music history TapeDeck.org celebrates the graphic design history of analog cassette tapes Thom Dunn

90s nostalgia This pre-packaged "DIY Mixtape Kit" is $69 Thom Dunn

music Lou Ottens, inventor of the cassette tape, RIP David Pescovitz

retrocomputing In the 1980s, we (tried) to download software from the radio Rob Beschizza

music When you listen to Spotify, are you listening to ghost musicians? Ruben Bolling

experimental music How to make extra-long, strange, and trippy tape loops inside a standard cassette Lux Sparks-Pescovitz

Games Weird walkman-style cassette players that played Tetris and Blackjack Lux Sparks-Pescovitz

thrifting Doorknobs for sale in thrift shop were something else entirely Allan Rose Hill

Musical instruments The original Beatles recording console is on sale for $3 million Thom Dunn

Business Last Kmart big box store in U.S. closing Rob Beschizza

Funny Obvious Plant's prawn gods, inaction figures and weird art Popkin

retrocomputing Old Crap is a great new site about retrocomputers Rob Beschizza

Guided by Voices interviewed on their 30-year-old EP that became a cult classic  Lee Keeler

Games Atari 400 Mini minier than expected Rob Beschizza

anime Supercut of cassettes, CRTs, Game Boys, answering machines, and other retro tech in 1980s and 90s anime (video) David Pescovitz

gadgets 1985's Etak, the original in-car navigation computer Rob Beschizza

transgender The forgotten trans history of the first Beastie Boys record Thom Dunn

Japan Can stop the music: Karaoke inventor dies Carolyn Townsend

footage The Eyes Scream is a 1990 TV pseudo-documentary about the legendary experimental band The Residents Popkin

interview Interview with Case Esparros, independent filmmaker and director of "The Absence of Milk in the Mouths of the Lost" Natalie Dressed