NOW: Theo Parrish Likes Mashing the Mix, Nov 28 - Dec 4, 2002: "'With the way technology has changed, we've lost the whole idea of the mix tape. The beauty of the mix tape is that you have to listen to the whole thing over and over again.
'There would inevitably be songs on there that you wouldn't know and couldn't find out what they were, which would put more of a struggle into searching for records. I want people to look and search and struggle for their art. If you have everything spoon-fed to you, it gets to a point where you don't expect to have to work to play records.
'We're in the days and times of disposable culture. Everything's ready-made. We don't want to wait. We don't have any patience. You pick up a CD, you go to the track you want to hear and if something else catches your ear it's all right, but otherwise, who cares?'"