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so much fun and i just got this beautiful refurbished tascam as an early birthday gift from my lover :') nothing compares to twiddling knobs and tape wobble. could be partly rooted in zillennial nostalgia for a time i hardly remember but i think anyone can appreciate analog warmpth
Mar 10, 2025
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miffy x retrospekt cp-81. feels good to hold and it records so i’ve been putting all my silly little playlists on tape.
Dec 23, 2024
bought a 70s reel-to-reel tape machine at Goodwill for 25 bucks. Turns out it’s literally the same exact model that Richard Nixon recorded the Watergate tapes on. So naturally I’ll be recording indie rock on it. I’m still getting it up and running again so #watch this space
Sep 20, 2024
one of my friends gave me one of these bad boys for my birthday and it is perhaps one of the best gifts I’ve received. they knew my struggle with wanting to listen to music on my morning walks while resisting the urge to use my phone first thing. they burned a few of my playlists and theirs onto tapes and it feels so much more nostalgic, personal, and conversational. listening to a tape all the way through without skipping is a lost treasure trove for mindfulness imo. pretty affordable and easy to rig burning cassettes or buying from the thrift :)
Dec 18, 2024
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like many baristas my age, i had an affinity for french pop music as a highschooler, particularly "yé-yé", which was what they called 60's pop! i was down with a bad case of main character syndrome (a common symptom of being a teenager) so i loved the drama of it all - chic and taboo like smoking secret cigarettes 🙄 i was also taking french in school - i was terrible at it but being able to vaguely understand the lyrics helped me to appreciate it even more.
flash fwd a few years & i was finally presented with the opportunity to travel to france!!! i never ever thought i'd get to see paris but the stars aligned and i spent a week there in summer 2023 with my fiancé and my dad (which was particularly special bc i never get to travel with him) 🥺
it was incredibly romantic (despite the lack of air conditioning...wtf europe) and i had also gotten my garçon into the french music i'd loved as a teen so our visit was soundtracked by the likes of françoise hardy, jacqueline taïeb, jacques brel, sylvie vartan, jacques dutronc, jane birkin, serge gainsbourg (melody nelson holds up if i pretend i don't know what he's saying!!) etc 🥰
the video i linked is one of the only videos i took while in paris, and it's possibly my fav video i've taken ever - the little girl i accidentally caught dancing in front of the eiffel tower makes me smile every time i watch it.
Mar 10, 2025
i love talking about this movie just cus it's bananas. it's so stupid and crazy and scary. also sexy. whats not to love really
Feb 9, 2025
the only good thing i ever learned from my mother was to keep one of these in my purse (i use peony n caramel)
Mar 19, 2025