Does CDM get a lot of email? Yes, yes, it does. Some of them are valuable and fascinating and – all apologies to all of you – manage to slip through the inbox. Some, however, are simply exceptionally strange. This is just from this morning:

Topic:
musis

Message:
i need pad

Okay. Guess you do.

Topic:
Cassette tapes

Message:

I am having a “clear out ” at home and have several music cassettes
What can I do with them.?? Includes, some Elvis, Christmas
collections,Richard Rogers musicals,Andrew LLoyd Webber

If you have some solutions you’d like to suggest to these folks, let us know and we’ll pass them on.

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"How can I make my synthesizers sound better? And please don't tell me to read the manual, I don't have time. I have to finish this term project and turn it in tomorrow."

This is. Genuinely. Hilarious. Pls moaaaaar!!!

1. don't forget to deliver the package to Mr. Oliver

2. Every monday a new life awaits you in the colonies

Mad Mail Monday, it's gotta happen.

Peter, please post more! I'm sure these are just the tip of the iceberg...

Tapes make great pads. We suggest you play matchmaker.

1. www.samsung.com
2. Make a HUGE tape salad and invite your neighbors for a party!

1. http://apple.com 2. There's this Casette Player USB thing that you hook up to a computer and it plays the cassette and records it as a WAV file using Audacity.

Cut them all into 2" lengths, throw them up into the air, and splice them together randomly a la the "Mr. Kite" calliope montage.

you should do an archive of "best of" emails sent to you via your blog. There has to be some good ones, all anonymous of course to keep with the fun. 

More, please, more. You should make a column on a weekly basis with mails like that. :)

Peter, could it be that you're not receiving some emails? I've tried to follow up on the topic we were putting together a few weeks ago.

I forgot that the sound(s) for number 1 should have a slow attack.

1. Get sounds with plenty of harmonics and apply a high pass filter with low resonance.

2. Buy a walkman or find someone who still has a working walkman.

1. visit a stationers

2. visit a charity shop