Sony Walkman Turns 30, 13 Year Old Gives It a Spin

That’s right.  The Sony Walkman has been around for 30 years now, revolutionizing portable music forever by allowing aural connoisseurs to listen to whatever they want, whenever they want. In celebration of the advent of the Walkman, the BBC Magazine had 13 year old Scott Campbell put down his iPod and try living for a week as if it was 1983, when cassette tapes ruled the mobile music roost.  There’s a LOT to recommend in the article, but my favourite line has to be… I mistook the metal/normal switch on…

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