Oh shit, We forgot it's Mixtape Monday: Winging It Edition

Sometimes work and play can get in the way of things that are really important, like music. Sha and I have been playing grown ups in real life and we kind of forgot to put something together, oops. The beauty of music is that we love it so much and that we have so many favorites that winging it isn't too bad for us. So here it is, a collection of songs that we love so much we didn't even have to think too hard about putting on a playlist. Below you will be able to find our accompanying video and as always our Spotify Playlist link.

Spotify Link: MIXTAPE MONDAY:WING IT

Mixtape Mondays: A Love Letter to Reality Bites

I remember the first time I saw "Reality Bites," well in all honesty I don't remember how old I was or where I was exactly but I do remember the feeling it gave me. The feeling I felt more specifically in the scene at the gas station which at my young age was the one that resonated with me the most. Completely oblivious of the fact that they were majorly stoned at the time, I loved the moment when Janeane Garofalo, Winona Ryder, and Steve Zahn are so compelled to dance to "My Sharona" that they ask the attendant to turn up the music and proceed to jump around like idiots. This is what I thought my twenties were going to be like, not literally smoking out and dancing like idiots which I'm sure is how a lot of people spent their twenties, but just being so enthralled in having fun with your friends that you don't care who sees. Now that I'm thirty I look back at how the movie spoke to me in different ways. "I'm not going to work at the Gap" was also a line that I often quoted and not just because I worked there but because I understood how judged Janeane felt at that moment. This movie gave me a different point of view about being an adult that maybe my parents didn't want me to know. Up until then I thought adulthood was house payments and children, I didn't understand that you were allowed to not have it all together for awhile, that you were allowed to figure things out.

With this Mixtape Monday we chose to celebrate its 20th anniversary of this movie compiling songs inspired by the nineties featuring bands like Everclear, The Cranberries, and The Smashing Pumpkins. Come walk down memory lane with us ....

Mixtape Mondays: New Playlist!

We are at it again, our second "Mixtape Monday" video and playlist is here. Spotify playlist link can be found in the description of the video. Enjoy!



 

The Fear Of A New Year

This is not a best of 2013 list, or a manifesto about how 2014 is “going to be my year.” Not to knock any of that but I think so often we try to pretend that the New Year is a clean slate that once the year is over we don’t have to look back. “Thank god this year is over” we say, “Can’t wait to start fresh.”  This year I am looking at it a little differently.

You Are What You Listen To, Right?

It is no surprise that most people believe there is a direct correlation between their musical taste and how they identify themselves. You are what you listen to to right? We judge someone's music collection with a close eye, basing a lot of how we see them through what they keep hidden in their IPod.

Indie Rock? Hipster

Pop Music? Woo girl

Electric Drum and Bass? Douche

Okay, I was kidding about the last one but it would be ridiculous for me to not think that some of these "stereotypes" (if I can call them that?) about music aren't true. Especially when in Western society we hold our music taste in such high regard. There is that famous Nick Hornby quote that has been re-blogged a million times on Tumblr, maybe you are familiar with it.....

“It's no good pretending that any relationship has a future if your record collections disagree violently or if your favorite films wouldn't even speak to each other if they met at a party."

But let's be honest there are definitely some skeletons in your musical closet, especially when you are younger and still trying to figure out who you are. What if you relationship partner came face to face with that N'SYNC single you purchased when you were 13? One of my favorite things to do is discover people's "guilty pleasures" especially those that they had while growing up. While you were just discovering music, what you loved and what you hated. The stories behind certain purchases are sometimes even better than the albums. So with out stalling any longer I would like to introduce to you our very first V-Log, where we explore just that. Going into our music "vault" and seeing what we came up with. Hope you enjoy laughing at us as much as we enjoyed laughing at each other.