1980s Can you dig this cassette tape of Radio Shack answering machine songs from 1985 Popkin

Audio Why it's so hard to find a good tape deck these days Thom Dunn

prisons The history of clear electronic devices in prisons Gareth Branwyn

documentaries Tape Wizard, a mini-doc about tape-loops musician Randall Taylor, aka Amulets Gareth Branwyn

Musical instruments Check out this cool Japanese guitar from the 80s with a built-in cassette player Thom Dunn

music A delightful retrospective on those old Columbia Tape Club deals, in the time of coronavirus Thom Dunn

music "Frog on the Floor" is the evolutionary pinnacle of SoCal Pop-Rock Thom Dunn

Internet Archive has a collection of Fisher-Price Pocket Rockers songs from the 1980s Mark Frauenfelder

Audio Explore a library of disappearing and extinct sounds at Obsolete Sounds Rusty Blazenhoff

music The Judy's: Punk/New Wave spawned from a Texas suburb "transcending nostalgia's sterilization." Elías Villoro

music Attention Blondie fans: Incredible box set of demos and oddities released today Mark Frauenfelder

confessions Post an anonymous voicemail on this website for the world to hear Popkin

Vintage Weird This warped old videotape is uncomfortably hypnotic Popkin

mean-spirited pranks Listen to the infamous "Tube Bar" tapes on YouTube Popkin

History Attention Kmart shoppers: this former employee uploaded Kmart's 1989-1991 in-store music to the Internet Archive Annie Rauwerda

History Photos of vintage cassette tapes Rob Beschizza

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

Generic Tag Booting DOS from vinyl Rob Beschizza

Twighlight Zone Great deal on 25-DVD set for The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series Mark Frauenfelder

design Stuck on VHS is a visual history of video store stickers Mark Frauenfelder