Eventually I discovered that my tape deck was a little on the slow side, so I could fit almost 47 minutes on one side of a 90 minute tape.
I don't think your deck was slow. Most tapes had a couple of extra minutes on them.
What should I do, then? Send her a gift? Sacrifice? … Unholy fruit basket?
Angel ,'Just Rewards (2)'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Jon B. - Jul 26, 2004 8:33:00 am PDT #4275 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
tommyrot - Jul 26, 2004 8:37:01 am PDT #4276 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I don't think your deck was slow. Most tapes had a couple of extra minutes on them.
Oh, that makes sense.
I would usually buy Maxell UDXL-II tapes (I'm surprised I remember that.)
My first car's tapedeck was a little fast (an aftermarket cheapo deck). Sometimes I'd really notice the pitch change.
Oh, and getting albums to fit when recording to blank 8-track was a whole 'nother story....
DavidS - Jul 26, 2004 8:50:03 am PDT #4277 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I rarely taped whole albums, since the whole reason I bought a tape deck was to make mix tapes. But I did have a big stock of short songs and snippets to take the outro down to the last couple seconds.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 26, 2004 1:32:33 pm PDT #4278 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I rarely taped whole albums, since the whole reason I bought a tape deck was to make mix tapes. But I did have a big stock of short songs and snippets to take the outro down to the last couple seconds.
Hec is me on the taping front. Even down to having 30 second songs to fill up the last few moments (God bless the Minutemen, and D. Boon).
London Calling and Sandanista were my introductions to the Clash (and, I think, punk rock) via my brother (who also introduced me to Kate Bush, Ken Russell, Oh Lucky Man and a myriad of other off-the-wall cultural touchstones - we've been paying each other back in kind ever since). I think London Calling is by far the better record (duh), but Sandanista, despite the self-induldgent sprawl, is just STELLAR. Even the self-indulgent crap is fun, IMNHO.
DavidS - Jul 26, 2004 1:35:38 pm PDT #4279 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
despite the self-induldgent sprawl
I have an image of ginormous spliffs by the pallette during the recording of Sandinista.
I am interviewing Sloan tomorrow, then probably seeing them open for Jet at the Fillmore. Oooh la la!
Frankenbuddha - Jul 26, 2004 1:47:05 pm PDT #4280 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I have an image of ginormous spliffs by the pallette during the recording of Sandinista.
There was that, and also, after London Calling came out, Springsteen released The River, so Joe Strummer said (or at least least he said it in an interview) "Fuck him, we're gonna do a 3 record set".
Jen - Jul 26, 2004 4:40:13 pm PDT #4281 of 10003
love's a dream you enter though I shake and shake and shake you
There was a Joe Strummer memorial held in Boston shortly after he died at a bar in called J. J. Foley's (apparently a favorite hangout of Mr. Strummer when he was in town). A girl who'd been at his funeral was there and told us that "White Man in Hammersmith Palais" was played as they lowered the coffin, and Joe's daughter slapped a "This End Up" bumper sticker on it.
They got Burton suits, ha you think it's funny
Turning rebellion into money
billytea - Jul 26, 2004 4:48:01 pm PDT #4282 of 10003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I am interviewing Sloan tomorrow, then probably seeing them open for Jet at the Fillmore. Oooh la la!
Jet's playing in SF? Nice.
DavidS - Jul 26, 2004 5:25:42 pm PDT #4283 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
and Joe's daughter slapped a "This End Up" bumper sticker on it.
Awww.
Jon B. - Jul 26, 2004 6:43:57 pm PDT #4284 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
What are you interviewing Sloan for?