I found my tape of The Outfield's Play Deep over the Thanksgiving weekend while at my parents' place and I have rediscovered a love for obscure 80's music that I thought I had lost. I mean, it's one thing to surf by the local 80's radio station and get lost in the nostalgia, quite another to break out some very dated music and listen to it till you remember all the words, pauses, and inflections that you forgot after 10 years of not listening to it.

I almost gave in to my brother's urging to get a car stereo that had only a cd player, but I think I'll stick to being able to play tapes in the car. Otherwise, my huge, back-of-the-closet collection of tapes (a medium I haven't purchased since sometime in 1992) will all go to waste. And that would be really sad.