I finally did it!!

Wobbie

got rid of my casstte tapes... nearly 600 of 'em....filled a trashcan and a half....probably 55,000+ minutes of music. Maybe tomorrow I'll part with my VHS tapes :think:



the mix tape on top (typical) had love tractor, bowie, simply red, the bolshoi, shriekback, the cult, psychedelic furs, alphaville, lone justice, concrete blond, georgia satellites, rank & file, lyres, del fuegos, big audio dynamite, rain parade, human league, husker du and jason & the scorchers on it :shock: . Guess the year and win a prize!

Fifthelement

1985?

norm

:shock: that's impressive!

i was thinking about mix tapes the other day...i mst have had about 200-300 of 'em...they're probably in the garage somewhere...i loved making mix tapes...i quote john cusack from 'high fidelity':

The making of a great compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than it might seem. You gotta kick off with a killer, to grab attention. Then you got to take it up a notch, but you don't wanna blow your wad, so then you got to cool it off a notch. There are a lot of rules.

making playlists on itunes just isn't the same

aNiMaL

1987

norm

imalive wrote:

the mix tape on top (typical) had love tractor, bowie, simply red, the bolshoi, shriekback, the cult, psychedelic furs, alphaville, lone justice, concrete blond, georgia satellites, rank & file, lyres, del fuegos, big audio dynamite, rain parade, human league, husker du and jason & the scorchers on it :shock: . Guess the year and win a prize!

got caught up in my own world i didn't notice this :oops:

i'm gonna say 1986

dimitrispearljam

I DONT OPEN THIS CLOSET WHERE CASSETTES AND VIDEO CASSETE ARE IN...
IM AFRAID A MONSTER WILL COME OUT!!!! :roll:

Leathe?ma?

89?

Wobbie

norm wrote:

The making of a great compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than it might seem. You gotta kick off with a killer, to grab attention. Then you got to take it up a notch, but you don't wanna blow your wad, so then you got to cool it off a notch. There are a lot of rules.

making playlists on itunes just isn't the same

absolutely. I used to obsess over them. Never wanted to waste more than, say, a minute at the end. The one I pointed out wasn't even a good one.

aNiMaL wrote:

1987

winner! fuck.... PM me your address and I'll send you something

(could be a mix tape)

norm

imalive wrote:

norm wrote:

The making of a great compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than it might seem. You gotta kick off with a killer, to grab attention. Then you got to take it up a notch, but you don't wanna blow your wad, so then you got to cool it off a notch. There are a lot of rules.

making playlists on itunes just isn't the same

absolutely. I used to obsess over them. Never wanted to waste more than, say, a minute at the end. The one I pointed out wasn't even a good one.

you too!? i thought it was just me...many, many years ago i was on a road trip with a friend of mine...we were playing my tapes and it seemed like each tape he'd pick, there would be a phil collins song :shock:

now the reason for this was he had enough short songs (which i had :roll: ) that usually fit in to the mix i made...i just couldn't have that much blank space on the end of a tape :oops:

aNiMaL

imalive wrote:

norm wrote:

The making of a great compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than it might seem. You gotta kick off with a killer, to grab attention. Then you got to take it up a notch, but you don't wanna blow your wad, so then you got to cool it off a notch. There are a lot of rules.

making playlists on itunes just isn't the same

absolutely. I used to obsess over them. Never wanted to waste more than, say, a minute at the end. The one I pointed out wasn't even a good one.

aNiMaL wrote:

1987

winner! fuck.... PM me your address and I'll send you something

(could be a mix tape)

Winner, winner, chicken dinner!!! Look at me!!!

The Juggler

what is this, 20 years ago?

helplessdancer

norm wrote:

:shock: that's impressive!

i was thinking about mix tapes the other day...i mst have had about 200-300 of 'em...they're probably in the garage somewhere...i loved making mix tapes...i quote john cusack from 'high fidelity':

The making of a great compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than it might seem. You gotta kick off with a killer, to grab attention. Then you got to take it up a notch, but you don't wanna blow your wad, so then you got to cool it off a notch. There are a lot of rules.

making playlists on itunes just isn't the same

love that HF quote...so very true.

i have to figure out how to transfer some of my cassettes to cd this year. ugh to that project.

unfortunately the death of the cassette tape is fast approaching. it aint coming back, unlike vinyl.

g under p

I still refuse to get rid of my cassettes which date back to the late 70's. :shock: Now IF I could just find my
8-TRACK tapes.

Peace

Wobbie

aNiMaL wrote:

Winner, winner, chicken dinner!!! Look at me!!!

try it again...I fished 3 more out of the trash...the garbagemen come tomorrow...

what years were these mixed?

Mix A: james, u2, toad, school of fish, mellencamp, chris whitely, concrete blond, sarah mclachlan,annie lennox, black crowes, arc angels, stevie ray, seal, allison moyet, siouxsie, cure, bob mould, lou reed, jane's addiction, texas, replacements

Mix B: flying color, bruce, dancing hoods, godfathers, eurythmics, sinead, psych. furs, inxs, the call, 10,000 maniacs, smithereens, rem, screaming blue messiahs, pray for rain

Mix C: dramarama, adrian belew, kirsty maccool, michael penn, the sundays, jesus jones, echo/bunnymen, the cure, black crowes, bo deans, rem, chris issak, material issue, talk talk, divinyls, emf, hoodoo gurus, mellencamp

once again, winner gets a prize (or not)

decides2dream

hahaha.
i got rid of all the tapes i've made years and years ago.
however, i still probably have 25-45 purchased tapes. kinda hold onto them for nostalgia reasons. the bulk of what is left of my collection were all purchased during my studies in london, so reflect my musical tastes of the time, plus have all the price stickers in pounds, from the stores i shopped there, etc. they're in a case in my basement, so don't take up much room...so no biggie i figure. i just got rid of ALL my VHS movies in december, donated them to charity. we sold a bunch on ebay ages ago, but given how little you make, just not worth it. the tax deduction is better. honestly, soooo much of the stuff i save, i wonder...why? we have no children, so i doubt my nephews will even give 98% of my stuff a second look...and it'll all get trashed or donated to charity. i guess for now, it makes me happy.

tybird

g under p wrote:

8-TRACK tapes.

Peace

What a Godawful format for music......kinda sad how we got suckered into buying them, eh

g under p

tybird wrote:

g under p wrote:

8-TRACK tapes.

Peace

What a Godawful format for music......kinda sad how we got suckered into buying them, eh

Well it was my mother who had a player. However you were super bad IF you had one in your car way way back in the day.

Peace

catefrances

i still cant bring myself to update my cassette of appetite for destruction to CD. cause thats how i fell in love with it it feels like cheating. :roll: