On music discovery and the weight of modern lives.

An exploration of Billy Idol’s 1983 album, Rebel Yell, which made him the face of an MTV generation.

Rip out the J-card. Put a love letter in its place.

Before the machine there was the VJ. These public servants now relegated to millennial memory saved millions from the terror of conveyor belt playlists.

Cassettes didn't give the instant gratification of an audio streaming service, but they gave us the ability to carry the sounds that stayed with us. In a Walkman. In the cassette player in our cars. Cheap and sturdy cassettes democratized access to recorded sound across the world.