Brian asked me to contribute some art or something to the conference, Cultural Combat, he helped organize that is this coming saturday, at Brandeis. Well, really he initially asked me to submit a paper, but I didn't do that cause I'm lazy, so I did something that combined both. The piece had to have something to do with 'culture', and after sorting through a whole lot of idea bullshit, i decided to do something about mixtapes. I decided I wanted to do a mixtape, a xerox book, and a streaming playlist. I later decided to enlarge and mount on blocks four of the cassette pattern drawings that I did a while ago. I'll post pictures of how they look when they're hung, and how the whole dealie looks set up - but for now here are the pages that comprise the accompanying book (details of that later too). I'll also post the imeem playlist so you can listen! If you're interested in getting a copy of the mixtape and/or book, email me (in contact link) - as far as tapes go, i'm pretty sure i'll be giving out 12 on saturday and will offer up to another 15 by mail - the book is unlimited, and i will try and maintain the playlist as well!
disclaimer: I have to just say that this is one of the first times i've ever printed and released my own writing to a random public audience. it's a little weird but it's not like this is some piece of writing i hold near and dear to my heart, which makes it easier. anyways, it was nice to write something, i haven't done any in a long time. also, i have tried many times to write about making mixtapes but have never had any success, i always get too nervous and stop writing. i'm not really into reading about mixtapes either, so if for some reason you are slightly morally opposed to reading some bullshit about mixtapes and culture i 100% back you decision to not read it and tell your friends to leave it alone too.
disclaimer: I have to just say that this is one of the first times i've ever printed and released my own writing to a random public audience. it's a little weird but it's not like this is some piece of writing i hold near and dear to my heart, which makes it easier. anyways, it was nice to write something, i haven't done any in a long time. also, i have tried many times to write about making mixtapes but have never had any success, i always get too nervous and stop writing. i'm not really into reading about mixtapes either, so if for some reason you are slightly morally opposed to reading some bullshit about mixtapes and culture i 100% back you decision to not read it and tell your friends to leave it alone too.
