the failed tape loop

Happy Birthday MTP!!!

Ok so....
Mixed Tape Project is one year old and we still do not have a complete tape which makes the cassette lords a little teary and makes us ladies here at MTP a little impatient!
So we have decided to reformat the project.... genius!!
Each month we will add a track to each tape for you guided by your suggestions. If your suggestion is chosen we will post you a world famous MTP post out! As seen in the blog, http://mixedtapeproject.blogspot.com/2011/04/post-out-today.html. Your name will appear on the final product as well (in whatever font you like except comic sans...).
The winning suggestions will be chosen at random too to keep that feeling of spontaneity and the idea that the tapes are a collaboration with an outcome Michelle and Sarah could not predict!
Let's start this, huzzah!!

So the last track on the 1997 tape was....
Torn by Natalie Imbruglia


Open theme was....
A House of many ghosts by Brothertiger (http://www.myspace.com/brothertiger )


For Winter Songs we aren't going to tell you.... It is totally up to you! How are you feeling this winter? Eh eh?

What are your suggestions for the next track?
Email us on cassettejourney@gmail.com
Also as always if you have a mixed tape you would like to share with us email us a link or post one to us.

xxMTP aka Michelle and Sarah.

Snotty nosed punkxxx

I am a recent joinee of 8tracks. And you really do need to wade through the 15 year old indie hit mix tapes and dubstep mixes to find gold.
Man. SO MUCH DUBSTEP!!!!
Anyhow my favourite mix I have found is titled 'Punk Songs with Saxophone'. I love mix tapes with a very clear and direct theme. And you know this tape has actually changed my mind about the saxophone and has alerted me that the sax is alright.
Here is the link....
http://8tracks.com/singlesgoingsteady/punk-songs-with-saxophone

And while we are on the theme of favourites....
I have had the cassette for UK Squeeze 'Cool for Cats' on display on my bedroom side table for about a year now. I have been putting other tapes on the top of the pile for months now but the aesthetic pleasure this tape oozes is undeniable I tell you. It always makes it way back on the top of the pile.
Here it is in all its geometric glory (and yes that is cat fur this tape is resting on...)


And and finally we are in the process of reformatting the be-jebus out of this project. Watch out world a cassette may be completed in the near future!

Farewell!

A very good friend here at Mixed Tape Project recently boarded a plane heading to New York via Prague/Iceland/and other amazing European locales. She won't be back for another year and that makes us here feel selfishly sad! We will miss her amazing style, awesome dance moves, ability to shoot hoops on the ghetto basketball court and her beautiful company.
Sigh very jealous. Will be in New York to hang next year. Xxxx

Anyhow made her a tape. And I put it on 8tracks.com. I am going to load up all the tapes we make here onto this site. (As always there is an option to get a hard cassette copy if you email us.)

The mix is called 'B-Ball and D-Floor' and is for Romanie.

http://8tracks.com/shellyg/b-ball-and-d-floor

autumnal rrrrrumble

The subtitle of this mix tape is Holy Cow, Better Late Than Never, Right? And I name it that because I promised to send it over a year ago now, to a friend who kindly indulged me by requesting I make them a playlist. Without a doubt they've long since forgotten. But this particular mix, to me, has manifested into an INTENSELY IMPORTANT deal. Several versions have been made in the meantime, all expiring in relevance. 

And now it's autumn again, and all damn pretty but REAL cold. A time of year that makes a statement and here is my response to it. There are a few songs from the original copy that soundcloud won't allow, bless it's copyright-concious socks. But the general gist is there: lush tunes for kicking leaves to.  

So as I said, the original recipient has likely long-since forgotten ever asking for some music. But I was very excited about the mix at the time, and it's hell nice to finally tick it off the to-do list.  Not quite sure how to finally get a copy to them, so here at least it lives on the old mixtape page.

 autumnal rrrumble by trevor dawson

Happy Mother's Day

I am a slack a daughter.
I was working heaps and really busy and then it was mother's day and then I hadn't posted her anything.
So I am currently making her a mixed tape and an accompanying collage inlay card.
It will feature classic hits from Woy Woy growing up times with her. Such as....



and this hit...



and also this classic...



