2007 Cassette Jockey World Championships: Call for Competitors
2007 Cassette Jockey World Championships: Call for Competitors :: CALLING ALL: Cassette Jockies • Retro-Tech Lovers • Magnetic Media Monsters • Circuit Benders • Multi-Media DJs • Walkman Hot-Rodders.
In 2003 at a festival in Chicago, a group of retro-tech geniuses organized The Cassette Jockey World Championships. Like the popular DJ (Disk Jockey) competitions with record-toting DJs showing off their turntable skills, the CJ Championships aimed to transplant their skills and styles to the venerable world of cassettes. Since CJs were encouraged to hot-rod their own equipment, eviscerated boomboxes, disembodied tape heads, and overclocked Walkmans were the weapons of choice–anything that used the standard cassette as its ammo. Continue reading