Audio Cassette Tapes, R.I.P.

Kind of sad in a way, but certainly won't miss them. I can remember almost wearing holes in Led Zeppelin IV, BTO's greatest hits, The Who, and The Doors. (pic via Wiki)

Is there a hash tag for "mullet?"

For Car Cassette Decks, Play Time Is Over - NYTimes.com: "FOR all of you who were planning to pack up your oldies tapes and go shopping for a 2011 car, there is bad news: you’re too late. According to experts who monitor the automotive market, the last new car to be factory-equipped with a cassette deck in the dashboard was a 2010 Lexus. While it is possible that a little-known exception lurks deep within some automaker’s order forms, a survey of major automakers and a search of new-car shopping Web sites indicates that the tape deck is as passé as tailfins on a Caddy. "