My friend Stuart has been making cool mix tapes for twenty years--I still have cassette productions he made back when "cut and paste" involved scissors and glue. Although we didn't always stay in touch, our tastes seem to have stayed in line and now we're both big into "lost" international pop from the 60s and 70s. Just as in the days of Monster Magnet and Butthole Surfers, Stu is a far more serious collector than I--and still cranking out the killer mixes.

Now you can be on the receiving end, too. His site Radiodiffusion Internasionaal features a weekly mp3 download from his collection. Past countries of origin have included Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Thailand and Cambodia, as well as Africa and South Asia. And if you've got stuff to trade, you may hit the motherlode...