Cassette Tape Magazine
Posted by Steve Watson on Saturday, May 15th, 2010
Typical isn’t it? You wait ages for one cool Australian magazine to arrive, and then three come along all at once. Well, almost – I posted about Ampersand and Condiment a couple of weeks ago, and now Cassette Tape Magazine has dropped through the front door.
Published by Team Evil in Melbourne, CTM isn’t actually a cassette tape at all, more a magazine that fits inside a cassette tape box. The minute anyone invokes cassettes you know you’re in for a dose of nostalgia, and Team Evil doesn’t disappoint, with a series of images and associated thoughts on old video games, William Gibson’s Neuromancer and 70s robot porn (okay that’s not strictly something I remember). And there’s new stuff too – MF Doom fan art, Japanese public information posters and bad taste wolf art all get an airing.
It’s all fun and light and lo-fi, but there’s something incredibly pleasing about the way it all folds together in its little plastic box – a great example of the way that a nice bit of print and design can turn something ephemeral into an object that I’ll keep on my shelves for years to come.
Tags: Cassette Tape Magazine, Team Evil
