{"id":1842,"date":"2011-07-18T07:09:32","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T13:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/?p=1842"},"modified":"2025-04-18T12:40:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T17:40:42","slug":"cassette-tapes-the-zombie-media-format-that-still-thrives-on-threads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/design-studio\/cassette-tapes-the-zombie-media-format-that-still-thrives-on-threads\/","title":{"rendered":"Cassette Tapes: The Zombie Media Format That Still Thrives on Threads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/casette1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1847\" title=\"casette1\" src=\"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/casette1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/casette1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/casette1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/casette1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/casette1.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Once upon a time there was something more powerful than Twitter, MySpace and Facebook combined. It was a platform that brought people together and allowed a you a chance to paint on a blank canvas with music. This, ladies and gentleman was the mixtape. For over 25s the mixtape was the status update of the day. They could be a love letter, a sign of friendship or the grandstanding of musical knowledge. All recorded across two sides of a &#8230; cassette.&#8221;<\/strong> ~ <a href=\"https:\/\/danslee.wordpress.com\/tag\/cassette\/\">Dan Slee<\/a><\/p>\n<p>British newspaper The Sun published &#8220;The Death of the Casette Tape&#8221; in 2007. Some could argue this obituary was a bit late. By 2000, CD&#8217;s and mp3s had already come of age and enjoyed the lion&#8217;s share of the music market. Regardless, the cassette tape held it&#8217;s own for well over 40 years, and seems to be currently clawing it&#8217;s way out of a shallow grave and back into pop culture.<\/p>\n<p>You can find a myriad of cassette tape memorabilia on the web, from <a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2010\/06\/23\/iphone-cassette-tape-case-is-retro-practical\/\">Iphone cases<\/a> to belt buckles, coin purses and necklaces. There are a few record companies now issuing special editions of new releases on cassette tape. Turns out cassette tapes are harder to bootleg than digital media. Just when we thought the cassette had died, and slipped into flea market and trash bin oblivion, the hipsters have revived it. Below you will find a smattering of the cassette tape t-shirts horde roaming the web.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/someone1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1884\" title=\"someone\" src=\"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/someone1-300x291.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/someone1-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/someone1.jpg 337w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/growyourown.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1879\" title=\"growyourown\" src=\"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/growyourown-300x284.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/growyourown-300x284.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/growyourown.jpg 307w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/superfishul.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1882\" title=\"superfishul\" src=\"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/superfishul-300x268.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/superfishul-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/superfishul-416x373.jpg 416w, https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/superfishul.jpg 441w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/death-cassette-tape-retro_LRG.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1873\" title=\"death-cassette-tape-retro_LRG\" src=\"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/death-cassette-tape-retro_LRG-255x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/death-cassette-tape-retro_LRG-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/death-cassette-tape-retro_LRG-416x489.jpg 416w, https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/death-cassette-tape-retro_LRG.jpg 464w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Cassette-Tape-Monster-tee.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1875\" title=\"Cassette-Tape-Monster-tee\" src=\"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Cassette-Tape-Monster-tee-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Cassette-Tape-Monster-tee-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Cassette-Tape-Monster-tee-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Cassette-Tape-Monster-tee-416x416.jpg 416w, https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Cassette-Tape-Monster-tee-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Cassette-Tape-Monster-tee.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cassette tape makes a great icon on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/shop\/custom-t-shirts\">custom t-shirts<\/a> &#8211; for 80s parties or birthday parties for a child of the 80s. Use our cassette tape clipart or upload your own &#8211; and get started on your very own mixtape t-shirt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Once upon a time there was something more powerful than Twitter, MySpace and Facebook combined. It was a platform that brought people together and allowed a you a chance to paint on a blank canvas with music. This, ladies and gentleman was the mixtape. 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