chi too loves audio cassette bargain bins. Not that he doesn't have a CD player (in fact, he owns a discman that he carries around with big massive headphones), or is old school in nature (though it can be said that for him to actually still use a discman would qualify him as being old school)... but rather because the car he drives around has only a cassette player (that however is what one would call 'lo-fi').
The beauty about casette bargain bins is that one can usually find really good buys. For example the following happened to chi too today as he spent his time walking around in a department store in Miri, Sarawak...
chi too stumbled into a music shop that has a little bin that says 'music tapes. RM 3.90' (which is slightly more than 1 USD). He walked into the shop and began to rearrange the bin in hopes of finding some gems... lo and behold, he found the following:
- Massive Attack : 100th Window
- The White Stripes : Elephant
- Pulp : This Is Hardcore
As he walked away slurping the corners of his lips with much satisfaction over what was a fantastic buy, he stumbled into yet another shop that says 'Music Casettes. 1 for RM 5.90, 2 for RM 10'. Without thinking twice chi too walked in and came out with the following cassettes:
- R.E.M. : Monster
- Radiohead : Amnesiac
- Radiohead : Hail To The Thief
- The Beatles : Yellow Submarine
- Incognito : No Time Like The Future
- Tori Amos : From The Choirgirl Hotel
chi too is a very happy person when he buys cassettes.
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2 comments:
yea you gotta love the small towns of sarawak, although in this case, miri not that small but still... cassette tapes rule! lo fi!!
how dare thee reject thyself the name I christen upon thee. Woe to thee... woe to thee.
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