{"product_id":"cassette-ornament","title":"Cassette Ornament","description":"\u003cp\u003eRetro gifts work best when the object was genuinely loved the first time, which puts the cassette near the top of the format pyramid: this one comes in hand-blown glass, reels painted mid-spool, label lined and left blank where a title was always handwritten anyway. The shell is blown flat with squared corners, the two reel windows are darkened so the painted tape appears to sit inside the body, and the small teeth along the bottom edge are picked out individually, because somebody will check. A capped loop stands at the top edge, spine level. My uncle Ambrose still owns a shoebox of mixtapes indexed by mood and defends the format's superiority with the patience of somebody who has delivered this speech before. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame displays demo tapes beside the finished records — the cassette that carried a song before the world agreed on it — and that is the exact rank this ornament holds on a tree.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chive Ceramics Studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47665961926793,"sku":"ORN374","price":24.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0375\/5687\/9497\/files\/small_ornament_cassette_-PS_5_transp_4d38aa76-ed2e-457b-8485-f52a00c04283.webp?v=1784670978","url":"https:\/\/chive.com\/products\/cassette-ornament","provider":"Chive Studio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}