Monday, April 07, 2025

Mega Mix | Analog Musings


Mega Mix is the title I gave to this particular mixtape, which is made up of songs that reflect my unique musical preferences at the time. These old mixtapes bring back nostalgic memories of my younger days and the excitement of musical discovery.

As was typical, only Side A contained a mix of songs—and thankfully, on this one, I wrote down each title.Also, like many of my mixtapes, this one doesn’t have the creation date written on it. But if you read the descriptions of the previous mixtapes I’ve shared, this was likely made in the mid-to-late nineties.

This mix takes you on another voyage into my teenage years.

00:00 Mega Mix

00:05 DJ Girl by Katalina
03:38 Soy by Lorena Herrera
07:45 El Tigeron by Garibaldi
12:42 Max Mix USA 2 (RV) by Various
17:45 Staying Alive by N-Trance
21:50 La Niña Fresa / Macarena / Colegiala / Marina by Garibaldi
25:26 Evening Bells
26:18 Scatman's World by Scatman John
30:00 Love by Thalia
34:12 Saturday Night by Whigfield
37:56 Be My Lover by La Bouche
41:54 Sex Machine by 20 Fingers feat. Katrina 

Sunday, April 06, 2025

From RCA Cassette Player to Sony Boombox | Analog Musings - Vertical

This is the vertical version of
From RCA Cassette Player to Sony Boombox | Analog Musings
https://youtu.be/0SqXdZy3bXM

You may have noticed that it’s been a while since I last uploaded anything related to Analog Musings. Part of the reason is that my RCA cassette player stopped playing cassettes. While the radio still works and the player spins when no cassette is inserted, it refuses to do so when one is loaded. 

I found a Sony Boombox that belonged to my mother to use, and I even remember helping her pick it out in the early 2000s at a Target Store in Phoenix, AZ. Because I couldn't find the ac cable to it, had to go get six C batteries. 

If all goes well, I hope to add a few newly digitized mix tapes to the Analog Musings playlist this year for you to enjoy! For now, I hope you like this short video post which includes snippets from one of those upcoming mix tapes.

Audio: Snippets of "Evening Bells" , "Love" by Thalia, "Saturday Night" by Whigfield, "Sex Machine" by 20 Fingers feat. Katrina, & "Unforgettable" Piano/Sax.

Wednesday, April 02, 2025

From RCA Cassette Player to Sony Boombox | Analog Musings

From RCA Cassette Player to Sony Boombox | Analog Musings 

You may have noticed that it’s been a while since I last uploaded anything related to Analog Musings. Part of the reason is that my RCA cassette player stopped playing cassettes. While the radio still works and the player spins when no cassette is inserted, it refuses to do so when one is loaded. 

I found a Sony Boombox that belonged to my mother to use, and I even remember helping her pick it out in the early 2000s at a Target Store in Phoenix, AZ. Because I couldn't find the ac cable to it, had to go get six C batteries. 

If all goes well, I hope to add a few newly digitized mix tapes to the Analog Musings playlist this year for you to enjoy! For now, I hope you like this short video post which includes snippets from one of those upcoming mix tapes.

Audio: Snippets of "Evening Bells" , "Love" by Thalia, "Saturday Night" by Whigfield, "Sex Machine" by 20 Fingers feat. Katrina, & "Unforgettable" Piano/Sax.

Thursday, March 27, 2025

Holidays 2009! 24 December 2009

Holidays 2009! 24 December 2009
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From December 24, 2009
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Another holiday season has come and gone. During the 2009 holiday season I only took photos on the 24th of December. 

The only other photos taken were during Holiday Play! - 19 December 2009 https://youtu.be/10i3F31hZVM

As you can see from the photos, most of them are of my gift wrapping, but thankfully, I also took some photos of the decorations.

Audio: "Home for the Holidays" by TrackTribe from the YouTube audio library.

Ice on Car - 24 December 2009


Ice on Car - 24 December 2009
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From December 24, 2009
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Another year coming to an end and we wake up to some ice on our vehicle again. If you remember back on the 5th of February of 2008 I was also able to capture ice on my car. 

Ice on Car ! ~ February 05, 2008
https://youtu.be/cPlfg-Zj5zU

Ice on Car, it's a big deal in AZ :) - February 05, 2008
https://youtu.be/OMnIFCJTjMA

The car that I had at the time was a green 2002 Honda Accord.

Audio: "Almost a Year Ago" by John Deley and the 41 Players from the YouTube audio library. 

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Holiday Play! - 19 December 2009

Holiday Play! - 19 December 2009
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From November 19, 2009
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These are the photos that I took at a Holiday Play that Armandzraven's niece Kateri participated in. It was held at a house and as you can see it was packed with parents and family members. Decided to add a frame on the ones where you see Kateri to better focus on her.

Audio: "Christmas Village" by Aaron Kenny from the YouTube audio library.

Sick Day - 05 December 2009

Sick Day - 05 December 2009
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From December 05, 2009
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On this day Armandzraven was a bit under the weather. 

Audio: "Wake" by Rick Steel from the YouTube audio library.