Comments | iamangelachase: The perks of being a mix tape

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.

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