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August 13, 2012 By 40 Comments

This week’s assignment from the League: Mixtape

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Normally, we’re writing and talking about TV, movies, toys, and collectibles, but this week, the League’s assignment is going to have some of us treading in unfamiliar waters: Music.

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What songs were forever being looped on your car’s stereo back in high school. A cassette could only hold a dozen or so songs, so that’s the magic number of songs to list. If your car didn’t have a cassette deck in high school, go ahead and pretend it did, you punk.

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Once you put up a post on your site add a comment below with the URL. Next Monday, I will put up a post here on Cool & Collected with a list of all the contributing blogs. Once that list is posted, if you haven’t already done so, try to incorporate at least three of your fellow League members’ links (but more would be great!) into the article you wrote on your site.

By cross-posting like this, we will help each other out by sending new readers to each other’s sites. Have fun!

 

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  1. Dex (@Dex1138) says

    August 13, 2012 at 11:47 am

    A dozen? I guess you weren’t using C-90 tapes, but 12 is a good limit. I always, always used 90 minutes tapes. I used to do a mixtape “series” for a friend of mine to the point of coming up with album themes using the song titles and appropriate titles like “Metal Shop H-666” (sorta like your shop class would be followed by the room number?) and “Audical Illusions.” I’d even put a couple lines on the inside about previous and/or upcoming releases from LabyriTech Industries (because I love the movie Labyrinth).

    And yes, I made a few mixtapes for the ladies back in the day too =D

    Reply
    • Paxton Holley says

      August 13, 2012 at 11:51 am

      It’s a lost art, that is for sure, Dex.

      Hmm, I’ll have to think about this because my mixtapes were rarely random. They were usually themed by musical genre (rap, musical, slow jam, cartoons, etc).

      Reply
      • Dex (@Dex1138) says

        August 13, 2012 at 12:50 pm

        In about 20-30 years it will be “What songs were on being looped in your favorite playlist on ye olde mp3 player?” lol

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    • Brian says

      August 13, 2012 at 11:51 am

      I think this week is going to have some of the most diverse and eclectic responses yet. Like you said, there are so many different ways you could go with this. We all had those mixtapes for the ladies, didn’t we? 😉

      Reply
  2. brothermidnight says

    August 13, 2012 at 1:21 pm

    Oh boy Time to dig out the liquid eyeliner..Here’s mine.

    http://greenplasticsquirtgun.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-league-of-extraordinary-bloggers.html

    Reply
  3. Hobgoblin238 says

    August 13, 2012 at 2:27 pm

    Done! Mostly soundtracks…I AM a movie guy!

    http://monstercafesaltillo.blogspot.mx/2012/08/league-of-extraordinary-bloggers-theme.html

    Reply
  4. TL says

    August 13, 2012 at 3:56 pm

    I’m so glad I don’t throw things away…

    http://mattandtimfunny.blogspot.com/2012/08/high-school-mixtape.html

    Reply
    • Brian says

      August 13, 2012 at 4:08 pm

      Somehow I just knew you would have an old tape on hand. 😉

      Reply
  5. The Goodwill Geek says

    August 13, 2012 at 6:57 pm

    This one was truly a challenge, because I used to make a ton of mix-tapes… but really wanted to remember this one particular tape that I loved. I think I did it justice, but couldn’t remember everything.

    http://goodwillhunting4geeks.blogspot.com/2012/08/mixtape.html#more

    Reply
  6. BubbaShelby says

    August 13, 2012 at 7:41 pm

    Here’s mine! http://toyriffic.blogspot.com/2012/08/mixtape-memories.html

    Reply
  7. Memoriesoftoymorrow says

    August 13, 2012 at 10:55 pm

    You asked for it!!

    http://memoriesoftoymorrow.blogspot.com/2012/08/this-weeks-assignment-from-league-of.html

    Reply
  8. Brian says

    August 13, 2012 at 11:20 pm

    Man, I miss hair bands:
    https://www.coolandcollected.com/remember-yesterday-my-high-school-mixtape/

    Reply
    • Paxton Holley says

      August 14, 2012 at 10:52 am

      I’m with you, Brian. I was a huge fan of hair bands. I still listen to them. Ratt, Bon Jovi, Poison, Motley Crue, Warrant, Skid Row, etc.

      LOVE THEM.

      Pax

      Reply
  9. Mr R says

    August 14, 2012 at 1:32 am

    I see a lotta 80’s, so here’s some 90’s. Enjoy! …or don’t…it’s entirely up to you 🙂

    http://adambobomb.blogspot.com/2012/08/league-assignment-90-minutes-thats-only.html

    Reply
  10. Iok says

    August 14, 2012 at 6:46 am

    Here we go!

    http://that-figures.blogspot.com/2012/08/feature-loeb-mix-tape.html

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    • Iok says

      August 14, 2012 at 9:46 am

      Wow. I just realized there’s a lot of Nazi/Fascist imagery in my selections… Not that any of the artists actually ARE of that persuasion. Just thought I should clear that up!

