Love me some cassettes.
Back when I was little, about 10 or 11, when I was just starting to really get into music, I used to make mixtapes. Pretty much just for me to listen to on the walkman I “borrowed” from my mum (the great thing about my mum is that she will want the lastest technology, but after about a month forgets about whatever it is she has bought – now I’m old enough, I just tell her there’s no point to buying it since she won’t use it and there’s a lot less abandoned tech in the house).
I’ve not made a mixtape in years, but now I’m itching to do a few. That walkman’s probably still in the house somewhere and probably still works (unlike the various cd players I’ve had over the years), so there’s no reason for me not to. I could stick some of the stuff I’ve got on vinyl on there too.
Mix CDs = nowhere near as good as an old fashioned mixtape.
Of course, now? I have to try and actually buy some cassettes.