Jerry Kranitz Traces the Hidden Network Behind "Cassette Culture"

Jerry Kranitz Traces the Hidden Network Behind "Cassette Culture"

Jerry Kranitz’s book looks at the cassette through the things people actually did with it. They recorded at home, dubbed tapes one at a time, mailed them out, wrote letters, ran tiny labels, made zines, and built a loose network that didn’t need the music industry’s approval. Kranitz understands that the cassette carried more than sound. It carried addresses, friendships, arguments, debts, obsessions, small economies, private stories and a sense…