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Make a Mixtape with Zac Little

it's not about mixtapes -- it IS a mixtape (the podcast formerly known as the last podcast)
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Dec 6, 2023

One time I started writing a poem called DON DRAPER SELLS ME A USED CAR, which I never finished but here's what I got:

DON DRAPER SELLS ME A USED CAR

Don Draper slurred at us in a precovid conference room:

You must remember this.

For a moment we believed in the promise of a past we could trust, could hold aside, preserved.

I think all my earliest memories were actually home video

(You must remember this)

Recorded, and played back, ceaselessy against the past

So I picked up a camera and got in the business

of making false memories.

 

The old ones I once believed in are gone now

Dissolved on magnetic tape.

Teddy told me that "lacuna" means a hole in the bone

We use it to refer to gap in the fossil record.

We assume it is there, though.

It has to be. 

Nov 16, 2023

Aaron's full mixtape: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0eH1UMSlOTfUmdcf4ekZIK?si=slziruMLS1SxPzmvIJnfLg

In other news, Tuesdays W/ Morgan is back -- first episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=320EfMDqCG0

Nov 3, 2023

The first in a series! Morgan and Zac get together to each select 10 songs from 2003 to create a mixtape that represents the best and most on-brand (for us) songs of the year. 

I don't want to put the list of songs or a playlist in the video info yet because I think it's fun to listen along. But if you look back at this podcast in a couple of days I will edit this description to include one. 

Thanks for listening! 

Oct 4, 2023

how long can i keep this episode title up before robin pecknold sues me for vibe infringement?

https://soundcloud.com/djthicclizzy

https://zaclittle.substack.com/

 

Aug 31, 2023

a new episode of MAKE A MIXTAPE, a podcast by zac little

Aug 7, 2023

this episode was recorded w/ friend of the pod tom -- a while ago. it was actually the first mixtape interview, before it was even a done deal that the podcast was changing over to this format more or less permanently. it was recorded a couple of days after i released an episode called "document drama/quarantine the past" and toward the end, we talk about it. 

tom's mixtape

boys of summer - don henley

echoes - pink floyd

for sure - future island

late night - ODESZA

all for the best - thom yorke

my girls - animal collective 

our house - CSNY

additional songs

boys of summer/what you need (zl mashup)

spiders (kidsmoke)/clubhouse (zl mashup)

i don't live today - jimi hendrix

a hard rain's a-gonna fall (live) - bob dylan

foxglove - murder by death (jam in the van version)

 

 

 

Aug 2, 2023

as of today, august 2nd, guardians of the galaxy volume 3 is on disney+ (at least in the usa), which seems like a great time to drop me and morgan's conversation about it from back when we'd both recently caught it in theaters. watch the movie, come back here, listen to our chat. or whatever, i mean, do what you want. it's a free country. 

episode includes the following mashups/songs

"i'm always chasing rainbows" - alice cooper

"solsbury hill" - peter gabriel

"solsbury hill/big bank" - peter gabriel x yg (zl mashup)

"dog days are over" - florence + the machine

"dog days are over/the hillbillies" - florence x baby keem (zl mashup)

"king kunta/come and get your love/encore" - kendrick lamar x redbone x jay z (zl mashup)

"that's right" - girl talk (spacehog sample)

"i'm always chasing rainbows" - jazz piano

"no sleep till brooklyn/sweet home alabama" beastie boys x lynryrd skynyrd (zl mashup)

 

 

 

Jul 11, 2023

Quick note on spoilers! While we do talk about a bunch of TV shows, movies, and books in this episode, nothing in particular is really spoiled about ANY of them — sensitivity to spoilers—and where Zac P. and I have fairly different and yet complimentary philosophies about them —  in fact being a major topic of reflection here.

The only movie that I would say is significantly spoiled is The Fugitive, starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones, the 1993 film. And we don’t talk about that until the very end of the episode, so like, if its on your list on Max and you haven’t quite gotten to it — first of all I totally get it —just jump off the episode when you get there. 

