Take the Pills, who seems to be the tweeters public enemy number one for having the audacity to post Magic Marker releases on his blog, is doing the world a great service by posting all of these ancient indiepop mix cassettes on his site. There is a world of difference between these records and say the Smittens or Pains of Being Pure At Heart. The difference is soul. They had it in spades, and yet today all traces of that collective and rebellious soul have withered and died. Sad. Perhaps the Smittens could write an irritating lament in commiseration.

Update: I retract my Pains of Being Pure At Heart criticism, the album is rather good.