Welcome to My Weekly Mixtape, a podcast that
takes the classic mixtape approach to building
a modern playlist. I'm your host, Brian Colburn.
And while on paper, it seems like it's only been
about six weeks since I last posted an episode,
in reality, in my life, it's been several months.
As I explained on episode 150 earlier this year,
my father passed away from pancreatic cancer.
When he was sick and going through his battle,
I was recording a ton of episodes to try to get
me through when the time actually came. When
it did come, I realized I needed to take a longer
break to be there for my family and adjust to
what that new normal was. As time has passed,
I've realized that I need to start. bringing
back to life the things that bring me joy. And
one of those is this podcast, talking music with
all of you and having a moment each week to share
my love of music and the songs that bring me
joy and hopefully bring you joy as well. And
maybe introduce you to songs that you haven't
heard before or haven't heard in a long, long
time. That's kind of what the premise of this
show has always been about. There's obviously
that touch of nostalgia, but it's also going
to bring in some of the newer music because I'm
always digging for new music. I'm always scouring
the different apps and YouTube and news sites
to try to find new bands and new stuff to check
out. And hopefully some of that has come across
over the last 150 episodes. Now, the reason I'm
doing this little piece here is kind of a transition.
When I ended episode 150, I explained that I
didn't know when and if I would get the itch
to come back to podcasting as I was still heavily
grieving the loss of my father. And I will admit
I still am now, but it's getting to a point where
I'm starting to realize that he would have wanted
me to continue doing the things that I love,
the things that bring me joy. And I need to get
back to that. So with that being said. I am looking
to start a season two of my weekly mixtape with
a little bit of a twist. The effort that I put
into recording season one, and I'm going to kind
of break the fourth wall here. I spent hours
and hours of free time, my evenings, my weekends,
putting together these episodes, countless hours
going back and forth with other podcasters. booking
agents and artists to get things scheduled. I
would sit down for a recording and an artist
would have another commitment come up and then
the podcast would get delayed for a couple hours
and I'd have to come back and start again. And
I started missing out on a lot of things that
are in hindsight, extremely important to me.
And that's my family because after losing my
father, I don't get that back. So what I've thought
about is how can I continue To do the thing that
I love, which is My Weekly Mixtape, but also
continue to be present and be there for my family
whenever and however I can. And in order to do
that, I've come up with this concept. I am going
to, for the time being, run a series of solo
My Weekly Mixtape episodes. That's right. Unfortunately,
folks, you're just going to have to listen to
me for the time being, meaning when the inspiration
hits, I sit down, I hit record, and I record
an episode of my weekly mixtape. That gives me
the flexibility to work around my family's needs
because without my father, there are some needs
that I need to do additionally to help my mother
out that I didn't when my father was here. So
with that being said, scheduling episodes with
guests is a much tougher thing to do than it
was a year or two or three years ago. So I'm
going to continue, but I want the listeners,
you people, the supporters of this show to be
involved as much as you always have. So what
I've come up with is this new concept of an episode.
Now, anyone that listened to Howard Stern might
be familiar with Jackie the Joke Man Martling.
I have a lot of his comedy CDs. I was a big fan
of his stuff. And he did a skit at the end of
some of his shows. And he also did this back
on Howard Stern called Stump the Joke Man, where
people would call in and kind of drop a joke,
but not the punchline. And Jackie would kind
of chime in with the punchline. So this is kind
of a spin and a hat tip to that. And send in
any. topic, any genre, any idea that you want
to hear mixtaped or playlisted by yours truly.
And then what I'm going to do is load them into
one of these online wheel random generators.
And because I don't want to use their proprietary
sound effects, I am going to essentially spin
that wheel. and randomly have one of your topics
get selected, and I will then come up with a
10 -song playlist that fits your topic off the
top of my head. Completely spontaneous. It could
be a complete train wreck, or I might be onto
something, and it's challenging, and I'm excited
to see what I can come up with. Now, there are
kind of a few rules that I'm going to do with
this. I ask that we keep politics and religion
out of this conversation. This show has always
been about a break from what you are constantly
being fed on the news and on social media, the
doom scrolling. This is meant to be a break from
that. So I want things that are fun. I want things
that are lighthearted. Obviously, if you want
to do a serious topic, by all means, I'm all
ears. Love songs, power ballads, breakup songs,
stuff like that. Totally on par. Just keep the
politics and religion aside for that. I'm sure
there are plenty of other political and religious
podcasts you could check out for your source
of that kind of content. I just kind of want
to keep that away from what I'm doing here at
my weekly mixtape. But. Be serious, be funny,
be asinine. I am all for it. Send me those topics.
And then I'm going to allow this online randomizer
to choose one of these topics. And we are going
to have a little bit of fun here. So now that
you've got the general gist of that format, there's
actually more to this than just these randomized
episodes. Because... There are some episodes
that I recorded for season one that I never got
around to editing, that I never got around to
posting. And some of those I'm also going to
include in season two. So it's going to be a
little bit of a mix and match. Some solo episodes,
some ones with guests, some ones with old interviews
I did back on the Toon Styles days that have
unfortunately fallen off the ethos when that
show. disappeared from the internet when we canceled
our plan way back when not knowing that when
you canceled your plan with the podcast provider
your podcast went away so there's a lot of ideas
spiraling through this crazy head of mine and
i'm excited to see where they go with everybody
But again, you are all a part of this conversation
with me. So I need to hear from you in order
to make this work. So what I'm doing now is dropping
this bonus episode as a call to action to all
of you mixtapers out there. Start sending in
your ideas. You can send in one. You can send
in 50. I will load this wheel up with as many
ideas and topics as you send me. And this probably
goes without saying, but if your topic comes
up, I'll be sure to give you a shout out on the
episode. And then I want to hear from you. How
did I do? You can be honest. I might bomb on
some of these and that's okay because there is
no right or wrong answers when it comes to music.
