Not that I have anything against shoe salesmen, <br />
But let me tell you something<br />
See, I was born with a song in my heart, not a shoe.<br />
Hello, Dead-Dog records. If it ain't a Dead-Dog, it ain't barking.<br />
How can I help ya?<br />
There are fifty-million blank cassettes a year sold in this country, <br />
And believe me, they're not being used for dictation. <br />
They're being used to copy records. There is no expemption of copyright<br />
For home taping, period, without the consent of the owner.<br />
What's going on anyways?<br />
What comes out of the machine is different<br />
Than what goes in.<br />
The new tech, the new tech, the new technology.<br />
The most important things about the invention of tape<br />
Is that it changed music from being an event in time,<br />
Into being an event in space.<br />
The relationship between a copy and an original<br />
...into being an event in space.<br />
I think it challanges notions we have about<br />
The relationship between a copy and an original<br />
You can edit it, strech the songs.<br />
And of course then when it's played back, <br />
Transamible<br />
You're dealing in the same sense <br />
In the same sense you're dealing with any plastic material<br />
And ofcourse, then when it's played back, <br />
It once again becomes an event in time.<br />
But during that intrum <br />
(I suppose)<br />
But during that intrum period, where it's a spacial thing,<br />
You can do lots of things with it.<br />
Lots of things that you never had available<br />
Prior to -, Prior to -, Prior to -,<br />
The invention of tape.<br />
It took while (seeing) before anybody started<br />
Seeing the possibilities of this<br />
Seeing the possibilities of this<br />
What's the power of reproducing information <br />
Back into our own heads?<br />
Th