Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Spectacular (re)Views
When I first decided to take part in the CD Shuffleathon organized by SwissToni, I figured picking twelve songs to put on a mix for a random stranger would be easy. I was wrong. I agonized over it. Eventually I came up with twelve songs that I thought fit pretty well together, so I burned a CD and gave it to Victor to mail to the UK.
The recipient has now posted a review of my mix. Ben liked quite a few of the songs, while others weren't exactly to his taste. All in all, I'm incredibly pleased with his response.
It's funny that the one song I actually had second thoughts about (after the CD was mailed, so I couldn't do anything about it) was the one that he really disliked. Picking one Belle and Sebastian track was so daunting to me that my brain shut down and picked an old favorite, "Put the Book Back on the Shelf." This song has been called "rubbish" or "boring" by not a few B&S fans, but I like it. I probably should have put something newer on the mixtape. However, since I wasn't sure if my recipient was a fan already, I decided to put something from an EP instead of an album on the mix. I figured there was at least a chance that the listener wouldn't have heard it. In hindsight, I should have chosen something different. Ah well, you can't win 'em all!
Anyway, this has been great fun. SwissToni deserves big thanks for putting this together. It's been great fun! And I've been plowing through Ben's archives, and he has definitely gained a new reader. He does regular reviews of music, shows (or gigs, to you UK folks), movies, books... so it's terrific content. I'm also now reading Charlie's Late Night Radio on a regular basis, since his mixtape is the one I received. Hooray for the internets!
When I first decided to take part in the CD Shuffleathon organized by SwissToni, I figured picking twelve songs to put on a mix for a random stranger would be easy. I was wrong. I agonized over it. Eventually I came up with twelve songs that I thought fit pretty well together, so I burned a CD and gave it to Victor to mail to the UK.
The recipient has now posted a review of my mix. Ben liked quite a few of the songs, while others weren't exactly to his taste. All in all, I'm incredibly pleased with his response.
It's funny that the one song I actually had second thoughts about (after the CD was mailed, so I couldn't do anything about it) was the one that he really disliked. Picking one Belle and Sebastian track was so daunting to me that my brain shut down and picked an old favorite, "Put the Book Back on the Shelf." This song has been called "rubbish" or "boring" by not a few B&S fans, but I like it. I probably should have put something newer on the mixtape. However, since I wasn't sure if my recipient was a fan already, I decided to put something from an EP instead of an album on the mix. I figured there was at least a chance that the listener wouldn't have heard it. In hindsight, I should have chosen something different. Ah well, you can't win 'em all!
Anyway, this has been great fun. SwissToni deserves big thanks for putting this together. It's been great fun! And I've been plowing through Ben's archives, and he has definitely gained a new reader. He does regular reviews of music, shows (or gigs, to you UK folks), movies, books... so it's terrific content. I'm also now reading Charlie's Late Night Radio on a regular basis, since his mixtape is the one I received. Hooray for the internets!
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