Mitch Hagan
Once upon a time there was a guy named Mitch Hagan. Up until a recent point in his life, he owned such CD's as Dido's No Angel, Keely Smith's Keely Sings Sinatra, and two R.E.M. albums: Green and Monster.
I know this because I was thrift store shopping yesterday, and had the eerie experience of finding every CD I pulled from the shelf had a personalized "Mitch Hagan" label on it.
This strikes me for two reasons. First, I would think if you're the sort of person who puts personalized labels on your every possession, you would also be [anal/paranoid/etc] enough to peel off said labels when you donate these items to a thrift store. Second, I have precisely the same taste in music as Mitch Hagan's former self. Does this mean that I, one day, will metamorphose into the current Mitch Hagan, decide I no longer like R.E.M., Keely Smith, or that "Thank U" song, and return these discs to the thrift store from whence I purchased them?
What do you think, Mitch? Are you out there?
posted by Violet @ 7:06 AM
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How very entertaining! I believe the Mitch Hagan in question is my cousin. I'll have to email him to find out for sure. I've not actually seen him in years, but I do know that he lives in Chicago...those sound like things he'd listen to...and I'd not be surprised by the labels :)
This is, in fact, Mitch Hagan. I'm glad someone adopted my CD's. Here is the back story on why they all had my name labeled on them: I used to DJ college parties and my CDs would often get mixed in with other people's CDs. After I graduated from college, I worked in a design studio with 11 other designers. We would all bring in our CDs and they would get all mixed up. So, we started labeling them. When I bought my first iPod, i donated 900 (yes...900) CDs and there was NO WAY I was going to pull those labels off.
So I'm glad to see you are enjoying my music. I still love REM, Keely and Dido; I have all of those albums digitally on my iPod and Mac.
This is, in fact, Mitch Hagan. I'm glad someone adopted my CD's. Here is the back story on why they all had my name labeled on them: I used to DJ college parties and my CDs would often get mixed in with other people's CDs. After I graduated from college, I worked in a design studio with 11 other designers. We would all bring in our CDs and they would get all mixed up. So, we started labeling them. When I bought my first iPod, i donated 900 (yes...900) CDs and there was NO WAY I was going to pull those labels off.
So I'm glad to see you are enjoying my music. I still love REM, Keely and Dido; I have all of those albums digitally on my iPod and Mac.
Too funny! Thanks so much for writing back!
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