View of the Past from a Frightening Future
As part of a generation that more or less witnessed the birth of portable music devices, this story is both hilarious and a little frightening. A 13 yr. old was given a classic Sony Walkman and asked to report on his experience with it.
My favorite bit from the article:
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.
Although, seriously, what type of 13 yr. old uses the word “aesthetically?”