Also I think I have a fake memory of the B-52's playing this song on PlaySchool. I am hoping it is a real memory but I don't want to ever ask my Mum just in case she smashes this memory.

Post out today!

Just put together a packaged and posted out the 1997 tape to a lucky lady!

Nesca Pde Days

I moved out of home when I was 18 to an apartment in Newcastle in an area that was known for its junkies and thefts. My friend from high school and myself where extremely poor as we practically lived off my centrelink payments as her youth allowance could only just cover the rent. We would write a grocery list that had pasta, sweet chilli sauce, cask of wine and cigarettes on it. The view from our balcony was off this park and the walk up the hill to get to our house would kill our lungs everyday.
We would go to the library every week or so and trawl through the cds and borrow the latest and greatest hits albums that we couldn't afford. Of course we didn't have a computer or the internet.... So this was the way we would build our music collection. Albums that I particularly like I would record onto cassettes. Those days my cassette collection would of been over 50 individual tapes. All numbered of course.
A friend of mine that I would talk music with told me about Belle and Sebastian. So I went to the library and borrowed the 'Dog on Wheels' e.p and the '3...6...9 seconds of light' e.p. I taped them both on to one side of a cassette that was originally a copy of Michael Jackson 'Dangerous' that I had received for a Christmas one year. That cassette has stayed with me to this day. Through all my houses and states and times when I've wanted to hide away and times when I've just wanted to sit and do nothing. The label has chipped away. There is still that little bit where I've accidently taped 5 seconds of a Gerling track.
This weekend I'm going to Golden Plains and I'm going to see them play live. I don't know. I don't think it will live up to my little recorded cassette memories.

Gold Star

A gold star goes to our latest mixed tape collaborator who posted the tape back in the speediest of time! Amazing! He kept to the time limit! Ahhh it has restored my faith in the project....
He added this song to the 1997 tape and doubly put a smile on my face



So next round of posting will happen tomorrow with 1997 and open theme hitting the postal system and possibly your postal box. I am also going to re-enter the Winter themed tape, as sadly, it is upon us.

Farewell summer you were rad! I will always remember the time I was on a rooftop and el guincho played. And when Beach House came to town and I fell in love again. Oh and when we smashed pinatas on a rooftop and sat in the park and reached ultimate chill levels.
xx Love you summer xx

Filmed playback... of songs taped off 90's radio.

I've got a great fat Youtube crush on this.

Fine & Dandenongs

Had a sweet old day-trip to the Dandenongs today. Passengers 1 and 2 bought some cds but were trumped by the driver, who made a mix (triple points for the pun).

Featured this....


and a bit of this....


but then we went to Miss Marple's tea room which is kind of sombering, and returned to the car to listen to this...

and it was raining all day anyway.

(but them scones were great)

¡MeHiCKo!

So, what else ya been up to guys? Oh ya well we got some people to help us make some piñatas and it was real messy and then we got some people to help us smas'm - and that was real messy too.

It runs a little deeper than that but in terms of tapes all you need to know is that all the Tex-Mex fun was set to this little mix I named "MEHICKO!" With it's limited release of 3 already sold out, it is by far Cassexx's biggest success story! Hotter than a jalpeño! Cheesier than Nacho Supreme!

SIDE A

Come Maddalena - SUN CITY GIRLS

Down in Mexico - THE COASTERS

Maldito - JESSY BULBO

M.E.X.I.C.O - THE KILLS

1,2,3,4 - TITAN

Pervert Pop Song - PLASTILINA MOSH

Theme Del Toro - DEL TORO

Comal - JESSY BULBO

Dirty Old Town - DAVID BYRNE

SIDE B

Corazon - TITAN

La Sirenita - PLASTILINA MOSH

Office Cowboy - DAVID BYRNE

Insomino - CAFE TACVBA

The Way - FASTBALL

Mala Respuesta - JESSY BULBO

The Floating Bed - ELLIOT GOLDENTHAL

Mexico - CAKE

(And here are some more muchos good pictures of piñatas, violence n' fun: www.dearpattismith.com )

Silence.

