TAPES & CAROLINE

Tapes, that now appear only as a repeat pattern on teenagers’ socks and backpacks were, in the 80s, the way teens copied music. Caroline’s collection began when she was eleven. The care that she’d taken drawing band logos on her jeans was extended to cassette sleeves. There was only ever one blank sleeve included for each tape so she was meticulous. She sites one of the few times in her life when she’s really lost her temper as the time a friend accidentally jogged her green biro as she was finishing a sleeve. She kept the tapes in order in shoe boxes. They’re still there, carefully stacked but she no longer has a deck to play them on.

29 Jan 2012