CASSETTE FROM MY EX

Few things induce nostalgia more than obsolete technology, especially obsolete technology associated with romantic crushes, like the analog mix-tape. For his new book, Cassette From My Ex, Jason Bitner—co-creator ...

They were into you, so they made you a tape. Today you don't have a cassette player, but you still can't toss that mix. We share the stories and the soundtrack to your earliest loves.

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Thought I would share Maude's Halloween costume this year. She went old school this year as a cassette tape! I was inspired by a recent purging of my own collection of mix tapes and the awesome book we just got in "Cassette from My Ex."

The mixtape was a major art form of the 80s and 90s -- you'd make one for your best friends and longtime crushes, painstakingly choosing every song and then putting them in the right order. Don't even get me started...

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The inaugural mixtape was surpassed long ago by wondrous advances in the world of magic, more boringly referred to as technology. Nowadays, you can “station gift” that special someone with an individually tailored radio station from Pandora. ...

The cassette tape is having a moment. Nearly 20 years ago, the palm-sized music recorder lost favor to the trendier compact disc. But now that CDs are worth less than a piece of paper and indie labels are issuing cassette-only releases, it’s hard to not look back fondly at them. Which might expla...