Key Post: The Cassette Tape
When reminiscing the classic elements of 1980s culture, the cassette tape is usually one of the first symbols that comes to mind as particularly special. While their use has certainly phased out a long time ago, there is no denying the impact that the cassette had on the worlds of communication and music. The cassette tape is a device that's history should be revered as we continue to develop more and more technology, as many realities of music, journalism, and information accessibility were made possible by this invention. The Cassette tape was invented in 1963 and was first introduced to the public at the Berlin Radio Show in Europe by the company Philips. It consisted of a plastic case which held two reels of tape that fed from one side to the other as it played or recorded the sound. The invention was originally intended to be used by journalists and secretaries for their work, and wasn't used for music necessarily when the product first came out. The technology was inc