Warhol for TDK Tapes
by Peter Kirn
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.
Peter Kirn
Jaymis Loveday
James Grahame
Primus Luta
michaeluna
Kim Cascone
Ben Long
Tom Whitwell
John Jacobus
Chris Stack
Marsha Vdovin
Markus Schroeder
Matt Earp
Kristin Trethewey
FYI the second still is for video tape, not audio cassette tape.
[...] Andy Warhol shills for TDK. Video cassette tape, to be sure – but sublime nonetheless. If I had to remember my Japanese [...]