Monday, October 25, 2010

RIP Walkman


Oh noooo....say it ain't so....

Sony Walkman (Senior) has reached the end of side two. Its batteries have run out. The rewind button is broken.

Lovers of music overlaid with hissing have reacted with sadness to news that Sony has ceased production of its celebrated portable cassette-playing audio device.
Chk. Chk. Chk. Chk. Chk. Chk. Chk. Chk. