I Miss Tapes
When Friends of the Stars first started in 2000 (as Buick 6) there was none of this new fangled digital bollocks to record stuff on, you know. Well, ok, there was…but it was very expensive and had a strange science fiction-like feel to it. It certainly wasn’t to be trusted, I remember that much.
At the time, we recorded everything on a 4-track machine and the now defunct cassette tape was the medium of choice. Tapes aren’t made these days - there’s no call for them - but I still have around 300 of the things in a box that one day I’ll get around to digitizing. I just hope that day comes before they degrade and become unplayable.
Aside from using them as recording tools, tapes were also what record collecting freak boys lke me used as the primary tool in the wooing of chicks. I made tapes for a fair few girls, and sometimes they liked the tapes enough to go out with me for a bit. Happy days.
..all of which is why I was delighted to come across this slideshow of cassette tape inlay cards.
