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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 #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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Mixtape #3 – 1989

Posted on September 21, 2018 by J.L. Hilton

I found a box of tapes I made in the 80s and 90s. This one, labeled “My Special Tape,” is a melancholy miscellany that reflects the personal struggles of my young adulthood. Love, loss, longing, and my troubled, intermittent relationship with Lance, … Continue reading →

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Mixtape #2 – 1988 (?)

Posted on September 13, 2018 by J.L. Hilton

I found a box of tapes I made in the 80s and 90s. This one is a tape I remember listening to while cruising around Palm Springs in 1988. Dustin and I thought we were so cool, playing Bach at … Continue reading →

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Mixtape #1 – 1987 (?)

Posted on September 9, 2018 by J.L. Hilton

I found a box of tapes I made in the 80s and 90s. This one is labeled “Miscellaneous Songs” and is stuff I listed to a lot when I was in high school. My friend Troy got me into Depeche Mode and my friend … Continue reading →

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