Rebirth of the Mix Tape

The mix tape left us many years ago when household and computer based CD players gained the ability to burn CDs. Then came the iPod, iTunes and the internet and the mix tape's fate was sealed. But the mix tape was an art form. John Cusack summed it up in High Fidelity: "The making of a great compilation tape is hard to do and takes ages longer than it might seem. You gotta kick off with a killer, to grab attention. Then you got to take it up a notch, but you don't wanna blow your wad, so then you got to cool it off a notch. There are a lot of rules." There was even the subtle art of making sure that you didn't leave too much dead space at the end of either side... The case, the case bacame your canvas. Sure, you had to list the bands and songs on there, but it was *how* you wrote it down that made it unique.

While we may never see true mix tapes again(honestly, who even has a functioning tape player anymore?)we can relive the experience. Suck UK has released the Mix Tape USB Stick. The USB memory stick housed in a cassette case! So find that girl of your dreams and make her the mixtape you would have made her if we were back in High School!