Frank Kogan

Thanks for the link -- had a longer post about a film festival I put together for a chat show I was on that got gobbled up several weeks ago, iirc.

I find Spotify is a very imperfect tool for putting together a *mix* as opposed to a playlist -- I don't think it's quite comparable to the sort of juxtaposition and serendipity you find in repertory programming or even in making a mixtape (although you CAN use it for this purpose, I tend to have less success and usually end up burning CDs anyway). But playlists are very good for discovery so that you might then *make* something that emphasizes juxtaposition. (The poll is an interesting one -- the "suggestions boxes" are pure unwieldy playlist, but the poll itself has lots of that programming/juxtaposition element to it.)