Back to the Future: Brothers in Time Part II

Chapter 4: The Sports Almanac and the Mixtape

Wednesday October 21st 2015
5:30PM

As Marty and Chris entered the antique store Chris was confused as to why they were here they had already completed their mission

Marty what are we doing here?, shouldn't we meet Doc back in the alley? asked Chris

Just here to look around, maybe bring back something from the future said Marty

You already have a hoverboard, doesn't that count? said Chris

Yeah but I'm looking for something that gives a little glimpse into the future said Marty

Like a little piece of information? asked Chris

Exactly Marty responded

Alright hey maybe I'll find some music from the future, real rock and roll music not like that garbage from earlier said Chris

As Chris went to look around the store Marty wanted to find that book he saw in the window so he decided to ask the lady at the cash register

Excuse me? asked Marty

Yes can I help you? asked the lady

Hi, you know that book on sports statistics that's out in the window? Marty asked

Oh yes, Grays Sports Almanac, would you like to see it? the lady asked Marty

Yes, please said Marty

the lady then led Marty to the window of the store and pulled out the sports almanac which had a dust jacket cover and handed it to him as she gave him some fun facts about the vintage item

This is an interesting feature it has a dust jacket, books used to have these to protect the covers, of course that was before they had dust repellent paper said the lady

And if you're interested in dust we have a quaint little piece from the 1980's, it's called a Dustbuster said the lady as he showed Marty a vintage Dustbuster

As Marty was listening to the lady list off some fun facts about some of the items in the store that were from the 1980's even though he already knows what most of the stuff is, Chris was exploring the rest of the store, besides the stuff from his and Marty's time, it also had some things from different decades, some items from the 1960's, 1970's and even stuff from the 1990's and early 2000's.

But in the back of the store was where all the music stuff was, they had vinyl records, posters, boomboxes, cassettes albums and mixtapes made by people, as he looked through all the cassette tapes, there was a particular tape that caught his eye, it was a mixtape that said in big letters "The Seattle Scene", on the front label of the case it said Mixed by Insane Layne who he assumed made this mixtape, and that it was recorded on September 24th 1991, Chris looked on the back of the cassette to see the track-list but he couldn't see it, he opened the case and saw a folded paper taped to the inside of the cassette case, he took it out and saw it was a message from the creator of the mixtape it read:

To Housefly, from the mind of a creative soul to another for the past 5 years or so my city of Seattle, Washington has been in the underground music scene, this year 1991 is when my sleepy city gets the spotlight, during the past few months 3 Seattle bands have released albums that are climbing their way into the mainstream, this cassette contains the best music of the underground grunge and alternative rock scene in, out and around Seattle, this tape is dedicated to those who are starting their own bands and wanting to be heard, and to those lucky rockers, Kurt Cobain, Layne Staley, Eddie Vedder, Chris Cornell and the late great Andrew Wood (1966-1990)
And for those about to rock, I salute you
Insane Layne