tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31294977.post116008132411399889..comments2023-06-30T12:27:06.738+02:00Comments on Le Blagueur à Paris: Flip the tape, dudeLe Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13830769667849287708noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31294977.post-12741164925783885032006-10-25T10:26:00.000+02:002006-10-25T10:26:00.000+02:00Hooray mixed tapes! I grew up with mixed tapes ha...Hooray mixed tapes! I grew up with mixed tapes handed down to me by my older sister. I still have them all in a box somewhere in Canada (I didn't haul them over the ocean).<br /><br />I think the CD/MP3 mix is just as good, as long as you're sufficiently disciplined to listen to the songs in the order they were intended!<br /><br />As an aside, http://www.artofthemix.org/ is a fun place to visit...Tin Foiledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08588804013065913764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31294977.post-1161122679256036912006-10-18T00:04:00.000+02:002006-10-18T00:04:00.000+02:00Miss Tango in Her Eyes: I understand neither your ...Miss Tango in Her Eyes: I understand neither your name nor your comment. OF COURSE I brought mixed tapes to France! You are redeemed, however, by the empenada photos on your blog.<BR/><BR/>E: If what Feral Mom has said about you is true, you must have made some awesome mixed tapes in your day. Now, can you please testify that Feral Mom is not in fact the secret identity of my husband? Some readers mistakenly think that he's the only one who could possibly speak that way to me. <BR/><BR/>Feral Mom: Thank you. Ditto that. Now please stop making the guests feel uncomfortable :)Le Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13830769667849287708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31294977.post-1160598602700297632006-10-11T22:30:00.000+02:002006-10-11T22:30:00.000+02:00Throwing away mix tapes? I'm shocked. I'd haul mi...Throwing away mix tapes? I'm shocked. <BR/><BR/>I'd haul mix tapes across the ocean. In fact, I have done so. <BR/><BR/>I made the car dealership replace the CD player in our humble saturn with a CD/tape player, specifically so that I can dust off an old mix tape every once in awhile and take it on a road trip. There's no better road music.E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10023959769203103393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31294977.post-1160403038500410632006-10-09T16:10:00.000+02:002006-10-09T16:10:00.000+02:00You hauled mixed tapes over to France¿You hauled mixed tapes over to France¿miss tangohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08384836548169924513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31294977.post-1160362036055016172006-10-09T04:47:00.000+02:002006-10-09T04:47:00.000+02:00I miss the mix tape almost as much as I miss Le Me...I miss the mix tape almost as much as I miss Le Meg. The downstate Bonobo cake leaves a great deal to be desired. Plus, no one wants to hear the sound of my balls flappin' against their ass here. Perhaps we should move to Paris?Feral Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08456760046606299779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31294977.post-1160165682743666832006-10-06T22:14:00.000+02:002006-10-06T22:14:00.000+02:00I recently got rid of the mixed tapes of my youth....I recently got rid of the mixed tapes of my youth. It was a sad day but I don't even own a tape player anymore. I guess it was time to move on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31294977.post-1160142462278612862006-10-06T15:47:00.000+02:002006-10-06T15:47:00.000+02:00I'm so glad to see someone is paying homage to the...I'm so glad to see someone is paying homage to the mixed tape. I have thought for quite some time that the mix tape is an art form in and of itself that has no equivalent in today's MP3 technology-focused universe. Like you said, the mixed tape was heavy. It was limited, no 5000 song playlists allowed. It was not quite as permanent as the mixed CD, but once it was recorded it could not be altered without great difficulty. You would either have to re-record the whole tape, or find a song that was exactly the length of the song you wanted to delete (not very practical). Plus, there was the whole issue of having to make sure to have enough of a pause between songs, something that is now done automatically.<BR/>Moreover, making a mixed tape for someone really meant something. You would make one for your best friend or for someone you knew who was moving away so that they would remember you. It's not the same as creating a playlist on itunes. You would spend a whole evening making a mixed tape, and then writing all the songs that were on it on the sleeve, and maybe making a little drawing or a little message to the person you made it for. Planning for a mixed tape for someone would take days or even a few weeks.<BR/>I've saved all the mixed tapes that have been made for me over the years too. There is something really special about them, and listening to them really brings back a lot of memories.La Page Françaisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17078674372624671196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31294977.post-1160124387375615102006-10-06T10:46:00.000+02:002006-10-06T10:46:00.000+02:00Yes, and sometimes it's going from Mahler to Hank ...Yes, and sometimes it's going from Mahler to Hank Williams I, but that's also just going from their apt. to our apt. <BR/>Yes, I remember that paradise well. I miss it. Is paradise like a superlative? Or might there be paradises? I'm hopeful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com