This is a tape about my days in (or skipping) high school. These punk rock anthems are

a) the kind of thing I was listening to back then
b) loud and obnoxious, like I was as a teenager
c) the epitomy of wasting your teenage years
d) some of the most fun songs ever written

It's not all the best music in the world, and it may not all have a message that I identify with currently, but this is the music that saved my life as a teenager. Skipping class and drinking in the park, hanging around in the streets up to no good, petty vandalism, hanging out with the bad crowd, being badder than the bad crowd, I thought I was so bored but I look back now and I really did have fun. These are the songs that were so important to my school days. These are songs about growing up in a shithole, being stuck in school, having no prospects and nothing worthwhile but your friends. These are the songs I blasted on my walkman stoned out of my mind wandering through the hallways of my school. Funnily enough, I didn't put the song I got the title from on it, but that's an Anti-Nowhere League song that I cruised around in many a stolen parents car to:)

As for the track information, all of these are really old so in most cases I haven't given the vinyl information, but the reissue CD info. Enjoy! Usually I tend to make really sad mix tapes but I had a ton of fun doing this one. It was great to pull these out and listen to them again. This mix is super high energy and will make you feel like a reckless kid.

I found out today I didn't get my dream job. Not that I'm terribly surprised, but I am quite sad about it. This mix is how I feel about my career possibilities. Some of it isn't too sad, most of it's just frustrated.

I travelled to England earlier this year to pick up my fathers ashes. He died last Christmas. I took him to the west coast of Ireland and left his ashes in our favourite lake. I barely knew the man, I moved halfway across the world when I was 12 and had only seen him a couple of times since. I thought I hated his guts, but it turned out I loved him more than I knew I could feel. This is what I listen to when I'm not sure what else to do.

This is a really personal mix for me. I don't think I've even half gotten over the fact that he's actually dead.

a mixed up collection of sweet, heartfelt punk and horribly sad post punk. lots of incredibly hard to find tracks. it's awesome. i made this for a friend in portland. we trade mix tapes through the mail.

i think i might be in love with you but there's no way in hell i want you to know.