Just a note to mark the passing of the 10th year since I began throwing around cassette tapes filled with the music made by my friends. Cassette tapes that were duplicated, one at a time, on my bedroom boom box. It was fun, cheap and punk rock. Plus, it helped to meet a lot of new friends that are still there for me today, and gave me some good memories of others.

In 1997 the cassette tape was a common medium, while compact discs were slowly becoming the preferred method. C.D.'s hadn't yet taken the hold they had, before they went out of style in a cycle that has been repeating since recorded music began its life as a commodified product.

In a time before digital portable mp3 players, the business of small time punk rock was driven by photocopiers. Flyer's and mail order catalog's were printed and distributed, and the occasional classified ad was placed in one of the many printed fanzines. Then along came the internet and changed all of that.

The problem I face today is that I do not want to sell a product that I do not want to buy myself. So, I have decided to phase out the compact disc. What I have left in C.D.s will still be up for sale here for those that want them still, but I am going to experiment with simply posting mp3's here. I am thinking a lot about what music label's have been to music in the past, and what they should be nowadays.