      Reply
  11. christopher tupa says

    August 14, 2012 at 7:31 am

    Wow! You guys have some great music! I’ve really enjoyed checking out all the blogs and seeing what everyone listened to. I have to admit I wasn’t a big music guy so I’ll have to really think on this one. I do know my tape would have had some G&R and Falco

    Reply
  12. Jason says

    August 14, 2012 at 8:26 am

    Here is my high school soundtrack….all over the place with this one Beck, INXS, Tone Loc, Phil Collins….

    http://www.rediscoverthe80s.com/2012/08/my-high-school-soundtrack.html

    Reply
  13. Jonathan Mayne says

    August 14, 2012 at 9:07 am

    Anybody else find that they’re rewriting the listening habits of their high school days ever so slightly just to get an excuse to throw in a couple of awesome tunes? I’m sure I was in high school when I started listening to the Eagles. I’m sure I was!

    Reply
    • Iok says

      August 14, 2012 at 9:44 am

      I have to admit to adding one I don’t *think* I’d have had on my play list until about a year later but given that it’s been (far too many) years since I was in school, I think I can be excused for being a little fuzzy on the matter.

      Reply
      • Jonathan Mayne says

        August 14, 2012 at 10:28 am

        YES! I like that way. That’s what’s happened to me to. 😉

        Reply
  14. Reis O'Brien says

    August 14, 2012 at 9:25 am

    I’ll be representing the darker side of mix tapes this week. 😉

    http://dorkhorde.blogspot.com/2012/08/league-of-extraordinary-bloggers-weekly_14.html

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    • Brian says

      August 14, 2012 at 10:00 am

      “Hair bands are for girls.” waitaminnit…

      Reply
  15. TJ says

    August 14, 2012 at 2:27 pm

    Loving the reads. I am a bit younger than some of you, so forgive my not-so-cassette-tape-nature…. Here is mine…

    http://geekittillithurts.wordpress.com/2012/08/14/league-assignment-90s-mix-tape-fever/

    Reply
  16. Jonathan Mayne says

    August 14, 2012 at 4:54 pm

    Geek Cultural present and accounted for sir. 🙂

    http://www.geekcultural.com/2012/08/the-high-school-dozen.html

    Reply
  17. shezcrafti says

    August 14, 2012 at 10:05 pm

    Class of ’99 represent!
    http://shezcrafti.com/the-class-of-99-mixtape/

    Reply
  18. Dex (@Dex1138) says

    August 15, 2012 at 4:12 pm

    Damn, that took awhile to put together but was incredibly fun!

    http://aeiouwhy.blogspot.com/2012/08/league-post-high-school-mixtape.html

    Reply
  19. Paxton Holley says

    August 16, 2012 at 8:57 am

    And I’m up.

    http://blog.paxholley.net/2012/08/16/i-listen-to-one-of-my-old-mixtapes-from-1996/

    Mixtape from 1996.

    Reply
  20. Kevin Hellions says

    August 16, 2012 at 12:14 pm

    http://teamhellions.com/2012/08/16/the-league-xxvi-mix-tape/

    Leaving behind the hair metal and discovering something new with the help of Riki Rachtman.

    Reply
  21. Shawn Robare says

    August 16, 2012 at 12:53 pm

    Alright, I’m doing something a little different and actually making a mixtape to send out to readers (with my 12 favorite high school era tunes.) Lets see if this works…

    http://brandedinthe80s.com/the-branded-in-the-80s-mixtape-sponsored-by-the-league

    Reply
  22. Jamie says

    August 19, 2012 at 7:31 pm

    Sorry for being so late:
    http://jannghi.blogspot.com/2012/08/this-weeks-assignment-from-league.html

    Reply
  23. Jamie says

    August 19, 2012 at 8:15 pm

    Finally got my post- millennium high school mix tape done! Love seeing stuff from prior decades too!

    http://qtheadult.wordpress.com/2012/08/19/mix-tape-for-the-class-of-06-loeb-assignment/

    Reply
  24. ShezCrafti (another Jaime) says

    August 19, 2012 at 9:06 pm

    Just posting because I can’t pass up the opportunity to point out that there are three female Jaimes/Jamies in The League, and we’ve all commented in a row.

    Reply
  25. Kevin Hellions says

    August 19, 2012 at 9:35 pm

    League of Extraordinary Jaimes!

    Reply
  26. Michael May says

    August 19, 2012 at 10:47 pm

    Oops! Forgot to follow the rules and post the link here!

    http://michaelmay.blogspot.com/2012/08/lxb-80s-high-school-mixtape.html

    Reply

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