April 1966 is missing from the StarNews archives, so I thought I'd jump to the early 1970s -- specifically, April 1971. April 1, 1971: Looking back at April in the StarNews is always fun, since it ...

Just like the dodo bird and full-service gas stations, here are a few things that are either extinct or fading away: Invented by William Powell Lear of LearJet fame, they gained notoriety in the 1960s ...

Today — when you can literally take your music anywhere — it's hard to imagine a time when that wasn't possible. So, if you're old enough, cast your mind back 40 years or so. Remember 8-track tapes?

What exactly was the 8-Track tape? Gather round youngsters! As the old(er) staffer at Loudwire, when we recently saw National 8-Track Tape Day coming up on the calendar, it sparked some moments of ...

The 8-track cartridge, aka the Stereo 8, first appeared at trade shows in 1964, just 18 months after the cassette, and it did initially seem to have it all: it was comparatively small, portable, and ...