for you: Hiphop Addenda
"Cause you and your crew is only known as good triers"

Companion to Hip-O Records' Hip Hop box

The playlist...

for you: Soft+Warm in Sebastopol
"If you're serious, I'm curious to see what you got."

I made this mix of (mostly) ex-boyfriend songs a couple weeks ago for a Sunday drive up to the apple orchards in Sonoma. We arrived too late to pick apples but still had a nice drive and it made for a pretty good soundtrack on the winding, empty one-lanes with speckles of sun peeking through the browning leaves.

I've been listening to it a lot the past week; I don't know about you, but I'm still feeling incredibly betrayed and am one angry woman, so I've been grasping at anything that might calm me down. It helps a bit.

The playlist...

for you: Bad love
"If this is love it breaks my heart."

The underside of the shiny, happy '80s in all its woeful glory.

The playlist...

for me: Open road, fast
"Por la sierra yo me voy / las estrellas y la luna / ellas me dicen donde voy"

6:17:16 playlist, just long enough for driving down I-5 to LA, or halfway back up PCH

The playlist...

for you: Ofrenda Summer Mix no. 2
"Look, y'all some busters"

Another short mix for some friends

The playlist...

for you: Ofrenda Summer Mix no. 1
"Sweeter than a cherry pie with Ready-Whip topping"

Short mix for some friends

The playlist...

for me: A Mix, and A Mix 2
"Sweetheart, ya better take a hint"

Two thrown-together but very creatively-named compilations for the car

The playlist...

for you: You know I will adore you, til eternity
"I still think "Anyway You Want It" is a great just-married song"

Gettin' Hitched Vols. I, II, III, on the occasion of G.'s wedding

The playlist...