[jyl]

Another post about Christmas shopping for my son.

He has gotten quite into cassette tapes and classic rock, pop, etc. As examples, lately he is listening to Stevie Wonder, The Doors, Elton John, Stevie Nicks, Jimi Hendrix, Tears For Fears, Donovan, Talking Heads, James Taylor. Oh, and Edith Piaf. And let's not forget Kansas. Really. We went to a fair where Kansas was playing, my son was so excited, and I think the band was just as excited. Look, a fan with all his teeth! But I digress.

The classic music I get, but the cassette tape thing I don't really. I mean, we have Spotify. . . This weekend he asked me to look for "one of those boxes that has two cassette tapes so you can record from one to the other." Can you imagine. What's next, eight track or reel to reel? Maybe he'll make girls stop Snapchatting him and use a CB radio instead?

Anyway, I figured I'd get him a boombox and a mess of cassettes.

So: if you have any of those - that is, a boombox or a mess of cassettes - that you consider just clutter, and you want to get rid of it aka sell it pretty cheaply, please let me know. Oh, but the music should be good ***** - he's not into country or rather, I don't want to listen to Crystal Gayle all over again.

(Hearing "Yellow Brick Road" from his room now. Hey, it is lots better than what some parents of fifteen year old boys have to listen to.)