I’ve been revisiting The Magnetic Fields recently – and specifically their album 69 Love Songs. While I’m not crazy about every single one of these tracks, the ones I do like, I love. They’re the kinds of songs that I can listen to, over and over and over again. I first heard about the band while in grad school, but…
Over at Twelvestone, my friend Ian created a thread where he converted his mixtape into a YouTube Playlist. It made me think again about mixtapes, and how the technology at the time made us more active, in both the curation and creation of these tapes. In 2009, I had the good fortune of appearing in my friend Jason’s anthology: Cassette…
Recently, I’ve been reading some stories by Cory Doctorow, and started looking a bit more at his thoughts on copyright. Thanks to him and BoingBoing, I was introduced to the Creative Commons licenses – a way to better define just how you would like your work shared. I like Cory’s take on why he chooses to give away his books…
At the Cassette From My Ex Book Release party last night, I was chatting a bit with Jason before things got underway. He mentioned having done a radio interview with WGN Radio’s Nick Digilio, late at night from midnight to 1AM. Jason mentioned that among the stories they discussed, mine came up. I searched around for a podcast of the…
Shortly after work, Liz and I headed over to the Hideout for the Cassette From My Ex Book Release party. We arrived fairly early, before the place filled up too much, and were able to grab seats at a table along the wall – fairly close to the stage. The room filled up a bit after 8PM. Among the folks…
There’s a nice mention of the Cassette From My Ex book over at Amoeba Music – complete with an interview with Jason Bitner. To top it off, my story from the book got a little mention! And the songlist/note from my mixtape appears in the article, too. How awesome is that? Related:I’m in a Book! Cassette From My Ex: Stories…
Over a year ago, I happened across the Cassette From My Ex project after seeing it on MetaFilter. To my surprise, it turns out that a friend of mine (Jason Bitner, who also started Found Magazine) was one of the driving forces behind the project. Several months later, Jason contacted me to ask if I wanted to participate in a…