http://mamasewingcircus.com/2009/06/13/the-mixed-tape-as-revolutionar-as-sliced-bread/ mothering, stitching and eating in berkeley Sat, 06 Aug 2011 15:16:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://mamasewingcircus.com/2009/06/13/the-mixed-tape-as-revolutionar-as-sliced-bread/comment-page-1/#comment-119 grampa Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:57:21 +0000 http://mamasewingcircus.com/?p=1401#comment-119 We didn't know any better. It was pure delight to have a transistor radio, despite the fact that it only worked on a single ear bud, that was the size of my Dad's cigarette pack. I'm not sure you ever saw the first generation tape recorder...the size of a sewing machine with the 10" spools. I know you've seen the 8 track. And owned a cassette recorder...and even the micro-cassette. Yeah...there was a time before Toyotas, when Chevy was king, Ford was a major player and Chrysler had big block hemis. We didn't know any better. We didn’t know any better. It was pure delight to have a transistor radio, despite the fact that it only worked on a single ear bud, that was the size of my Dad’s cigarette pack. I’m not sure you ever saw the first generation tape recorder…the size of a sewing machine with the 10″ spools. I know you’ve seen the 8 track. And owned a cassette recorder…and even the micro-cassette. Yeah…there was a time before Toyotas, when Chevy was king, Ford was a major player and Chrysler had big block hemis. We didn’t know any better.

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