WHAT AM I TO DO?

A few months ago I was rummaging through a box of old mixtapes, and I came across a beaten TDK shell I'd recognize anywhere. The label was partially torn off one side, leaving behind a thin white layer of paper. The label on the other side was intact, grayed and browned with age, with one word written in caps: SLEAZE.

This was the master tape of the songs that Mike, Larry, and I had recorded.

I handed it off to my friend DJ Birdhouse for digitizing.

So here is track 1, side 1. You'll hear that it starts during the outro to The Magnificent Seven, which is not a statement or anything. We just pushed “record” and went, paying no mind to the condition of the tape...

Listen for: the scream at the 2:30 mark. Dang.