Mixtape – “Everything Will Change”

Those of you who are, for some ungodly reason, unfamiliar with the art of a mixed tape (or mixtape, take your pick), should immediately direct your attention to the movie High Fidelity (2000) with John Cusack, whose character has this to say:

Now, the making of a good compilation tape is a very subtle art. Many do’s and don’ts. First of all you’re using someone else’s poetry to express how you feel. This is a delicate thing.

…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…

So yes. I made a tape.

I made a friend last November. We knew right away it would be one of those epic friendships, as though we were old friends who had just met. He is also transitioning, and started testosterone three weeks ago. I very much have come to think of him as a brother I never had (which brings me up to two brothers now). This tape is for him, for our transition and the more difficult parts of it. The moments where it’s harder to remember to bear the joy. Anyway, I thought the songlist might be worth posting.

To sir, with love- “Everything Will Change.”

1. Starting Now – Ingrid Michaelson
2. Brand New Colony – The Postal Service
3. In Our Talons – Bowerbirds
4. Company – An Horse
5. Brackett, WI – Bon Iver
6. Out on the Farm – Amy Ray
7. Die – Iron & Wine
8. Solitude – Duke Ellington (from the Angels in America soundtrack, in this clip starting at 1:45)
9. World Spins Madly On – The Weepies
10. You Really Got a Hold On Me – She & Him
11. Field Below – Regina Spektor
12. Keep it Loose, Keep it Tight – Amos Lee
13. Neverending Math Equation – Sun Kil Moon
14. Re: Stacks – Bon Iver
15. Each Coming Night – Iron & Wine
16. I Think UR A Contra – Vampire Weekend
17. Somewhere Over the Rainbow – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
18. All We Are – Matt Nathanson

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