From RCA Cassette Player to Sony Boombox | Analog Musings

From RCA Cassette Player to Sony Boombox | Analog Musings 

You may have noticed that it’s been a while since I last uploaded anything related to Analog Musings. Part of the reason is that my RCA cassette player stopped playing cassettes. While the radio still works and the player spins when no cassette is inserted, it refuses to do so when one is loaded. 

I found a Sony Boombox that belonged to my mother to use, and I even remember helping her pick it out in the early 2000s at a Target Store in Phoenix, AZ. Because I couldn't find the ac cable to it, had to go get six C batteries. 

If all goes well, I hope to add a few newly digitized mix tapes to the Analog Musings playlist this year for you to enjoy! For now, I hope you like this short video post which includes snippets from one of those upcoming mix tapes.

Audio: Snippets of "Evening Bells" , "Love" by Thalia, "Saturday Night" by Whigfield, "Sex Machine" by 20 Fingers feat. Katrina, & "Unforgettable" Piano/Sax.

Holidays 2009! 24 December 2009

Holidays 2009! 24 December 2009
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From December 24, 2009
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Another holiday season has come and gone. During the 2009 holiday season I only took photos on the 24th of December. 

The only other photos taken were during Holiday Play! - 19 December 2009 https://youtu.be/10i3F31hZVM

As you can see from the photos, most of them are of my gift wrapping, but thankfully, I also took some photos of the decorations.

Audio: "Home for the Holidays" by TrackTribe from the YouTube audio library.

Ice on Car - 24 December 2009

Ice on Car - 24 December 2009
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From December 24, 2009
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Another year coming to an end and we wake up to some ice on our vehicle again. If you remember back on the 5th of February of 2008 I was also able to capture ice on my car. 

Ice on Car ! ~ February 05, 2008
https://youtu.be/cPlfg-Zj5zU

Ice on Car, it's a big deal in AZ :) - February 05, 2008
https://youtu.be/OMnIFCJTjMA

The car that I had at the time was a green 2002 Honda Accord.

Audio: "Almost a Year Ago" by John Deley and the 41 Players from the YouTube audio library. 

Holiday Play! - 19 December 2009

Holiday Play! - 19 December 2009
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From November 19, 2009
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These are the photos that I took at a Holiday Play that Armandzraven's niece Kateri participated in. It was held at a house and as you can see it was packed with parents and family members. Decided to add a frame on the ones where you see Kateri to better focus on her.

Audio: "Christmas Village" by Aaron Kenny from the YouTube audio library.

Sick Day - 05 December 2009

Sick Day - 05 December 2009
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From December 05, 2009
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On this day Armandzraven was a bit under the weather. 

Audio: "Wake" by Rick Steel from the YouTube audio library.

Profile Photo Flashback! - 05 December 2009

Profile Photo Flashback! - 05 December 2009
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From December 04, 2009
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Although I'm not one who changes/updates profile photo often, I do update it from time to time. When I do update it, I like for it to be unique. On the 4th of December of 2009 I trimmed my face from a photo that was taken by Rocio during the road trip for Reventon Super Estrella from 2008.  

After cropping the photo to be just my face, I turned it into grayscale, then changed it to a black and white silhouette. Those are the images you see on this collage

The chronology follows the creation/edit date.

If you want to see the original unedited photo, go to minute Four Fifty One of the
Reventon Super Estrella 2008! ~ From Rocio
https://youtu.be/XcLWlJ4Qgpo

Audio: "Uh Oh" by Slynk from the YouTube audio library. 

Fruit - 04 December 2009

Fruit - 04 December 2009
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From December 04, 2009
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A random photo that I took of fruit in a bowl. 

One thing I've noticed as I've gone through my photo albums, and perhaps you may have too as I share them via these photo/video collages, is that many times the random photos are something I found interesting at the time. Perhaps it's appreciating and capturing the small little moments. Life passes by so quickly that we need to pause from time to time to just take it all in. 

Hopefully, you are enjoying a small view of my life as seen through my lens, occasionally through the lens of family & friends, as well as the occasional audio/video/game/etc. that has shaped and continues to shape my life.

Audio: "Carried" by Lauren Duski from the YouTube audio library.