Tapes Forever! Obsolete Never! With Tomorrow on Cassette, Duester sends the audiocassette tape reeling into the future of physical sound media, while keeping an ear to the deep reverberations of its undergrounds, past and present.

David Novak, Associate Professor, UC Santa Barbara, USA, and is author of Japanoise: Music at the Edge of Circulation

Ben Duester debunks the revivalist discourse surrounding cassettes by reminding us how they've persisted not just in language classes, prisons, or religious ministries but countless DIY music scenes. At the same time, Duester shows how the format has taken on a surprising new cast in the digital mediascape, valued not just as an attractive container for a download code but precisely for its noisy charm, stubborn temporality, and exclusive demand on the listener's attention. This is the most complete account yet published of the cassette's postmillennial resonance.

Rob Drew, Professor of Communication, Saginaw Valley State University, USA, and is author of Unspooled: How the Cassette Made Music Shareable