If You Had a Time Machine…

Ep 58 Transnational Writer Xu Xi Ep 59 Listeners Say: Bring It Back!

If You Had a Time Machine…

…and could go back to the ’70s, ’80s, or ’90s of your youth, what would you bring back to 2019?

I’m doing another special “Listener-Contributed” podcast episode and I’d love to know…what do you miss from that era? Can be physical or metaphysical – think Jolt Cola, or the jolt you used to get waking up to yet another unstructured day of summer vacation.

(The theme for this episode is 100% induced by my family’s binge-watching of Stranger Things Season 3 over the holiday weekend, by the way – just seeing the mall full of shoppers, the Sam Goody store, the Regis Hair Salon had me in my Gen X feels. Also the deserted downtown that was only missing a tumbleweed to be complete. No one is saying the good old days were all good.)

But let’s allow ourselves to wallow just a bit. Let me know what you miss! Leave a comment below, email me dj@midlifemixtape.com, or (pretty please) press that blue button you see on the right hand side of MidlifeMixtape.com and record your answer. I’ll smoosh all the responses together in to Episode 59, to air next week.

And that means you have to move fast – I’m hoping to get everyone’s responses in by Thursday 7/9, 5 pm PT. So let me know what you think!

Is it wrong to wish we could go rescue the young, innocent MJ?

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Wanted to hip you to a fun summer read – BOOZE AND VINYL: A Spirited Guide to Great Music and Mixed Drinks, by André and Tenaya Darlington. It’s a coffee table book that pairs up classic vinyl with two cocktails each – one for Side A and one for Side B, duh. Liner notes about the album, suggested food pairings, and drinks that pair perfectly with the album in question (for instance, for Rolling Stones’ Sticky Fingers, Keef’s signature drink during its recording: a bottle of Jim Beam, a can of Coke, and a can of Coors, lined up and sipped from in turn.) And it didn’t go unnoticed that it’s from Running Press, which is publishing my book in December…thrilled to be in such good company between the pages. (Not to be confused with the Between the Sheets cocktail that pairs with Madonna’s Like a Virgin.) Cheers!

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