MEMORY TAPES: 19TH OCTOBER 2012

This week's Memory Tape comes from Melz Durston who was lucky enough to have the coolest teacher ever. Mel writes...

"I had a mix tape given to me as a fifteen year old, quite impressionable maths student at school. I diligently followed my teacher's orders one day and went to the local shop (probably Woolies at that time) and purchased a sleek looking single, blank cassette. Arriving in class the next day, I handed it over to my teacher - she told me she would fill it up with music and return it to me by the end of the week (we were off on a family holiday to Florida the following week).

"This is the music that filled my head for the entire two weeks of our holiday (much to the horror of my older sister and younger brother - and my insistence at playing it in the car at every opportunity...)"

Here are the tracks:

Side 1

Gomez - Rhythm & Blues Alibi

Gomez - We Haven't Turned Around

Pavement - Shady Lane

Pavement - Cut Your Hair

Buffalo Tom - Taillights Fade

Wilco - She's A Jar

Wilco - How To Fight Loneliness

Beth Orton - Lives As You Dream

Beth Orton - She Cries Your Name

Side 2

Throwing Muses - Counting Backwards

Throwing Muses - Not Too Soon

Belly - White Belly

Tanya Donelly - Swoon

The Breeders - Doe

The Breeders - Safari

This Mortal Coil - You and Your Sister

Catherine Wheel (feat Tanya Donelly) - Judy Staring At The Sun

Pixies - Debaser

Pixies - Here Comes Your Man

Why not send Lauren your Memory Tape? We just need a tracklist and the story.