Hallelujah! The cassette tape is not dead! This wonderful news was revealed to me courtesy of uhu, an independent live recording project in Portland, OR.

The cassette I received in the mail held a seriously trippy, seriously awesome cover insert. The image was created from a hand-printed concentric circle design on silver card stock overlaid with a curvy doodle motif on transparency paper. The tape itself housed documentation of new and old tracks from Castanets West Coast Tour from this past January and February. This was my dream come true: Total aesthetic reinvigoration of an object that is seen as “dated” through musical content and compelling physical craft!

Castanets – One Arm Around The Sinner (Viking Moses Cover) Live

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Castanets – One Arm Around The Sinner (Viking Moses Cover)

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