I am looking forward to this challenge and I
hope you are looking forward to joining me on
this new era of my weekly mixtape. Now, interviews.
I am going to do my best as life slowly starts
to get back to normal in this new normal for
me and my family to start bringing back guests,
bringing back friends of the show, bringing back
the interviews and the album dives. It's just
not going to be every single week. I simply don't
have the time to be able to devote 8, 10, 12
hours a week. in producing an episode of that
caliber. However, I still want to do them and
I'm still going to do them. They just won't be
every single week. So by me doing this sort of
pivot and sitting down to be able to produce
episodes that are a little bit more off the cuff,
I can still continue to quote unquote meet the
my weekly mixtape expectation. However, as Aaron
from The Itch mentioned over on the My Weekly
Mixtape Discord, I'm not rebranding the show,
but it's my random mixtape because I have no
idea what's going to pop up on the wheel. It
could be favorite power ballads. It could be,
as somebody put on Instagram, the 10 greatest
songs from Taco, with one of them being Putting
on the Ritz. I could totally spin that. That
was Dave Zalatouris over at the Beer in Front
podcast that sent that one in. I could totally
spin that one because maybe I want to do an episode
on tacos. Who the hell knows? I mean, you got
Taco Grande by Weird Al Yankovic. I might be
able to pull that off. Taco songs? That's a tough
one. I also had someone over on Threads, Hutch,
chime in saying Australian pub songs. I needed
to ask him for clarification on that one because
I don't want to embarrass myself to an entire
country. That would suck. So anyway, I am excited
to be back on the mic again. I have missed this
so much. I know my father was telling me when
things were getting bad to not put the mic down,
but I needed that time. over the last several
months to be there for my family, to get things
situated. I don't want to get deep into my personal
life because a lot of it's still pretty new.
The wounds are still healing, but I needed to
be there for my family. And I appreciate and
thank you all for understanding and simply being
there for me as a human being, whether it's some
of the listeners who have kept in touch with
me on Discord. fellow podcasters who've not only
kept in touch with me online some of them who
actually came to my father's services which there
are no words to say simply how much that meant
to me because a lot of podcasters meet virtually
and to have someone kind of cross that threshold
into the quote -unquote human world is just so
unbelievably powerful and strong that I'm honestly
at a loss for words for it. And, you know, music
is always going to be a part of who I am. It's
in my DNA. It's in my blood. I immediately, after
my father passed, started creating playlists
that him and I would enjoy listening to. And
I've really been enjoying those playlists over
the last few months because I feel like when
I'm listening to those songs, he's listening
with me. And it was that that really started
making me think like, how can I do this again?
How can I find the time to make this happen again?
If anything, I dedicated the first 150 episodes
to him at the end of episode 150. But I want
to be able to continue to celebrate all those
musical memories that he brought to me through
my childhood, through my adulthood, as well as
all the. amazing music memories I have with friends,
I have with you listeners, I have with everybody
out there, all these amazing bands that I've
gotten to discover through this show, all the
amazing musicians that have come on this show
that I've even become friends with some of them
that keep in contact with me. I am grateful,
I am thankful, and I am pumped if you haven't
heard it in my voice yet. So yes, my weekly mixtape
is coming back in a few short weeks. I hope you're
going to be there for it. The Patreon is going
to relaunch officially on November 1st. It is
open right now at patreon .com forward slash
my weekly mixtape. There you can sign up. It's
free and there are tiers available, but none
of them are required. Each tier offers different
benefits and I'm changing some of those benefits
up. They're going to include. priority chime
in on upcoming topics, as well as being the guest
mixtaper for an episode where I spin the random
wheel and you get to choose the 10 songs in any
order. And I'm going to tell you, this might
not be as easy as it sounds. So think carefully
for all the people that have been part of the
Patreon community since the beginning. I can't
thank you enough for continuing to support the
show. through this entire time. It really means
the world to me. So like I said, as of November
1st, the Patreon will be back up and running
full force again. If you feel that you need to
leave and go down to a free tier, I am not insulted
in any way, shape, or form. I appreciate the
support in any way, shape, or form that you provide
to the show. So with that being said, I know
this is a short little bonus episode, but I just
didn't want new random episodes appearing and
having everybody go, what the hell is happening
here? What is this? This sounds different than
what he was doing before. Hopefully this explains
everything. I've missed all of you. I've missed
our back and forth about music, and I'm excited.
I've probably said the word excited way too many
times in this last 15 minutes here, but I truly
am. stoked let's go with stoked instead of excited
to be able to talk music with you all once again
in any way shape or form that i can make it happen
as always be sure to follow my weekly mixtape
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and you can email me at my weekly mixtape at
gmail .com with any suggestions that you have
for this wheel spin style episode. I can't wait
to hear some of the crazy topics that you mixtapers
are going to come up with. I am sure you're not
going to let me down and I am going to do my
best not to let you down as we move forward.
Thank you again for listening. And until the
shows appear in the next few weeks, there are
150 other episodes that you can go back. in the
back catalog and give a listen to make sure you're
caught up to date on all the, my weekly mixtape
lingo, because I'm going to be bringing it in
full force in just a few short weeks here. Thank
you for listening. And until next time, enjoy
the tunes.