I played the SHIT out of this

[Ellsworth]

Fro Back Friday!

I remember when I finally "taped" this off a Sunday night party mix on a station in Binghamton without the DJ talking into the beginning. I can still vividly remember the smell of my mom's meatballs cooking in the kitchen crockpot coupled with the unmistakable stench of one of our cats dropping a deuce in the litter box in the den.

I became a man that day.

Kids today don't know the struggle we had to go through back in the 80's. There wasn't no "EYE TUNES" or "YOU TOOBS" where you could point a "smartphone" to instantly listen to whatever you damn well pleased. Nope, it was a quest back then. A quest for the song you needed
To capture on a Maxell XL 90 minute tape and listen to incessantly. it was about being the first kid in the neighborhood to capture a particular song. It was Sitting by the radio for days on end, waiting to hit "record & play" right when a song started after a commercial break, and getting furious if the freaking DJ talked at all during the opening of a song.


http://youtu.be/gXNzMVLqIHg

[Eagle In Ohio]

Put two little pieces in the top of the cassette

Pieces of paper, that is, and make your own mixtape from the radio. I used to do that with 93.1 WZAK back when they played R&B AND Hip-Hop. Now they only play old school R&B, which is actually much better. Good times.

[Riccardo]

cRAP!

Was expecting metal... boooo

[IronEagle]

97 X BAM! The future of Rock and Roll.

[RSE]

King Biscuit Flour Hour every Sunday night.

[RSE]

He's a poser.

[Susquehanna Birder]

He used to turn his cap sideways and lean way over in his Honda Civic when cruising the hood.

[Susquehanna Birder]

That was always fun. And the AOR Philly stations used to play complete albums each midnight...and give you the cue to get your recorders ready. It was a great way to collect music that you couldn't afford to buy.

[Ellsworth]

Ask my Mom!

[Loki]

Michael Tearson's For Headphones Only

On WMMR.
Lots of Pink Floyd, Hawkwind, King Crimson and tunes that had crazy effects going on.

[3rd & Inches]

Nothing worse than when the DJ talked over the song you've been waiting hours to record.

[Susquehanna Birder]

I loved that era. I can still hear the little tinkly noises they used to play in the background on WYSP (in quad).

[DEERSPINE GUY]

I HAVE AROUND 300 CASETTES GIVE OR TAKE FROM 'BACK IN THE DAY' OF ALL OF THIS. NEVER DID PUT EM ON C.D. THEY'RE JUST SITTING IN BOXES. STILL CRUISE THE DEAD HEAD HOUR EVERY NOW AND THEN ON MONDAY NIGHTS ON XPN. HAVE 25 OR SO SHOWS TAPED. FRIDAY NIGHT FUNK ALSO REAL GOOD.

[Eagle In Ohio]

Same here

I HAVE AROUND 300 CASETTES GIVE OR TAKE FROM 'BACK IN THE DAY' OF ALL OF THIS. NEVER DID PUT EM ON C.D. THEY'RE JUST SITTING IN BOXES. STILL CRUISE THE DEAD HEAD HOUR EVERY NOW AND THEN ON MONDAY NIGHTS ON XPN. HAVE 25 OR SO SHOWS TAPED. FRIDAY NIGHT FUNK ALSO REAL GOOD.

Two big plastic tubs full of cassettes.

[Drama Queen]

Well actually there's worse. Your momma sung a few c notes in your recordings because well... daddy DQ was working up an appetite, your momma was looking forward to a little afternoon delight. Sky rockets in flight, batch!