Our last mixed tape collaborator sent the tape back to us with a homage to silence.
Reminding me of the avant garde track by John Cage 4'33.



This is kind of apt for me at the moment too as I have kind of lost my hearing.... I lost my hearing out of one ear after a beach house gig. And now I can't particularly hear through my other ear because of the ear drops I need to take.



It's kind of got me thinking about what it would be like if you actually did loose your hearing.... Would that mean that your hearing memory would stop right there. You would get the same songs in your head over and over again and not be able to listen to anything new to get it out. You would see your friends talking and as they spoke you would hear there voice that they had at age 25 even though they are now 55.

At least I would never have to hear this song again.

Argh we be a bootleggers we be.

Tonight Sarah is at Ariel Pink armed with a walkman as we begin our foray into being bootleggers.
Bootlegging used to be such an issue that your bags would be search for recording devices and Metallica would sue your ass if they caught you. But we are striving to bring back the thrill of illegal recordings on cassettes!



Ariel Pink.



The Law.



We shun the law and are so badass just like Michelle Rodriguez.

If you want a copy of the bootleg Ariel Pink show send us an email and we will send you the muffled glory of our badassness.

"Local Mix" and hand-made songs

I was recently given two lovely compilations on tape by a local song maker, along with a sporty new walkman to play them on. The following day my iPod took a spin through the top loader.

Thank-you Gods of audio "rotfl lol?!" you jesters you.

So, the first tape is split between solo recordings and recordings made by the tape-artist's other project, the raucous, ball-kicking Heavy Yolks. Side A reads as "softly, softly" and side B more like "Fuck you". Very charming.

Meanwhile, the guys on the second tape are mostly from up North. Stuff like Dragging Pianos, The Starry Field, Emma Russack, Joseph Liddy and The Skeleton Horse (but not this Joseph Lyddy with the better kept horses) Quaoube (heck, I love you Q). Even Alligator Creek (named after Alligator Creek). Why, not even Jetstar could sell Townsville this good.

Oblivion by quaoub

2010 mix!

This is a bit of a personal entry. Getting to know me. Getting to know you.
This mix is about 2010. Each song does have a special place in my heart for one reason or another.

1) ....And the hazy sea - Cymbals Eat Guitars

In the beginning of the year I went on an amazing road trip with two of my housemates and even though we didn't listen to this song at the time. It just reminds me of that trip and summer and being happy.



2) Swimmers - Broken Social Scene

Tram rides to and from work and to and from a new studio space. Sewing and sweating. Getting cranky and listening to this. Planning trips to far off lands.

3) Odessa - Caribou



Autumn setting in.

4) Say it ain't so - Weezer



Drunken sing alongs in various locations.

5) A Sunday Smile - Beirut

Being walked to the tram stop on a cold winter morning and not caring that I hated my job and the morning commute. Listening to this and feeling content

6) Excuses - The Morning Benders



It's about sex. And lovin'. And has great harmonies. I like all of these.

7) Winter's Love - Animal Collective



8) Bicycle - Memory Tapes



Hey Japan! I like your mountains.

9) Master of None - Beach House

It was raining, I was walking along the yarra quite early in the morning, there were tears and I was listening to this album on repeat.
I remember thinking how perfect all these elements were together.

10) Give him a great big kiss - The Shangri-las



Dancing to this in my loungeroom with three male friends really wasted after Spanish Festival. I was told to never tell repeat the story.

11) Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads

Making life decisions while listening to David Byrne.



Love you David!

12) Tyrant Destroyed - Twin Shadow

Another rainy moment....

13) Death of the Party - Blur

Deciding to move to London so I can marry Graham Coxon.



And that was 2010....