cosmicbartender

I'm engaging in an interesting little activity right now.

I'm converting most of my old cassette tapes to digital. Not all of them. Some of them I don't really have an interest in anymore, some I have the CDs of. Right now I'm working on Bon Jovi's "Slippery When Wet".

I like that I'm doing this. I'm sure I could find a copy of this album for five bucks in a used record store somewhere, but I like the fact that I'm using the *tape*. It makes me feel like it still has something to contribute. Call me sentimental, call me an animist, but it never seemed right to me that the only thing one seemed to be able to do with their old media was chuck it in the face of the new formats.

Of course, the question is now what do I do with the tapes once I've ripped them? I think the answer to that is still keep them. I like having the liner notes. Hm; aren't I glad I got that settled?

I was once told that many things come down to a matter of time versus money: which do you have more of and which are you more willing to spend? In this case I guess it's the former, but it's more than that: as I mentioned, I don't think it's right to just chuck something when you can get another use from it. Could one consider this some sort of political statement against planned obsolescence? I just call it a way to preserve a good tape.

Ooh, "dead or alive". Love that track. Later!

-CB