@Mateo - Thank you sir! I'm glad you liked the article. Yeeeah I've heard he looks a little like me. I got very lucky with him.
As for the cassettes - I know there are some people on here that don't like them, and I always see negative comments about them on Instagram when record stores post that they have new tapes in, but to me - tapes aren't a hipster thing at all. They are cheap, they are easy, and a tape player is also cheap. It's a very simple way to listen to music, and it just so happens that the textures created by tape can really add to the pleasure of the listening experience.
That chair is something we found at a goodwill store probably 7 or so years ago, and it just was too cool to leave. Fast foward to present day, and it is sitting in the garage with a shattered leg. It was damaged during our move from Texas to Florida, but one of these days the insurance company will step up and it will be repaired (fingers crossed!).
And of course you brought back happy memories of the '90s for me...
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