Category Archives: Music

Best song about unrequited love

Posted on August 23, 2024 by J.L. Hilton

“Language of the Heart” is the first David Wilcox song I ever heard. That was back in 1992, when I was deep into a psych degree at California State University Long Beach and madly in love with a 30-something aerospace … Continue reading →

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Mixtape #10 – 1996 “The Ocean, the Stone & Samhain”

Posted on June 12, 2021 by J.L. Hilton

I found a box of tapes I made in the 80s and 90s. This one is labeled “The Ocean, the Stone & Samhain.” In 1996, my divorce was final and I’d moved to Twentynine Palms, California, a Mojave Desert town of 14,000 people … Continue reading →

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Mixtape #9 – 1995 “The Blue Year”

Posted on June 9, 2021 by J.L. Hilton

I found a box of tapes I made in the 80s and 90s. I made this one in 1995 and labeled it “The Blue Year.” Because I didn’t just have a Blue Christmas, I had a whole damn blue year. … Continue reading →

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Mixtape #8 – 1994

Posted on June 5, 2021 by J.L. Hilton

I found a box of tapes I made in the 80s and 90s. This one is from 1994, the year I finished my bachelor’s degree and married Lance (remember him from Mixtape #3?). I left Los Angeles and moved back to the … Continue reading →

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Mixtape #7 – 1993

Posted on June 2, 2021 by J.L. Hilton

I found a box of tapes I made in the 80s and 90s. This one is labeled “Mike’s tape” and it marks the point my life where I’d broken up with Ron and started dating a guy named Mike. In … Continue reading →

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Mixtape #6 – 1992

Posted on May 31, 2021 by J.L. Hilton

I found a box of tapes I made in the 80s and 90s. This one is from 1992, when I attended California State University, Long Beach, working on a degree in psychology. Bill Clinton was elected president that year. It was … Continue reading →

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Mixtape #5 – 1991

Posted on May 29, 2021 by J.L. Hilton

I found a box of tapes I made in the 80s and 90s. This one is straight from 1991, the year I moved back to Los Angeles and dated a guy named Ron while I went to university. The year of the Gulf … Continue reading →

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Mixtape #4 – “North Meets South Enchanted Mix 1990″

Posted on May 28, 2021 by J.L. Hilton

I found a box of mixtapes I made in the 80s and 90s. This one is labeled “North Meets South Enchanted Mix 1990” and was made for my friend Dustin Woods after he moved away to Northern California. I lived in Southern … Continue reading →

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Imagine

Posted on May 2, 2021 by J.L. Hilton

I doodled this back in 1995 with pen & colored pencils. I still feel this way when “every night I lie in bed, the brightest colors fill my head, a million dreams are keeping me awake…” ~ J.L. Hilton

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Wasteland karaoke

Posted on December 20, 2020 by J.L. Hilton

I recorded these in September using Twitch Sings, which sadly is going away January 1, 2021, so I wanted to save them to YouTube. I’m not a great singer but the karaoke livestreams were a lot of fun, especially when … Continue reading →

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