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posted by: ScubaDiva (reply) post date: 07.05.04 (9:46 pm) I remember Eric Levine got the first Walkman when I was in Jr. High. I was SOOO jealous. But he was the first one to get a Member's Only jacket and parachute pants. I bet he's still wearing them today. posted by: ScubaDiva (reply) post date: 07.05.04 (9:48 pm) BTW - you should check out the book "The Day I Turned Uncool" by Po Bronson. Quick read but utterly hysterical commentary on that moment when you realize you're no longer a cool young'un. posted by: lindy (reply) post date: 07.06.04 (4:06 am) Brilliant. I still have mine as well. An absolute hunker! I was such a dork that I was playing something like... the soundtrack fromthe Muppet movie on mine. lol! This product of the 80s is very much heading to the full article right now. Thanks! posted by: olygirl71 (reply) post date: 07.06.04 (12:36 pm) sigh* ahhhhggg...25 years, I can't possibly be that old. It seems like those wonders of "modern technology" came out just yesterday. But, alas...my 12 year-old takes great pride in tormenting me of my agedness by asking, "what is that thing that turns that "thingy" around in circles...kind of like a CD player?" hmmm...yikes, that would be a RECORD PLAYER. Shall we talk about what the first cell phones looked like?! posted by: blondebondgirl (reply) post date: 07.06.04 (1:38 pm) WOW WOW WOW i feel a flashback coming on. Its unstopable now. posted by: blondebondgirl (reply) post date: 07.06.04 (1:38 pm) i took my crack at 2 CD reviews in my blog, turned out more like a recommendation, lol. posted by: juniperflux (reply) post date: 07.06.04 (2:13 pm) Reply to: ScubaDiva These days, Eric Levine is probably the assistant manager at Burger King. :) posted by: juniperflux (reply) post date: 07.06.04 (2:15 pm) Reply to: ScubaDiva (Un)Cool! I'll definitely have to check it out! posted by: juniperflux (reply) post date: 07.06.04 (2:17 pm) Reply to: lindy Ha! @ The Muppet Movie. You poor thing. That's not something I'd readily admit. :) posted by: juniperflux (reply) post date: 07.06.04 (2:20 pm) Reply to: olygirl71 Oh my stars! Didn't John and Tony have one of those "phones in a bag?" That sucker was about as big as a watermelon, as I recall. Speaking of which, I heard a story on the radio awhile back about an elementary school in California that was having problems with its phone system. For some reason, their new phones were not working so they had to hook up an old rotary phone to use instead... NONE of their students knew what it was or what to do with it! Scary, huh? posted by: juniperflux (reply) post date: 07.06.04 (2:21 pm) Reply to: blondebondgirl Cool! I'll have to check it out! posted by: ScubaDiva (reply) post date: 07.06.04 (3:15 pm) I was thinking more along the lines of assistant floor manager of personal electronics at Circuit City. ;) posted by: olygirl71 (reply) post date: 07.06.04 (11:31 pm) Reply to: juniperflux yep...John & tony did indeed have one of those buggers, now adays, that thing wouldn't be aloud as a carryon on an airplane--it was so huge. As for CA...doesn't surprise me about the rotary phones...just look at who is governor--there's a lot they don't know down there. ;) posted by: x0br0ken0x (reply) post date: 07.07.04 (9:47 am) hmmmmmmm 0_o posted by: SheSpecies (reply) post date: 07.08.04 (6:17 pm) LMAO @ Stereo Walky. posted by: RedTigress (reply) post date: 07.14.04 (3:33 pm) Wow, I feel old. |
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I came of age in the 1980s when "greed was good" and the most coveted musical technology available anywhere was the Sony Walkman. I still remember when I got mine (I may actually still have it). It looked very much like the one in the picture, only perhaps even bulkier, but at that time, it seemed positively streamlined. It came with a clip, so you could hook it on your belt, and a strap, so you could sling it over your shoulder in attempt to let everyone know that you were on the cutting edge. I took mine everywhere. The sound quality was awful, it skipped when moved, and as I recall, it eventually 'ate' just about every tape I put in the thing, but I loved it as though it was my first born child.