{"id":930,"date":"2018-09-12T20:56:13","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T20:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hispeak.co.nz\/press\/?page_id=930"},"modified":"2023-05-22T22:38:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T22:38:26","slug":"roadside-cassette-tapes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hispeak.co.nz\/press\/roadside-cassette-tapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Roadside Cassette Tapes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Celebrating the audio cassette players in cars, that every so often would mangle your favourite cassette tapes, which then created sparkling streamers in the sun.<\/p>\n

Scroll down to hear the tracks and see the CD booklet pages.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Back in 2002 me, friends\/collaborators in various parts of New Zealand, enthusiastically all to gather up the fluttering remnants\u00a0 of mangled tape. I provided everyone with a zip-lock bag to contain any found tape(s), a marker pen and a disposable camera to record the locatation.<\/p>\n

And,<\/p>\n

I disentangled each of the artifacts lovingly (with the occasional expletive) , intensely curious.\u00a0 I wound them into cassette bodies, listened to the audible moments before each tape stopped abruptly, and combined with the photo records, created a forensic insight into the moment the music ran out.<\/p>\n

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CD disc stamp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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