[TapeVille] Re: Great Concept for List!

  • From: Alex HORTON <alexhorton@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: "tape@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tape@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 19:42:08 +0000

I saw your special notice in the online Matilda Ziegler magazine.
 

> From: programmer651@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 13:16:33 -0400
> To: tape@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: 
> Subject: [TapeVille] Re: Great Concept for List!
> 
> Well, then you are our type! Thanks for finding out about us, however you did.
> Tyler Z
> On Wed, 10 Jul 2013 15:55:28 +0000, Alex HORTON wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> >I have heard of Niel Rogers. I still get talking books on cassette from 
> >Christian Record Services out of Lincoln, Nebraska and Books Aloud out of 
> >California. I also still use my HandiCassette II. Alex > From: 
> >programmer651@xxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 09:04:08 -0400 > To: 
> >tape@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > CC: > Subject: [TapeVille] Re: Great Concept for List! 
> >> 
> >> I am part of a radio tribute group for Neil Rogers. He was a radio talk 
> >> show 
> >host in > Miami, Florida from 1976 to 2009. He started out doing just 
> >straight 
> >talk, but by the late > 1980s he started playing comedy bits. Well, one of 
> >the 
> >group members sent me some tapes, and I > hooked up a sampler, and I 
> >converted 
> >the tapes to mp3 and sent the files to the group. And yes, > this is a brand 
> >new mailing list. It started out in September 2012 (very, very, very 
> >inactive) 
> >with > Looper's Delight members, which, since 1996, live looping artists 
> >have 
> >been communicating on. > Well, I saw there were no tape mailing lists, so I 
> >set one up, and got a few loopers to sign > up. I then remembered the blind 
> >people like myself; the tape version of Talking Books is still around, and 
> >there are > probably some HandiCassette users left. So I advertised it in 
> >those places as well. > Tyler Z > On Wed, 10 Jul 2013 03:14:13 +0000, Alex 
> >HORTON wrote: > > > > >I think I used Ampex machines when I took radio 
> >broadcasting in college. I love > >that kerchunk sound as well. I don't 
> >currently work with open-reel tape but I > >would like to. My buddy has a 
> >whole bunch of recordings of albums that aired on > >CHUM-fm and WBUF and we 
> >would both like to find a machine to play them on. > > >From: 
> >howard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: tape@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: > 
> >>[TapeVille] Re: Great Concept for List! > Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 22:01:49 
> >>-0500 
> > > >> > Hi all, > > I guess I must be new here cuz I think this is a new 
> > > >> > list, 
> >> >huh? > > I've never had the chance to run one of those ampex 350's or 
> >> >other 
> >> >pro machines, but I've had a few ampex home machines in my day. They were 
> >sure > >built nice. I wish I had a couple of them back again. For open reel 
> >tape, I'm > >now using a pair of pioneer 7 inch reversable machines, 707 or 
> >717 or something > >like that. > > I'll be glad to know if anyone is still 
> >seriously using open > >reel tape. > > Take care > > Howard, near Milwaukee 
> >> 
> >----- Original Message > >----- > From: "Tyler" <programmer651@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
> >> 
> >To: <tape@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > >Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 6:56 PM > 
> >Subject: 
> >[TapeVille] Re: Great Concept > >for List! > > > Well, that's a good thing! 
> >Welcome to TapeVille, buddy! We're > >trying to become both a > discussion 
> >list and a magazine, so, if for some odd > >reason, tapes are in the news, 
> >then we will try > to put it on here ASAP. > > >Tyler Z > On Tue, 9 Jul 2013 
> >18:34:43 -0500, Max G. Swanson wrote: > > > >As > >I try to resurrect my 
> >iPhone bought just in March, I prefer to think > >about > >the wonders of 
> >tape. What, in digital land, can you compare to the > >kerChunk > >of an 
> >Ampex 
> >300 you just started up from the radio station's > >board; and it's > >your 
> >first time running a board, and you cued up the > >29-minute taped program > 
> >>perfectly? > > > >Now that's a thrill. > >-- > >"Americans must know the 
> >>basic 
> > > >architecture of programs designed to > >protect them."(Senator Franken.) 
> > > >> 
> >>Regards, Max. > > > > > > > > > 
                                          

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