you know it's summer when

there are what look to be twelve year olds driving sportscars shirtless down E Carson St.

i made a mix tape for Free Ride last night. it goes something like this:

[mysteriously big space here]

Recycle-a-Bike Music (for Free Ride)
Side One		Side Two
Artist:	Song:	Artist:	Song:
The SSION	Call Out Our Lions	Von Von Von	Get it on (Von Von Von)
The Need	Crown	The Exploding Hearts	Sleeping Aids and Razorblades
Trans Am	White Rhino	Grandmaster Flash	The Message
The Accident	You Make Me Run Red Lights	Happy Mondays	24 Hour Party People
The Thermals	Fade to Gray	Peaches	Operate
The White Octave	Adult Entertainment	Morrissey	Suedehead
Blondie	Sunday Girl	Taking Back Sunday	Timberwolves at New Jersey
Afrika Bambaataa	Planet Rock	Sleater-Kinney	Heart Factory
An Albatross	The Revolutionary Politics of Dance	The Rentals	Please Let That Be You
The Breeders	Divine Hammer	Shudder to Think	Hot One
The Dandy Warhols	Bohemian Like You	The Clash	Lost at the Supermarket

speaking of mix tapes, this Automatic Mix Tape Generator webpage from Tiny Mix Tapes has some of the best titles i've ever seen. like "I Haven't Talked to My Ex-Boyfriend In Over a Year but He Continues To Piss Me Off Royally Because I Can't Stop Reading His Pathetic Online Blog!!!" and "You Keep Cutting Your Hair Shorter and Shorter in an Attempt to Show That You Have Control Over Your Life and Are a Mature Individual but Really You're Just a Spaz With No Direction". my personal favorite:

A tape for walking through the grocery store

requested by: brittany
compiled by: Tom the Fish

Side A
01. Oliver! Cast - "Food Glorious Food" (Oliver! OST)
02. The Sugarcubes - "Eat The Menu" (Live in Boston, 1988 cassette)
03. Shonen Knife - "Sushi Bar" (Happy Songs)
04. Camper Van Beethoven - �All Her Favorite Fruit� (Key Lime Pie)
05. Cibo Matto - "Know Your Chicken" (Viva! La Woman)
06. John Lee Hooker - "Onions" (Blues Is My Middle Name)
07. The Rutles - "Cheese and Onions" (The Rutles Soundtrack)
08. Julia Lee - "The Spinach Song" (Kansas City Star)

Side B
01. Alice Donut - "Consumer Decency" (Bucketfulls of Sickness and Horror in an Otherwise Meaningless Life)
02. The Dead Kennedys - "Soup Is Good Food" (Frankenchrist)
03. Tom Waits - "Eggs & Sausage" (Nighthawks at the Diner)
04. King Missle - "Cheesecake Truck" (Mystical Shit)
05. They Might Be Giants - "Dinner Bell" (Apollo 18)
06. PuffyAmiYumi - "Destruction Pancake" (Spike)
07. The Soft Boys - "Vegetable Man" (Underwater Moonlight (CD Extra track))
08. You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown Cast - "Suppertime" (You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown)