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news.bbc.co.uk - 6/29/2009

BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Giving up my iPod for a Walkman

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When the Sony Walkman was launched, 30 years ago this week, it started a revolution in portable music. But how does it compare with its digital successors? The Magazine invited 13-year-old Scott Campbell to swap his iPod for a Walkman for a week. My dad had told me it was the iPod of its day. He ...

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PopWatch:  Walkman more cumbersome than iPod, teen discovers

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infoworld.com - 7/1/2009

Happy birthday! The Walkman turns 30 | Hardware

— infoworld.com — A revolution in the portable music industry began in Japan on July 1, 1979 Sony introduced its Walkman portable cassette player thirty years ago this week, kicking off a revolution in the consumer electronics industry by changing the way people enjoy ... Happy birthday! The Walkman turns 30 | Hardware

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switched.com - 6/29/2009

13-Year-Old Kid Looks Back on 30 Years of Walkman

— switched.com — In a sure attempt to make us all feel prematurely old, BBC Magazine has announced that today is the 30th anniversary of the Sony Walkman . If that fact alone doesn't have you clamoring for the prune juice, freelance BBC writer and Scottish 13-year-old Scott Campbell's retro-review of the ... 13-Year-Old Kid Looks Back on 30 Years of Walkman

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thetripwire.com - 7/2/2009

The Sony Walkman Turns 30

— thetripwire.com — The Sony Walkman turned 30 today and yet no one has wheeled out a cake or piñata to celebrate. In fact Sony seems to be a bit bashful about this milestone birthday. Whether it is because of other issues going on in the company that take ... The Sony Walkman Turns 30

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How Does a 30-Year-Old Sony Walkman Hold Up Against an iPod?
CBC Radio 3 — ... Campbell to swap his iPod Touch for a first generation Walkman for a week. Hilarity ensues: "It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape. That was not the only naive mistake that I made; I mistook the metal/normal switch on the Walkman for a genre-specific equaliser, but later I discovered that it was in fact used to switch between two different types of cassette." Read all about Scott's experience with a primitive culture.

13-Year-Old Kid Looks Back on 30 Years of Walkman
Switched — ... BBC Magazine asked the Aberdeenshire student to carry the "cumbersome" gadget through a few days at school, where it was immediately met with sideways glances. Apparently, it took the youngster a few days to discover that a cassette tape had another side, and many more to get accustomed to the Walkman's relatively short battery life (three hours, or so). ...

BBC Subjects Young Child To Ridicule, Confusion For Purposes Of Revealing Shocking Fact That Walkmen Are Old
Idolator: Music News, Reviews, And Gossip — ... when I began to officially feel like a relic from an ancient era, one where transparent cassettes seemed somehow beamed in from the future. 1. “I mistook the metal/normal switch on the Walkman for a genre-specific equaliser, but later I discovered that it was in fact used to switch between two different types of cassette.” Gets the top spot because c’mon, how many people who were around in the Walkman era probably made the same mistake? Giving up my iPod for a Walkman [BBC via scroll]

Walkman more cumbersome than iPod, teen discovers
PopWatch — ... Ah, youth. A British 13-year-old test drove an old-ass Sony Walkman instead of his iPod this weekend, and lo, the results were comical . "From a practical point of view, the Walkman is rather cumbersome, and it is certainly not pocket-sized, unless you have large pockets," he writes. Truth! (Though as the years wore on, Walkmen did shrink down a bit.) But it gets better: "It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape," writes the tech-savvy youth. He creates his own version of "shuffle" "simply by holding down 'rewind; and releasing it randomly." ...

Kid Trades in iPod for Walkman for a Week
Prefix — ... In other news, people used to call each other using "pay phones" after getting "paged" on their "beepers." The past is hilarious! [BBC] ...

Art Decade — 13-year-old given a walkman, seems confused... [Thanks to JB for the heads up on this article.] ...

Walkman vs. iPod: The Rematch
Yahoo! Buzz Log — ... You can read the 13-year-old's entire blog post here, which details the taunts he endured on the school bus, the trauma of learning how to "fast forward" and "rewind," and his disappointment in the "bland grey" color and bulky size of the so-called portable player. The culture shock was huge. But perhaps a small technology divide was bridged between father and son. ...

Sony Walkman Turns 30
The Post Punk Progressive Pop Party — BBC News Magazine invited 13-year-old Scott Campbell to swap his iPod for a 30-year-old Sony Walkman for one week. Read This: Giving up my iPod for a Walkman ...

Url-y Riser: Walkmans, 6-Word Obits, and How to Learn Something Without Realizing
Urlesque — ... The BBC gives a 21st-century kid an old Walkman. The result? "It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape." [ ...

To make the music play, you push the large play button. It engages with a satisfying clunk.
.:DataWhat?:. — This 13-year-old kid explores the Sony Walkman (more than twice as old as he is): "It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape. That was not the only naive mistake that I made; I mistook the metal/normal switch on the Walkman for a genre-specific equaliser, but later I discovered that it was in fact used to switch between two different types of cassette." :: Thanks Steve ...

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Spinner — Filed under: The Chum Bucket R.I.P. Vibe Magazine. [Brooklyn Vegan] John Mayer ponders an alternate universe where Twitter was around for the release of 'Thriller.' [Idolator] A thirteen-year-old swaps his iPod for a Walkman for week. His resulting confusion will make you feel very old. [BBC] The Pirate Bay is officially going legal, striking a major blow to people who don't like paying for things. [NME] If you purchased a ticket to one of Michael Jackson's final ...

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Film Experience Blog — ... baby Avenue Q is closing in September (sniffle) The Little Mermaid is closing in August (yay!) intermission, bathroom break Ephemerist Justin Bond 'the positive nihilist'. I love Ms. Bond so much. With great muches. Muchly OMG Pina Bausch (Talk to Her) has passed away Jane Fonda a thoughtful piece on her brief friendship with Michael Jackson and rehearsing for one's own death BBC hilarious article about a teenager giving up his iPod for a Walkman. Undoubtedly ...

catching up part II
Thepunkguy — a. .. b. check out the new Spoon track HERE. c. Have you seen Away we Go? it’s really good. but the music features this artist named Alexi Murdoch? Check it out HERE> d. finally a walkman explained to ME. (thanks Y) e. check out this pict HERE> f. TWO FINALLYS…. FINALLY.. The Pool Parties have been officially ANNOUNCED HERE. FINALLY .. Brooklyn Bowl is OPENING.