Sunday, June 05, 2005

Some big-time press attention for Tinymixtapes, from Saturday's UK Guardian:

Tiny Mix Tapes

Nick Hornby identified the particularly male obsession with making tapes for every occasion in High Fidelity. Since then, thanks to CD burning and the iPod, playlists have become a global obsession. If you're running out of inspiration, this charming website will help, as it excellently combines both the joy of making and receiving a DIY compilation in one list-heavy blast. People type in their requests for a mix tape from the needy to the bizarre and the site's users type back their selections (incorrect). Everything is covered from moods ("soundtrack to an awkward silence") to more specific needs ("songs that have titles implying baldness... to insult, not to reassure"). The songlists are all strangely spot-on and often unexpectedly leftfield. Only requests for "songs to get over THE girl" are banned.

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