I wish that someone would make me mixed tapes to prove their love to me…

Mixed Tapes

your heart breaks | mixed tapes

i’ve seen better days
we’ve been known to have been fewer miles away
we’ve been known to watch tv all day
but we know how to rock the night away
and i hope you’re not too sad, tonight its late
yeah i know how you get so sad when its late

Track 1

spice girls

Spice Girls

Wanna Be

So here’s a story from A to Z, you wanna get with me you gotta listen carefully,
We got Em in the place who likes it in your face,
we got G like MC who likes it on an
Easy V doesn’t come for free, she’s a real lady,
and as for me you’ll see,
Slam your body down and wind it all around
Slam your body down and wind it all around.

I made no less than 25 mixed tapes in the 1990’s and almost all of them included this song.

Judge me all you want but there’s a good chance I already got with your friend.

I always build elaborate playlists when I’m working on a book — but I got CARRIED AWAY on the Eleanor & Park playlists. I made mixed tapes (with two sides) for both main characters.

You can listen to the playlists and read my director’s commentary here. Or you can listen to all my book playlists on Spotify. (There are even playlists for books that aren’t out yet.)