The First 48

The new mix is up. Hopefully, you’re already checkin’ it out. This actually marks the first time ever that we’ve missed that first-of-the-month artwork deadline, and had to post up a ‘placeholder’ banner. But there is a real banner a’comin’, just a little bit late.

Know what else? This month also marks the 48th Catbirdseat Monthly Mix. 4 years, sheesh. That’s a mix a month since May of ‘02. But hey, wait a second- May ‘02 to May ‘06…doesn’t that make 49 mixes? No, because June ‘02 got skipped, out of pure laziness. Hey, it’s not like there were any readers back then or anything.

Out of curiosity, I went back through to see which bands were the most frequently appearing, and well, there were no real surprises:

1st Place- 8 mixes: (tie)
Destroyer
Spoon

2nd Place- 7 mixes: (tie)
Unbunny
John Vanderslice

3rd Place- 6 mixes: (tie)
Robbers On High Street
Wolf Parade

All these mixes ultimately get archived onto CD, did you know that? They even get a nice little case with the artwork and everything, and then they get filed away back in the media closet. And the thing is, I was thinking for a long time that it would be really cool to do a big giveaway, so that I could get rid of all these things. But then I realized that that was, like, totally illegal. Very bad idea.

So, I guess all I can really say is that I hope you’ve enjoyed these past 48. Y’all keep tunin’ in, and I’ll keep postin’ em.

Still, 48 mixes…Sheesh.