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    Wear Your Heart on Your iPhone Mixtape Sleeve

    Vintage 2-XL Robot Uses 8-Track Tapes, Not as Scary as Teddy Ruxpin

    TapeScape 'Bot Turns Old Boombox Into Glitch Music Automaton

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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/27/09

    In reply to Wear Your Heart on Your iPhone Mixtape Sleeve

    For a better trompe l'oeil styling, they need to add a handle/neckstrap. I mean, every cassette tape I've ever had eventually looked like this.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/27/09

    @bosskev: And why do most of the photos I submit under this new, screwed up photo submission system get...well...screwed up? Once again, the picture is chopped up with random, stupid cropping (and to see the whole pic, you have to click on it and load it separately).

    We are how many weeks into the new commenting system and this is still not working? Regardless, could we at least get back the ability to put our photos inline via HTML tags as we used to be able to do?
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    Image of Lupus_Yonderboy Lupus_Yonderboy
    07/27/09

    @bosskev: I'm going to give a hearty "Seconded!" to the request for in-line HTML tags for images. Can't be the lack of HTML in the system, because you can still do it with links, so what gives? Don't crop my photos, Gizmodo-everybody knows that all the funny stuff is on the edges!
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/27/09


    @Lupus_Yonderboy: What do you mean? Nothing funny or important is ever at the edges, that's crazy talk. I mean, just look at this picture of the "space baby" from 2001: A Space Odyssey.

    Oh. Wait. What space baby?

    *grrr grumble grumble*
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    Edited by bosskev at 07/27/09 4:10 PM bosskev was starred bosskev was unstarred
    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/27/09


    @bosskev: No problem, here's a different pic of the space baby, with its source clearly identified by the headline above and title/caption below.

    Oh. Wait again. What headline and title/caption?
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    Image of Scotland Scotland
    07/27/09


    @bosskev:
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    bosskev promoted this comment Scotland was starred Scotland was unstarred
    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/27/09

    @Scotland: Condi? Condiments? Condé Nast? Condoleezza Rice? Condolences on the Loss of Your Ability to Post Photos Correctly?
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    Image of r0cketman22 r0cketman22
    07/28/09

    @bosskev: I'd rather see the images all nice and uniform like this than the stretching of the comment boxes.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/28/09

    @@heyart: Who said anything about stretching comments boxes? How about just allowing the full photo to appear as-is, no dumbo-cropping, fitting it within the allotted space?

    I bet you are one of those people who, when they see a widescreen movie presented uncropped on a standard TV, thinks the black bars mean something is wrong with the set.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    07/27/09

    In reply to Wear Your Heart on Your iPhone Mixtape Sleeve
    What cheap-ass ghetto bobo brand tape is that?!

    Sheesh - that's more cheap-generic than the crappy Memorex tapes they had at the grocery store.

    Gimme a Maxell High Bias Metal 60-Minute tape. I say 60-Minute because the 90-Minute was a little thinner so that it was more prone to getting eaten by the Walkman.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    07/27/09

    In reply to Wear Your Heart on Your iPhone Mixtape Sleeve
    I used to love those mix tapes from guys. I still do, but its now an MP3 they e mail me or a CD they burn for me. It shows a lot about not only their musical tastes, but its a thoughtful, personal gift. Very romantic.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/27/09

    @Curves: Nothing wrong with emailing a small mix of tracks. Heck, I've done it myself.
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    Image of Scotland Scotland
    07/27/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: "Nothing wrong with emailing a small mix of tracks. Heck, I've done it myself." As have I. However, the women I email never seem to get back to me. I don't understand why?

    Here is just a few of the songs that I email -

    1. Blondie "One Way or Another"
    "One way or another, I’m gonna find ya’, I’m gonna get ya’, get ya’, get ya’, get ya’"
    2. Rick Astley "Never Gonna Give You Up"
    3. Clay Aiken "Invisible"
    "If I was invisible. Then I could just watch you in your room. If I was invincible. I’d make you mine tonight.
    4.The Police "Every Breath You Take"
    Every move you make
    Every step you take
    Ill be watching you

    Ill be watching you
    Ill be watching you
    Ill be watching you
    Ill be watching you...
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    Image of Curves Curves
    07/27/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: I cant speak for all of woman kind, but the personal gifts are the best. A guy bought me software (that he knew I wanted) for Valentines Day one time and its still the most memorable present ever!
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    Image of Pixelologist, Esq. Pixelologist, Esq.
    07/27/09

    @Curves: To this day, my wife maintains that the hand blender I got her for her birthday one year was one of the best gifts ever. I know...I KNOW. Sorry, ladies - I'm taken.

