patrickcassels:

Toward the end of the 2000 movie “High Fidelity,” John Cusack’s love-struck record store owner/narrator tells the audience, “The making of a good compilation tape is a very subtle art. Many Dos and Don’ts. First of all you’re using someone else’s poetry to express how you feel. This is a delicate thing.”

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While I enjoy the sentiment of the quoted post, it bothers me that the author gives John Cusack so much credit for things he probably had little to do with.  High Fidelity was originally a novel written by Nick Hornby…who also wrote some excellent music-related essays that were collected in Songbook. Also, Cameron Crowe wrote and directed the movie Say Anything…he also wrote and directed that little musical gem called Almost Famous, which happens to be semi-autobiogaphical.  These are the true sources of that musical passion that you see in those movies (not to knock Mr. Cusack, of course).  So…uh…check out my muxtape ;)