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Making a mix CD (or Muxtape) is NOTHING like making a mixtape for a crush. I actually have about a dozen copies I made for girls back in high school and college.

No one ever made me one in return... :(

Everything today is so proprietary. Back in the day with cassettes you could record EVERYTHING; CDs, records, movies, TV shows.

Seriously? Cassettes? Vinyl is still popular because the sound quality is so much better than digital. But tapes sound worse than MP3's. No need for them to come back.

and we didn't have to worry about getting sued for recording a bunch of tapes either. tapes rock.

900% of nothing is nothing.

I love the part about "you haven't really proved your love for a good tune until you've spent hours re-spooling a cassette that was eaten by your tape player". Man, have I spent some time trying to salvage casette tapes. I actually got pretty good at splicing them back together. I remember when they would get eaten and bunched up and looked like a little according streamer.
And here's a BIG plus about casette tapes: if you pull the tape out and flip the tape over, you can play the opposite side and backmask your casette tapes looking for hidden messages. Did you know Paul is dead?

I love that cassette tapes are making a comeback! I have a lot that are in my closet that I call the vault. I loved making mixed tapes.
I don't have the latest technology like mp-3 player or an I-pod.
Some of my tapes are worn out but hey that is all right.
I still have my portable Sony Walkman!

Yeah, I think vinyl does sound better than cassette tapes and who doesn't love those pops and that hiss... I feel REALLY old working here with actual 7 inch reel to reels... bringing them to digital.

In the fast paced world we live in who has the time to fast forward and listen to a song when all you have to do is push "next". Cassettes are dead for a reason. Why dont we all go back to black and white tubed telivisions while we are at it.

Holy crap! I was just thinking about the cassette tapes I still have today and wondering if I should finally sell them or by a tape player. LOL! I think I will keep them now. ;)

I'd be more thrilled if they brought back the IBM Selectric III electric typewriter!!!! Yep, them were the good old days...no spam, no viruses, no losing all information. Just put in an inexpensive ribbon and you were good to go.

Cassette tapes? I don't think so. Now if my High School girlfriend came back... now were talkin'.

so lame. if ur gonna do it old school do it right- go vinyl. cassette tapes r like the french cuff on a pair of bleached out jeans. some loser'll try n bring it back (some r already doin it on campus) but everyone knows.

I havce loads of music recorded on casstettes. would love to learn of a simple way to tansfer to CDs.

It's great that they are making a comeback. Vinyl is making a serious ccomeback in the USA(though literally it never left because they were still pressing records overseas when the USA abandoned them for CD's)and now the cassette is. I have just started using the cassette player in my jeep even though it is a dual stereo with a CD player because I have hundreds of cassettes that I have bought over the years bith brand new and second hand. Unlike CD's, tapes don't skip when you hit a bump and that is more convienient. I just hope that the major lables bring back cassette's as well. That would be "IT!" Cassette's are better than CD's when you drive. At least, they don't skip when you hit bumps.

I think I read an article that the Amish were finally going to start using cassettes.

AS A DJ..IF YOU WANNA GO BACK INTO TIME BUY VINYL RECORDS YOU CANT GO WRONG WITH THAT! BETTER THAN GETTING A CASSETTE TAPE EATEN UP..PLUS VINYL IS STILL POPULAR AMONG DJ'S THAT WANT TO KEEP IT REAL!

I feel old, reading a news article that actually has to explain to the reader how cassettes work...

I think cassettes are so lame, I mean they eat themselves up, and it is almost impossible to get them back to the way they were. I f you are going to do it right, do it with an ipod, not a stupid little cassette tape in your hand, roll with style roll with an ipod

I like the cassettes. I use one to play my IPOD in my Vehicle. Car Manufacturers need to quit taking out the cassette players in cars. FM Transmiters don't work at all. They is too much static.

I love cassettes,,.all the cassettes I ever had still work!
CDs? Not so much...I never had vinyl albums skip as often as CDs do,,,
They are pretty but that's all!:)
I love the sound of the needle in the grooves!

I still play tapes in my car even though I have gadgets galore. Tapes have taught me about patience and music appreciation...plus no charger cable to drag around or lose. Glad I still have a tape player to listen to my mix tapes from Jr. High.

I have recordings made in the 1970s that sound nearly new. With a basic dual casette boombox, I can create my own original albums, and a good quality trimline recorder, can record in the field. My whole recording "studio" cost me $10.00 at Goodwill! BTW keep your rubber Capstan, or wheel clean with Alcohol wipes frequently, it will save your tapes.

I have tons of tapes, and I still buy them at pawn shops. The problem is they ware out and deteriate

This is such a stupid article

i agree with tim you are idiots for buying the cassette tapes

Cassettes!?! Why not bring back the lowly 8-track... you just aint lived til you experience the changing of tracks.....especially in the middle of a favorite song..

Me? ...I'll keep the vinyl, and the cds...

You can copy music from the web to tape without downloading any files. Play a song on YouTube or MySpace and simply record it onto a tape--no lawsuits, no downloads, no griefs. You can record your CDs onto tapes, store your CDs, and not worry about them getting scratched. Tape breaks? Record another one. They're actually really useful.

If you really want to go Old-School, break out the Bing Crosby 78's and the Victrola. I'll make the coffee and liverwurst sandwiches. We'll have a big time!

iPod? Cell phone music? Cassette tapes left behind? Not me. Just a few CDs, received as "gifts". The really good stuff is one the hundreds of cassette tapes I, still, have. And, yes, the use of the comas is proper English punctuation. I don't think that is taught, in schools, anymore. Maybe, like the cassette tape, it will make a welcome comeback, too.