Monday, August 4, 2008

barbaric

The cd player at work has expired of heat prostration.

I've been driven to the open if somewhat musty arms of our ancient tape deck to drown out the too-loud chatter of the open bar inside my head.

Does anyone remember the misery of cassette tapes?
I hated them even when they were au courant.
Time and the digital revolution have done nothing to improve their standing.

Albums maintain nostalgic cache with warm analog sound and a huge canvas for graphic artists to play around with. There is something archaic, noble and lasting about a ranked mass of record albums, like a ruined castle overlooking the sea.

A bunch of cassettes is redolent of a dusty corner in a not particularly good thrift store, or Grandmas station wagon.

Cassettes don't even get shine for the crowning achievement of the mix tape because digital does them 10000 times better.

I feel like I've been exiled to a rest home AV room.

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