Found: Mixtapes

On my regular trips scouring thrift stores for media objects, I happened to find three (3) mixtapes just sitting in a bin. While the average person may not have been thrilled to bits at such a find, I was ecstatic. I was in possession of three anonymous mixtapes. I also happened to come across unlabelled Maxell and TDK cassettes (both blank) and a 90 minute Memorex who's A-side was hiding a copy of Bob Dylan's 1967 Greatest Hits collection. I grabbed them (and an assortment of cheap vinyl) and rushed to the register. I highly doubt anyone else at the Salvation Army was gunning for mixtapes, but I didn't want to rush to judgment. Here are the three mixtape tracklistings (click for a larger view).

TDK D90--"The Dan Rutledge* 'I Wish I Was a Striker**' Mix"
I must say, Dan Rutledge (or whoever made this mixtape) is the only person I know who would sandwich an Indigo Girls song between Nine Inch Nails and Mötley Crüe and place a Seal song before a Nirvana track.

*Dan, if you're out there, I have your mixtape.
**For those of us not so athletically-inclined (myself included), I looked up the Wiki definition:

Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, and formerly inside forwards, are the players on a team in soccer in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.

Thanks, Wikipedia!

TDK D90--"Mix"
This is a '90s flashback. Not only do I get a dose of They Might Be Giants (I think they're the only band whose audience has gotten younger) but the Spin Doctors as well. I think there was that one summer where the Spin Doctors song, "Two Princes" was played repeatedly on the radio, television, and every movie released that summer. I don't remember the year and I'm glad about that because it would only serve to remind me of how old I really am.

Memorex HBS II 90--"Mix-2"
I'm not 100% certain, but I'm pretty sure that the same person made all these mixes, in which case Dan Rutledge has some pretty eclectic taste. The staples on these mixes are Nine Inch Nails and Midnight Oil. Though I am no expert, the handwriting seems to match up. I cannot create a chronology for these mixes, but I'm assuming that the order I've placed them in is the correct one, just by trying to date the bands and their periodic popularity. I could be wrong, but the order I've created seems to flow.