Mix CD Contest RESULTS are the new awesome

If you travel way way back in the archives of the new awesome you might remember Rebecca telling a little story about how she and her friend Brigham have been making mix cds for eachother since before there were even cds to make mixes on. So when Brigham came to SF for VD I decided to throw down the gauntlet and pose a little mix tape challenge to these two braggers who were both claiming to be the best mix tape makers of our day.

The rules of the challenge went like this:
1) Your mix needs to be apx. 15 songs in length give or take two.
2) Your mix needs to be in the hands of your competitor (and me) by Friday February 24th.
3) I will listen to the mixes and determine who captured the theme best. The winner will receive a prize via the US Postal Service (Brigham) or by me walking down the hallway (Rebecca).

The theme of the challenge went like this:
"Songs that rocked your world...until you played them 10,000 times too many"

Sidenote: While the meat of this challenge was the music, I made it perfectly clear that I could be swayed by stylish cd cover art.

OK, cd cover art.
Brigham - "i use to love you but it's all over now"

Rebecca - "my ears are bleeding"


While I appreciate the understated cool of Brigham's "art," mostly it left me feeling like he wasn't really trying to "wow" me. Someone who is about to graduate from NYU Law School should know the importance of wowing judges. So Rebecca wins for art!

Next I decided it was important to note my first impressions of these CD's. So I set myself up in my room w/my ipod and hit play for the first time. When I hit play on Rebecca's mix these are the faces I made because littering all in my ears was the Beach Boys. I hate everything that has to do with the Beach Boys. Including Wilson Phillips and Full House.



When I hit play on Brigham's mix this is the face I made because filling my ears with the sweet sounds of the dreams of all 16 year old girls across America was Sixpence None the Richer's "Kiss Me." I felt a little bit like "oh I LOVE this song!" and a little bit like "wtf?"


Rebecca:
When I heard Paula Abdul I thought "uh oh...she's gonna lose because I LOVE this song and I will not get tired of it." No. I hated it after the third time I hit repeat. The Mr. Big song turned out to be a huge risk because I could listen to this song forever. It's so rad. I'm listening to it right now on repeat. James...literally took 10,000 plays but I can't stand it anymore. It needs to go away. Green Day? Annoying? Sorry Rebecca but you almost lose just for this. Green Day does not belong on this challenge. Your ska era did good things for your score because I never liked ska or any boys that liked ska (punk was a different story). Good job sticking Sufjan's Romulus in there at the end because you know I can't listen to that song again for at least three years.

Brigham:
The problem with your mix? I liked it. A lot. And in this particular challenge, like is a bad word. Even a Beach Boys song wasn't enough to make me dislike this mix. I've been listeing to it in my car for the past three weeks. I find myself playing Seven, Baby Baby, Kiss Me, Block Rockin Beats, Can I Have it Like That, and the sleeper hit I Luv U over and over again. Also, this mix has a lot of street flare and is very good for walking around San Francisco with your ipod thinking things like "i'm so rad!"

So...drumroll please...it's time to announce the winner of the Mix Tape Challenge:
"Songs that rocked your world...until you played them 10,000 times too many"

REBECCA!!!!! because hers is the worst!!!!

Rebecca's prize (delivered by walking down the hallway):
A year subscription to her favorite magazine, US Weekly!!!



Brigham's prize (delivered by flying across the country for the weekend):
An authentic pirate eye patch so he can start recreating this look for Halloween 2006!!!



Great job to both contestants. You're both the new awesome. Duh.