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FRIDAY MIXTAAAAPE!
Sorry I’ve been absent from the mixtape scene as of late. Life comes atcha fast sometimes. But even when it’s fast, it’s nice to have a soundtrack.Enjoy these tunes and have a rockin’ Friday!
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I have always had an affinity for breakfast foods. I believe this stems from my Mom’s philosophy when eating in restaurants: she’d always look at the dessert menu first to see what she wanted, and choose her meal in accordance with the amount of room she wanted to save for the treat. And breakfast is basically a free pass to eat dessert for an entire meal and have it be legit. Cake for breakfast? Insanity. But here. Have a donut.
Late in high school, I remember coming across a quote that resonated so deeply with me that it became my own sort of food philosophy:
“Dinner parties are mere formalities; but you invite a man to breakfast because you want to see him.” - Thomas Babington Macaulay
In college, I interviewed musician, artist, and fellow UGAer Allison Weiss (who shares a similar love for breakfast and pancakes that I do (in fact, it was her album art of pancakes that originally drew me to wanting to interview her)) and one thing she said about breakfast (because of course I asked!) that has stuck with me was something similar to the Macaulay quote:
Breakfast is really special and delicious because you wake up and the first thing you want to do is see this other person and share a stack of pancakes with them. You really only do that with people you love.
(Allison also got me onto Tumblr many moons ago AND she’s the famous one whose tunes you hear on the Customize Your Theme page. Go Dawgs.)
BREAKFAST! I mean just think about it! It’s early, you’re not always in a pleasant mood or lookin’ great and you think Hey, yes. Let’s share something yummy even before these bags under my eyes go away. It’s the first thing you do in the morning and you’re inviting this other person to share in that moment with you. That’s intense!
So, anyways, today’s my last day at work. As a Going Away Celebration, the office organized a breakfast because they know how much I love it. Sure, it’s really just donuts and cinnamon rolls and coffee… but. It’s love. I feel very loved today and that makes me excited about the future. In the words of my girl Leslie Knope, Why Would Anybody Eat Anything Besides Breakfast Food?
I sure don’t know, Leslie. I sure don’t know.
With that…. ENJOY this Friday’s Mixtape. And go eat breakfast with someone you love. Go on. Go on.
As always, all the Friday Mixtape Tunes are here—-> ++ Friday Mix!
PS. That super sweet Tolkien print up there was created by my dear friend Karla who is wicked talented and awesome and just basically the best.
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Another Friday!
I’m over here… workin’ workin’ workin’… one week left at this job. I hope your Friday involves something equally as exciting. (But, not as busy, let’s be honest.)
Enjoy these tunes as you work/play/drive in preparation for your weekend plans! As we were reminded sadly and horrifically earlier this week with Boston… there’s no telling what the day will hold. I pray you’ll all be safe, happy, and loved this weekend. The pictures above are some of my favorites from the trip my Dad and I took to Boston back in November. Truly an awesome place.
As always, all the Friday Mixtape Tunes are here—-> ++ Friday Mix! Huzzah!
And this Friday’s Mix is below! Have a great weekend!
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Friday Friday, gotta get down on Friday Mixtape!
This week’s mix is very folk-inspired, as that’s pretty much all we listened to on the beach last week.
Minus the Justin Timberlake. He was our one anomaly, and what a good one it is. JAM ON, Jammers. Happy Friday!
Special note: Second Child, Restless Child is my new favorite song so you better get on board. K thanks.
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Woof.
Normally I’d be SO EXCITED THAT IT’S FRIDAYYYY but I am feeling very under-the-weather so I my enthusiasm is limited. Plus, I have a very big weekend ahead of me (bachelorette party! out-of-state friends in town! wedding! packing for a week at the beach! leaving for the beach!)
All that said, if I can get through today, I think I can run on happy endorphins to make it through the weekend. Only time will tell.
If the endorphins fail… there’s always music! Oh, and lots of meds. Here’s to surviving Friday and making it through the weekend AND PLEASE OH PLEASE DON’T LET THIS BE THE FLU RIGHT BEFORE THE BEACH…
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It’s March. It’s Madness! I can’t believe it.
Here’s another Friday Mixtape to get us through our shared unbelief that it is indeed the 3rd month of 2013.
Also… there are two songs on here by The Crane Wives (I’ve put another one of their songs on a previous mix… if you’re paying attention.) But. They are MY JAM right now. MAH JAAAAM. So. Look into that…
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It’s been a busy but great week and I hope you can say the same! In a few hours, I’m headed to our church’s Women’s Retreat where one of my favorite people in the whole world is speaking. I’m packing Girl Scout cookies and my weekend sweats and a blank journal to write all of her godly wisdom down.
Gonna. Be. Legit.
Until departure, I’ll just be sitting here, listening to the tunes of this week’s Friday Mixtape, trying to get work done. FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY.
Listen below or subscribe to Friday mix for all the Friday Mixtapes. Enjoy the music, enjoy the weekend!
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Friday Mixtape Friday Mixtape Friday Friday Friday!
In honor of yesterday’s holla-day, I starting compiling all of my favorite love songs for this week’s mix. I dug deep into the archives of my mind for this one, and while the mix is long, it’s also rockin’ and full-o-love.This mix could also consequently double as my karaoke playlist, but I can’t seem to harness my second-hand embarrassment long enough to actually ever be OK with doing karaoke. But. It’s out there just in case my judgment lapses and I find myself locked inside Shokitini or Walkers with a microphone.
