Apple announced the refresh of their aluminum-coated MacBook Pro this year. When I was in college, that was the machine to have. The grainy feel of the burnished metal. The playful pop of the icons on the taskbar. The number of apps you knew you could do something cool with, if you could just figure out how.

Their refresh prompted me to dig out my MacBook from college. Even putting that phrase into words makes me feel something – my Macbook from college. Four years of music, laughter, and friendships that have followed me beyond our rural campus.

My Macbook from college, it turns out, had a lot of music that I had totally forgotten about. It also has a lot of music that you just can’t find any more. This was the era of blog house. People in their dorm rooms were mashing up moving from across genres. Some of them were good, some of them were horrible, but all of them defined a brief period where music was no longer free, but remixed music was still the wild, wild west.

My MacBook from college is the inspiration for this project. After resurrecting it from a deep closet which the help of a bootleg power cord, I found my old iTunes library, just the way I’d left it. It was a treasure chest. It was music I wanted to share with others now that it had new life.

That’s how My Macbook from college was born. Every week we play at least one song from my old machine that defines the blog house era. I’ll guarantee you – you’re only hearing it here.

Bummer Radio Episode One: My MacBook from College (v3.0)

We introduce our cohost (finally)and welcome Katie to the show. We talk about football being back and the associated commercials, which leads us to wonder about the existence of mini golf in the Netherlands. Are all the holes accessorized with windmills?

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Bummer Radio Episode 7: Dutch Mini Golf

James and Katie are back at it talking about fashion statements that overstayed their welcome and getting your friends together at a wedding.

Bummer Radio Episode 8: That JCrew Gingham Shirt

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