![]() ![]() ![]() Vinyl was my dad’s Sunday morning blast of Russian composers like Sergei Prokofiev. 8-tracks were my sister’s music - Diana Ross, Jim Croce, the Beatles. And loss.ĭoes something virtual carry that same gravity? As we continue to replace actual objects with digital bits, are we losing the power of objects to be the physical waypoints of our life?Īs a child of the 1980s I listened to music in multiple formats: vinyl, 8-track tape, cassette tape, and compact disc. They have hand-written labels and hand-picked songs and can instantly transport me back in time and place and remind me of love. Two cassette tapes have moved from place to place with me for 3 decades. ![]() What weight an object has that it can in an instant bring back a memory, a moment long passed. Rob Sheffield, from Love Is a Mixtape (Three Rivers Press, 2007) by Helen Meyers The times you lived through, the people you shared those times with - nothing brings it all to life like an old mixtape. ![]()
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