Try Not To Freak Out: International Cassette Store Day Is Real

Mark your calendars and start working on that bod: September 7th is now officially International Cassette Store Day. Sparked by a variety of tumblrground labels kids have become increasingly thirsty for cassettes over the last few years, and retailers are happy to capitalize. Based on the model of Record Store Day, ICSR brings the party to you with a worldwide selection of performances and giveaways. I, for one, am thrilled! It's about time we took back tapes from our loser parents. Mom, if you're reading this, can you please remove those, like, Tracy Chapman joints from the Chrysler?! We're a vaporwave family now. Still, the Western World must not cease fighting our uphill battle to celebrate every single music distribution platform with a holiday. Lest we falter, I've compiled a list of 15 suggestions that we can all agree on.

February 12th—Twitter Music Promo Bot Day

April 20th—Dude Freestyling To Himself In The Back Of Class Day

October 15th—Gotye Pandora Playlist On Repeat In Aeropostale Day

June 22nd—Holding Up Your iPhone With A Song Request For The DJ Day

August 4th—Dude Harassing You With A Flyer For Stand-Up Comedy In Times Square Day

March 9th—The Roots On Fallon Day

January 18th—Shaky Camera Phone Video Of Danny Brown Debuting A New Song Day

June 8th—NYU Student Busking EDM With An MPC At The Bedford Stop Day [no, really, I was there]

October 2nd—"Like If You Are Still Listening In 2012" Youtube Comment Day

December 31st—"Comment Marked As Spam" Day

July 4th—My Cousin Might Be A Juggalo Day

March 3rd—Free DL Of Lana Del Rey - "Born To Die (Filthy Moombahstep Remix)" Day

December 1st—Your Brain Creating An Original Song In Your Dreams That Haunts The Fringes Of Your Waking Perception Day

August 21st—Drake Day

May 7th—Drums Echoing From The Abyss Signalling The Return Of Ancient Gods Day

Ezra Marcus is on Twitter—@ezra_marc