Editor’s Note: So this morning I realized that I may need some music to pass the time while I waste away in the inevitably long, slow-moving skeins of Obamacrats and McCainiacs leading to the polls.  Thankfully, I was able to finagle this mix from our longtime contributor, sometimes-novelist, and Portland “pop culturalist” Greg Bigoni. 
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There’s always something a little bittersweet about Labor Day weekend. Sure, it’s a nice, long weekend, but for many of us, it also marks the start of school. So to celebrate (or to serve as a final distraction) before you are forced to focus, we’ve been providing you with a back-to-school mix over the last [...]

Okay, just in case you guys haven’t gotten enough back-to-school jams, here’s a second helping. Anything to ease the pain of the inevitable, you know? It’s probably described best in this moment from Season 5 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (why yes, I have been watching the whole show again, starting from the first episode. [...]

Like a lot of people with caffeinated attention spans, I obsessively create themed Mix CD’s in my spare time as well as my non-spare time. This gives me the pleasurable authority of christening AON’s newest series, MIXOLOGY, an exploratory and anal-retentive glimpse at Themed Mix CD Tracklisting. The last themed CD I so crispily burned [...]