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Best of mixtape AskMes?
I saw the robot sex mixtape question on Ask Metafilter. I know there's been a lot of these questions asking for songs within a certain theme, and they are usually pretty great!
Anyway, I was hoping people could link to their favorites. Because this is something MeFi is really fricken' good at.
I saw the robot sex mixtape question on Ask Metafilter. I know there's been a lot of these questions asking for songs within a certain theme, and they are usually pretty great!
Anyway, I was hoping people could link to their favorites. Because this is something MeFi is really fricken' good at.
http://ask.metafilter.com/185746/Alls-you-needs-a-hug
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 12:54 AM on June 3, 2011
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 12:54 AM on June 3, 2011
Here are the most-favorited AskMe questions tagged with music, and the ones tagged with mixtape, both courtesy of Combustible Edison Lighthouse's incredible Infodumpster tool.
posted by Rhaomi at 1:56 AM on June 3, 2011 [8 favorites]
posted by Rhaomi at 1:56 AM on June 3, 2011 [8 favorites]
Self link: all sorts of vampire songs.
posted by nicolas léonard sadi carnot at 4:08 AM on June 3, 2011
posted by nicolas léonard sadi carnot at 4:08 AM on June 3, 2011
slappy_pinchbottom asks for intergalactic hip hop. Gets some great suggestions. Revisits the thread a couple weeks later to post the resulting mix. Awesome.
posted by googly at 4:36 AM on June 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by googly at 4:36 AM on June 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
Please avoid "help me name my kitten/computer/website" and "help me make a mix CD" questions.
posted by box at 5:15 AM on June 3, 2011
posted by box at 5:15 AM on June 3, 2011
To be perfectly honest I don't think MeFi is that good at this. Most music questions seem to attract folks who just want answer questions, so they say whatever obvious band or song pops into their head. Like as if someone yesterday in a thread asking for Cold War songs similar in tone to Arthur Russell had mentioned Bow wow wow's "I Want Candy". (well that was me but usually it's somebody else dropping turds in the fishbowl)
posted by Potomac Avenue at 5:58 AM on June 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Potomac Avenue at 5:58 AM on June 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
Your favorite AskMe-compiled mixtape sucks.
posted by McGuillicuddy at 6:18 AM on June 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by McGuillicuddy at 6:18 AM on June 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
Please avoid "help me name my kitten/computer/website" and "help me make a mix CD" questions.
I don't care for this guideline and think that with even a minimum of direction those questions can go well and be super fun, especially when people share the results. Then again I'm not a huge AskMe user. Also: please put "International Feel" by Todd Rundgren on every mix CD. Thanks.
posted by mintcake! at 6:32 AM on June 3, 2011
I don't care for this guideline and think that with even a minimum of direction those questions can go well and be super fun, especially when people share the results. Then again I'm not a huge AskMe user. Also: please put "International Feel" by Todd Rundgren on every mix CD. Thanks.
posted by mintcake! at 6:32 AM on June 3, 2011
Please avoid "help me name my kitten/computer/website" and "help me make a mix CD" questions.
Huh. It seems the mods are really lax on that one. Perhaps it should be reworded or removed? Google finds 664 results for name kitten on ask.metafilter.com, and 4,450 results for name cat, though the latter appears to include anything with cat OR name in the page.
posted by filthy light thief at 7:23 AM on June 3, 2011
Huh. It seems the mods are really lax on that one. Perhaps it should be reworded or removed? Google finds 664 results for name kitten on ask.metafilter.com, and 4,450 results for name cat, though the latter appears to include anything with cat OR name in the page.
posted by filthy light thief at 7:23 AM on June 3, 2011
I don't care for this guideline and think that with even a minimum of direction those questions can go well and be super fun, especially when people share the results.
Yep, chatfilter is fun. It's just not what this site is for.
posted by londonmark at 8:22 AM on June 3, 2011
Yep, chatfilter is fun. It's just not what this site is for.
posted by londonmark at 8:22 AM on June 3, 2011
What Indie Band Goes Best With 70's Rock? and the follow-up MeTa.
posted by hydrophonic at 8:23 AM on June 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by hydrophonic at 8:23 AM on June 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
Yep, chatfilter is fun. It's just not what this site is for.
That's what they say, but I think a lot of us here disagree.
posted by Rash at 9:09 AM on June 3, 2011
That's what they say, but I think a lot of us here disagree.
posted by Rash at 9:09 AM on June 3, 2011
I loved this one..
Please help me find great, unknown "hidden gem" soul and R&B artists.
posted by starman at 9:19 AM on June 3, 2011
Please help me find great, unknown "hidden gem" soul and R&B artists.
posted by starman at 9:19 AM on June 3, 2011
You know what this site is best at? Telling everyone what it isn't for.
MetaFilter: What it isn't for
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 9:33 AM on June 3, 2011 [3 favorites]
MetaFilter: What it isn't for
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 9:33 AM on June 3, 2011 [3 favorites]
What Does The Future Sound Like?
One of my own AskMes. Not so much mixtape-specific but it did certainly educate me somewhat and lead to the creation of a few very cool mixtapes.
posted by philip-random at 9:35 AM on June 3, 2011
One of my own AskMes. Not so much mixtape-specific but it did certainly educate me somewhat and lead to the creation of a few very cool mixtapes.
posted by philip-random at 9:35 AM on June 3, 2011
This was one of the first questions I asked on AskMe and it helped me out immensely.
posted by OverlappingElvis at 3:28 PM on June 3, 2011
posted by OverlappingElvis at 3:28 PM on June 3, 2011
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posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 12:49 AM on June 3, 2011