Lovely Spinning Decks

A love poem to the cassette medium

Rolling slowly    from    left   to right,
magnetic tape soothes        the night.
Revolution,     music,               LSD —
a demo            scene just          for me.
Track lists      etched with      ink and
pens,  swapped  in dim underground
dens. Video kills like   Infinite Jest  —
cassettes  prepare  your  vision quest.

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This poems pairs with a talk I gave at the Hacker’s Congress Paralelní Polis in Prague, October 2024. You can listen to the talk by searching “bitpunk.fm” in your podcast client or visit the site here.