is there still meaning in the mix-tape?

who loves the kings of convenience?
the three cds i brought in from my car into work today are the following: kings of convenience- riot on an empty street, keane- hopes and fears, and her space holiday- the young machines. three cds containing songs about love and heartbreak. three of my ultimate faves. especially her space holiday, as you all know. any way... this kings of convenience record inspires me to make a mix-tape of love songs. which would include the cure song, "trust". speaking of mix-tapes... is that a dying art form? is it an art form? is it a means to communicate something? love? friendship? anger? happiness? breakups? sadness? has the romanticsm of mix-tapes gone away? are mix cds the equivalent to a mix-tape? i know its not for me. im a girl without an ipod. i have no ibook. i dont download songs to my ancient computer. i dont even know what websites to do that from. my cd burner barely works. it gives me anxiety attacks to use. so i guess in the sense of what mixtapes mean, i am still a believer. im an old school romantic in that sense.

if i were to make a mixtape right now, this is who would be on it:
kings of convenience, the cure, her space holiday, arcade fire, magnetic fields, camera obscura, boom bip, gravenhurst, m83, the concretes, dntel, legends, neko case, lali puna, clouddead, the postal service, the album leaf, keane, modern english, when in rome (yes, the promise would be on there damnit).

maybe i will try to make at least a couple of mixtapes a month. either for my own enjoyment... but most likely for other people i love. if i made you a mixtape, would you play it?

hopelessly old-school romantic,
nic

now playing: (not on a tape deck, but in my cd rom drive): kings of convenience- riot on an empty street ..... how much do you love erlend oye?