I've spent the day fiddling with my 8 track player.

I worked out what the issue is, it's not a stretched belt, the motor's timing is based on the voltage frequency. This is a 60hz unit, and I'm running it on 50hz, so that's the problem.

I mucked around putting tape on the spindle, the worked a bit, but then the shape was wrong, and the belt was going all wobbly.

I either need to find a way to change 50hz to 60hz, replace the motor, or make a new wheel for the motor.

I've listened to Spanish Flea about 50 times today. It's now well and truly stuck in my head.

I downloaded Homer singing it, I downloaded the original (so I could listen to it at the correct speed), and I also found some pretty cool flash animation called "Mr Nice", which you can view at the following URL:

http://www.columbia.edu/~sjt59/mr_nice.swf

I finished watching 2001 before too, I had intended to watch the whole thing last night, but I was too tired. At least I could have watched the whole thing in one go, unlike when I was using that crappy Philips DVD player.

Heh, I just went to sign this off like an email.