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Mixtape Confessions: The Best of the Basket Cases[26 February 2008]by Ben RubensteinDeep down, in spite of all the bad music I have to plow through, I'm still that 17-year-old kid that can't believe he's getting sent free CDs. I know, I know; it's a rough gig.
Mixtape Confessions
When They're 65...Ben Rubenstein05.May.08What will some of today's most well-known hip-hop artists be doing in 2035? Maybe they won't be running the music world, but they'll probably be doing something beyond applying Fixodent to their grills. 
TV Commercials: the New, Nonstop PlaylistBen Rubenstein25.Mar.08TV commercials have become a legitimate source for discovering new music -- from Wilco on the Volkswagen ads, to Cat Power hawking DeBeers diamonds, to any number of artists pimping Apple. 
Love from the '90s, Mix-Tape StyleBen Rubenstein28.Jan.08Rob Sheffield's Love is a Mix Tape interprets a recent decade in the ever-shifting sound of the universal language.
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You can expect the Cave review at PM sometime soon as well.
Comment by Evan Sawdey — February 27, 2008 @ 1:17 am