Josh

I know, this mixptape is completely out of order, but whatever. I’ve been so busy that I completely forgot about September. But, it’s up now and you can enjoy this one along with the other ones.
Here is the tracklist:

Tune Out - The Format
Kill - Jimmy Eat World
Raise The Dead - Phantom Planet
The Geeks Were Right [...]

The original November 08 Mixtape can be viewed and downloaded here. The tracklist is as follows:

Can You Tell - Ra Ra Riot
Flathead - The Fratellis
Black Shoes - The Films
Boats & Birds - Gregory & The Hawk
The River - Anathallo
Crown of Love - The Arcade Fire
Jesus Christ - Brand New
Some Are Lakes - Land Of Talk
Plenty [...]

Between Tumblr, Twitter, obsessively refreshing fivethirtyeight and CNN, texting and calling my friends, mostly Crush Girl, I didn’t have time to think about what was actually happening. When Barack Obama was announced as President Elect, the 44th President of the United States, the obsessive refreshing only continued. During the last phone call of the night, [...]

What did liberals do that was so offensive to the Republican Party? I’ll tell you what they did. Liberals got women the right to vote. Liberals got African-Americans the right to vote. Liberals created Social Security and lifted millions of elderly people out of poverty. Liberals ended segregation. Liberals passed the Civil Rights Act, the [...]

When I was first struggling to come to terms with who I am, a trans man, I sought out some sort of validation for it. I never really new what sort of validation I needed, and eventually, I realized that I wasn’t searching for myself, but for everyone else that struggled to understand what I [...]

I’m going to get the pretty charts out of the way first. Really, I spend way too much time working, not enough time relaxing, and I swear too much. I also drink way too much coffee. My life is very hectic right now and I don’t see that changing for a couple of weeks at [...]

You can view (and download) the regular edition of October’s mixtape here.
The regular tracklist is as follows:
Tracklist

Jenny Don’t Be Hasty - Paolo Nutini
Love Has A Diameter - Biffy Clyro
One Week Of Danger - The Virgins
Wolves at Night - The Manchester Orchestra
I’d Rather Dance With You - Kings Of Convenience
Never Miss a Beat - Kaiser Chiefs
Textbook [...]

My life is busy, but boring. Pretty boring actually. I’m starting to take photos of my week and I’ll be compiling a nice post in the beginning of next week to show you what a week in my life is like. Here is what I normally do during the week. We’ll see if this is [...]

Note: This post was inspired by this post on Dear Old Love. If you’ve never read Dear Old Love, read it. It’s more than likely that something will click in your head and you’ll be thinking about all of the things that you miss, or hate, or just…remember. And, fyi, this is the last post [...]

This post is in honor of Blog Action Day, a day where thousands of bloggers dedicate their posts to one topic. This year’s topic is Poverty.
Thousands of bloggers have already begun posting up their articles for Blog Action Day. Some, undoubtedly, will talk about global poverty. Some will talk about poverty at home. Some will [...]

Bon Iver - Skinny Love
I told you to be patient / I told you to be fine / I told you to be balanced / I told you to be kind / Now all your love is wasted? / Then who the hell was I? / Now I’m breaking at the britches / And at [...]

In my last post, I tried to avoid saying that voting for Obama was the right thing to do. I mean, it’s obvious how I feel about the guy, and how I feel about McCain, but I try not to say what’s right for everyone when it might not be. However, I’ve been talking a [...]

The laws that keep us safe, these same laws condemn us to boredom.
Without access to true chaos, we’ll never have true peace.
Unless everything can get worse, it won’t get any better.
This is all stuff the Mommy used to tell him.
She used to say, “The only frontier you have left is the world of intangibles. Everything [...]

As my cousin pointed out on my Facebook wall, I’ve been seriously neglecting my blog. That is pretty sad considering that a lot has been happening lately that I would love to write about. Sadly, I don’t have time. I’m going to seriously buckle down and start cranking out some posts. I’ll make time, write [...]

I’ve never written about my 9/11 experience before and now that today marks the 7th anniversary, I think I’ll take the time to write down my experience and thoughts. This will probably be the only time I ever write about this. Read what I have to say, bitch about it later.
Where I Was
Even though [...]

I’ve been thinking a lot about my past mixtapes recently. I haven’t posted all of the mixtapes that I’ve made, but that’s starting to change as of late because mixtapes are becoming a bigger part of my life. Looking through my archives, I realized that I never finished writing all the memories that were associated [...]

Next to the speakerphone is a fat daily planner book they keep full of things for me to get done. They want me to account for my next ten years, task by task. Their way, everything in your life turns into an item on a list. Something to accomplish. You get to see how your [...]

For once, this mixtape is relatively on time.
There’s a lot about this mixtape that I love; it’s a bit upbeat, but I threw in some songs that don’t seem to really fit, like “Always Love” by Nada Surf. One of my favorite songs on this mix is “Hoppipolla” by Sigur Ros. It’s one of [...]

This is late but most of my mixtapes usually are. I happen to consider this a pretty good mixtape, since I’m still able to listen to it two months after making it.
Tracklist

The Start of Something - Voxtrot
Where We Gonna Go From Here - Mat Kearney
Henney Buggy Band - Sufjan Stevens
Dancing In A Minefield - Plushgun
Shake [...]

The past week or so has been crazy, hectic, and painful. On the other hand, a lot of good things have happened, but as is typical with life, the bad usually is thrust to the forefront of the brain. I’m trying to remain optimistic however. As is typical of me lately, I’m going to write [...]