It's not uncommon on this podcast -- or in, like, real life -- for folks to look back on their past mixes with a combination of shame and regret. This week, Chicago media producer Aaron Amendola tackles that idea head on as he confronts his musical choices on a rampantly emo 1999 mix CD -- and he also has to confront the kind of person who made that CD. 

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Aaron's Dizzy Melancholy includes:
1. The Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy
2. Semisonic - Singing in My Sleep
3. blink-182 - Carousel
4. Third Eye Blind - The Background
5. Everclear - Amphetamine
6. Bush - Mouth
7. Jimmy Eat World - What Would I Say to You Now
8. Duncan Sheik - Barely Breathing
9. Green Day - When I Come Around
10. The Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
11. Semisonic - This Will Be My Year