The recordable cassette represents the moment music was first put in the hands of the world.
For those who couldn't strum a guitar, a mixtape was the ultimate expression of youthful self obsession.
And an underground cassette culture continues to flourish, courtesy of a new online coalition.
A funny story is the members of the International MixTape Project, they put a homemade cassette in a Jiffy bag and send it to one of their 1200 fellow participants, in 30 countries on six continents.
An to email each member with another members name and address and, there you have it, music sharing the old school way.
Cassette from my Ex is a blog where writers share their mixtape cds memories of past flings and stream the resulting soundtrack for everyone to enjoy.
Mixtape cds is today's music sharing medium most used when an artist or DJ release new hip-hop mixtapes.
Young people yearn to share music, they set up streamed playlist, they send mixtape CDs to each other, they exchange iPods for an evening.
It can still be a make or break moment for a blossoming love affair, or the social glue that binds two new friends together.
But, in a world where iTunes rules, its nice to know that mixtape cd`s still get play.
Buying mixtape cd`s online is one of the ways to get the freshest material another is to email the DJ`s directly.
R&b mixtapes, 80`s mixtapes, Motown mixtapes, and all the new hip-hop mixtapes for that matter are now obtainable to anyone with a few clicks of a keyboard.
Back in the day you had to wait after a show and hope that the DJ had a few mixtapes left to sell.