The Collection Vol. 19 (Summer 1999)

Side A
Jordan Knight-Give It To You
Crystal Method-Busy Child
Paul McCartney & Wings-Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five
The Chemical Brothers feat. Noel Gallagher-Let Forever Be
The Guess Who-No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature
Puya-Oasis
Whitney Houston-It's Not Right (But It's Okay)
Trick Daddy feat. Trina-Nann
Moby-Bodyrock
Rammstein-Du Hast
Busta Rhymes-Gimme Some More
Busta Rhymes-Party Is Goin' On In Here

Side B
Outkast-Rosa Parks
Outkast-SpottieOttieDopalicious
Dave Matthews Band-Crash Into Me
Chamber Brothers-Time
The Beatles-Within You Without You
Rob Zombie-Dragula
Beastie Boys-Hey Ladies
Robbie Williams-Millennium
Limp Bizkit-Nookie
Sugar Ray-Someday
Bree Sharp-David Duchovny

I get a warm feeling whenever I look at the tracklist for The Collection Vol. 19, and not because of the season it was created in. It feels and sounds like home. My mind is so in sync with these tapes that whenever I hear one of these songs today outside of this context, I'm expecting the next tune on a certain mixtape to follow. Having said that, there were few surprised as I listened to this one because it was that big a part of me. The previous summer was defined for me by Vol. 6 and just by going off memory alone, I think this volume might have reigned over the summer of 1999 for me.

An update on the blog

Greetings to everyone. It has been a while since I've made a post on Mixed Reaction, mainly because I was busy with my other blog Hectic But Eclectic working on year end stuff for 2012, which I usually start preparing for in the fall. Along with life happenings in general, it was unfortunate that I had to keep putting off this blog. With things starting to slow down a bit, I should be able to update here at least once a month from here on out. There are way too many tapes in my possession to stop now and I look forward to sharing them all with you. Look for the first new post soon.