{"id":329,"date":"2025-05-07T21:58:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T16:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pocketfullofmumbles.com\/?p=329"},"modified":"2025-05-07T21:58:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T16:58:13","slug":"cassette-tape-revival-young-hipsters-need-a-primer-on-what-theyre-getting-into","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pocketfullofmumbles.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/07\/cassette-tape-revival-young-hipsters-need-a-primer-on-what-theyre-getting-into\/","title":{"rendered":"Cassette-Tape Revival? Young Hipsters Need a Primer on What They\u2019re Getting Into"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"958\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeconant.com\/pocketfullofmumbles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Tape-collection-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pocketfullofmumbles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Tape-collection-1.jpg 958w, https:\/\/www.pocketfullofmumbles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Tape-collection-1-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pocketfullofmumbles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Tape-collection-1-768x601.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.halphillips.net\/category\/lifestyle\/music\">Screenshot<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s weird to learn  that specific, intimate aspects of one\u2019s own cultural history are making \u201ccomebacks\u201d. Maybe 15-20 years ago, a certain American demographic started collecting and playing vinyl records again, for example. Out of nowhere this became trendy. Today, folks of all ages are still giddily sourcing records from\u00a0Discogs and investing in turntables, after a 20-year respite. Last year, in the same vein, The Mumbles learned that cassette tapes are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/03\/arts\/music\/cassette-revival-tape-decks.html\">back in vogue<\/a>\u00a0after three decades away. Those confused by this development, or nostalgic for it, are invited to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.halphillips.net\/its-time-to-start-cutting-maine-kids-from-high-school-sports-teams-again\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s weird to learn that specific, intimate aspects of one\u2019s own cultural history are making \u201ccomebacks\u201d. Maybe 15-20 years ago, a certain American demographic started collecting and playing vinyl records again, for example. Out of nowhere this became trendy. Today, folks of all ages are still giddily sourcing records from\u00a0Discogs and investing in turntables, after &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pocketfullofmumbles.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/07\/cassette-tape-revival-young-hipsters-need-a-primer-on-what-theyre-getting-into\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cassette-Tape Revival? Young Hipsters Need a Primer on What They\u2019re Getting Into&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pocketfullofmumbles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pocketfullofmumbles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pocketfullofmumbles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pocketfullofmumbles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pocketfullofmumbles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pocketfullofmumbles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pocketfullofmumbles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pocketfullofmumbles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pocketfullofmumbles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}