Michael “MacPaladin” Prokop
@macpaladin.bsky.social
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The CD is still out there as well. Only the truly niche media has gone away, like Minidisc and HD-DVD and Divx. It’s just that companies like Best Buy did away with their “Media” section.
December 10, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The CD is still out there as well. Only the truly niche media has gone away, like Minidisc and HD-DVD and Divx. It’s just that companies like Best Buy did away with their “Media” section.
All the more reason to do it. Also, I have an urge to knock this mug off the table *crashes*
December 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
All the more reason to do it. Also, I have an urge to knock this mug off the table *crashes*
Try listening to the soundtrack from Star Trek: The Motion Picture with that “melted tape warble” and you might re-evaluate that glib remark lol
I left it on the seat of my ‘92 Dodge Spirit and it sounded like a bad acid trip with a weed and beer chaser to bring you back down.
I left it on the seat of my ‘92 Dodge Spirit and it sounded like a bad acid trip with a weed and beer chaser to bring you back down.
December 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Try listening to the soundtrack from Star Trek: The Motion Picture with that “melted tape warble” and you might re-evaluate that glib remark lol
I left it on the seat of my ‘92 Dodge Spirit and it sounded like a bad acid trip with a weed and beer chaser to bring you back down.
I left it on the seat of my ‘92 Dodge Spirit and it sounded like a bad acid trip with a weed and beer chaser to bring you back down.
Also, I didn’t stutter. Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa and others are moving half-a-million units a year on low quality “nostalgia tapes”. They’re making a comeback for a not-quite-niche market and selling better than the average JRPG for the PlayStation in the West.
December 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Also, I didn’t stutter. Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa and others are moving half-a-million units a year on low quality “nostalgia tapes”. They’re making a comeback for a not-quite-niche market and selling better than the average JRPG for the PlayStation in the West.
“Great men and their portable record players” said nobody ever. The appeal of tapes is that they were 100% portable and didn’t skip when you were jogging. Even with anti-skip technology, I couldn’t drive to the store in my ‘92 Dodge Spirit LE without my Sony Discman skipping all the way to Oz.
December 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
“Great men and their portable record players” said nobody ever. The appeal of tapes is that they were 100% portable and didn’t skip when you were jogging. Even with anti-skip technology, I couldn’t drive to the store in my ‘92 Dodge Spirit LE without my Sony Discman skipping all the way to Oz.
You could/can burn minidiscs too.
December 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
You could/can burn minidiscs too.
I am making an animated series and uploaded the soundtrack to CreateSpace 9 years ago. I think Amazon is still selling the CDs even though I never migrated to Kindle Music.
December 9, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I am making an animated series and uploaded the soundtrack to CreateSpace 9 years ago. I think Amazon is still selling the CDs even though I never migrated to Kindle Music.
So, update: apparently not. Modern ore-recorded tapes are type I ferric-oxide and are produced largely for novelty, not fidelity. Most of the classic analog mastering equipment is long-gone as well. Ah well.
December 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
So, update: apparently not. Modern ore-recorded tapes are type I ferric-oxide and are produced largely for novelty, not fidelity. Most of the classic analog mastering equipment is long-gone as well. Ah well.
I would imagine that it does, considering those players had a floor price of $10,000+ and the Iron-ferrite coating Sony invented toward the end of the original run of cassettes significantly cancelled a lot of noise. My guess is companies continuing to manufacture innovated more along the way.
December 8, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I would imagine that it does, considering those players had a floor price of $10,000+ and the Iron-ferrite coating Sony invented toward the end of the original run of cassettes significantly cancelled a lot of noise. My guess is companies continuing to manufacture innovated more along the way.
“Back when the music was pure.”
“You mean like the 70’s?”
“No, before that: the EARLY 70s.”
-Jack Black, Brutal Legend
“You mean like the 70’s?”
“No, before that: the EARLY 70s.”
-Jack Black, Brutal Legend
December 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
“Back when the music was pure.”
“You mean like the 70’s?”
“No, before that: the EARLY 70s.”
-Jack Black, Brutal Legend
“You mean like the 70’s?”
“No, before that: the EARLY 70s.”
-Jack Black, Brutal Legend
The appeal is the warmer sound of analog. People forget that there was a big boom in high end audio equipment returning to analog in the 2010s because there is less loss of sound over digital. There is significant loss of audio layering in digital mastering. Tapes wear out, but the sound is classic.
