The only person who will understand this post doesn’t read this website (not that probably anyone does anymore), but I had to put it somewhere, and I suppose that’s what this is for.
For the past few months, I’ve been constructing a mix tape. In the vein of High Fidelity, there are lots of rules involved in the making of a good mix tape; it is, as Rob once said, a “subtle art.” I have my own rules, they are not necessarily Rob’s; that said, one of the most fundamental is that no more than an hour can be spent on the making of a mix. Of course, the other central rule that holds true for every mix is that every rule about mixes must be broken at least once. As such, I decided it was time that this one got broken; I’ve been working on this mix, as I said, for the past couple of months. The format has been pretty simple - I made version 1 according to my own rules, then, after a listen through, changed a few things and dubbed it version 1.1. This process has continued since then; each version gets a few listens before it is changed and becomes a new version.
Last night I changed it again, and at the end of the change titled it *#8220Version 2.0” because a) it was a pretty big change, b) the last version was 1.9, and c) because I’m pretty sure this is the final version.
I won’t explain here why the songs are on the mix, or why they’re in this order, except to say that the mix was made very specifically for someone; that someone, of course, doesn’t read this site and won’t be able to hear it anyway for another few months. So, without further ado:
Version 2.0
1. Mix Tape - Brand New
2. Start a War - The National
3. Anything You Want - Spoon
4. Say it to Me Now (Once Version) - The Frames
5. Headlights Look Like Diamonds - The Arcade Fire
6. The Face - The Moore Brothers
7. If She Wants Me - Belle and Sebastian
8. Us - Regina Spektor
9. Sixteen, Maybe Less - Calexico/Iron and Wine
10. Kill - Jimmy Eat World
11. Take Me to the Riot - Stars
12. Carolina - M. Ward
13. Young and Dumb - The Lucksmiths
14. Hey Man (Now You’re Really Living) - Eels
15. Citrus - The Hold Steady
16. Overdue - The Get Up Kids
17. Somebody That I Used to Know - Elliott Smith
18. Myriad Harbour - The New Pornographers
19. Lonely No More - Magnet
20. If I Am a Stranger - Ryan Adams
21. Motorcycle Drive By - Third Eye Blind
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DB wrote
Well . . .
This is your first lesson in never believing anything I say. Version 2.1 came out today. "If I am a Stranger" was replaced with "La Cienega Just Smiled" (also by Ryan Adams). It is track 17, with respective tracks shifting forward as a result.