some time ago, rowan and her father made a mix together. apparently, rowan has not read my rules on how to make a mix cd and what to put on it, for she (being the one who picked the songs) broke many of my rules. her dad should have known better.

there is no need to put donovan on twice. the beatles on SIX times. no need to ever put the grateful dead on any mix. no need for ... actually, i can't really criticize too much beyond that.

it is apparent, however, that i need to do some active parenting when it comes to the art of the mix.

that said, i do appreciate that at her young age (three), she is already interested in making mixes to fit her mood (this was a dance mix, apparently) and that she knows that it's her mix and that it starts with an R and that it's music she likes. i also appreciate the fact that her father helped with this, though, as i said, i do need to teach her the rules to this and hopefully help her out for future mixing efforts.

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in other news related to music, i have recently been given the gift of pavement rarities and i cannot stop listening to them, even though i was also given the gift of many other albums at the same time. the gift of music is fantastic and it is even better when it is the gift of hard to find songs by one's favorite all-time band ever...it's like new music from a long dead band! it has been a terrific few days of all-out pavement looooove.

with the occasional mix of other things, of course. occasional.

my recent summation of indie rock in 4000 words or less was this:

pavement rocked.
the end.

i'm not sure that that is good and i'm not sure if anyone else will think that that is good, but i do know that it sums it up pour moi, and that is the most important thing here. please remember that at the bad arts, only my opinion counts.


:-*,
me