phineas wrote: 
Roger wilco.

 not-a-fish wrote: 
Ook.

I'm seeing her in The Real World this afternoon and will loop her accordingly.

 meower wrote: 
Yep, thanks S. I think that with all of the input you've got the logistics (read: cost in both money and time) pretty well figured out.

So.... I've pilled the accordian out of the closet and have instructed the wife about donning the grass skirt one the mixdisc arrives.

Ok...it's back to the doctor for me.

If you all see Welly before I do, please keep her in the loop!

 Coaxial wrote: 

Shhhhh!  We'll have you in the group in no time!

 Coaxial wrote: 
Sh*t. You weren't supposed to get that one until NEXT week.

 meower wrote: 
 Thanks!  I'm really excited about getting this off the ground!  It only makes sense after I've been surrounded my whole life by people who are as hard core about their music as I am.

 Tommy the testicle story teller wrote: 
...braggart...

Thanks so much, I just received my 2nd CD in the mail yesterday...The theme is TruckerCowboyPunkTrance.

 not-a-fish wrote: 

hey, it's your thing S.  We're just SO excited that this thing is happening.  5 groups!!  WOOHOO!

hope you're feeling ok    and thanx much for organizing this. 

 Sean-E-Sean wrote: 
Here is the evolution of the Mixtape Culture Club for all who are interested: 

1) Straight-up file-sharing would be awesome, but I worry about the legality of it.  A mixtape is legal no matter which way you slice it.
2) I want to have an actual mixtape in my hot little hands every month because this club is for the love of the mixtape (it's a culture, people!) and not for the love of the playlist.
3) I want as many people to participate as possible.  Therefore, if half the people who signed up for this are freaking out about sending out 20 CDs during their host month, I would rather find a different option.
4) I like the gift-swap model, but I would really like to share my mix with more than one person.  This is a club.  I want to discuss and share and discover new music with my friends in the club.
5) The idea to break the mail-out into groups seems to migrate best when considering the possibility of growth in the future.  However, I'm not so certain I would like to be sent 4 CDs a month.  Seriously...I want to be able to savor what I got from someone.  This model is a bit more hard core than I originally wanted.  I don't want to be making a mix every month.  Even if I wanted to, life happens.  Trust me when I say this - it can take me a week or more to make the perfect mix and get it ready for delivery.  I like to take my time.
6)  I feel I can comfortably manage groups broken down into 5 people.  Presently, that means there will be 4 groups.  1 host per group.  I'll ask the first 3 people who contacted me and said they were interested to be co-hosts with me this month.  We will pick our own themes (and that theme can simply be "There is no Theme"), but I'll still leave a list of themes on this thread for anyone who might be stuck and in need of a little inspiration.

In a nutshell, if you join this club, you will be creating a mix of songs, burning it onto 4 CDs (5 if you make one for yourself), and sending it out to 4 addresses once every 5 months.  Please tell me that this is feasible.  You will be getting 1 CD every month filled with great tunes.  That's a pretty good return on investment.

Anyway, how will this go down, you ask? 

1) You will be placed in a mailing group of 5 people (this will be decided by the order in which you all mailed/messaged me). 
2) One person from your group will send out 4 CDs (or rather, 4 copies of the same mix with cover art and liner notes optional).
3) The next month a new host from that same group will send out 4 CDs of his or her mix. 
4) Hosts will rotate within those groups until everyone has had a chance to send out his or her mix to the group.  Once everyone within that group has sent out a mix, we will switch up the groups for a little variety. 

UPDATE:

There are now 5 groups of 5, but thanks to my recent health issues, I did not get a chance to ask someone from the 5th group to co-host this month.  I didn't think it was fair to ask someone to jump on board with just 3 days before Send-Out.  Be mad at me if you will, but I simply decided to send that group of people my mix and start their group off with an official co-host next month.

Okay, it's a deal then ;)

 lunar1963 wrote: 
When I've sent things to Europe before (to your vicinity, actually), it's usually a week to 10 days. It can take that long for something to get from one side of the U.S. to the other sometimes.

 lunar1963 wrote: 

It's OK, we've all waited THIS long....

 Lazy8 wrote: 

 newwavegurly wrote: 

Well, good idea, but I'm in Europe, so are (maybe) some of the others. So that might take a while!

 meower wrote: 
...wha'?...but but...

 rachlan wrote: 

I'm hoping that you're kidding.  really really hoping. 

 meower wrote: 
those are lyrics too?

 Sean-E-Sean wrote: 

it's a conspiracy to get your name and av changed back.... yes.