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To me the crux of the Nelson Mandela story is his time in prison. He went in angry, at his own admission, and deemed a terrorist. He was ill-treated by guards. Long hours of hard labor in a lime quarry damaged his eyesight permanently. But after twenty-some years, he wasn’t broken; instead when he was offered to be freed, he refused unless the other political prisoners were freed as well. And after 27 years, he came out a hero, a founding father and a redeemer. He came out a better man, learning the language of his oppressors to better communicate with them, working to save one of their national symbols, willing to forgive those—both specifically and generally—that oppressed him, even helping give a scholarship to one of his prison guard’s sons. Granted, he was just one man—there were many that worked to change South Africa—and he wasn’t perfect, but what an amazing man, he is.

466/64 was his prison number.

It’s only been a little while since my last mixtape, but really September and October can be seen as part one and part two of the same mix. This one starts out with some soul and then movies into indie rock and folk. It’s a good one…

Go ahead and check out the playlist (below) or the liner notes.

Adrian’s October 2011 Mixtape (zip file, mediafire link)

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You can download the zip file with the following:
1. mp3s of the songs
2. liner notes (pdf)
3. playlist files (iTunes txt file and an m3u file)

(for the iTunes file, simply add all the songs to your library and then go to File->Library->Import Playlist and then select the song list (the txt file). you should now have the playlist 2011October in your iTunes with all the songs in the correct order).

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October 2011 mixtape:

1. Raphael Saadiq Heart Attack
2. James Brown Think
3. Charles Bradley The World (Is Going Up In Flames)
4. Adele Someone Like You
5. Otis Redding Security
6. The Womack Brothers Yield Not To Temptation
7. Pickwick The Round
8. Two Sheds Let her dance
9. The Tree Ring Wore It Deep
10. Low Low Low La La La Love Love Love My Ears Are For Listening
11. BOAT Lately
12. The Head and the Heart Winter Song
13. An Heart Dressed Sharply
14. Aimee Mann The Scientist
15. Eef Barzelay In The Aeroplane Over the Sea
16. Leslie Sisson Blues
17. Beirut East Harlem
18. Crooked Fingers Typhoon
19. Low Try To Sleep
20. Delorean Country Clutter

If you like the artists or songs, I suggest supporting them by buying their music, going to a show, buying merchandise from them. And tell other people about the artists!

I haven’t done a monthly mixtape in a long time even though I’ve been wanting to get back to them. Here’s my first and if you stay tuned for a couple of days, I’ve got part two of the mix, October 2011, coming up. I hope you enjoy it–there’s a nice mix of music here.

Go ahead and check out the playlist (below) or the liner notes for it.

Adrian’s September 2011 Mixtape (zip file, mediafire link)

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You can download the zip file with the following:
1. mp3s of the songs
2. liner notes (pdf)
3. playlist files (iTunes txt file and an m3u file)

(for the iTunes file, simply add all the songs to your library and then go to File->Library->Import Playlist and then select the song list (the txt file). you should now have the playlist 2011september in your iTunes with all the songs in the correct order).

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September 2011 mixtape:

1. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists Parallel or Together
2. Frightened Rabbit Fuck this Place (ft Tracyanne Campbell)
3. Matt & Kim Block After Block
4. The Morning Benders Last Night
5. Tune-Yards My Country
6. WHY? These Few Presidents
7. David Bazan Eating Paper
8. Fanfarlo The Walls Are Coming Down
9. Bon Iver Holocene
10. Typhoon Summer Home
11. John Statz Tired of Telephones
12. the Wooden Birds Two Matchsticks
13. Fionn Regan For a Nightengale
14. Josh Ritter Good Man
15. Strand of Oaks Ohio
16. the National Think You Can Wait
17. Vandaveer Dig Down Deep
18. A Weather Giant Stairs
19. Explosions in the Sky Look Into the Air

If you like the artists or songs, I suggest supporting them by buying their music, going to a show, buying merchandise from them or at least telling other people about them.