Smallville 2004 Calendar Book

Visually stimulating, highly entertaining, and deeply nostalgic is how I would describe Thurston Moore's book Mixtape. Moore and his crew of 30-odd friends gather to share their mixtape stories and photos of mixtapes given and received. They are a generation (or two?) older than me, so I enjoyed Moore's introduction on buying a cassette player for the van while Sonic Youth went on tour in the mid-80s. The player took 16 double D batteries and took up space equal to another band member. I

didn't start making mixtapes until the mid-90s and even then, I was just recording songs off the radio. In high school, I began to make real mixtapes, lots of them. I was selfish with them though. I never gave them to friends or boys, as many do in this book. I played one or two mixtapes for Luke a couple of months ago...it was semi-embarassing/ super awesome. Anyways, my favorite mixtape contribution is "Goodbye's Too Good A Word" from Daniella Meeker. (She's comically tells us why Black Flag makes her sentimental.)

Anybody who remembers what a joyful pain it was to make a mixtape should read this book.