Monthly Archives: April 2008

Japanese TVCs

By Anton | Published: April 22, 2008
Sony HF-X Japanese TVC Maxell UDI series Early Sony Walkman Ad Strangest Sony Walkman Ad ever. iPod ads have nothing on this: Monkey: “Please let me die . . .” Still, I do have a soft spot for Japan.
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Tape Deck II. The Revenge!

By Anton | Published: April 16, 2008
So Sony are releasing a brand new tape deck. Now you can actually play those cassette tapes, and not just collect them? Maybe not. Still, it’s interesting that a large company such as Sony has acknowledged that a market for cassette tape products exists and has invested in it’s production. Though, I suppose it’d be a [...]
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A notebook?

By Anton | Published: April 13, 2008
Thought this was kinda cute: The backwards ampersand and all . . . From: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=238495.0
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Cash-ettes?

By Anton | Published: April 13, 2008
Anybody else think of that catchy name for these wallets? Eh? Eh? Here’s a lo-fi version (which I dig): from: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=113031.0;topicseen This one’s a little more evolved . . . and it’s got instructions! from: http://www.instructables.com/id/Cassette-Tape-Wallet_1/ This one’s the ‘pro’ version – that is, it’s actually made for retail. From: http://www.designboom.com/shop/cassettewallet.html Very nicely done. You can buy them in all sorts of [...]
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It made for a great logo, at least.

By Anton | Published: April 11, 2008
They had no idea what was just around the corner. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Taping_is_Killing_Music Quote from funky ‘ol Wikipedia: “‘Home Taping Is Killing Music‘ was the slogan of a 1980s anti-copyright infringement campaign by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), a British music industry trade group. With the rise in cassette recorder popularity, the BPI feared that people being able to record [...]
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Cassette Tape vs iPod.

By Anton | Published: April 10, 2008
A highly scientific and thorough research document on the strengths of the iPod vs the humble cassette tape. http://homepage.mac.com/danielturek/PhotoAlbum50.html Neat-o.
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Generate your own cassette.

By Anton | Published: April 9, 2008
Why? Why the f*ck not!? www.says-it.com/cassette/cassette.php I hope you appreciate my colour choice.
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Vintage cassette decks.

By Anton | Published: April 8, 2008
www.vintagecassette.com An awesome, detailed collection of cassette decks from the 70’s to today (today?). Fantastic. Actually, I have a Sharp RT-480X, similar to the Sony above, that I didn’t find on their site. It’s not mint, but maybe I should do the “web 2.0″ thing and contribute, eh?
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Real recognise reel – Part 2

By Anton | Published: April 7, 2008
Dang! Doesn’t it suck when you start something, then discover someone else has already done it!? “I am using images posted to that site and others gathered online, to make observations how people interact with the media format known as compact cassettes (pre-recorded, re-recorded, and mix tapes).” http://mycassettes.blogspot.com/ Not really – I’ll just be contributing to the greater discourse [...]
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Real recognise reel – Part 1.

By Anton | Published: April 7, 2008
Sure, cheesy title, but I must firstly give credit where credit’s due. Cassette Jam http://earth.prohosting.com/th0715/cassettes/top.htm This is absolutely the best collection of cassette tapes I have ever come across. Period. It’s a Japanese site, so I can’t really give you any more info about it – yes it’s old, but it’s still so good!. The guy who created it also [...]
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