    (In my defense, though, I do usually try to go a LITTLE more romantical than that...)
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    Image of Curves Curves
    07/27/09

    @Pixelologist, Esq.: Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, but Genuine MS software lasts forever.
    Or a long time anyway.
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    Image of mind in rewind mind in rewind
    05/02/09

    In reply to Vintage 2-XL Robot Uses 8-Track Tapes, Not as Scary as Teddy Ruxpin
    I used to love my 2XL.


    It was mainly used to play an Elton John 8-Track, though.

     Reply
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
    04/21/09

    In reply to TapeScape 'Bot Turns Old Boombox Into Glitch Music Automaton
    So you can, in theory, set this down on one of those broken tapes that you find rolled out along the road, and hear what was on it?
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    04/20/09

    In reply to VHS Cover Wall Is 3600-Strong, May or May Not Have A Tanning Salon Out Back
    There's a certain charm to the slightly-softened

    Feel of the cardboard sleeve of a

    Mediocre 1986 VHS tape.


    Maybe it's the way the edges and corners fray,

    Exposing their white innards, or

    The way the graphic flecks away.


    I remember countless viewings of

    Krull. They all recall afternoons spent

    Wasting quarters at the local pizzeria.


    Playing the stand-up video game.


    DVDs in their perfect cases

    So neatly lined up like

    So many toy soldiers lack that

    Near human-feeling of imperfect analog.


    The mortality of a medium that breaks down.

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    Image of Gilbert Capulong Gilbert Capulong
    04/17/09

    In reply to How We Listen: A Timeline of Audio Formats
    Correction, weve been making music longer than we have been recording history.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/17/09

    @Gilbert Capulong: The key word here is "writing". As long as human beings have been around, chances are good we've been making music in some fashion, but it wasn't being written.
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    Image of 10:02am 10:02am
    04/17/09

    In reply to How We Listen: A Timeline of Audio Formats
    Is vinyl "truly lossless"? The musical data is still going through format conversion from its original master...
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    Image of ARP ARP
    04/17/09

    @10:02am: It's also "lossy" from a physical perspective. The grooves get worn down and lose their fidelity. I know, I have New Order- Substance record that skates because I played it until it was smooth.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/17/09

    @ARP: Anyone who loves their LP's will invest in a laser turntable to ensure that the only factor for wear is age, not running the record.
     Reply
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/17/09

    In reply to How We Listen: A Timeline of Audio Formats
    Plus magnetic tape is still an analog format.
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    Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was starred Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was unstarred
    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/17/09

    @Lite: does not like fishsticks...: At least in the form it is used in most audio tape systems.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    04/17/09

    In reply to How We Listen: A Timeline of Audio Formats
    Great article, but it seems to blur the line between media and format. "Magnetic tape", for instance, is a media, while MP3 is a format. You could technically put MP3 data on magnetic tape - it would just be horribly inefficient.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    04/17/09

    In reply to How We Listen: A Timeline of Audio Formats
    don't we also have a broadcast sent into outter space? i know it's not a recording per se, but it seems pretty permanet as it is gonna travel forever. when did we start doing that?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
    04/17/09

    In reply to How We Listen: A Timeline of Audio Formats
    Please make sure to keep those 1877 wax recording cylinders away from this guy:
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/17/09

    @PETAKillsKittens_GitEmSteveDave: That was exactly the first thing I thought of when I saw this article crop up. :) Bravo sir, you're really on the ball!
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/17/09

    @PETAKillsKittens_GitEmSteveDave: This is why androids should not be allowed to touch our stuff. Frakkin' androids.
     Reply
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    Image of Lysdexia_NoKotakuEdition Lysdexia_NoKotakuEdition
    04/16/09

    In reply to My First Album
    Wait wait...your first single was 3eb - Semi Charmed Life?


    Wasn't that released in 1997?

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    Image of John Herrman John Herrman
    04/16/09

    @Lysdexia is in dire need of a Preview button: I was 11. DOES THAT BLOW YOUR MIND?
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    Image of raleel raleel
    04/16/09

    In reply to My First Album
    Jesus, you people are young.


    My first album (yes, even in vinyl) was Loverboy's Get Lucky, which I got at almost the exact same time as (Ana-Frid) Frida Lynstaad's Threnody, with the classic "I Know There's Something Going On".


    ffs, 3eb and chumbawumba? *cry*

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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    04/16/09

    @raleel: Hey, I like 3eb and chumbawumba (ok, maybe their single Tubthumping) even though my first album was B-52s. I like music in general as long as its good. Now if it was country, that's another story..
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    Image of GHETTO.CHiLD GHETTO.CHiLD
    04/16/09

    In reply to My First Album
    oh man 3eb 3eb is a great cd. i still have that in constant rotation. first saw them at the boathouse in va when i was in the navy.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    04/16/09

    @GHETTO.CHiLD: Did you see Yes Man yet?
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