mixtapes

  • I Miss Making CD Mixtapes and Discovering Music

    I Miss Making CD Mixtapes and Discovering Music

    I can’t even remember the last time I actually held a CD mixtape, much less played one. But there’s a CD wallet kicking around in storage that’s filled with unassuming silver discs doodled on with short titles and dates, part 1s, part 2s, and “greatest hits.”


  • What Blank Tapes Did You Use?

    What Blank Tapes Did You Use?

    A decade ago, even after CD burners were ubiquitous, mixtapes were still the jam. It really mattered what kind of tapes you used. If you went cheap, it meant you didn’t care about what was recorded on them. Shame on you.