Bindun?
The making of a great compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than it might seem. You gotta kick off with a killer, to grab attention. Then you got to take it up a notch, but you don't wanna blow your wad, so then you got to cool it off a notch. There are a lot of rules. Anyway... I've started to make a tape... in my head... for Laura. Full of stuff she likes. Full of stuff that make her happy. For the first time I can sort of see how that is done...

Man, I love that film.

And, yes, I've made plenty of mix tapes. Not usually to get into peoples' pants, more because it's a great way to hear new music. I make a tape for you, you make a tape for me. Most of my favourite bands have been discovered this way.
(ComplexStuff Was confused by life on, Thu 7 Feb 2008, 20:58, 8 replies)

i know
this sounds pretentious wankerish. but the book is so much better than the film, surely?!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 7 Feb 2008, 21:06, closed)

I agree,
Rachel. There's a major part of the book missing in the film in my opinion.
(Belgaer is, Thu 7 Feb 2008, 21:10, closed)

book
Shamefully, for somebody who has pretensions of being well-read, I've never read the book.
Having seen the film first, and loved it, I don't want to ruin it by reading the 'better' book.
(ComplexStuff Was confused by life on, Thu 7 Feb 2008, 22:44, closed)

I'm pretty sure the book
didn't use the phrase "blow your wad", which alone is reason enough to prefer it.
( 0% Interest Expand Reply Retweet Favorite More, Thu 7 Feb 2008, 23:10, closed)

you are all bumfaces
(please refer to subject line)
(Papa Chocolat, Fri 8 Feb 2008, 0:08, closed)

i can't remember
but knowing nick hornby it might well have used that phrase!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 8 Feb 2008, 9:26, closed)

and of course
the book is set in Holloway (yay!) not Chicago. It makes all the odds. I used to work just round the corner from where the shop is supposed to be (go north on Holloway Road from the Seven Sisters crossroads, about 400 yards up there's a cinema on the left, the shop's supposed to be on the right)
( Fathter Puddytat Kill Kill dat widdle boid is mine on, Fri 8 Feb 2008, 10:08, closed)

Papa Chocolat
Er... Thanks for that.
(ComplexStuff Was confused by life on, Wed 13 Feb 2008, 22:18, closed)