Welcome to the Mixtape Corner

 
 

This is a cozy little section of the site dedicated to playlists.

While I’m still critical of Spotify and all that the streaming model entails, I am not immune to a good playlist. I guess when you spend all day listening to music (regardless of platform), your brain just automatically starts to categorize and sequence things in a way that makes sense.

I have around 600 playlists on Spotify, and if that sounds like a lot, you’re right! I don’t use them all, but they have each served a different role in my music fandom at one point or another. Some playlists are decade-spanning compendiums of an artist’s work organized chronologically; others are goofy jokes based on some superficial connective tissue. Some of these I listen to every week, others are an attempt to capture a specific time and place in my life. The point is that my Spotify sidebar is long and full of playlists, so I created this as a place where I can share some of my favorites and discuss them in short form.

 
 
 

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Mixtape #14 - Carolina Mentioned
Mixtape #14 - Carolina Mentioned

There’s something so charming about hearing the place you live mentioned in a song. Whether it’s an offhand name-drop or a song-length ode to an important location, it’s fun to hear how an artist interprets your state. At its best, it feels like you and the musician have some shared understanding – bound by the knowledge that you shared the same space. For the past two years, I’ve been living in Wilmington, North Carolina: a beautiful place, and one of the most important times of my life. Naturally, my ears were set to catch any mentions of the Tar Heel State, the end result being this hour-long playlist of songs that name the place I’ve been lucky enough to call home for the last two years. It only feels fitting to share this playlist on the day I move from the state. 

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