November 9, 2005

Music Killed Them

Via Champagne Wade at BBQ Productions comes a link to this huge, gorgeous gallery of stock cassette tapes. Cheers to whatever Japanese madman did this. It’s hard to believe these once-holy spooled cartridges have been completely superceded by digital tricks. Yes, I know the cassette will limp along in an 8-track sort of way, but to the ascendant culture these might as well be little plastic sculptures. They are, in a way.

Click here for the link. Warning: zillions of photos on one webpage. If you’ve only got dial-up, I’d almost tell you not to bother. (Almost.)

Rick at 11:40 pm

2 CommentsÈ

so provocative and sexy! i feel my heart swell as i recognize my own among that cornocopia of cassettes and my pulse quickens remembering the satisfaction of well-taped albums, weighted with value in my sweaty palm, the obsessive concern with labelling and storage. my eyes grow damp remembering one delightfully cheap cassette, treasured as a weedhead’s keepsake, lost forever when crushed beneath the passenger side bucket seat of secondhand sedan…

Comment by wi11iam13 Ñ November 10, 2005 @ 3:34 am
I, too, feel deep affection towards these cassettes. They were destructible, but it took work. Nowadays all it takes to ruin a CD is a properly placed grain of sand.

I recognized several beautiful models from my past. [sob]

Comment by Balb Kubrox Ñ November 10, 2005 @ 1:38 pm