I once
knew of a mix tape. It was said to be the vessel used by Christ at the Last Supper. St. Joseph of Arimathea cradled that mix tape in his arms as he collected the blood and sweat of Our Lord on the Cross. He mixed it with his tears and wiped it with the wings of angels. He used that mix tape for sustenance in his rocky tomb, and he murmured the chorus to Starship's Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now as he wove his beatific path to England. He clutched that mix tape in his hands as he reached Glastonbury, and to the strains of Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea he placed it atop the mighty tor.

Years passed. Stars wheeled across the sky for centuries. Men sought that mix tape high and low (women had other things to do).

Geoffery of Monmouth recounts how King Arthur, that mighty warrior, devoted the lives of his men to finding that mix tape. It was said that once you heard the seventh track on the A-side (Dusty Springfield's Son of a Preacher Man) that your heart was no longer your own. It was said that the mix tape held the power of eternal angst...

The mix tape remains in its earthy bed, waiting for the pure of heart and the owner of a cassette player to release its beauty to the world once more. I spent 21 years of my all-too-short life searching for that elusive grail, but conceded defeat and bought an iPod instead.

If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find it, maybe you can use the mix tape.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 7 Feb 2008, 15:36, 5 replies)

...
*dons armour*
*saddles steed*
*quests*



*comes back to click*
*resumes quest*
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 7 Feb 2008, 16:16, closed)

*checks tape deck*
*finds*

*hides from Enzyme*
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 7 Feb 2008, 20:32, closed)

My word
The sweep of that epic tale...the richness of imagery and music....

And the guarded reference at the end to the A Team.

Masterful.

*clicks*
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 7 Feb 2008, 21:43, closed)

Bloody Hell!
That was rather clever.
( girlinthehole, Fri 8 Feb 2008, 9:56, closed)

women always have other things to do
but I do still have a cassette player.....a record player too.

great epic tale
( flirting with badgers What? It sounded good at the time., Sat 9 Feb 2008, 2:51, closed)