tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post3650147474750132248..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: I'm Waiting for the Return of the 8-Trackmybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-65403737578739046962015-01-21T14:35:34.141-06:002015-01-21T14:35:34.141-06:00I have a few hundred tapes left from the '70s ...I have a few hundred tapes left from the '70s & '80s, myself.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-79887124424992543542015-01-21T13:55:16.711-06:002015-01-21T13:55:16.711-06:00I still have a LOT of cassettes from the '70s ...I still have a LOT of cassettes from the '70s and '80s, audiobooks and otherwise. And I've got 2 or 3 dual cassette decks and a box full of working Walkman (and similar) tape players and CD Walkmans, along with 2-3 boxes of never-used blank cassette tapes, all picked up for a song from various thrift stores. I'm just not interested in MP3s...Mike Stammnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-73340733236125920632015-01-21T11:59:29.299-06:002015-01-21T11:59:29.299-06:00Cassettes had a lot of downsides-Breaking, getting...Cassettes had a lot of downsides-Breaking, getting caught in the player and fairly crappy sound.Steve Oerkfitznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-34948500267536860762015-01-21T11:57:01.771-06:002015-01-21T11:57:01.771-06:00We still get cassette tapes for our visually-impai...We still get cassette tapes for our visually-impaired students. They seem to find it easier to find where they left off listening than they do with CDs. I suspect if not for audiobooks, the cassette tape would have gone the way of the 8-track long ago.Debnoreply@blogger.com