For many, making mixtapes seems like a nostalgic act, so the first episode of Blank Cassette (hi everybody!!) gets appropriately nostalgic with our friend Chris Crotwell's first mix CD that he ever made back in the summer of 1999. All it took was a little thing called Napster (the bane of James Hetfield's existence). Chris talks about the power of singling out songs, the incredible pointless potential of being 16 with a car and a CD player, and the massive attraction of the Ferris Bueller-type character.

If you enjoy the music clips here, check out the full songs on our Spotify playlist for the episode, and don't forget to buy music! That's how art prospers!

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Chris's First Napster Mix contains:

1. Blur - Song 2
2. The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
3. Beastie Boys - Brass Monkey
4. Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy
5. Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
6. Modern English - I Melt with You
7. House of Pain - Jump Around
8. Beck - Loser
9. Beastie Boys - Body Movin'
10. Goldfinger - 99 Red Balloons
11. Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride
12. Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy
13. Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
14. Cornershop - Brimful of Asha
15. Yello - Oh Yeah
16. Big Country - In a Big Country
17. Blink-182 - Dammit
18. Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance