Published at 2:30 PM on August 27, 2009

By Christina Lee

Summer's Out for School: Paste's Back-to-College Playlist

Playlist

It all started with radio deejays smartly arranging their sets to tell a story, educate or maximize the music's impact. Later, it was picked up by legions of amateur cassette-dubbing artists who specially tailored mixes for their friends, boyfriend or girlfriends (or that one person for whom they so deeply pined). Now, in the age of iTunes, the Playlist is the new mixtape. Paste carries on a proud tradition with this new blog.

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Teachers may remember to assign summer reading and specify what materials to bring to their classes, but they easily forget which types of experiences matter to most college students: the daydreaming (during class), the sleeping (through class) and ultimately, the drinking (while not in class).

Fortunately, Paste did not forget. In fact, the 14 songs presented in this playlist teach a lesson more valuable than anything that can be recited out a textbook, much less by Asher Roth: School may suck sometimes, but it is ultimately a rewarding time of self-discovery.

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