The Living Archive will nresources/ links

blogs, radio, podcasts> lots of great music for free at these links.

cassette culture.net> Kevin Thorne and Mike Honeycutt's essential Cassette Culture site.

homemade music> Bryan Baker's expansive main site with links to other essential home recording artists and resources.

grindstone redux film at true age records> recent film about the home recording scene by Andrew Szava-Kovats. Also, info about his projects.

cassette culture yahoo discussion board> forum on underground music hosted by Gerard Greenway in England.

cassette mythos> parts of Robin James 1990 book about the cassette scene online.

cassette culture group at last.fm> Gerard Greenway has begun a discussion and research group. Join now.

 

 

features

commentary, news, letters, coming attractions> my editorial diatribes, happenings in the underground and your letters.

artist spotlight> Germany's Harald "Sack" Ziegler comes into focus this month.

interviews> Alain Neffe of Insane Music in Belgium, Eric Hausmann of Spilling Audio, Alessandro Crestani of Best Kept Secret and Blue Sausage Infant by Jack Hurwitz.

tape of the month> A dynamic guitar, oriented tape by Swinebolt 45 ( Roger Moneymaker) called "Spank" for your listening pleasure.

lost or forgotten> artists we have lost touch with.

tape labels> Alain Neffe's European label, Insane Music, Eric Hausmann's Spilling Audio and Alessandro Crestani's Best Kept Secret imprints are investigated.

perspectives>Andrew Szava-Kovats talks about the making of "Grindstone Redux", his documentary about the underground electronic music scene.

feature articles> Jack Hurwitz reveals the inner workings of Blue Sausage Infant aka Chester Hawkins.

special packaging> unique, one of a kind packaging of cassette tapes.

home taper vinyl and 7"> pictures and free mp3s of underground vinyl.

 

new content for July 2010 is >

history

early experiences>Artists recall their first forays into home recording, trading tapes and networking. New entries by Alan Davidson and Alan Herrick.

before the beginning> don campau's personal history

brief history of underground music> campau sketches out the rough details of the home recorded, underground music movement.

no pigeonholes radio> playlists and free download/ streaming programs from campau's radio show from 1985-2010. New entry from March 1993.

outside the usa> cassette covers, comments about international tapes.

miscellaneous usa> cassette covers and comments regarding American releases. Scroll down for latest entries.

publications> magazines and publications that discussed cassette culture.

mail art> images from the international mail art scene.