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!)
“…straight from the muthaf#%kn cassette!”
Not the newest news, but then nothing on this blog ever is . . .
The latest release of J Dilla’s Ruff Draft is on cassette!
( “. . . let’s take it baaaaaaack . . . “)
Anyway, watch this:
On the one hand, this is simply a novelty or collectible, but on the other hand it’s a homage (!) to the pre-internet/myspace/filesharing indie music distribution culture. Yeah. That.
It’s a good album, though I prefer Donuts.
But who cares what I think!?
At this point I’d also like to recognise to probably the least recognised Stones Throw artist, Jeff Jank, the designer, illustrator and art director of so many great ST album covers. Yo!