Why the music cassette has never died

Moshe · 12.19.2009, 12:29 AM

http://entertainment.timesonline.co....cle6960700.ece

Tokolosh · 12.19.2009, 07:07 AM

I was in Africa last Feb and cassette tapes are still going strong.
It was such a nice sight to walk into any music store and see a tape section.
Hundreds of them!

I also walked into a hardware store that had a wall of brand new old school ghettoblasters.
Still regret I didn't get the one with a double deck and fake wood laminate.

EvolvedBoredom · 12.19.2009, 12:43 PM

So Africa is really a worm hole to the 80s/early 90s? I agree, definitely should have picked that ghettoblaster up. Not surprised really, obviously no format truly dies.

wellcharge · 12.19.2009, 03:54 PM

i love the cassete sound, love how compact they are. and i love that you can find them cheap as hell.

i just don't use them very often because well, skipping and repeating tracks is a pain

Keeping It Simple · 12.19.2009, 04:01 PM

I loved cassette tapes.

deflinus · 12.19.2009, 09:42 PM

cassettes stay true to the way you're supposed to hear music. start to finish

chrome noise tape · 12.20.2009, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by deflinus

cassettes stay true to the way you're supposed to hear music. start to finish

...and also vynil.

Keeping It Simple · 12.20.2009, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by chrome noise tape

...and also vynil.

Vinyl?

wellcharge · 12.21.2009, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by chrome noise tape

...and also vynil.

you can skip tracks..........easily.

but fuck this beginning to end shit, listen however you want, besides only like 2% of albums benefit from being listened to beginning to end

chrome noise tape · 12.21.2009, 03:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Keeping It Simple

Vinyl?

yes!

jon boy · 12.21.2009, 01:00 PM

there is a place in vancouver that does them wholesale so needless to say its very popular with all the musicians. i bought a bunch for our own release. painted them all pink.

Count Mecha · 12.21.2009, 02:40 PM

I listen to Replacements' Let it Be on cassette in the car fairly often. Same goes for Misfits' Earth AD and Legacy of Brutality.

Satan · 12.21.2009, 03:05 PM

cassettes are awesome

Toilet & Bowels · 12.21.2009, 05:52 PM

my brother went to syria recently and he picked up some tapes of syrian music for me there

stu666 · 10.05.2011, 01:55 AM

http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/10/cassette-tape-cut-from-oxford-english-dictionary.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium= twitter

Pelle · 10.05.2011, 02:36 AM

What the...? : o

Chris Lawrence · 10.05.2011, 02:37 AM

"Time reports that for a new edition, the dictionary is cutting the beloved term along with words like “brabble” and “growlery.”"

Pelle · 10.07.2011, 09:49 AM

Luv that!

The Soup Nazi · 10.11.2011, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by stu666

http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/10/cassette-tape-cut-from-oxford-english-dictionary.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium= twitter

Ban also the term "cuneiform script" whydontcha - who could possibly want to know about that, right? Fucking idiots.

jennthebenn · 10.12.2011, 11:09 AM

I now vow to use the word "brabble" more in my daily life.

Actually, the definition IS my daily life.

Verb – “To quarrel about trifles; esp. to quarrel noisily, brawl, squabble”

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Tokolosh invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Plaza de Toros Posts: 6,731	I was in Africa last Feb and cassette tapes are still going strong. It was such a nice sight to walk into any music store and see a tape section. Hundreds of them! I also walked into a hardware store that had a wall of brand new old school ghettoblasters. Still regret I didn't get the one with a double deck and fake wood laminate. __________________ Anything you can /imagine is real
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wellcharge expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cold and boring kanada Posts: 1,297	i love the cassete sound, love how compact they are. and i love that you can find them cheap as hell. i just don't use them very often because well, skipping and repeating tracks is a pain
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deflinus expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: in the darkest part of your mind Posts: 1,737	cassettes stay true to the way you're supposed to hear music. start to finish
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jon boy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: psycho battery Posts: 12,161	there is a place in vancouver that does them wholesale so needless to say its very popular with all the musicians. i bought a bunch for our own release. painted them all pink. __________________ Sarcasm[A] is stating the opposite of an intended meaning especially in order to sneeringly, slyly, jest or mock a person, situation or thing \|@ <------- Euphoric brain cell just moments before expiration V _ \ / _ PING <-------- moments later / \ http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljhxq...isruo1_500.gif
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Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,298	my brother went to syria recently and he picked up some tapes of syrian music for me there
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