Mix Tapes, Christ I'm Old

Then I'd go home and start drinking gin & tonics while spending hours crafting mix tapes for friends of mine from back home. I'd finish the tape and then play it from start to finish, all while closing my eyes and imagining I was that person who had received the tape and was listening to the songs for the first time in an order that, somehow, meant something to me. I probably made 50 of these tapes, of which 2 I actually mailed. And then I'd spend hours writing extensive liner notes for each song. And each tape more than likely included We All Love Peanut Butter by the One Way Streets, Sweet Cherry Wine by Tommy James and the Shondells, Knock Me Down by the Outlets and Walking in the Rain by the Ronettes, as those were my mix tape slices du jour for that time period. - XMASTIME 

A buddy of mine at work very thoughtfully gave me a cd mix he'd made for me, of "you know, new music." He's 25. Listening to it on the way home I felt 100 years old, as it's mostly rap/electronic stuff. I felt like I was from another planet. So of course at this moment I'm reciprocating with my own mix, mostly Artie Shaw and Phil Ochs of course  ;)

Mostly it reminds me of the greatest mix tape of all time.

Other Xmastime mix tape thoughts HERE.