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We'd listen to the radio station / We were too damn poor to buy the eight track tapes o/~ (slrpnk.net)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't think anyone actually misses them. The only people I've seen that are actually into them now are way to young to be nostalgic for them.

Cassettes seem to interest people pushing back against the trend of instant gratification singles. They like being forced to listen to an entire album. Sometimes it's just the object itself as merch. and has no relation to listening to the music. Many people buying records and tapes have no means to play either. It's also all ancient retro tech to them and a tape is just a portable record that won't skip. Similar to the resurgence in popularity of film formats in photography. There is even an artist out there that released their new single on a wax cylinder format that is damn near impossible for anyone but the curator of an audio format museum to play properly. If you're nostalgic for the trappings of a time that you never experienced, is that nostalgia or some other thing?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Cassettes wear out. I did that with a couple back in the day. Whereas a record or CD is a solid master copy.

Unless it’s that trendy decor thing people Hoover up albums for, not to listen to, but to hang on their walls. Maybe they’re trying cassettes now to try to be unusual en masse.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

A record is not a solid master copy. Vinyl, as an analog medium, wears out in the same way a cassette does.