<![CDATA[Gawker: friday+mixtape]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: friday+mixtape]]> http://gawker.com/tag/fridaymixtape http://gawker.com/tag/fridaymixtape <![CDATA[Canada Day Edition: Make Canada's Best Mixtape]]> Happy Canada Day in advance! (Fun fact: Canadians celebrate their day of independence on whatever day is convenient because no one knows the real date.) Did you know Nickelback is from Canada? (Thanks Canada!) But so are The New Pornographers, Leonard Cohen, and Neil Young. Of Montreal is from Georgia but they're named after a bad ex of the bandleader who lived in Canada so that counts. Below are the instructions for adding to this week's Friday Mixtape: Oh Canada (it's funny because it's their anthem).

The playlist: Oh Canada
Add a song: Upload
Username: gawkercanada
Password: gawked

For reference, here is Wikipedia's exhaustive list of Canadian bands, and here's a shorter list.

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<![CDATA[Make The Ultimate Set Of Song Covers]]> Maybe I just have an inferiority complex about my novelty-music past, but I feel guilty about my love for song covers, particularly cross-genre covers. I even love when one hit song inspires dozens of covers. But instead of mocking the artists who remade "Crazy" or "Umbrella," shouldn't we honor them for reviving the "standards" tradition that enriched decades of jazz? Below are a few of my favorite sources for covers and the username and password for adding to this week's Friday Mixtape, "Cover Me."

To add to Gawker's playlist "Cover Me":
Page: Upload
User: Gawkercovers
Password: gawked

For more covers:

  • Cover Freak groups covers by themes like "Dance Fever" and "The Inevitable Tom Jones Post."
  • Clash of the Covers compares two artists' versions of the same song.
  • Cover Me sometimes posts covers of an entire album, like Weezer's Blue Album.
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<![CDATA[Make The Happiest Playlist In The World]]> Last Friday Gawker readers put together the saddest playlist in the world (which you can still hear here). This weekend, add your happiest songs to the happiest playlist ever. Instructions below.

URL: http://muxtape.com/upload
Name: gawkers
Password: gawked

I've primed it with two of my happiest songs, the Polyphonic Spree's "Light & Day" and Apples in Stereo's "Energy."

Of course you can write your own dream playlist below, but I really want to hear stories — has anyone ever been really embarrassed by their happy playlist, or deleted a song after listening closer and realizing it was sad? Personally, I have plenty of bittersweet songs in my "happy" list.

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<![CDATA[Help Me Make The Saddest Playlist In The World]]> I assumed until a few days ago that everyone had a playlist full of sad songs for when they felt really low. I mean I only had two mix CDs in college: Favorite new music, and the sad playlist. I've curated that sad playlist (now named "Blue") for six years. It's not that I'm a sad person, but a soundtrack soothes me in a time of sharp emotion, and certain songs will always hit me in the chest. So I've put a couple of songs from my "Blue" playlist on the Gawker Muxtape account. Below are the user name and password so you can upload a song to make the saddest playlist in the world.

Login page: Login
Username: gawkermix
Password: gawked

I only thought about the playlist recently because I hadn't played it in so long. In fact, it seemed like the past decade of my life can be told by recalling how often I played it: All the time growing up, to only rarely pulling it out now. Does anyone else measure their happiness by playlist?

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<![CDATA[Music To Headbang To]]> For the second Friday mixtape contest, give us the music you headbang to. While making mine, I discovered I am a girly man with no hard rock. But here is my headbanger playlist. Make yours at Muxtape.com. [Image of Metal Steve from Diesel Sweeties]

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<![CDATA[Make The Best Awkward Come-on Tape]]> We all had fun sharing the music we like with Muxtape, the online playlist tool. But today I want to hear mixtapes along a theme: Boy or girl makes awkward come-on tape to an unrequited love who already has a significant other. Extra points if you stick to one genre. Make your own and link to it in the comments. Here's mine: I could be your boyfriend (if only you'd leave that jerk).

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