Rewind: Cassette Tapes Are Back
by Claudine Zap
Before MP3 players, DVR, and Blu-Ray. Before live streaming and downloads, there were cassette tapes, an analog magnetic tape system for recording, listening, and mixing together your favorite tracks to share and play in your Walkman or boombox.
Think of it as a tiny reel-to-reel. The iPod of the ’80s was last spotted at your neighbor’s garage sale, the back of your friend’s closet, and the “for sale” table at indie band concerts. Wait, what? That’s right, cassette tapes are so out, they’re in.
According to Splice Today, for underground bands, cassettes are the new, cool vinyl: “They perfectly suit thrifty DIY labels and musicians trying to maintain a lo-fi aesthetic, as well as the more artistically inclined.”
While audio went digital, the lowly cassette was down but not out. In fact, we checked to see the buzz on tapes and found a bump in searches in the last week for “music cassette tapes” (+110%), “blank cassette tapes” (+210%), “books on cassette tapes” (+900%), and the sad but definitely true “cassette tapes problems damage” (+400%).
Say what you will about digital recording, you haven’t really proved your love for a good tune until you’ve spent hours re-spooling a cassette that was eaten by your tape player.
If you already have every version of the iPod that’s made, maybe it’s time to go back in audio time. Given that it’s a very DIY holiday this year, a mixed tape could be the perfect retro gift. You can even decorate the jewel box cover yourself.
We look forward to the re-discovery of the 8 Track.
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It’s CYBER MONDAY MAKERS! So in that spirit we were able to do up a quick code/sale for all our robot kits for today. It starts at 12:01 am PST 12/1/2008 and ends today at 11:59 pm PST. Use code CYBERM at checkout at the Maker Shed.
I’m also going to do a contest. It’s really simple, just post up your version of the “Three laws of robotics” in the comments, make it clever, funny, outrageous. At 11:59pm PST I’ll post up a winner. You can post up multiple entries, contest is world-wide. The prize? The new Co-Robot kit we just got in from Japan! Here’s a video!
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