InspectorPipes
InspectorPipes t1_j00ocal wrote
Reply to TIL Western music traveled to China in the 80s through these cracked cassette tapes. Once discarded as trash, and shipped to China's black market from abroad, they were purposefully destroyed by labels to prevent resales. And these tapes influenced a generation of musicians in China. by fangz_fabricated
That entire line up, I had all of them. ( technically the joy division tape was ‘unknown pleasures’) Add the cure , the smiths and Souxsie . I was told the punched tapes were promotional / radio station swag . punched so you couldn’t sell them or return to stores…or something like that. I’m so old.
InspectorPipes t1_j6bubxs wrote
Reply to TIL that World War One flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker became a long-time head of Eastern Air Lines and survived well into the 1970s by DAT_DROP
And he had the record for longest “survival at sea in a life raft” record. 23 days on a few oranges, a seagull and fish caught with the nasty bits of seagull. ( I’m not sure if there are any good bits of seagull). This is a very interesting person.