Tapes n’ Tapes?

October 6, 2009

24 years old, about 30 lessons and 3 tests later I’ve finally been granted the legality to drive. So I went of and got meself a wee motor. Not surprisingly (actually screw that  – who used cassettes in 2001?) the car has a tape deck instead of a CD player. Knowing this I brought the ONE tape I own for the road trip back from the dealers – a tape that Kowalski gave out at their gig a few months back – good stuff.

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But seeing I havent bought a CD in easily a year (except for the odd local release), the tape deck has worked out rather well. After buying a really crap FM transmitter, I decided to go with the old fashion tape connector. In turn, the only problem I have is switching albums while driving. So for my first epic journey from Belfast to Donegal (epic in my world but already getting used to 3+ hours driving), I prepped the ol’ipod and spotify on my iphone.

I’ve never been one for shuffle, but for these long lone trips the ‘unknown’ every 3/4 minutes keeps me entertained. Suggest me tracks!

Here’s the playlist I made for my return trip to Belfast: Drive

Now, if only my left speaker would stop bloody distorting! Good times.

5 Responses to “Tapes n’ Tapes?”

  1. Owen Says:

    hello again.

    yeah i cant play music over the ‘18′ level on the car stereo volume without distortion.. which granted is well over ‘11′ but in reality is.. crap.

    dont mean to possibly sound very insulting but from this perspective.. the fingers in that picture remind me of danny devito in batman returns…

    congratulations on driving.

  2. amolta Says:

    Ha! Thanks!

    Bloody hell. Penguin hands indeed! I’ll never look at my hands in the same way again.

  3. Owen Says:

    hello at bar fail, was standing thinking.. she looks remotely familiar… oh i know…… too late..shes gone.. enjoy the gig? i think they could have done better.

    • amolta Says:

      Ha. Hate that.

      I thought the gig was decent. Was pleasanlty surprised by Frightened Rabbit (esp the drummer). Pure energy and love for it. modest mouse have better tunes but they feel like they’re running through the motions a bit. I wasn’t particularly impressed but it wasn’t bad or antyhing. But def lacked something.


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