Warhol for TDK Tapes

It’s two, two, two times the nostalgia, as Warhol shills for TDK analog cassette tapes:


Warhol Japandering for Cassettes [Dailymotion video, via]


I love his trademark wooden speech as he struggles through the Japanese. Remember a world in which you could advertise for cassette tapes? Sigh. At least Japan is still hip, jamming on marimbas and analog synths in other news.


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Chris_B

FYI the second still is for video tape, not audio cassette tape.

June 27, 2006 @ 8:40 pm
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July 1, 2009 @ 11:42 am
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