What Sound Looks Like

This retail proposition isn’t exactly what Philip K. Dick meant by “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale,” but a visit to Amoeba Music on Haight Street does combine sense memory, nostalgia, media technology, and culture in a heady manner. I really wanted that Son of Bazerk tape, which is in pristine condition, but I knew that buying one archival cassette was the beginning of a habit I don’t need. 12″s are enough of a habit.

An ongoing series cross-posted from instagram.com/dsqt.