Coolest invention yet: Mix tapes for the digital generation!

JULY 29, 2009

The '80s and current decade have finally combined and given us something that retro-music fans really needed: An old-fashioned "mix tape" that works on computers!

Check out the Mixa Tape, a 1GB USB "blank cassette" that can be filled with your favorite songs, then customized to look just like a homemade tape cassette. And yes, the cassette cover comes with it and can also be designed any way you want.

Finally, a way to put all my REO Speedwagon and Asia ballads on a tape to send to potential visitors to the Spears Lair. ("Don't cry, baby, now that I found you. Don't cry, take a look around you. Ummm, but please ignore the miniature football helmets.")

Check out MakeaMixa.com for more price and design info. And stay tuned, because I'm thinking of creating the official Stuck in the '80s "mixa" tape for future contest winners.

Besides Spandau Ballet's True, what songs should be on it?

Posted by Steve Spears at 1:57:15 pm on July 29, 2009 in

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