Guess who’s back with another mixtape? Lame, sorry. Clearly I’ve been listening to too much music and I feel all hyped up and extra cool. So the lame intro somehow felt right even though I knew it wasn’t. It’s that feeling you get when you are listening to music and it affects how you walk and sometimes even how you think — almost always for the better. Sometimes just simply listening to the right music with my headphones on while I walk around makes my back stand up a little bit straighter and adds just a little bit of pep and confidence to my step. Do you get like that with the right music?

So how about a mix tape for early fall? One that will surely put some pep in your step, a smile on your face and probably make you think lame intro liners are a great idea. It’s upbeat mellow (I think my mix tapes often fall in this category), good for a bit of dancing but also good for some toe tapping while you work.