Tinymixtapes
When I think of mix tapes, I think of Tinymixtapes.

Where else can you outsource the effort of devising a customised playlist customised for a specific subject or occassion that predicts the listeners mood cycles and takes them upon an emotional journey where old memories are revisited and new possibilities are excitingly explored?

Forget vague, genre specific compilations claiming to be the "ultimate best of all time ever for sure this time", what you want is a mix so eerily specific it will cause the skin to crawl on the neck of the listener as each song seeps directly into their subconscious.

Mixtapes for things such as

"Songs to drive to at night. Or songs that invoke the feeling that I’d like to drive to them at night because I don’t currently have a car. So, songs that could be driven to at night, but also sound good on the bus and the walk home. Maybe a bit autumnal/wintery, in keeping with the season. I would have said "fall-y" but I’m going to be honest, that sounds rubbish. Autumn is a much better word. So, autumnal songs that are good to travel to on pretty much any mode of transport (maybe except a Harley), but are especially good at soundtracking car journeys in the dark."

or

"Songs that are about love, yet don’t mention love even once."

how about

"Songs That Thom Yorke Masturbates To."

maybe

"a mix for when you catch your ex using all the music you introduced her to with her new girlfriend"

last for now

"Song Titles That Would Make Excellent Fortune Cookie Fortunes"

More of these at Tinymixtapes. I haven't looked at these in years, but this week's qotw has got me going through them again!
( ma0sm, Wed 13 Feb 2008, 14:47, 3 replies)

The Ex one
definately!

_cow
(jmaxi returned again on, Wed 13 Feb 2008, 15:07, closed)

Tsk
By tiny mixtapes I thought they were recorded onto those tiny cassettes answerphones use
(sailorspoon started wiping his own arse from, Wed 13 Feb 2008, 15:50, closed)

i made
earrings out of those tiny tapes. they are awesome.
(electrogirl no one thinks about the implications of a clown su, Wed 13 Feb 2008, 17:39, closed)