You listen to good music. You pick some of it out, and you put it in a certain order, and you listen to your mix all the time. It's good! It sounds good, too good to keep to yourself. So you burn 5 copies of your mix to CD and you put 'em in the mail. Soon 5 different discs containing 5 different mixes from 5 other people appear in your mailbox, and this is good because you're tired of listening to the mix you made and some new tunes from cool MeFites is just the right thing.
MeFi Swap Winter 2009 is open for sign-ups. [more inside]
posted by carsonb on Dec 2, 2009 - 153 comments

MeFiSwap Summer '09 reminder thread — Mailing deadline is Saturday, August 15! [more inside]
posted by carsonb on Aug 7, 2009 - 112 comments

MeFiSwap Summer '09
Believe it or not, it's been about that long. Let's mail each other good music. [more inside]
posted by carsonb on Jun 28, 2009 - 121 comments

MeFi Winter CD Swap reminder!
Hey swappers, the deadline to mail your mixes is one week from today, January 20th. [more inside]
posted by carsonb on Jan 12, 2009 - 102 comments

Hey, anybody wanna swap Muxtapes? ...Oh.
Well, how about another MeFi CD swap? [more inside]
posted by carsonb on Nov 10, 2008 - 73 comments

Post your MeFi Swap tracklist. I thought it would be great to see everyone's track selections and several people gave me encouragement so here goes. Mine is inside
posted by spicynuts on Apr 30, 2007 - 51 comments

It's that time once again. Please feel free to sign up now for another round of the MeFiSwap. (And yes, the security glitch that plagued a subsection of the site for a few days last time around have been addressed and solved.)
posted by Dreama on Feb 4, 2007 - 156 comments

Mefi Swap 2006 : Come on. You need to send out your CDs already. I participated in two groups this time around, and sent out 10 cds. I've received only 4. This isn't an election where that sort of return rate is acceptable. Get off your lazy ass and fulfill your commitment.
posted by crunchland on Sep 15, 2006 - 70 comments

MeFi Swap 2006! Has everyone participating sent off their CDs? Has anyone received CDs? Will there be some sort of Post-Swap forum where we can compare track listings and so on?
posted by tomble on Sep 3, 2006 - 36 comments

Does anyone have info about the latest, greatest MeFi swap? There hasn't been any new updates on their site, and the "sending of the swapsets" date has come and gone. What gives?
posted by bjork24 on Aug 3, 2006 - 12 comments

Voice your opinion on the future of the MeFiSwap. Or at least the MeFiSwap as I've got a hand in it. If you've been a part in the past, if you want to be a part in the future, if you've just got a thought you want to share, here's an opportunity.
posted by Dreama on Apr 11, 2006 - 41 comments

So... it appears that MeFiSwap is dead or becoming dead. Dreama appears to be very busy with a new kid and everything else that happens in life.

Are people interested in reviving this? I would be willing to do the administration aspect. I would NOT be able to start it until about 3 weeks, as I will be traveling and dealing with school related stuff. Undoubtedly my site style/options will not be as slick as Dream's setup, but I see no reason why it would not work.

This post is just to inquire how much interest there is.
posted by edgeways on Oct 19, 2005 - 47 comments

The Swap deadlines have been rejiggered once again, and it's time to get this ship out of the dock. Sign up now, add your addresses now, get aboard. This is the last hurrah for this session, so don't wait for another reminder!
posted by Dreama on Jul 18, 2005 - 20 comments

So, this MeFi CD swap reincarnated (previously discussed here) has its own page now, but I don't see a whole lot of activity. Are we going to do this thing, or what? (Or am I just being impatient?)
posted by absalom on Jun 29, 2005 - 26 comments

What's up with the MeFi Swap?
posted by me3dia on Feb 13, 2005 - 26 comments

Per the misplaced thread in AskMe, and for all of you wondering about the MeFiSwap... [+]
posted by Dreama on Dec 20, 2004 - 8 comments

Mefiswap! Much as I love the swap, I have to ask what is the purpose of having two MefiSwap sites?
posted by asok on Sep 6, 2004 - 8 comments

I hate to use MeTa for this purpose, but I figure it's worth asking: is anyone interested in another round of the MeFi Swap? I've received a grand total of 8 e-mails about it since the unannounced and unintended skipping of the '03/Q3 and '03/Q4 swaps, so I'm not sure if there's still enough interest to get things going again.

If there is interest, though, I'm ready to tackle the administrative side of things once again and will open signups for a new quarter ASAP, probably as soon as next Monday. So let me know, folks, if there's still a desire to do this.
posted by Dreama on Jan 13, 2004 - 51 comments

Would it be a self-link if I mentioned that it's that time again? I hope not -- MeFi Swap is all about you! And signups for '03/Q2 are now open.
posted by Dreama on May 14, 2003 - 20 comments

The latest in the series of MeFiSwaps is now open for sign-up. Don't be afraid that no-one will like your choices, give it a go and open your mind to the possibility that you may hear something you have never heard of before (or a combination of favourites you may not have thought of). Come one, come all, sign up now!
posted by dg on Feb 27, 2003 - 46 comments

Another MeFi Swap anyone? (more inside)
posted by Dreama on Sep 27, 2002 - 31 comments

So I've sent out my MefiSwap mixes... has anyone else done the same? Or did this idea lose all accompanying interest?
posted by grabbingsand on Apr 10, 2002 - 35 comments