[Hidden-tech] zinc oxide audio tapes/albums

[Jacque Wong]

Stacy,
 I have a friend that is interested in punk or psychedelic music cassettes
from the 80's. let me know if anything qualifies...

Deborah,
 My friends in Kutztown PA are regularly filling containers with books and
sending to Africa -I believe Kenya and Ghana. let me know if you want their
info.

Thanks, Jacque


On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 10:26 AM, Deborah Chandler <debchandler411 at gmail.com
> wrote:

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>
>
> Hi Stacy,
>
> Two things I have to offer:
> 1) When I was finally ready to wrench my homemade cassette tape collection
> out of my hands, (I had created hand-lettered graphics on the labels,
> complete with set lists, some made on a typewriter) I posted them on
> Freecycle. I got a lot of requests for them. This was a few years ago. But
> it seems there are still plenty of folks who listen to music on cassette,
> and have the equipment.
>
> 2) If you would like your tapes to go where folks would value them, you
> might ask Keith if he has a shipment going to the Congo. Or I would be very
> happy to ask my Kenyan friends who send regular shipments to their folks
> back home.
>
> This brings me to a related question: Are there folks here who are
> involved with filling and shipping 40' shipping containers to Africa? My
> Kenyan friends and I would like to do this, and I have a few
> orphanages/schools in Kenya who would dearly love a computer donation, for
> starters. They also need so much more...My Kenyan friends know folks at
> their end (probably a port in Mombasa) but we need to set up a good
> location at this end for storage while we accrue items, etc. I would also
> like to know about any means for paying for the shipping costs. A friend
> recently sent a 40 gallon barrel to Nairobi and it cost about $300USD to
> ship.
>
> I am also speaking with a Congolese friend about shipping to DRC, too...but
> that effort isn't as well organized just yet.
>
> Good luck Stacy, in your clean out, and if Kenya or the Congo are optional
> destinations for your beloved tapes, let me know and I will inquire. (I am
> seeing Janice soon, and could possibly coordinate through her.)
>
> Best,
> Deb
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 9:34 AM, Stacy Kontrabecki <
> swampdancer at comcast.net> wrote:
>
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>>
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>> Have I posted this question before?
>>
>> Use to be there was a prison project you could donate music on tapes to
>> (since CD's are banned as dangerous contraband) but I don't thik that
>> exists anymore.
>>
>> Is there anything I can do with my original albums on tape and the fab
>> mixed tapes we all created back in high school, or are they fated for
>> the dump? If nothing domestic, how can I get this music to a non-profit
>> that might distribute it to another country that still uses vehicles &
>> boom boxes with tape decks? I should really clear these out.
>>
>> --
>> Stacy Kontrabecki
>>
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