High Bias
The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

As I first delved into this I experienced a warm and fuzzy nostalgia trip into my own love of personal recording using cassette tapes. The history of its creation and evolution along with citing certain listening devices like those Panasonic tape recorders from the 60s, boomboxes from the 70s, and t......more

When I picked up this book, I expected a walk down memory lane—a rewind, if you will, to the time of the cassette tape's glory. To my surprise, the book wasn't just a nostalgic trip; it turned out to be an intricate exploration of how this compact medium brought on a revolution in music sharing and......more

Even before I began reading this book, as I held it in my hand, the idea of delving into the history of the cassette tape conjured many memories in my mind. For example, if I were to think back to myself as a teenager in the 1980’s, I can literally see myself huddled up against my radio/cassette pla......more

High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape will be published on October 3, 2023. The University of North Carolina Press provided an early galley for review. As a kid of the 70's, I used cassette tapes to record favorite songs off of the radio or to make silly recordings of myself doing "sh......more

Did I like it? I don’t know man. I thought I was gonna get technical history of the cassette tape and I did sort of it at the beginning. Then it went into permutations and world culture and all this stuff that should’ve been way more interesting to me and just wasn’t. I definitely wanted to make it......more