Culture Lust banner  Audio Postcard: A Theatrical Homage To The
80s And The Mixtape   "miXtape" At Lamb's Players Theatre  Aired
8/13/10  An audio postcard featuring a behind-the-scenes look at
the new musical revue from Lamb's Players called "miXtape."  The
cast of "miXtape." Photo by J.T. MacMillan.  Enlarge this image
Above: The cast of "miXtape." Photo by J.T. MacMillan.  Making a
mixtape for someone has become a lost art in today's digital
world. IPod playlists and swapping thumbdrives is certainly more
efficient, but far more clinical, than the process (and what a
process!) of making a mixtape of well-chosen, meaningful songs.
Jon Lorenz co-wrote the book to "miXtape," a musical revue
produced by Lamb's Players. He remembers the amount of effort
that went into making a mixtape. "You had to sit down and
painstakingly make a tape or sit next to the radio and hope the
song you wanted would come on. And then sometimes you'd get part
of the DJ on there, or part of some stupid commercial."
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