DJ Rock Well Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Sorry if you've been enjoying this retro format of late, but their status has just gone from "people in the know in the coolest places" to "mainstream nationwide hipster". Basically, two of the most painfully hip hipsters I've seen in a long while just sauntered into the shop, turned their noses up at the thousands of LPs as if they were One Direction downloads, then came straight up to me to ask where the cassette section was. I explained that I only have about 30 tapes left in the shop, leftover from when they still sold regularly and pointed them out. One of them sneered in my general direction and condescendingly told me that I wouldn't know, but tapes were currently making a huge comeback in London and that it's the only format he buys now. After a brief look through the box (while huffing and grumbling that they had to put up with such a backwards place and it's poor tape collection) they left with a Wings cassette for £2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deft Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Definitely not a format I'll miss too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doppelkorn Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 It's true though. I can't move in this city for people listening to tapes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 i listen to tapes... i dont buy them tho. I just listen to the ones i made as a kid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubba Dutchdj Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Fuck! thats an exceptionally cunty experience 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rock Well Posted July 21, 2014 Author Share Posted July 21, 2014 Fuck! thats an exceptionally cunty experienceYep. Usually I'd count taking two quid off anyone for a Wings tape as enough revenge, but I was not in the mood this morning... (When I tried to pay the money for that ska single I had dropped off yesterday, my card was declined and I found out been charged £110 over the weekend in highly questionable bank charges. After a good rant, they are all being refunded to me, but that takes 24hrs apparently so I still had to send my mate a really sheepish message delaying paying him for yet another day). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Symatic Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Haha wings 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 What a dick. But yes, they've made a huge comeback.. which was good for me since I never stopped listening to them and now some new stuff (aside from punk) has been coming out on the format. I will only buy new cassettes if they include a digital download code tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 I still buy the occasional cassette, cos who doesn't need more junk to throw in a drawer and never look at again? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 That's my motto! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motosega Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 just to out-hipster you all: i'm going to buy a fostex 4 track tape portastudio and stop using a computer for recording. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assemblyworker Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 You need an 8 track cartridge anti-hipster device... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rasteri Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 I'm not much of a record collector but I appreciate the appeal of vinyl, where it's like owning an engraving of the waveform of the music. Tapes on the other hand are an abstract magnetic representation of the same information, I really don't see it becoming a thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Both are more archival then anything digital tho. Altho tapes are in no way ever meant to be hi-fi like records. AND you can play a record even without electricity #endofdays All this talk tho... I should buy a reel to reel. Seems like the only way to show how smart and cool I am all at the same time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest petesasqwax Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 I will only buy new cassettes if they include a digital download code tho. My perspective entirely. I like to support artists and I listen to a lot of musically digitally, but I still rarely buy digital-only releases because i want something physical in my hands. I consider tapes a kind of download token 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Funksmith Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 I borrowed my dad's car for a recent tour, and holy shit it has a tape player. So I found the box in the basement and I was rocking all these mixtapes and pause tapes I made as a kid. Tapes have a certain je ne sais quoi sound quality that I kind of dig. Some of the older one sound like shit though, and I could only listen to them because I've listened so many times that I basically have them memorized anyways. The fact that formats are always changing is stupid and annoying, but one cool side effect is that each format is a snapshot of your taste in music at that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 It is defo annoying as shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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