A Smiths demo cassette just sold for $21,000
Rock memorabilia continues to be big business. The original demo cassette from The Smiths, complete with a letter from the
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Random music news for Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Yeah, this dog does look like Matt Damon. Moving on to music news for April 6, 2022. The ratings for
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Queen is making an INSANE amount of money from “Bohemian Rhapsody.” And now they’re releasing a cassette.
When Queen first released “Bohemian Rhapsody” as a single on October 31, 1975, it was a disaster. Reviews were brutal.
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Lou Ottens, the inventor of the cassette, has died at age 94.
Unless you’re a serious tech geek, chances are you’ve probably never seen the name Lou Ottens before you read the
Read moreBomb threat in North Carolina declared over a Journey cassette
When someone in the mailroom of The Duke Energy Building looked at the package, it seemed…suspicious. A rectangular shape could
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Here’s an interesting use for cassettes
My hatred for cassettes as a music storage technology is well known. However, I don’t have an issue with using
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This old cassette machine plays digital music. It’s a cool way to fake out your friends.
There were a couple of attempts to bring cassette technology into the digital era. The first, Digitial Audio Tape (DAT)
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A Possible Xmas Present: The Cassette Coffee Table
Although I believe that cassettes are a horribly outdated technology that deserves to die, I kinda like the kitchiness of
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KFC Has Just Released a GPS Cassette. It’s as Dumb as It Sounds, But It’s Still Kinda Fun.
In case you’ve ever wanted driving directions from KFC HQ in Louisville, Kentucky, to its Big Chicken store (the one
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Random Music News for Wednesday, July 26, 2017
The back-to-school ads are now all over TV. I’m not ready for this. Seriously. After all, it’s only July 26,
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The Fish I Did Not Catch: The Tale of the Lost Our Lady Peace Demo Cassette
One day in the spring of 1993 as I was preparing for my afternoon shift at 102.1 the Edge, I
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