When I was in my 20’s we had to make casette mix tapes to share music. The record companies actually tried to make it illegal to copy music off vinyl records and on to casettes.
Many years ago, a coworker put a floppy disk into the lab computer and played SEVEN SECONDS of his new baby crying. That was all the disk could hold. I’m thinking late 80s or early 90s. Come a long way.
I’m so confused on the parents’ ages… this makes it seem like they’re 40, but there was also an older strip with a lava lamp showing dad young in the 60s? I mean, either way, since everything about this is timeless.
When I was a kid we had an 8 track deck in the car. My dad would record music on them from vinyl records. By the time I was a teenager it was cassette tapes followed by cds that were not burnable. Every piece of technology I actually know how to use is obsolete.
I have always seen myself in Wallace and his buddies, but today’s strip makes me realize I am, in fact, Wallace’s dad. Sigh. (I do remember the first time I got a dedicated CD burner and it was like total magic!)
I remain a buyer of CDs. Physical media still matters to me. Recent articles about the promise of streaming (primarily shows and movies) going unfulfilled is starting to make that clear. I like that vinyl has had a resurgence but they are too expensive for me to consider collecting them save for a very special few. A lot of the records and covers look beautiful.
angelolady Premium Member over 1 year ago
Seagull hid behind the bean bag when Sterling entered. ♥
sergioandrade Premium Member over 1 year ago
When I was in my 20’s we had to make casette mix tapes to share music. The record companies actually tried to make it illegal to copy music off vinyl records and on to casettes.
GirlGeek Premium Member over 1 year ago
If you remember how to burn a CD (or even know what a CD is) then you are getting old.
VanLaser over 1 year ago
Sterling would make a great roman emperor ..
Gandalf over 1 year ago
We shared our music via cassette tapes.
crookedwolf Premium Member over 1 year ago
Disco inferno..!?
NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 1 year ago
Many years ago, a coworker put a floppy disk into the lab computer and played SEVEN SECONDS of his new baby crying. That was all the disk could hold. I’m thinking late 80s or early 90s. Come a long way.
jschumaker over 1 year ago
Did someone say “burn”? Looks like a job for Pyro Boy.
ladykat over 1 year ago
I have some CDs that my brother-in-law burned for me and my late husband.
ajr58(1) over 1 year ago
Two words: Mix Tapes
Killraven Premium Member over 1 year ago
Youngsters! In my day it was send them the album, or tape it on a reel to reel. Compact cassettes showed up in my early teens.
akachman Premium Member over 1 year ago
Career guesses for Unibrow, anyone? Metal band, Navy Seal, or High School teacher: all require being a badass.
loveabulldesign over 1 year ago
I’m so confused on the parents’ ages… this makes it seem like they’re 40, but there was also an older strip with a lava lamp showing dad young in the 60s? I mean, either way, since everything about this is timeless.
Diat60 over 1 year ago
Share music with a friend? We loaned them the record!
Ida No over 1 year ago
Mom: “Dear? What did we say about choosing our words around the feral one? No burning our bridges behind us.”
Sterling: “Bridges! Even the metal ones?”
TaraDianeHarless over 1 year ago
When I was a kid we had an 8 track deck in the car. My dad would record music on them from vinyl records. By the time I was a teenager it was cassette tapes followed by cds that were not burnable. Every piece of technology I actually know how to use is obsolete.
raybarb44 over 1 year ago
It is….
Kawasaki Cat over 1 year ago
Sterling will find something on his own to burn.
ilovecomics*infinity over 1 year ago
I have always seen myself in Wallace and his buddies, but today’s strip makes me realize I am, in fact, Wallace’s dad. Sigh. (I do remember the first time I got a dedicated CD burner and it was like total magic!)
Charles & Susan Premium Member over 1 year ago
Sterling also gets a laugh out of me!
Templo S.U.D. over 1 year ago
good times indeed, Mr. McLellan
donwestonmysteries over 1 year ago
At least Sterling had on underwear.
GKBOWOOD Premium Member over 1 year ago
I heard Arthur Brown’s “Fire” song from 1968 and Talking Heads “Burning Down the House” when I saw Sterling!!
LoriSA1 over 1 year ago
I looove dad’s shirt!
Daeder over 1 year ago
Mix tapes were preferable for sharing music. And if North America had been wise, they would have gone to mini-disc.
GG_loves_comics Premium Member over 1 year ago
The old Sarge still has a reel to reel deck.
JH&Cats over 1 year ago
Around here, people share music by taking out the fiddle and playing it for/with each other. It was good enough for Tom Jefferson & friends.
Not the Smartest Man On the Planet -- Maybe Close Premium Member over 1 year ago
Gotta be careful what you say around Sterling.
Mary McNeil Premium Member over 1 year ago
CDs Sterling – not BVDs !
BC in NC Premium Member over 1 year ago
I remain a buyer of CDs. Physical media still matters to me. Recent articles about the promise of streaming (primarily shows and movies) going unfulfilled is starting to make that clear. I like that vinyl has had a resurgence but they are too expensive for me to consider collecting them save for a very special few. A lot of the records and covers look beautiful.
gsteele531 over 1 year ago
Soooo – it was HIS dad that made the mix tapes; CDs were the 80’s and 90’s.
twinleaf 5 months ago
burn cd’s? what does that mean?