The Eternal Romance of a Valentine's Day Mixtape

Before the days of curating playlists on Spotify or Apple Music, there lived a once commonplace, now obsolete, pastime: burning CDs.

The CD mixtape, much like the modern playlist, was first conceived, then burned — often by way of slightly illegal methods — and gifted to a friend or lover. It functioned as an audible token of affection. This gesture has, due to the countless…

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