Tag Archives: tapes

Goodbye, Walkman

Posted on Tuesday, 26. October 2010 by hmvh

Keeping in tune with the previous posting, we may as well follow up with the announcement that the Walkman has officially ejected its last tape. Sony announced on Monday that it has ceased production of the classic, cassette tape Walkman in Japan, effectively sounding the death knell of the once iconic, now obsolete device and marking the end of one of the most successful consumer gadgets of all time. Continue reading →

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Music, mayhem, and more memories

Posted on Monday, 22. December 2008 by hmvh

Little else evokes memories in the way that sound recordings do. Currently tied up with adding the finishing touches to the mayhem that is the Cyberia selection of electronica and dance music, the Tape2MP3 project is on pause until next year. Continue reading →

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X Files + Tapes = August, part 2

Posted on Sunday, 31. August 2008 by hmvh

In other exciting news, I finally completed watching the entire X Files series. And as for the other, “secret” tape project: still collecting and amassing more samples. Continue reading →

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Audio tapes are dead!

Posted on Friday, 13. June 2008 by hmvh

Needless to say, and without exception, all people are curious and interested as to what exactly one would be doing with the thousands of old tapes that I’ve accumulated so far. Many have even asked if they’ll eventually get used as material for some work of art. Continue reading →

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The Cassette Projects

Posted on Thursday, 10. April 2008 by hmvh

This was my tape collection. Lovingly nurtured and cared for over a period of some twenty years and surviving two intercontinental and numerous domestic moves, the time has come to bid farewell to this past passion and hobby, too. Continue reading →

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