Lou Ottens 1926-2021
Lou Ottens, who is credited with inventing the cassette tape, has passed away at the age of 94. As many of us who grew up in the 1980s remember, the cassette tape was for...
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Monthly Mixtape: October
Mad Scientists, Mummies, Zombies, Vampires, Oh My! It’s October, the time for ghouls and ghosts. This months mixtape is all songs that have monsters or similarly themed titles. I avoided the obvious ones, so...
Monthly Mixtape: August
Better With a Friend Every mixtape I have made so far has been for my own personal amusement, but I do make tapes for friends. This months mixtape was made for a friend had...
Monthly Mixtape: July
Run For Cover Summer is heating up and that means it’s time for a new mixtape. This month’s theme is cover music, songs that were originally by one artist and done by another. Many...
Monthly Mixtape: June
The Times They Are a-Changin’ Originally the playlist for this month was supposed to be about the moon. It was to correspond with the full moon tonight, but a lot has changed since I...
Monthly Mixtape: May
Here In My Car Automotive humanism is a proposed critical theory postulated by the YouTube channel Regular Car Reviews. It theorizes that the relationship between people and automobiles reflect their overall personality. Cars are...
Monthly Mixtape: April
They Say It’s Your Birthday Since last months theme was a little on the nose with songs about the end of the world, I decided to go with a more light-hearted theme. This month’s...
Monthly Mixtape: March
It’s the End of the World as We Know It Animal Crossing inspired j-card This months tape follows a central theme of destruction per a readers request. Destruction and apocalyptic themes are often in...
Monthly Mixtape: February Redux
What is Cassette Culture? While Spotify playlists have long lay claim to the thrown of personal musical expression, there is something special about the humble mixtape. The hardy plastic encases hand picked songs that...