December 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The appeal is the warmer sound of analog. People forget that there was a big boom in high end audio equipment returning to analog in the 2010s because there is less loss of sound over digital. There is significant loss of audio layering in digital mastering. Tapes wear out, but the sound is classic.
Dua* stupid autocorrect. I am not typing all that again on my phone lol
December 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Dua* stupid autocorrect. I am not typing all that again on my phone lol
I mean, this is all cool nostalgic discussion and all that, but I meant literally: Taylor Swift, Dyan Lipa and others are issuing brand new albums in 2025 on tape. The resurgence started at the beginning of this AI explosion in 2022, and tapes sales have been up 25% year-over-year since.
December 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I mean, this is all cool nostalgic discussion and all that, but I meant literally: Taylor Swift, Dyan Lipa and others are issuing brand new albums in 2025 on tape. The resurgence started at the beginning of this AI explosion in 2022, and tapes sales have been up 25% year-over-year since.
Apparently tapes are making a comeback?
December 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Apparently tapes are making a comeback?
I listen to video game covers by humans I can contact on YouTube. Everyone uses A.I. on their platforms these days, but I conspicuously avoid enabling those parts of the algorithm by manually pruning my playlists.
December 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I listen to video game covers by humans I can contact on YouTube. Everyone uses A.I. on their platforms these days, but I conspicuously avoid enabling those parts of the algorithm by manually pruning my playlists.
When the ballroom never gets built and they have to rebuild the East Wing, then it’ll be taxpayer dollars.
December 8, 2025 at 10:43 AM
When the ballroom never gets built and they have to rebuild the East Wing, then it’ll be taxpayer dollars.
People keep saying “because it serves their purposes” as to why they’re silent… and I’m like…. REALLY? Even with all that insider trading they’re STILL not in a weight category Trump is all for. So I’m like “WHO?!” That’s who so many aren’t even waiting to lose the Midterms and bailing.
December 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
People keep saying “because it serves their purposes” as to why they’re silent… and I’m like…. REALLY? Even with all that insider trading they’re STILL not in a weight category Trump is all for. So I’m like “WHO?!” That’s who so many aren’t even waiting to lose the Midterms and bailing.
The big difference being that not only could Congressional Republicans find their conscience back then, they weren’t afraid to tell Nixon he was getting oustered and probably sent to prison for what he did. Donald Trump has no such specter looming over him here.
December 8, 2025 at 4:28 AM
The big difference being that not only could Congressional Republicans find their conscience back then, they weren’t afraid to tell Nixon he was getting oustered and probably sent to prison for what he did. Donald Trump has no such specter looming over him here.
He carried Freddie Prinze, Jr. in every film they were in together, including SOMEHOW making Todd “Maniac” Marshall endearing AND likable in that horrid dog, Wing Commander (based on one of my all-time favorite PC game series).
I DID NOT STUTTER!
I DID NOT STUTTER!
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
He carried Freddie Prinze, Jr. in every film they were in together, including SOMEHOW making Todd “Maniac” Marshall endearing AND likable in that horrid dog, Wing Commander (based on one of my all-time favorite PC game series).
I DID NOT STUTTER!
I DID NOT STUTTER!
According to papers found on Jefferson Davis upon his arrest, the plan was to control the Western Hemisphere from the Arctic Circle to Tierra Del Fuego. Trump plans to do the same.
It’s not WORKING due to gross incompetence, but that is his plan.
It’s not WORKING due to gross incompetence, but that is his plan.
December 7, 2025 at 3:46 AM
According to papers found on Jefferson Davis upon his arrest, the plan was to control the Western Hemisphere from the Arctic Circle to Tierra Del Fuego. Trump plans to do the same.
It’s not WORKING due to gross incompetence, but that is his plan.
It’s not WORKING due to gross incompetence, but that is his plan.
So much of art we consider to be “essential cinema” have so many deranged elements behind them. Franco Zeffirelli’s “Romeo and Juliet”, “Last Tango in Paris”, “The Graduate”, “Marathon Man”, etc. They shaped our society because they also reflected our society. I understand why some have a hard time.
December 7, 2025 at 3:35 AM
So much of art we consider to be “essential cinema” have so many deranged elements behind them. Franco Zeffirelli’s “Romeo and Juliet”, “Last Tango in Paris”, “The Graduate”, “Marathon Man”, etc. They shaped our society because they also reflected our society. I understand why some have a hard time.
Why stop there? He’s got a list…
December 7, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Why stop there? He’s got a list…
Looks like he’s having a hard time lifting all that bullshit
December 6, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Looks like he’s having a hard time lifting all that bullshit