Twenty Four 4 Four Twenty

I think this one's spot on. It's a little shorter. Probably a Side A. It's one track... 10 songs. I haven't made a one-track mixtape in a while... other than, you know on a real tape deck. I've got a really great tape deck (my room mate stole it from work). It reminds me of my boombox growing up. Trying to fit enough songs on each side without clipping or cutting out. Knowing the order by heart, fast forwarding through songs that were too long, everything in mono. There's something about putting a bunch of elements together, stealing other writers' words to make a specific statement in the larger framework... wondering what exactly happened to them, why we relate so much, too much. Was it better or worse than my experience? Just as profound, maybe, denting enough to have to write a song about it. It's not the best mixtape I've made. But. It's pretty spot on. A few things- the recording of "Handshake Drugs" is from the EP, not A Ghost is Born. It's a little more scattered, more... seemingly unintentional, and Jeff's voice is down and more relaxed in this version. Pretty sure "I'm So Tired" comes from the new version of the White Album. "Admit It!!!" is kinda there as a joke, kinda not. I understand Max Bemis, I do. I want the world to be a better place, which is hard to do when everyone is all fucked up. It's there because of the second part of the song. Geez, he is such a badass. Anyway, Frightened Rabbit put out a new record this year. I'd say the highest point of the mixtape comes in the last chorus of "The Loneliness and the Scream." For some reason, I have a picture of me and all my friends in a drum circle by the lake. so much movement that clouds gravitate towards us and we all drown in our own energy. Sunsets. Sunrise? Hmm. I don't know. I used to love Dexter Holland's voice, and now it's kind of annoying. When I first heard Smash, I was like 13. I used to think how depressing this song was and could not understand how someone could ever get themselves into such a mess like that. And then I grew up and into my 20's, and I'm living through every word, but it's just... life. How things are. I think that's even more depressing. Second verse of "Jesus Christ" always gets me. Jesse and I are the same person. Jesus Christ, I'm alone again, so what did you do those three days you were dead? Cuz this problem's gonna last more than a weekend. Jesus Christ, I'm not scared to die, I'm a little bit scared of what comes after. Do i get the gold chariot? Do I float through the ceiling? It's kind of funny that I've broken myself free from the chains of Christianity, but I am unable to be free from guilt of all my mistakes. Does that stay with you forever? Like.... no, haha. It doesn't. Not at all. Or, it shouldn't.