We got two weeks’ worth of songs this time around, as I will be out of town next week and won’t have a chance to update the mixtape.
TGEFM continues our staff and reader -generated Spotify mixtape for 2024. Most weeks will be themes (all entries must follow the theme, we are the final judge, haha), and readers can make their picks on the pinned thread at the top of the TGEFM Facebook page.
Song picks for Weeks 16 and 17 are inspired by the following:
23 Apr 2024: World Book Day – Songs inspired by or about literature
25 Apr 2024: National Telephone Day – Songs that explicitly have the word “telephone” in them
26 Apr 2024: World Intellectual Property Day – Songs that contain parts or samples that are totally stolen, and probably weren’t credited or paid for
29 Apr 2024: International Dance Day – Songs that really get your feet moving
30 Apr 2024: Honesty Day – Songs about coming clean.
01 May 2024: May Day – Songs about workers rights/solidarity
03 May 2024: National No Pants Day – Songs about losing your clothes
05 May 2024: Cinco de Mayo – Songs by bands from Mexico
Week 18’s themes to make picks from are:
08 May 2024: Have a Coke Day – Songs that include drinking soda, or doing lines
10 May 2024: National Clean Your Room Day – Songs about shithole places
11 May 2024: Songs about birds (hint: look up AVEM)
FREE PICK: any song your want!
Sample the growing mixtape below, or head straight to Spotify where you can subscribe (preferred) to the list!
the white drew carey (aka – Jeff Sorley) is the founder and head editor of TGEFM. He’s lived (outside of) Chicago, Madison WI, (ugh) Penn State, Lyon FR, Oxford UK, central New Jersey, and now within earshot of SFO in the Bay Area. When not scouring the web for more great bands and labels to post about, he also spends time drawing (mostly) silly sci-fi and anime stuff under the name Asplenia Studios.