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here, but not really.

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THE PAPER MIXTAPE Issue 2

The Paper Mixtape presents our second issue, Fall 2015. In this issue, we invite you to reflect on the commonplace structures of Los Angeles, the familiar foliage, the architecture, as well as social structures, such as social media and the importance of community. In our photo essay, "Glass Display" our photographers reflect on both the images displayed on the looking glass versus its own surrounding environment. We also have toast recipes. Because who doesn't like toast?

hey, i wrote a thing and it’s in print!

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Ponte Vecchio - Old Bridge by Andrea Bosio Photographer on Flickr.

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at 17 or even 32, nobody is worth stressing over, like move on, leave people behind, go find yourself, the world is yours, life goes on.

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damn adrenaline junkies. #tbt (at Triangle Lake Rock Slides)

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so i've been keeping a v close eye on How to Dress Well for a minute because a) he's obviously gifted with a beautiful voice and b) have you seen the man? if i had that scruff on that face w/ that voice i'd be getting panties thrown at me on the daily. but i've never really been in the mood to binge-listen to him, so there's my shitty excuse. BUT, one of my favorite blogs, yours truly (sf) teamed up with adidas to do a "songs from scratch" shindig which i can't get enough of. some of my absolute favorite collab tracks come from there - chance x nosaj thing, chet faker x goldlink, and jeremih x shlohmo to name a few. and they just released a new collab: htdw x tala. my grossly high expectations from this blog were surpassed with this pleasant surprise, as you can tell, this track is pretty far off from what htdw usually does. so i'm proud to say i am now 100% on board w/ how to dress well and will be binge-listening to his albums to make up for lost time. will update soon xx

bonus: follow through w/ the soundcloud link and you'll find 2 versions of this song: there's tala's version and htdw's version (this one). FREE downloads of both, did i not just improve your day tenfold or what ♡( •ॢ◡-ॢ)

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ok, now I want a choker. (at Red Bull Sound Space At KROQ)

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you can learn a thing or two from Kels, the vocalist of Made in Heights: she's pro-donuts, anti-frat lyfe, and will inspire the hell out of you to stock up on some white on white apparel. (at UCLA)

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WEDNESDAY FORECAST: sunshine, bass, and sweet, sweet dance moves. One of my favorite artists of Outside Lands '14 was Made in Heights, and @uclacec is having 'em play #UCLA for FREE. They're an absolute experience live - a breakout dance party paired with sultry vocals over smooth synth and R&B. What the hell does that even mean? It's perfection, that's what, so come out to *Bruin Plaza, Wed @ noon* and dance w/ me 🙌 📷: Michael Monaghan (at UCLA)

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"I kissed a feminist once," he says, face flushed blotchy, something heavy resting on his shoulders maybe “I kissed a feminist once,” and everybody laughs “she was cold as ice,” he says and he doesn’t mention how I turned warm beneath his fingers, heated up like embers and reduced his bed to flame and ashes “God was she mean,” he says but he hasn’t forgotten the time I told him to be kind to himself, to purge the poison from his veins and scrape the smoke from his lungs “I love you I love you I love you” I said, “please love yourself too” "I kissed a feminist once," he says, to loud guffaws, an elbow in his side and he doesn’t say “her lips were the softest thing to ever brush my collar bone” he doesn’t say “she made playlists in my mind” or “she covered me like a blanket” or “her teeth on my earlobe ripped me open and scattered me across the sheets of her twin bed” he doesn’t say “I loved that storm of a girl, I loved her heavy at 4am I loved her like pennies at the bottom of a fountain like memorized freckles I loved her like depth perception like opposable thumbs I loved her I loved her I loved her” and instead he shrugs that heavy thing off his shoulders and shrugs the feel of my lips off his chest and he says, "she was a crazy bitch anyway"

I kissed a feminist once

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a religious experience I've been waiting to have for two years 🙏 #blessed (at El Rey)

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been diggin' this girl lately.

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things got a lil merrier in #G306 last night 🎄 (at HBD Jess & Viv 🎉)

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#sleighed it 🎅