Can tapes make a come back? AKA Attn: robotboy

Sex, Drugs, and Dave · **Posted:** Thu Nov 17, 2011 1:51 am

shiv Wrote:

Thee Incident Wrote:

There's a jackass here in town w/ a radio show on one of the indie stations where he only plays new music released on cassettes. I've thus far resisted the urge to firebomb the studio, but each day is a challenge.

well that's fucking dumb to begin with...the way radio signals work cassettes sound horrible over the airwaves.

shiv · **Posted:** Thu Nov 17, 2011 1:58 am

Sex, Drugs, and Dave Wrote:

shiv Wrote:

Thee Incident Wrote:

There's a jackass here in town w/ a radio show on one of the indie stations where he only plays new music released on cassettes. I've thus far resisted the urge to firebomb the studio, but each day is a challenge.

well that's fucking dumb to begin with...the way radio signals work cassettes sound horrible over the airwaves.

i was thinking someone who works in a dying medium complaining about another dying medium.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

i haven't had a fucking tape player since 1988 or so.

Sex, Drugs, and Dave · **Posted:** Thu Nov 17, 2011 3:10 am

shiv Wrote:

Sex, Drugs, and Dave Wrote:

shiv Wrote:

Thee Incident Wrote:

There's a jackass here in town w/ a radio show on one of the indie stations where he only plays new music released on cassettes. I've thus far resisted the urge to firebomb the studio, but each day is a challenge.

well that's fucking dumb to begin with...the way radio signals work cassettes sound horrible over the airwaves.

i was thinking someone who works in a dying medium complaining about another dying medium.

oh sorry I wasn't really commenting on your part, it just kinda got included.

k · **Posted:** Thu Nov 17, 2011 4:01 pm

Flying Rabbit Wrote:

Nothing new to add to this discussion. Artists have been releasing cassettes for years. I dig the hand-painted/DIY ones.

As has been mentioned many times before I buy mostly cassettes (as well as the 3" CDRs that were mentioned) and appreciate the work that goes into each one.

I am spending my next two days off painting a stack of 50 that I made last weekend and will be selling them for all of $3 a piece at a shop I found here in DC. It's cheap, it's fun for me to paint all of these differently, and I like the idea of somebody putting my music into a tape deck and pressing the play button and listening to the whole thing vice skipping around via CD or mp3.

k · **Posted:** Thu Nov 17, 2011 4:04 pm

Sex, Drugs, and Dave Wrote:

I love cassettes...I use one as my logo, I'm getting one tattooed on my arm, I bought a bunch in bulk and still give out mix tapes.

What's your logo look like man?

I bought one of these a few months ago, and though it has probably in some way contributed to me drinking more, it is probably the only thing in my house I actually like:

Can tapes make a come back? AKA Attn: robotboy

Who is online