TDK Mixtape

If The Dark Knight was a person, what kind of person would he be?

First off, yes, it would be a "he". And we know his favourite colour would be black, so your next question would probably be: what music does he listen to?

Here's the answer to that burning question. The Dark Knight's playlist:

Listen to the mixtape HERE and the entire songs on Muxtape.com (this nifty site seems a bit buggy, try switching your browser if it doesn't work straight away).

You can also sample TDK's tunes on this imeem player, but some songs are only 30sec long:


I got this idea from my friend over at his Nurture. Check out his take on it, where he connects brand identity to the idea of individual's defining oneself by the music they listen to.

It really does seem more and more that people have a need to publicize their music tastes (eg. myspace likes, ipod parties, etc). And the amount of media attention Barack Obama's recent ipod revelation is testament to how one's ipod has become serious cultural currency.

But still, no matter how this inclination to broadcast taste is manipulated by politicians and/or corporations, I think it's still coming from a pretty great place. It stems from that incontrovertible essence of music as a collective medium that is best appreciated communally. Big record companies might try to force us to believe that music is a personal endeavor that should be savored in the privacy of our bedrooms, as they did in the 80s and 90s or at an officially sanctioned concert in a hockey arena, but technology is making it easier to re-invigorate music's shared capacities.

Technology like... muxtape.com (wiki entry), which apparently isn't likely to be shut down any time soon, since it's more about sharing discovery in music rather than wanton accumulation of mp3s.

And by the way, I know you were wondering... what's TDK's favourite movie? Batman Begins. Despite being a manic loner, he values family a great deal.