"indie rock collective conscious?" or "why does your mix tape sound like his mixtape?"
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After class I was perusing the Mog-O-Sphere, when I stumbled across Anna’s post about mix tape rules. As I began to comment, I began to ramble, as I have a tendency to do. I decided that my rambling rant would serve better as a post and spare all of Anna’s dedicated readers from being subjected to my slightly related mix tape rant. So, without further ado, I present to you a post that Mog attempted to leave behind through a conspiracy of technical difficulties, but through hard work and dedication I prevailed and posted my blog… I was at work the other day, when my friend Wimpy dropped off his weekly Mix CD for the store. This caused everyone to drop what they were doing and check out the track list, which always invokes a series of ooohs and ahhs. A friend of mine managed to push his way through the crowd to the front where he proceeded to make a checklist of bands that he has included on a mix that he had made earlier in the week. Both tapes included 5 similar artists which is roughly a 33.3% rate of similar artists one of them being Ben Folds. This clicked in my head as odd, but as I mentally retrieved track lists from previous mixes that I had encountered I realized that over the past 10 years (since the release of whatever and ever amen) Ben Folds (in some why, shape or form) has been featured on roughly 60-75% of all of the mix tapes/CDs that I have encountered. Then I started thinking about this some more… it seems as if the smiths have a high rate of appearance as well, and there was a 4 or 5 year period when no mix tape could escape the strangle hold of Belle and Sebastian. So, my question is: if all of these mix tapes are made by individuals who pride themselves on their individuality, then why does the track list seem to be dictated by some form of indie-rock collective consciousness? Also, how did the white belt reach indie-iconic status overnight? I could go one but I will spare you all. I guess for now, by default, Ben Folds is…
…The King of The Mix! 
Or maybe not.
…The King of The Mix! Or maybe not.
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