think perhaps this is all due to…… Continue reading Biographical Mix, 1999: Insert Prince Joke

A lot happened to and for me in 1998. I graduated from college and, not yet ready to let that gravy train come to an end, decided to go to grad school at the exact same school I’d just graduated from. I joined a new band, The Local Arm, which, I think, was some what…… Continue reading Biographical Mix, 1998: The Local Arm

Being in a band in college is so completely different than being in a band in high school that I feel like there should be different terms for them. Going a step further, being a “singer” in a band in high school (and, yes, that should be in quotes) and being a guitarist (and main…… Continue reading Biographical Mix, 1996: Middle Kittanning

I could just as easily referred to my 1994 mix as “The Dying of Alternative,” at least in my world at that time. A fad that I had so completely submerged myself in was beginning to lose its appeal, as most fads do after just a few years. Part of it was the fact that…… Continue reading Biographical Mix, 1994: D.C. Comes Calling