Myself at 19

May 30th, 2004 | All the rest

It’s a shitty night so I pull out the crate of tapes - yes, tapes - from the bookshelf and dig through for the appropriate mix. Tonight’s winner: “Summer Mix ‘97″. I can assure that nothing memorable happened that summer, and certainly nothing deserving of a soundtrack.

But I am unabashedly singing along to “Semicharmed Life” (Third Eye Blind), and am happy to see that “The Freshmen” (Verve Pipe) is next in line. And though I recall that the recording of “Spiderwebs” (No Doubt) on this particular tape is especially tinny, I also know I won’t fast-forward through it.