Songs in this episode:

  • Crown on the Ground, Sleigh Bells
  • Stay Down Man, Dan Reeder
  • Stay Down Man, boygenius
  • Various bits from the Succession and Station Eleven scores
  • I’m Not Part of Me, Cloud Nothings
  • Mashup of Time After Time, Cindy Lauper / Demon Time, Lil Yachty
  • Mashup of Wayside/Back in Time, Gillian Welch, Lifetime Income, Larry June
Jun 28, 2023

back in the new york groove with jon waugh - damntelevision.libsyn.com

Jun 16, 2023

new mixtape! this one is with Will Green, of the band/project Full Blown Meltdown!

here's a link to Will's songs on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5rJrE1zK51LwsiZth7PLlb

here's a link to Will's (very fun) twitter page: https://twitter.com/FullBlownMltdwn

songs in this episode:

"party with villains" by full blown meltdown

"december" by collective soul

"smells like teen spirit" by nirvana

"stick up" by heart attack man

"hot dog" by super american & kaley doyle

"wrecking ball" by gillian welch

"i feel so" by box car racer

"where the streets have no name (songs of surrender)" by U2

"wrecking ball" by bright eyes

"king park" by la dispute

"art is hard" by cursive

"transatlanticism" by death cab for cutie

May 13, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/@LostDoctor312/videos

Rambling Gambling Man - Bob Seger

I Was Made To Love Her - Stevie Wonder

Bombs Over Bagdhad - Outkast

Exile - Taylor Swift feat. Bon Iver

Hello It’s Me - Todd Rundgren

A Day In The Life - The Beatles

Duality - Slipknot

Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind

Living for the City - Stevie Wonder 

May 5, 2023

a note about the new future of the podcast formerly known as the last podcast

Apr 16, 2023

this is the first song for your mixtape

Apr 10, 2023

A memory, a Mario, a memento mori

Mar 1, 2023

Watch this conversation on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79a-ojNbWKw

organ music in this episode by Morgan Little

Feb 7, 2023

Meaning-making with Zac Parsons. 

This episode features music made mostly just by plugging in a Roland JX-3P Polyphonic Synth (circa 1983) into a Kustom '36 Coupe amp, but also William Basinski's Disintegration Loop D|P 2.1, as well as "Ann Buchanan Theme" by Dean & Britta. 

Jan 26, 2023

The Little Boys are here to review the year in media -- we're counting down our top 3 movies, TV shows, books, lines & lyrics, and more! 

Dec 22, 2022

A disorganized episode about being disorganized.

Dec 8, 2022

When we talked about stuff! (Approximate time codes)

00:02:00 - The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special on Disney+

00:35:00 - Black Panther: Wakanda Forver

00:56:00 - Bright Eyes reissues (Lifted, I'm Wide Awake, Digital Ash)

Nov 16, 2022

Hello! Today on Triple Spiral, Zac and Morgan list their top spooky songs, TV shows, and movies. We recorded this one remotely due to illness, which is why different room tones keep popping in and out. It's rustic! 

Topics and timecodes:

What we watched when we had COVID

00:04:30 - She-Hulk (spoilers) (on Disney+)

00:09:40 - Last Night In Soho (on HBOMax)

00:14:30 - The Northman (on Amazon Prime)

00:17:41 - The Green Knight

00:20:07 - Dune (on HBOMax)

00:22:45 - Spiderhead (on Netflix)

00:24:50 - Everything Everywhere All At Once

00:30:30 - We Own This City (on HBOMax)

00:33:15 - Black Adam (light spoilers)

00:36:22 - Don't Worry Darling

00:39:16 - Triple Spiral: Spooky Songs

00:53:04 - Triple Spiral: Halloween/Horror TV

01:05:31 - Triple Spiral: Horror Movies

 

Oct 25, 2022

Conversations about having COVID, Leonard Cohen, Radiohead, Paul Schrader, honest feedback, technical limitations + more. Plus a second attempt at something I was trying to express last time.

Oct 7, 2022

I want to direct everybody to listen to a great interview with Morgan on the great podcast CREATIVE GUTS. Here's a link for Apple Podcasts:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/morgan-little/id1471280833?i=1000581627415

I love how well Morgan articulates his whole artistic philosophy! Check it out!

Sep 20, 2022

1. Eddie's Benediction

2. Turning Back Time

3. Intro

4. Fifth Grade

5. Dreaming of the Past

6. Me and the Moon

7. Greatest Movie of All Time

8. Tomorrow May Not Be Your Day

Sep 7, 2022

The Little Brothers are back with a better-organized show format which will be happening every-other-episode for a bit! 

Main discussion timecode breakdown:

Bright Eyes Reissue Project - 03:11

She-Hulk Episodes 1 & 2 - 21:00

Prey (2022 movie) - 39:00

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