Steve Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 http://i.imgur.com/hgO68cy.jpg It made me feel all nostalgic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dissonance Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 I'm sure there are some guys at my job that don't know. Born after '92 and I bet you have no idea..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted January 20, 2013 Author Share Posted January 20, 2013 Aye, nobody give it away cos I want to see who doesn't know what it means SO I CAN POUR WELL-DESERVED SCORN ON THEM. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amatic Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 pencil so that you can change when re record? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vekked Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 it's so you can write the songs on the label of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted January 20, 2013 Author Share Posted January 20, 2013 No, no and thrice no! I pour scorn upon thee! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djzee Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 from what i remember, the pencil was always red or yellow in colour. 4H was way too thin for our household Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubba Dutchdj Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Brilliant! More to the point is why? was it just a young male thing to do The tape image seems to be the new in (probably hipster) retro thing, virtually every other shop round Brighton has something tape like for sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 i kno, i kno! i spent alot of time with tapes. i was born in 86. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assemblyworker Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Would be good if hipster shops sold something like a..... Tape recorder. In the meantime here's an Iphone case with a cassette image printed on it. That shit fucked my Matsui right up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubba Dutchdj Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Iphone case with a cassette image printed on it. That shit fucked my Matsui right up. My miss's tape iPhone case fucked with the mind of her 19 year old hairdresser, apparently she really didn't know what it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 it must vary from house hold to house hold. like my brother is 21. and while he never made tapes he still knows what they are what they do etc. he might be even able to get what the pencil does. he likes music (most of it shite) but he's not well into it or musical or anything. maybe its just retards, not the young. fwiw, my brother is probly as clever as doppelkorn tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assemblyworker Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 (edited) At least soon we can cheer (well at least I will) the demise of the CD. Shitty format, never liked it and now it's days are well and truly numbered.... Edit: Maybe I should start making pencil cases, socks and plant pots with pictures of CDs on them so I can clean up in 10 years time. Edited January 20, 2013 by assemblyworker 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubba Dutchdj Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 maybe its just retards, not the young. Definitely true in the story I told! And yeah Matt, I've always had a distain towards CD's, probably something to do with how much a single used to cost and my inability to look after them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted January 20, 2013 Author Share Posted January 20, 2013 I like CDs. I can rip a CD to any format/bitrate of my choosing, while still retaining ownership of the actual disc. I don't like buying digital downloads, cos your collection of 1,000 digital albums is worth precisely £0. While a lot of CDs are worth bugger all, some of them can be worth loads. Even stuff you wouldn't expect, like the early Now That's What I Call Music albums which go for hundreds of pounds on eBay, for example: - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Now-Thats-What-I-Call-Music-Volume-4-CD-1984-VERY-RARE-15-Track-COLLECTORS-ITEM-/251207355892?pt=UK_CDsDVDs_CDs_CDs_GL&hash=item3a7d200df4 Literally the only advantage a digital download has is instant(ish) delivery. I'm not in that much of a rush though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted January 20, 2013 Author Share Posted January 20, 2013 Oh, and here's what the pencil is for for those that really don't know: - When you were out with your boombox, it would usually take 6, 8 or even 10 big ass batteries, so you wanted them to last as long as possible. Rewinding or fast forwarding, particularly if you wanted to do a whole side, would suck up juice, so you would hit eject, stick the pencil in one of the "holes" of the cassette, then hold the pencil and spin the cassette on it, which rewinds or fast forwards the tape depending on which hole you stuck the pencil in and which way you span it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubba Dutchdj Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Yeah I'd agree that the physical ness of a CD is good thing, my ill feeling towards cd's is more to do with the fact that I was just getting into vinyl when CD's became proper main stream and being a dum silly young dj I felt it was cool to hate on them, stupid I know but because of that I've never really used CD's. Back then they were more pricey than vinyl and I couldn't do fuck all dj'n with them. It's actually only in recent years and going digital with DVS I've started to buy them, I always grab one at gigs and ebay/discogs has been a great source filling gaps in my collection. Plus now there generally half the price of vinyl and more use too, beatgridding vinyl rips in Traktor is a mixed success story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubba Dutchdj Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 And fuck me! nearly 500 for that tripe! I've got "Now Thats what I Call Music 2" on vinyl somewhere, gotta funny feeling its probably worth 20p. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted January 20, 2013 Author Share Posted January 20, 2013 Haha, yeah, the vinyl versions are worth dick all. Even the original one in mint condition only goes for £10-£15 in mint condition. As a collector I have more love for vinyl, but I do still like CDs. I have a few that are signed by the artists too, which obviously you could never do with a download. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Oh, and here's what the pencil is for for those that really don't know: - When you were out with your boombox, it would usually take 6, 8 or even 10 big ass batteries, so you wanted them to last as long as possible. Rewinding or fast forwarding, particularly if you wanted to do a whole side, would suck up juice, so you would hit eject, stick the pencil in one of the "holes" of the cassette, then hold the pencil and spin the cassette on it, which rewinds or fast forwards the tape depending on which hole you stuck the pencil in and which way you span it. Huh, that didn't occur to me. I assumed it was to wind a loose tape in, which I seem to remember doing most days. I had that Walkman that was pretty much ubiquitous in the mid 90s that seemed to leave tapes loose as its calling card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 i must confess, i thought the same as chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 I think a lot of 90s kids will, because the amount of people that say 'omg totally' when this does the rounds on facebook from time to time will never have - either through age or social group - owned a boom box, or at least certainly not taken it out on batteries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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doppelkorn Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Yeah I only know it as being useful for taming wild tape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chile Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 you put the pencil in the tape hole and it will sharpen the pencil, then you can get back to drawing your picture of a unicorn with a knob instead of a horn on its head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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