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Article: ONE-TRACK MIND
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- June 12, 2008
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When CDs struck a death blow to all other audio formats in the
1980s, no one stopped to mourn the lowly cassette tape. It was
vinyl, with all its nostalgic charm, that captured the hearts of
sentimental music lovers, and product designers leapt on it, turning
discarded albums and their big, comforting picture sleeves into
bracelets, bowls, and notebook covers. But finally, the long-
ignored cassette tape is making a stylistic comeback as the
generation who grew up with the flawed format gives it a second
look.
At Grand, the hip, new-ish, Union Square shop, the store's CEO,
Jonathan O'Toole, waited two months to get his hands on a USB stick
that is designed to look like a beloved old mix ...