The Lingering Dreams of youth
Do you still have a player for this?” The Cranberries guitarist Noel Hogan asked, looking down at my cassette tape of their third album “To The Faithful Departed” with a mixture of curiosity and amusement. I replied with a sheepish yes, amidst laughter. I had hoped they wouldn’t notice the name sticker with the girly heart balloons, but there it was, a bright bubblegum pop mark on a black ’90s rock album sleeve. So sue me, I was still in grade school when I’d bought that tape. At least the band found it funny. And hopefully flattering.