I can’t believe it’s been more than two years since my last tape. I definitely didn’t intend for my hiatus to last so long, but a very dark depression hit me in July 2020. I’m still working through it, and while I can’t say with honesty that I’m getting better, at least I can say I’m rising above it and finding beauty and joy again.

I struggled to enjoy my hobbies and interests, this blog sadly included. But I always felt so guilty, knowing I had a small but very faithful following who still come around looking for new tapes. I’m sorry I abandoned my project, but I’m so thankful you’ve come back.

I had a few already digitized that needed to be listened to and tracklisted, and I actually just brought the last (?) dozen or so home from my mother’s house last night – tapes that have been buried in a tub of teen mementos, lost in her garage for over 20 years. Should be fun!

Correction…. I appear to have 18 digitized and awaiting tracklisting, 18 chilling here in my closet that I found in storage back in April that I already forgot about and I THINK are awaiting digitization, and another 14 brought from my mom’s garage. 50 tapes. Oh my lord, this blog isn’t even halfway done yet! Hahaha.

(Did these new tapes survive 20+ Pittsburg summers in a garage? They smell kinda funny. I’m nervous.)

Also, there was a critical error here for a while after a server upgrade in July, so I’ve disabled my plugins until I can narrow down the issue. Some tapes using a service other than YouTube might not work yet. Bah.

I need to continue rising above this, and doing these last tapes will take me there. They make me smile 🙂

Watch this space <3