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Cassettes, cassettes, cassettes... why must we all own so many goddamn cassettes??? I mean, this technology hasn't been relevant for at least 15 years, and yet every single time I step into a new acquaintance's house I find myself instantly bombarded by an army of cassette tapes! On their bookshelves, under their beds, floating in the water wells behind their toilets... I swear, these damn cassettes are everywhere!!!
I lied repeatedly in that previous paragraph. In all honesty, I'm pretty sure that I'm the only person under the age of 45 in the western United States that still has a collection of cassettes lying around his house, but that doesn't change the fact that there are millions of them in some form of circulation in this country. But why do something with them, why not just throw them away or donate them to charity? Well for starters, you're a cheap bastard if you're going to give your antiquated collection of crappy pop music to charity and call it a "donation". Shame on you. Secondly, the plastic that was used to make cassette cases is the same nasty material that is currently used to make CD jewel cases - it is unrecyclable, and is about as biodegradable as a sack of polystyrene packing pellets, so it's not going anywhere anytime soon (as such, we might as well find some sort of use for it). Finally, and perhaps most importantly, a lot of these old 80's pop cassettes look really cool, so they've got a lot of visual appeal built right into them.
This project also makes a great gift idea if your girlfriend's a spindly dark haired chick who wears non-prescription thick frame glasses all the time and keeps her pants up with a seatbelt that was salvaged from a 1970's era Buick Riviera, but if you're honestly dating that kind of girl... well, it's time for you to develop some standards. Seriously.
I lied repeatedly in that previous paragraph. In all honesty, I'm pretty sure that I'm the only person under the age of 45 in the western United States that still has a collection of cassettes lying around his house, but that doesn't change the fact that there are millions of them in some form of circulation in this country. But why do something with them, why not just throw them away or donate them to charity? Well for starters, you're a cheap bastard if you're going to give your antiquated collection of crappy pop music to charity and call it a "donation". Shame on you. Secondly, the plastic that was used to make cassette cases is the same nasty material that is currently used to make CD jewel cases - it is unrecyclable, and is about as biodegradable as a sack of polystyrene packing pellets, so it's not going anywhere anytime soon (as such, we might as well find some sort of use for it). Finally, and perhaps most importantly, a lot of these old 80's pop cassettes look really cool, so they've got a lot of visual appeal built right into them.
This project also makes a great gift idea if your girlfriend's a spindly dark haired chick who wears non-prescription thick frame glasses all the time and keeps her pants up with a seatbelt that was salvaged from a 1970's era Buick Riviera, but if you're honestly dating that kind of girl... well, it's time for you to develop some standards. Seriously.
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To make this project (and thereby make your life worth living again), you'll need just a few cheap components:
1. Nine audio cassettes with their cases. You should be able to pick these up for 50 cents a piece at a thrift store.
For this particular box I exclusively used cassettes from 80's hair metal bands, but you obviously could use cassettes from whatever genre you want (I've also done an early 90's rap one that prominently featured the finer releases of Naughty By Nature, just for the record).
2. A strong plastic adhesive of some sort,. I tested out a few glues before doing this project and found that Goop glue worked the best on this particular kind of plastic, so if you're going to go out and buy a new tube of glue that's the one I'd recommend.
3. A well ventilated room.
1. Nine audio cassettes with their cases. You should be able to pick these up for 50 cents a piece at a thrift store.
For this particular box I exclusively used cassettes from 80's hair metal bands, but you obviously could use cassettes from whatever genre you want (I've also done an early 90's rap one that prominently featured the finer releases of Naughty By Nature, just for the record).
2. A strong plastic adhesive of some sort,. I tested out a few glues before doing this project and found that Goop glue worked the best on this particular kind of plastic, so if you're going to go out and buy a new tube of glue that's the one I'd recommend.
3. A well ventilated room.
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great idea though
NO MORE USING DEF LEPPARD! baaaaad.