Punk 8 Tracks?

[smiller]

I had one of those portable 8-track players forever - the ones that look like a bomb detonator they use in the cartoons. That thing was a workhorse. We showed the 8-Track Mind zine movie in the back yard of our house back when he took it on tour ('So Wrong They're Right' I think it's called). The guy (Russ?) also took apart & fixed a few of my fucked up 8-tracks while he was there - dude was an 8-track master. We charged $5 and an 8-track, or it was free if you brought a Kinks 8-track (of which 2 were brought). Once you get known as 8-track guy fucking EVERYONE brings them to you no matter what the hell they are. I have a box of the best ones still, though I never lucked in to much punk. Lots of free jazz luck (Sun Ra etc), Fahey, Silver Apples, Nick Drake (sealed Bryter Layter is probably the coolest one anyone brought me from a thrift store), NRBQ, Modern Lovers, Costello, Dead. Recently found a working player at a flea market that's blue plastic and looks like a boom-box so I busted them out again, it's fun for some back yard listening. Such incredible pieces of shit!

[Jared]

I had one of those portable 8-track players forever - the ones that look like a bomb detonator they use in the cartoons. That thing was a workhorse. We showed the 8-Track Mind zine movie in the back yard of our house back when he took it on tour ('So Wrong They're Right' I think it's called). The guy (Russ?) also took apart & fixed a few of my fucked up 8-tracks while he was there - dude was an 8-track master. We charged $5 and an 8-track, or it was free if you brought a Kinks 8-track (of which 2 were brought). Once you get known as 8-track guy fucking EVERYONE brings them to you no matter what the hell they are. I have a box of the best ones still, though I never lucked in to much punk. Lots of free jazz luck (Sun Ra etc), Fahey, Silver Apples, Nick Drake (sealed Bryter Layter is probably the coolest one anyone brought me from a thrift store), NRBQ, Modern Lovers, Costello, Dead. Recently found a working player at a flea market that's blue plastic and looks like a boom-box so I busted them out again, it's fun for some back yard listening. Such incredible pieces of shit!

So sick! Thanks for sharing this.