@wbez_chicago: How is this for post copy? Aadam Jacobs is obsessed with recording live shows. He started in the ‘80s by sneaking in a tape recorder to indie, rock and punk shows, capturing full audio sets of everyone from R.E.M. at the UIC Pavilion in 1986 to Depeche Mode at the Aragon in 1985 to Nirvana (twice) in 1989, once at Metro and once at the now-defunct Club Dreamerz. And the list goes on. Thanks to volunteers in the “tapers” community, many recordings from his massive music collection are now digitized. The online archive captures a unique slice of life and culture – an epoch of live music. “My tapes aren’t going to last forever, and neither am I,” said Jacobs, “and I didn’t want this collection to be discovered long after I die.” Read more at the link in our bio or at wbez.org Story by Selena Fragassi Video by Zubaer Khan and Zainie Qureshi #chicago #music #musichistory

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