Sony TCM-359V, 1995-2007
DIED, this morning at 11:17 a.m. of unknown causes, my trusty, longtime companion, the Sony TCM-359V, or "my tape recorder," as it was affectionately known. It was used to record and transcribe hundreds of interviews in the years since it first went into service, as a gift from my parents upon entering the field of journalism.
On the recorder's back is an all-access pass from a dEUS/Mano Negra concert in Nice. Despite the TCM-359V's owner's policy against keeping work souvenirs of any kind, this sticker, with the words "Tous Acces," seemed like something worth keeping at the time.
It will be replaced not by a digital recorder but with another Sony cassette recorder, the TCM-200DV, whose microphone I can only hope is as uncannily adept at zeroing in on soft-spoken subjects in noisy rooms.
It leaves behind a looming deadline, an eight-pack of Energizer AA batteries (with free Shrek the Third Ogre-Vision Viewer) purchased in the vain hope that it was my batteries that had collapsed, and a man more bummed out by the loss of an inanimate object than seems appropriate.
posted by Andrew Beaujon at 11:47
5 Comments:
Somewhere in here shouldn't you say something about "AA batteries in lieu of flowers may be sent to" or something like that?
Good luck with the new tape machine; internal mics are a shot in the dark, so we wish you luck in finding something appropriate.
dear jpsv-
i had the pod on shuffle and john's bar mitzvah came on (yes, you're on my pod, don't get yer panties in a wad- that rhymes btw) and i found you here- would love to catch up. it's only been a million years, couldn't take too long.
get up, get out and get in touch. betch.
just in case you were wondering:
previous song: little japanese cigarette case by spoon
subsequent song: you be illin' by run-dmc
would love to hear from you.
ps- it's claire in raleigh. hello! look me up!
What makes you so sure that the machine is forever dead? Ship it out to me in LA & maybe I can revive it. That would be a great paternity leave project for me. (Jesse)
How funny, I was just listening to "claire's snares" while wearing no underwear. Hey! That rhymes too!
Okay, you both get in touch, and soon like.
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