MINI-BIO: "It is said Soundwave can hear a fly sneeze. Uses anything he hears for blackmail to advance his status. Opportunist. Despised by all other Decepticons. Sensors can detect even lowest energy radio transmissions. Able to read minds by monitoring electrical brain impulses. Acts as radio link for others. Locates and identifies Autobots, then informs Decepticons. Carries a concussion blaster gun. Often target of retaliation by his comrades."
So um. I have made a purchase. It’s the exact same model of microcassette recorder Coop has in the show. And it’s “like new” and functional! I can’t wait until it gets here so I can walk around campus making notes to Dale like he talks to Diane :D
Basement Tapes Day provides the public with access to vintage audio playback devices so they can listen to the home recordings on open-reel tapes, cassettes, and microcassettes that have been sitting in their attics or basements for years. The annual event is staffed by volunteers from Los Angeles’ audio preservation community — archivists, engineers, collectors, restoration experts, conservators, and graduate students from UCLA’s Media Archival Studies program.
Attendees can hear and publicly share their tapes, while learning about the history of recorded sound, common deterioration issues with magnetic audio formats, and how to best store and care for their collections. If you would like to have your tapes digitized before the event, please email [email protected] by October 16, 2023. Otherwise, bring your tapes to the LA Archives Bazaar from 1-3pm to have them inspected and played back at the event.
Basement Tapes Day (affiliated to ARSC)
28 October 2023
Doheny Memorial Library, USC University Park Campus.
Los Angeles, United States