Of all the technologies that have gone extinct in your lifetime, which one do you miss the most?
A plastic case, with thin brown tape
that played a song with hiss
is one of many twentieth century
technologies I miss
The twisted tape unfurling fast
without a thought or care
clogging up my tape machine
before I am aware
I scream in horror as I see
The damn machine go nuts
I should have bought that dumb head cleaner
No if’s, no ands, no buts
My Carpenters tape is all jammed up
and so with broken heart
I grab a stupid butter knife
and take the boombox apart
Inside I see a ribboned mess
jammed up inside some gears
I try to salvage all I can
while holding back the tears
Lo and Behold! the tape is out
but now what do I do?
the instructions said to grab a pencil
preferably a no. 2
And so I wind the tape back up
and hope it works again
and when it does, I swell with pride
On Top of the World, I grin
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Oh yes, I remember it well. Remember the little accordion pleats you tried to press out, hoping you weren’t erasing anything? I got to be a master of patience, fixing the damned things. No, no nostalgia here, but loved your poem. I still have a ton of these I couldn’t throw away, though I no longer have anything to play them on! http://judydykstrabrown.com/2015/07/02/books/
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The only cassette tape that I still have left is a cassette single of The Macarena. I have a cassette player on a Crosley console I got a while back. It’s never been used. I use it to play records. Those I have.
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And I brought all my LP’s and 45’s with me to Mexico 14 years ago and have nothing to play them on!!!
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Crosley has all kinds of vintage and retro turntable reproductions. In all kinds of colors. I have 2. Since I’m used to my ipod and music on my phone, it seems like much more of a chore that it used to be. Actually having to change the song yourself. Egads! But, there is the nostalgia factor.
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I know. I’m too lazy for records–I don’t deserve them! Yet I hold on…..
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Great post it made me laugh out loud. I identified with the frustration and process of trying to resolve the issue 🙂 Linda
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Thanks Linda. I wasn’t really sure what to write on the topic and whenever that happens I just do a poem. 🙂
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