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Jan 27

cassette decks

deliciouskaek:

cassette decks that had auto-reverse 

and then

dual cassette decks with auto-reverse

became

portable cassette players

^ with auto-reverse

and finally

PORTABLE DUAL CASSETTE PLAYERS WITH DUAL AUTO-REVERSE

and ^ that was the way I carried my music.

I am ollllllddddd

Cassette singles.

Taping songs off the radio.

Frantically trying to put records on tape before you had to replace the needle.


  1. gloriagotrocks said: AWESOME!!!
  2. nowisgreater reblogged this from icecreamsocialistslut and added:
    Man, even when I sat there with my tape at the ready, most of the songs had the first few seconds cut off, because most...
  3. bakethatlinguist reblogged this from deliciouskaek
  4. silevitas reblogged this from silentpunk and added:
    Cheap black tapes with paper labels that I used to record random stuff with. Found one (this was years ago) with
  5. icecreamsocialistslut reblogged this from jadelyn and added:
    ALL OF THEM! And when you’d get frantic and be like, FUCKIT, I’ll just tape over the last half of this song, I don’t...
  6. jadelyn reblogged this from icecreamsocialistslut and added:
    Scrambling to find your current blank tape when a song started on the radio, so your taped-from-radio cassettes had most...
  7. deliciouskaek reblogged this from talldarkbishoujo and added:
    Then getting your brother/sister/cousin/friend to be quiet until the song’s over so their singing won’t be on it. Trying...
  8. talldarkbishoujo reblogged this from deliciouskaek and added:
    “STOP TALKING GAWD WHY YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO TALK OVER THE SONGS”
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