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iamangelachase

The perks of being a mix tape

Feb 17, 2013 18:53

This should have been written months ago, but it never happened.

Back when The Perks of Being a Wallflower was released on the big screen, my local paper had a review of it that overall was positive. I recall seeing the book at work back in the day (RIP my store, six years ago today) and the review intrigued me, as did the thought of seeing Emma ( Read more... )

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janusfiles February 18 2013, 21:08:35 UTC

As I remember, computers didn't even have the capability to burn CDs at the time. My first computer -- which I got in 1997 -- didn't have the capability, and it ran Windows95.

iamangelachase February 19 2013, 00:46:19 UTC

Yep; that's what I'm referring to when I wrote that the technology wasn't even available to the average person at the time. I have no idea when it happened, but I was at least in college, if not after.

Heck, we were still using diskettes back then. I loved getting the AOL ones in the mail because I could erase them and use them for my own purposes. That's probably why they switched over to CDs. So many AOL CDs...

janusfiles February 19 2013, 19:42:52 UTC

You did that too? I was so happy that AOL was willing to keep me supplied with floppies. And as you said, they eventually switched over to CDs. Of course, I remember several years ago, my SF club had a meeting devoted to crafts using AOL CDs. I remember a lot of Christmas tree ornaments being made . . .

The ability to burn CDs might have been available in 1997, but it would have been only on the highest of the high-end computers. I would have to ask a friend of mine when that became generally available. (He's an alpha geek's alpha geek -- he likes to build his own computers.)

iamangelachase February 20 2013, 02:43:23 UTC

What amused me most was that we were subscribers to AOL. Why they kept sending stuff to people who already paid them or what have you, I'll never know.

When I was a senior in college, my band performed a song called "The Cave" by Russell Peck. It's pretty bizarre--very modern, atmospheric, to be performed in complete darkness save for one red spotlight on the bass drum player, if I recall. (He was my friend Kevin, one of the many Kevins from that time period.) We were to dress in black, but we could accessorize however we wanted. The clarinet section? Wore necklaces made from AOL CDs. Talk about shiny. This was back in '99 or so; I think we did it for the final concert that school year.

janusfiles February 20 2013, 20:55:42 UTC

If it were offering an upgrade in the software (Upgrade to AOL 5.0 NOW!), I could understand. Other than that, the only analogy I can draw would be when a magazine to which you subscribe sends you an offer to extend your subscription at a reduced rate.

That band performance sounds interesting. I know it was before YouTube, but is there any chance that a video of it might be there?

iamangelachase February 21 2013, 02:12:25 UTC

Back in my day, when you hit college your parents stopped videotaping every move you made. As far as I know, there's no recording of our version of it, which was the final concert of my senior year (I pulled out the music and verified when I played it). I honestly have no recollection of what I did during that performance. It may have been after the senior presentations and awards, and I won an award, so I'm guessing I was too shook up by that to recall? Dunno.

Meanwhile, have Yale's version of it instead:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxVL5nkuhH8

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