Tuesday 10 August 2010

book reviews: art of cassette culture

Mixtape: the art of cassette culture

Synopsis:

What Moore and his contributors have done with Mix Tape is document a small snippet of lost history, and they’ve done so in superb fashion. The age of eighth-inch magnetic tape may be long gone, but the mark it left on music fans and the bands that truly mattered between the late ’70s and late ’80s is indelible. Here’s to you, dual-deck boom-box guy!

Review:

The book is a collection of stories from different contributers regarding their experiences with mixtapes, some stories are quite interesting as the sentiment is not as romantic as the ones featured in 'cassette from my ex' they cover a few mixtape stories sent from friends, rather than lovers. However, like 'cassette from my ex' this book is more interesting for its artwork.

Scanned images can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/weheartmixtapes/


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