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A few months ago, my friend Joyce and I were talking about the music we listened to in high school. I think people get surprised by the fact I listened to so much ska back in the day. (No really, I did. I still have a very special place in my heart for it.) This week I thought I should make a mixtape of some of the albums that remind me of high school. Note: while most of these are albums that came out while I was in high school, some (like The Blue Album) were ones I discovered while in high school. Obviously, a lot missing, but I think it’s a pretty fair mix of CDs I constantly had in my backpack, along with my CD player and headphones.

Oh man! Remember portable CD players?

(I took the photo above at the Art In The Streets exhibit at MOCA, when my brother was in town.)

As always, click-through for the download from MediaFire. Previous mixtapes can be found here:
#01 | #02 | #03 | #04 | #05 | #06 | #07 | #08 | #09 | #10 | #11 | #12 | #13 | #14 | #15 | #16 | #17 | #18 | #19 | #20 | #21 | #22 | #23 | #24 | #25 | #26 | #27 | #28 | #29 | #30 | #31 | #32 | #33 | #34 | #35 | #36 | #37 | #38 | #39 | #40 | #41 | #42 | #43 | #44 | #45 | #46

(If an older mixtape isn’t available on MediaFire, ask me and I can reupload it for you.)

Mixtape Monday #47
01. Lauryn Hill - “Everything Is Everything” (The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, 1998)
02. Phantom Planet - “So I Fall Again” (Phantom Planet Is Missing, 1998)
03. Save Ferris - “Mistaken” (Modified, 1999)
04. Less Than Jake - “Al’s War” (Hello Rockview, 1998)
05. Unwritten Law - “Cailin” (Unwritten Law, 1998)
06. Weezer - “Say It Ain’t So” (Weezer, 1994)
07. Jack Johnson - “Flake” (Brushfire Fairytales, 2001)
08. Relient K - “Pressing On” (The Anatomy of the Tongue in Cheek, 2001)
09. MxPx - “Responsibility” (The Ever Passing Moment, 2000)
10. Jimmy Eat World - “The Middle” (Bleed American, 2001)

Who doesn’t love a cover? Feels like forever since I’ve posted a covers mixtape — it kicks off with one of my favorite new covers, Mayer Hawthorne’s take on ELO’s “Mr. Blue Sky”. This is pretty much been my summer jam so far. (And yes, that is a cover of Justin Bieber’s “Baby” by Neon Trees. Just listen to it; they get extra points for inserting Ben E. King’s “Stand By Me” instead of the ridiculous rapping part in the middle.)

And you may have seen that photo before, I took it last week on Instagram. (If you’re on Instagram, come find me. My user name is: mlee525)

As always, click-through for the download from MediaFire. Previous mixtapes can be found here:
#01 | #02 | #03 | #04 | #05 | #06 | #07 | #08 | #09 | #10 | #11 | #12 | #13 | #14 | #15 | #16 | #17 | #18 | #19 | #20 | #21 | #22 | #23 | #24 | #25 | #26 | #27 | #28 | #29 | #30 | #31 | #32 | #33 | #34 | #35 | #36 | #37 | #38 | #39 | #40 | #41 | #42 | #43

(If an older mixtape isn’t available on MediaFire, ask me and I can reupload it for you.)

Mixtape Monday #44
01. Mayer Hawthorne - “Mr. Blue Sky” (ELO)
02. Sara Bareilles - “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” (Beyoncé)
03. Jack Peñate - “1 2 3 4” (Feist)
04. Arcade Fire - “Age of Consent (Live)” (New Order)
05. Neon Trees - “Baby” (Justin Bieber)
06. Ellie Goulding - “Heartbeats” (The Knife)
07. James Vincent McMorrow - “Whip My Hair” (Willow Smith)
08. Lauryn Hill - “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You” (Frankie Valli)
09. Kina Grannis - “White Winter Hymnal” (Fleet Foxes)
10. John Legend - “Secret Heart” (Ron Sexsmith)

Happy Monday everyone! Starting off this mix is that ubiquitous summer jam, “All Summer” by Kid Cudi, Best Coast & Rostam Batmanglij. I don’t care if it was released as part of a Converse campaign — I really love this song. Also throwing in the newly surfaced Lauryn Hill track “Repercussions” because I love that one too. A sort of random mix, but hope you guys dig it!

(Just FYI, the picture is of an awesome record and instrument shop in San Francisco. Previously seen here. Reblog if you love records! :P )

As always, click-through for the download from MediaFire. Previous mixtapes can be found here:
#01 | #02 | #03 | #04 | #05 | #06 | #07 | #08 | #09 | #10 | #11 | #12 | #13 | #14 | #15 | #16 | #17 | #18 | #19 | #20 | #21 | #22 | #23

(If an older mixtape isn’t available on MediaFire, ask me and I can reupload it for you.)

Mixtape Monday #24:
01. Kid Cudi, Best Coast and Rostam Batmanglij of Vampire Weekend - “All Summer”
02. Kate Nash - “Do-Wah-Doo”
03. The Black Keys - “Tighten Up”
04. The Whitest Boy Alive - “Golden Cage”
05. Mayer Hawthorne - “Maybe So, Maybe No”
06. Lauryn Hill - “Repercussions” (previously unreleased!)
07. Raphael Saadiq - “Love That Girl”
08. Lupe Fiasco - “Kick, Push”
09. Janelle Monáe - “Tightrope”
10. Phoenix - “Rally”