i’ll make you a mix.

jos and i were talking mixes today, battling over who made the best. and how we miss mix tapes. and just this week i got one in the mail with this watch i bought.

got this from making a purchase on bonadrag.com

a little gainsbourg/birkin love too.. not bad.

at any rate… I USED TO MAKE THE BEST MIX TAPES. EVER. everyone says that of course but i at one point made tapes that sampled simpsons clips and this was long before mp3s were involved. I had my tv/vcr rigged to my stereo and would stop/start on VHS to make those bad boys appear in between songs. I would spend entire days off devoted to making the perfect mix: tracks to tape to covers. a bit mad scientist of me, i admit, but yet so much fun to make. being young & creative with lots of free time to devote to being creative… ah the 90′s. 

i have over 30 mix tapes i made or people made for me. not counting 97-98 stretch & bobbito shows i would start/stop tape on sunday nites on hot97. those are being imported onto mp3s currently. will share when i have. gems.

the good as gold mix tape, july 1997.

gold paint pen, pilot precise v. point black ink pen, burned out edging by a lighter, scotch magic tape.

I made this one for Emily Malone & Niks back in the best summer ever. 1997 in new york, ask anyone, was one of the best ever. i made one for myself the tape was so good. and it’s identical to this one. no track list though. lost that.

pisces mix, january 20th, 1998.

black sharpie, pisces 1997 astro book, and pink scotch tape.

made this one for me & niks. the dates & pisces logos were cut out of this daily astrology book that i’d write down everything we’d done that year in. the cover is boring .. just the cover of the book. no track listing either. i think i only made track listings for the person i was giving the mix to. i hate getting a mix with no track listing. 

16th birthday mix from Jen Walker, march 9th, 1993.

This one is great, the cover has a billion inside jokes that you only have with people you know well. Jen Walker and i spent a summer driving around in her saab convertible, blaring blondie, and hanging out at malls & punk shows looking for skater boys to make out with.  This was also the summer i became vegetarian, hence the quote on the far right of the cover. I haven’t had a hamburger since 1992. crazy. half my life. and i still have the mix tape from then… crazy.

make me a mix.

jens

p.o.box 20273

ny, ny 10009

i feel so stealth having a p.o. box. let’s see if i get anything cool from this. never know.