WordPress updated and I missed the tickbox to allow comments, so sorry mate, your post sat waiting for approval for the weeks that I coincidently took a break from this blog. Just logged in to do a new post and spotted your comment … good stuff.

.. and by the way, the tapes were a blast. Literally … the sound only came out one speaker of the old Patrol so we had it turned up pretty loud … fantastic stuff.

Hope the holiday is progressing well. Our neighbour just got back from a cross-country motorbike trip where he took in a stunning route straight up from Adelaide to Alice Springs, Darwin, Broome and then back home accross the Nullabor. He’s photos and the places he saw we’re awe inspiring. We certainly live on an iceberg – we only ever see the very tip of this great land.

On the mixtape argument, I thought I would throw my ‘cutting edge new media’ 2 cents in.

Fred Wilson, a VC in NY wrote a post a little while ago echoing your sentiments. http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2008/03/mixtapes—a-ho.html

There is a service called http://www.muxtape.com which allows you to create mixtapes from the songs you have in your library and then share them on the web. Sure, no where near as tactile and thoughtful as the traditional BASF but still cool. http://www.last.fm is my music sharing medium of choice. It serves me songs based on other songs I have listened to and liked and then shares what I am listening to with other friends at the same time (like Pat). It has created the same kind of connection I think the mixtape originally did…”This is what I am listening to, you should give it a go too”

All the best for the trip mate, see you soon!