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Hendrix and Morrison are long gone in body, but their souls live on through their music, eternally playing through radios and iPods across the planet. Not to mention cassettes. There are still plenty of people who rely on the dead technology of cassette tapes to jam out to their old favorites. But listening to music is only a fraction of what can be done with these ancient musical artifacts.

If you have enough time on your hands and enough patience to win a staring contest versus a dead man then cassette art is a clever way at resurrecting the classic musicians of yore, as seen through the Ghost in the Machine project by Flickr user iri5. This awesome Flickr’er took the time to recreate Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison using nothing but ripped-out tape from inside of a cassette. The Hendrix piece is decidedly more awesome in our opinion, but really, come on, it’s Jimi! Plus it doesn’t hurt that Hendrix’s nappy hair was more fitting for such a project. Check out Morrison after that jump. (more…)

Remember the days when everyone would compile mix tapes of their favorite NKOTB or M.C. Hammer tracks onto cassette? Bet they didn’t know that all those expensive cassettes would one day be melted down and turned into a skeleton. Vintage media sharing is making a come back. Instill nostalgia (maybe even doubt) with this Mix Tape USB Stick. It’s like a gift card with a 64 MB USB drive for storing your favorite tunes.

It might look like an out-of-this-world cassette tape, but it’s merely a case and has no practical use but to serve as a gift card of sorts. Basically, you’re paying $29 for a 64 MB USB drive. You just got ripped off, kid.

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This is a material skeleton, living in a skeletal world. You can chastise me for the shitty Madonna pun, but don’t even think about giving artist Brian Dettmer any shit. He’s the guy who crafted this cassette tape skeleton. The only text I can make out is a big ARISTA Records logo and some tape called “Get The Knack.” It’s beautiful, but would look much better as a lamp.

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So you have the sick DJ workstation, the 1200s and the CDJs and you even played at the Lambda Chi frat party down the street. Maybe you even have a Pacemaker. Good for you! Now you’ll have to remember that money doesn’t replace sick, raw talent like in the above video. Witness as DJ Ruthless Ramsey scratches on a goddamned dual-cassette deck. Yes, he is DJing with two cassette tapes. I’m just as awestruck as you are.

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If you’re driving any car that’s older than ‘96 (like myself), then chances are you’re living in the past and sporting a cassette stereo system. Well, instead of bumping to your Ace of Base mix tape from  1993, you could always go wireless with the Flexii Bluetooth Cassette Adapter.

Who would’ve thought? A cassette tape capable of Bluetooth technology. The adapter connects with Bluetooth cell phone or other Bluetooth-enabled devices such as mp3 players, PDAs or a PC. You can even receive phone calls via car radio and enjoy high quality music over the stereo, as well as receive phone calls hands free. Groovy.

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There are more than enough gadgets which look like cassettes. We can go on all night. Ironically, very few of them actually act, or have any feature, which relates to the original purpose of the cassette. This MP3 Cassette not only looks the roll, but acts the roll. We’d even go as far to say it butters the damn roll.

How cool is it that this thing lets you make your own mix tapes just by throwing some tunes onto a 2GB SD card, and slipping it right inside the cassette base. The MP3 Cassette even plays through your car’s cassette player. But don’t worry. For those times where you don’t have  a cassette player handy, the player hooks you up with both a 3.5mm headphone jack and USB port. You can get yours for $40. (more…)

These cool cases fit both the 1st and 2nd generation Nano’s, and they are damn cool. There you go, all that needs to be said in one sentence. Yet, I’m way too talkative to only tell you that much.

These cases are made by hollowing out one whole side of a cassette tape, while leaving the other side intact with all of its retro goodness. My Vietnamese house boy would just love one of these for the holiday. Available for $45. — Andrew Dobrow

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