My Life in Mixed Tapes

Just a head’s up that my latest post is UP on the Huffington Post–and it’s on  subject that is so dear to my heart: Mixed Tapes.  Speaking of which, I had the absolute pleasure of making one recently–for the chef and Top Chef judge, Hugh Acheson.  Graham and I have been a fan of his since we saw him on Top Chef Masters. I honestly felt like every time I saw him, he looked like some guy I had known in my teenage years.  One night after watching the current season of Top Chef I wrote a Tweet about how he seemed like a guy that I had once traded mixed tapes with.  He immediately responded to me and proposed a tape trade.  Was I going to turn that down? OF COURSE NOT.  So I made him one and it was very odd making a tape for someone you don’t KNOW AT ALL.  Kind of like a musical blind date.  This added another layer to the mystery of mixed tapes–how very personal they actually are.

I am still waiting for Hugh’s tape.  A little tip about well-known people: they are BUSY AS HELL and do not do things quickly.  I hope I do get a tape from Hugh, though.  It’s been a long long long time since I have received one.  It seems about time.