Ghettoblaster Tapestries

Im from the boom box era (white letters)

Old School ghetto blaster punk rock dude!!

Illustration of an old school boom box for all of the real ones that remember ricking cassettes back in the day! (Part of a series by noodle research exploring the everyday awesomeness that surrounds us)

The first pre-recorded music cassettes hit the market in 1966, with an initial offering of just 49 titles. This was the first step in the portable music revolution, but it wasn't until the late '70s when portable cassette players explode, and retail music cassettes went right along with them. From massive dual deck boom boxes to belt clipped personal players, cassettes were the new way to listen to music. While existing record stores were already carrying cassettes, Tape World launched with an all cassette retail format in their mall stores from coast to coast. Sure, they sold select vinyl titles, but they were wall-to-wall cassette tapes, which gave their relatively small footprint stores the ability to carry a ton of stock.

ancient myths reimagined

Retro blue boombox and two cassettes

"Perhaps strictly speaking, the chosen medium of artist Luis Toledo is digital art. Really, though, Toledo is an artist of the raw image. He seems to corral the endless but familiar flood of imagery into hypnotically detailed digital collages. His compositions are at once vaguely reminiscent of European baroque artwork as well as Indian and South East Asian religious artwork. In a way the collages seem to be an artistic reflection of the way we collect and consume images. They speak a familiar visual language but appear to purposely overwhelm. If you look closely, you’ll find the images of the mundane beside the spiritual, the silly or trivial with the profound." Hi-Fructose Magazine

Line drawing of boomboxes and radios.

Soundwave commanding one of his cassettes in to battle! Like this design? Please check out my other designs!

Boombox Kid : Stencil style graffiti art in gray

Line drawing of a series of boomboxes and radios.

8 bit jammin

A small collection of some famous 80s items.. What item did you have?

Music is your life and without music you cannot get through the day? So get this cool retro shirt now.

A textured retro boombox for those that miss the days before streaming.

A 1980's radio-transistor radio battery powered electric black ghetto blaster retro am/FM 80s portable radio. Throw down some card board box and you'll be set.

Grim Reaper aka Death with his boombox playing some phat beats. Play it like there's no tomorrow.

It just gets better with time!

Represent your love for HOUSE MUSIC

Give it to me, baby like boom, boom, boom.

illustration

Represent Your Love For BREAKBEAT

For b-boys who were born to make noise!

Represent your Love for BREAKBEAT

Represent Your Love For BREAKBEAT

Something that every music lover must have!

Pop your cassettes into the tape deck, bring your boombox to the park and play it loud!

Represent your love for DNB

Represent your love for BREAKS

Astronaut floating in space with a boombox

Aztec Tattoo style 80s hip hop tshirt

Retro Boom-Box - Cassette Player

This mermaid rocks!

A 90s boombox with splatter paint and bright colors

Boombox Kid Stencil style graffiti art.