Thursday, November 18, 2010

Anal-og is in!!

Analog format is the new Tibetan snow leopard. Video game cartridges have been replaced by the disc. Books are being replaced by stupid ebooks. Vinyl records are now simply some file on someone's computer. Is shit being made any more?

While the convenience for consuming all of this stuff has improved, the tactile and personal connection to the objects are now missing. There was something cool about using a Walkman cassette player because of the tapes.

Carrying a bunch of cassette tapes around may be a serious faux pas but so is using faux pas. Being a Neo-Luddite may be the next coolest thing in the world. So fuck whoever questions the cassette player you are using. In fact you should just tell them to be aware of the analog comeback.

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