Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for March 12, 2013
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Skye: And we're live! Toggle: Got Skye's... album project up... up... on K-Kickstarter, boss! Sherm: Uh-huh, and now a bunch of strangers are just going to send you money? Dream on, kids! The industry hasn't changed that much. You still gotta make your demos, work your label, contacts, and get out and do gigs, man! Skye: We just raised $1,000! Toggle: Make that... $3,000! Sherm: I'll just go play with my 8-tracks.
Linguist over 11 years ago
" Come gather ‘round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown And accept it that soon You’ll be drenched to the bone If your time to you Is worth savin’ Then you better start swimmin’ Or you’ll sink like a stone For the times they are a-changin’. "
Peabody-Martini over 11 years ago
I saw an 8-track in a movie once. That’s it.
wndrwrthg over 11 years ago
I still have an 8-track tape recording deck. Not much of a call for it now, but when this new fangled digital craze is over, I’m ready.
billydub over 11 years ago
Brats. Nobody supports MY website…
AKHenderson Premium Member over 11 years ago
I’ve still got my Mozart cassette tapes.
WaitingMan over 11 years ago
Remember when DAT was going to be the next big thing? Anyone?
roctor over 11 years ago
Creedence Gold,Bloodshot and Machinehead.
Potrzebie over 11 years ago
Is there a kickstarter for small businesses? I need some funding.
goalgo over 11 years ago
they could be awfull. LZ’s “whole lotta love” faded out halfway through to go Click, (change tracks), and faded back in. On the other hand, The 8 track version of “Miss you” on “Some Girls”, (Stones), Had a slower Tempo and an extended middle bit with more lyrics. It was actually a better version and I have never heard it on the radio, LP or cassette.
Rickapolis over 11 years ago
Since we are reminiscing. what about the vinyl albums and no turn tables to play them on?
wdgnas over 11 years ago
stop it you’re making me misty eyed.
asa4ever over 11 years ago
I remember my sister and I sitting at the kitchen table recording a song on a cylinder. I also remember my father’s first stereo record player that came with a record with sounds such a train moving from one speaker to the other. Now I have what they call a Blu Ray gizmo connected to my computer. Not sure what it all does except load games and plays music and videos. Do you really burn a CD?
reedkomicks Premium Member over 11 years ago
Hey Skye, get your Roman hands and Russian fingers offa that married man!
montessoriteacher over 11 years ago
Vinyl records are making a comeback. People like the warm sound of records and turntables.
Beleck3 over 11 years ago
40years for Dark Side? oh my, lol. still love the whole “album”. too many of the 8 track got caught up in the machine, like cassette players. lol
all the music i had on cassettes lol. old as the hill technology. like beta. and vhs
KSfarmgirl over 11 years ago
I still have records from the late 40’s through the 50’s-
rmacprivate over 11 years ago
Still playing games on your Commodore 64, or have you gone uptown and play them on an Atari?
pawpawbear over 11 years ago
Eight tracks – Marine Corps – Vietnam – Chu Lai – Various Substances – Moody Blues – Chicago(CTA) – RUSHES – rocket attacks – bunkers – fear – Glad to be Home Now and glad for modern technology. Bring our troops home and let us UNITE as a country again.
pawpawbear over 11 years ago
Didn’t mean to be a bummer, but memories are what they are. And some memories are best remembered to keep us from doing stupid things again.
Jack Straw over 11 years ago
In the museum of Truly Atrocious Technology, the 8-track will be the exhibit in the lobby, as you enter.
SaraRundle over 11 years ago
Yep, that’s me. Computer semi illiterate. All I know is that the world is a very different place than the one I grew up in.
Jack Straw over 11 years ago
BTW, what’s the older guy’s name? I can’t remember if it was ever presented. Of course, if I remember 8-tracks, that’s probably not too surprising.
Blood-Poisoning Vermin over 11 years ago
8-tracks broke a 2-sided album into four sections (left, right channel for each track, totaling 8) so unless you got lucky there were songs that got cut in the middle with an unceremonious >ka-chunk<. I can still hear that sound.
avtar123 over 11 years ago
I remember DAT’s. Too expensive.
David Rickard Premium Member over 11 years ago
“I’ll just go play with my 8-tracks.”Is that what the kids are calling it these days?
andrew_c over 11 years ago
I wonder if they are going to expect the musicians to play for “hugs and beer” like Amanda Palmer did?
Habogee over 11 years ago
8 track was the clumsiest recording system ever invented. I learned this trying to make mix tapes on an 8 track recorder. I actually completed two. Each one took days.
Nelly55 over 11 years ago
had a 76 Audi Fox with an 8 track………….I’d smack it if the tape started to skip
charlo222 over 11 years ago
I actually had a four track player in my 65 Fairlane GT “Happy Together” by the Turtles-Lordy! I am old
DavidGBA over 11 years ago
Hey, I wonder how many people have a piece of me as I work as a leaf on the tree. The Internet bring dis-intermediation (cuts out the middle men),
DoctorDan over 11 years ago
Linguist and I had V-8’s in our X’s. Easily the stupidest automotive decision of my life.
Defective Premium Member over 11 years ago
I never liked 8 tracks. I had a few, but I kinda went from albums to cassettes. Although I didn’t like cassettes much, either. I really love digital music, though. I still have a bunch of albums, and a bunch of CDs, but most of my music these days is digital. I don’t even bother with my old stereo equipment any more. No need.
rushfan3 over 11 years ago
wow, didn’t realize that Dark Side of the Moon was that old. Makes me feel even older. I was 9 when that came out. How time flies
jhandini over 11 years ago
The old record labels are corrupt and dying, I love that artist can make a buck now. Without lining those greedy bastards pockets
jhandini over 11 years ago
They’ve cheated and exploited artist for years. I’m overjoyed that the old ways are dying.
jbarnes over 11 years ago
I sure hope they didn’t use yard work and babysitting as their rewards! That would be a lot of hours of work.
TimothyEEdwards over 11 years ago
The ONLY time I touched an 8-track was 1963 in a radio station, we had two 8-track players, two turntables, and a microphone – all the adverts were on 35 or 65 second auto-stop tapes, all the music was vinyl.
the old professor over 11 years ago
I, too, had a Gremlin – bought new in 1970. Absolutely the very worst car I’ve ever owned by some margin. But they looked cool at the time!
Newshound41 over 11 years ago
How about you go play with your Watergate tapes?
alviebird over 11 years ago
I needed to get the contents of a disc drive into my laptop. I purchased a Kingwin EZ-Dock for the job. Ever notice how a disc drive resembles an 8-track?
Look familiar?
onespiceybbw over 11 years ago
8-tracks were great until the tape wore thin and you could hear both sides at once. . .
Newshound41 over 11 years ago
If you think Watergate was a mere third rate burglary, then you don’t get the picture.
jbarnes over 11 years ago
Actually, effectively written KickStarter projects can be great. Separating yourself from the crowd can be a challenge, though. If they set a very low goal, with good rewards and a great promo, it can be done. Usually takes weeks, not hours, though.
Andrew.Lee over 5 years ago
And now, six years later, Sherm is right on the money.