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Boomphones

admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:35:20 +0000

There’s no cassettes in this sweet lil’ illustration, but well, it IS cassette related . . . yeah? Whatever.
Nice illustration dude.

via behance via ffffound

Analog Tape Glove

admin — Mon, 31 May 2010 12:57:56 +0000

Just f*ckin cool.

see more : http://signaltonoise1.blogspot.com/

Serious about Sony

admin — Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:44 +0000

It’s no joking matter.

. . . a scene from that mystical time when cassette tapes reigned and CDs were the harbinger of the digital age.

A few things to note about this pic:

Is that the original Walkman on the left there? Actually, no, it’s not.
That’s a TV Walkman on the right!
Uh-oh . . . Betamax
It’s amazing to think that you can get almost all the capabilities of this equipment in a device that fits in the palm of your hand.
It’s difficult to tell by his expression if determined . . . or just confused.

From the always interesting barnobi.tumblr.com

AT-AT Boombox

remote — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:54:43 +0000

Well.
I’m not big a fan of Star Wars, and would never buy this, yet it sure would have saved all the old b-boys from getting sore shoulders. It would be great if it actually nodded it’s ‘head’ and walked to the beat.

via gizmodo
(thanks B!)

Mice n tapes

Anton — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:27:24 +0000

Love this idea – though it doesn’t look like this one would actually function . . . it would be great if somehow the mice could choose the tracks – you know, (run) fast forward and cue it up.

Plus, you’d hope the little fellas didn’t develop a taste for tape!

Anyway it was one of . . .

“two idents were created for the ‘Estings’ ident competition run by the digital TV Channel E4. They got through to the final round and are currently on rotation on the TV channel.”

That was back in ‘07 – well done David Wilson

Cassette controlled robot

remote — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:08:56 +0000

And you thought it was all cassette collections and old boom boxes . . .

Look! It’s pouring a glass of wine! Must have been a James Taylor tape.
You should see what it does what it does with a 2 Live Crew cassingle . . .

Hey, this is from www.theoldrobots.com which is a great site. Those crazy robots!

Crocheted cassette tape ipod mini cozy

remote — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:45:17 +0000

This I like.
From www.craftster.org
I like that they have used the actual spools as a practical feature.
I like that they have used both Queen and Boyz II Men cassette tapes to make this.

Nice work.

Cassette Rainbow

remote — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:44:24 +0000

“Cassette Rainbow by The Bottomless Paddling Pool.”

Great photo ffffound in The Bottomless Paddling Pool’s Flickr photo pool . . .

Owerko’s Boombox Project

remote — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:05:56 +0000

Photographer Lyle Owerko’s Boombox project:

www.owerko.com/#mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=0&a=4&p=0&at=0

There’s a collection of image of various types of Boomboxes.
“BOOM boxes”, funny name, when you think about it. “Ghetto Blaster” is probably stranger.
Blasting the ghetto . . . ?

Anyway, he’s got some fame from this project . . .
He’s collaborated with Gelaskins to create a series of skins for your Macbook, iPhone etc, all the Apple products the cool kids have these days: http://owerko.blogspot.com/search/label/Gelaskins

And, from the homepage:
” . . . the boombx series was recently awarded by Communication Arts in their 2008 Photo Annual.”

Cassette tape technology lives on!

Viva la Cassette!

(nice work Lyle!)

Real recognise reel – Part 3.

Anton — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:00:21 +0000

sample image from tapedeck.org

Wow.

I’ve known about this site for ages, and shame on me, I’ve neglected to post on it until now. Shame on me.

tapedeck.org

If Cassette Jam is the King, this site is surely the Prince.

355 large images of cassettes, sorted by brand, playing time and tape quality. What can I say? I’m a nitwit.

Respect.