Mix Tape Mafia

We wish we could back and recover the lost recordings that were destroyed in the great coconut water incident of '23... but we can not. We've recently sent kids off to college and have been nostalgic about turning back time. Sooooo... here is a great episode constructing a playlist of all the best songs that talk about harkening back to the good old days!

What can we say about the mopiest of the breakup tunes? It's a re-record, so you get a shortened version, but listen along and we'll explain. Still a great mix tape of awesome mopy breakup tunes.

In what may be one of our sappiest episodes ever, we lean way into the heartstrings of the dads and grads season, as we come up on Father's day and all three of us as parents of high school graduates. This is the ultimate playlist for all those sappy songs that talk about sage life advice, parent-child relationships, regrets of lost parents, etc. etc.

We've got Dance Fever! NO, there's no Deney Terrio or Adrian Zmed on this episode, but we DO have a sneaky good playlist that we explore with all the best songs that feature the word DANCE in the title.

Do you like your mix tapes wit or witout? Well no worries (and no onions) here, because we've got both for you! We discuss, debate, and nominate the best curated songs that contain either "with" or "without" in the title.

It's the follow-up to our NIGHT Fever episode, with the best songs featuring the word "Day" in the titlej

It's the first of our two-part "Night & Day" episodes!

Street, Avenue, Boulevard, Lane... you get the gist. It's the Mix Tape featuring songs whose titles contain a word for a street. Where we're going, we don't need roads!

All the best songs, and one or two of the worst... with the word "Hold" in the title.

We're back with storytellers part 2 - the sequel (act 2?) to our format-shattering episode that has everybody in gobster nation talking. It's the final half of our baker's dozen deep dives into the best songs that tell a story. We've got Heart, Harry Chapin, Meatloaf, Bon Jovi and more! Have a listen, it's a real page turner!

It's the first of an epic two-parter as we build a mix tap of the best songs that spin a tale or tell a story, if you will. We've got 12 grand slam bangers, but you only get the first 6 in part 1 because we need to take a deep dive into the lyrics and storylines of each one. We've got some strict criteria for this one. Not just any jabroni singing about the different people he sees in the park or...

In one of our cheesiest and guiltiest pleasure episode ever, we dive into all the best super cheesy duets from the 70's and 80's. As you can imagine, Peter Cetera is heavily involved. So is Stevie Nicks, Don Henley, Kenny Rogers, and all kinds of super fun cheeseball movie love themes and the such.

To celebrate 75 episodes of Mix Tape Mafia, we selected some of our favorites of the first 75 episodes. Then we play two of the best from each of those episodes and try to determine THE BEST song from the episode. Quite a fun exercise and trip down memory lane for us and our loyal listeners in gobster nation. It's also a great entry in for any new listeneres out there who want to get acclimated wi...

This one's sure to be a dark horse for one of our more underrated, yet exceptional episodes. The best mixtape of all songs that feature the word "dark" or "light" in the title. For those critics who claim we play too much boomer music from the 70's and 80's, well... there's still some of that. BUT, this episode also features a great mix of current and post-2000's jams, including some rendevous wit...

Two Hit Wonders had to have two episodes to it, so here ya go...

It's Two Hit Wonders so we had to do 2 episodes. Plus, there were just too many good ones to squeeze into one. Who's the greatest Two Hit Wonder artist of all time? It could be the paisan, Gino Vanelli or it could be Gerry Rafferty, but does he actually qualify? Listen and find out!

Apparently, some cool stuff is happening with NASA's new telescope this summer and new pictures of galaxies and stuff. So, we decided to put together a playlist that's out of this world - the best songs that mention the sun, moon, stars, Jupiter, Mars... pretty much any celestial body or other junk you might find in outer space.

Just like the title implies - we're going to take you under the bridge because we are under pressure but there must be some misunderstanding because the search is over.

You Make Me Feel Like Dancing, I Touch Myself... it's our picks for the best collection of songs with the words "Touch" or "Feel" in the title.

Harmonica songs!... as selected for your listening pleasure by the Mafia.

Songs that mention an instrument in the lyrics! It could be right there in the title like "Piano Man" or it could be Steven Tyler calling out "Guitar!" right before Joe Perry's solo in Aerosmith's "What it Takes." We've got those plus another baker's dozen plus of gems for this fun mix tape.

The long-awaited episode is here - Toms and Marvins are all the lesser known or less successful relatives of other stars. We're looking at you, Frank Stallone and Dave Loggins.

The long-awaited (and talked-about) episode is finally here... songs with the best harmonies! If you love listening to harmonizing vocals in songs, and you love the Mix Tape Mafia, but you hate when we sing over the music... well, we have some very bad news for you. Enjoy!

Were we just trying to find a way to get our paisan, Gino Vanelli, a platinum jacket? Perhaps. But what came out of it was a tremendous episode! We play ping pong with "stop" songs and "go" songs, to create a tremendous playlist featuring some great 70's smooth ballads, some cheese ball 90's clubbin' music, The Offspring, The Cars, Matchbox 20, One Republic, and unfortunately, the worst Michael Ja...

Songs with numbers in the title. Lots of options. Lots of debate. Let's mix it up!