This week’s mix includes tracks from Fyfe Dangerfield, Pixies, Hanson, Whitney Houston, Fun., The Avett Brothers, Fruit Bats, The Rumble Strips, Jaymay, Queen, The Temptations, Ray LaMontagne, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Rosie Thomas and Sufjan, City and Colour, 98 Degrees, The Kooks, Ronettes, Jessica Andrews, Natalie Cole, Tanya Tucker, Ingrid Michaelson, Death Cab for Cutie, Dashboard Confessional, Jackson Browne, Mariah Carey, A Fine Frenzy, Noah and the Whale.
It’s also a scary peek inside my brain. So. Be forewarned. You can also subscribe to the Mega Friday Mix if you want or need to listen to hours and hours of good music at random.
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The thing about having something you’re supposed to do every week (grocery shopping, laundry, exercising) is that sometimes, you just don’t do it. (I think that’s why they call that “supposed to do.”) The Friday Mixtape is a little less dire than those other 3 (I see you, piles and piles of laundry I have been stepping over for days on end. I see you. I see you.) but sometimes, more important things call your name. Like going to get one of your best friends all married-up and stuff.
A & D have a particularly lovely story, having met as a bridesmaid and groomsman at another of our friends’ wedding a year and a half ago. SO CUTE am I right?
This group of friends that gathered this weekend to celebrate is a particular kind of wonderful: we met at camp as strange little children and somehow, despite time and changing and not living in the same cities or going to the same schools… we grew up and we did it together. There is a rare quality amongst us that only comes from having seen how far we’ve all come: from our summers of braided hair and sunburned skin in the North Carolina mountains to being grown-ups with college degrees and jobs and houses and now, husbands.
So even though it’s late… it was for a good reason. Here’s the mix!
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I’ve kind of been avoiding the internet today because I didn’t get a chance to watch the series finale of 30 Rock yet (I know I know I know I KNOW) and didn’t want to risk any spoilers! But, I couldn’t keep you from the Friday Mix. So, here we are. I HOPE IT WAS WORTH IT.
Listen and enjoy and subscribe to the Mega Friday Mix if you want to keep up with it all.
ENJOY and have a great Friday!
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You know the drill. Friday. Tunes. Listen. Love. Rinse. Repeat.
Stay warm. Subscribe to the Mega Friday Mix if you want to keep up with it all. Have soup for lunch. Make plans. Wear your weekend sweats. Give an absurd amount of side-hugs. Rinse. Repeat.
(This is a perfect mix for this cold, wintery but exciting Friday. Enjoy!)
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Fridrizzle Mixtape, ya’ll. And to think, this kicks off a 3-day weekend. PRAISE BE.
After a week that started off like a warm, monsoony spring season ended up like a blistery, biting winter… the fact that it’s Friday couldn’t been more welcome in my eyes.
So enjoy today’s Friday Mix and +subscribe to the mega mix if you feel compelled to listen to 16 hours of musical bliss from all of the mixes thus far.
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Friday Mixtape Firdoy Muxtope Furrrdeee Mexitropic Time
Well well well. Another Friday, another Mixtape.
Most Fridays you can find me frantically trying to finish up the week’s projects and drinking exorbitant amounts of coffee whilst making weekend plans and trying to figure out what I want for lunch.
This Friday is no different. Hopefully your Fridays are all going well, and that these tunes will help set the mood for the weekend. Fun, Clap-filled, Uplifting Joy Music, that’s what this is.
Same ol same ol: these songs will be added to the big Fridays Mix where all the songs from all the Friday Mixtapes are compiled. Subscribe if you’d like to keep updated or if you’d just like to listen to a lot of good music, that’s OK too.
Happiest of Fridays to you all!
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Friday Mixtape! The first one of 2013 whoop whoop!
Just about every Friday, I make a playlist of music I’ve been listening to and enjoying during the week. I work on my computer most of the day so the tunes are always flowing. It’s usually a pretty eclectic mix of songs, but it’s fun when I can see a theme or trend in the tunes that corresponds to how my week has gone and what I’ve been up to. That part is really mostly for me, but you can enjoy it just the same :)
This week you’ll notice a similar sound to the songs… a little laid back with lots of folk-inspired banjo and clap-beats. No better way to ring in the New Year. My two favorite songs this week are Counting Sheep by The Crane Wives and Either Way by Beta Radio.
And speaking of New Year… if the first song— a version of Auld Lang Syne— doesn’t get you going and excited about 2013… I don’t know what to tell you.
As always, these songs will be added to the big Fridays Mix where all the songs from all the Friday Mixtapes are compiled. Subscribe if you’d like to and enjoy some really good music for hours and hours and hours. And then more hours.
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Friday Mixtape: It’s the End of the World, But Also The Holidays! Edition
And since it’s been a few weeks since I’ve made one (sorry ‘bout that. Life calls sometimes. Gotta answer.) this one is extra rockin’. Perfect music for cruising down 75 on your way home for the holidays or for jammin’ out since it’s not the last day on earth. Win win.
This mix has songs from LP, Vacationer, First Aid Kit, Wilco, Hospitality, The Lumineers, Titus Andronicus, Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons, Justin Townes Earle, Bing Crosby, hoots & hellmouth, Shovels & Rope, Soft Swells, Zac Brown Band, Dirty Projectors, John Williams and Dad Rocks! Quite the mix this time around, I’d say.
The LP song in particular needs to be played real loudly. OK? Promise? Good.
You can also subscribe to my FRIDAYS mix and listen to all the tunes from all the Friday Mixtapes so far… if you’re feeling particularly tune-less on this crisp Friday afternoon.
Enjoy, Happy Holidays, and as always… Go Dawgs.
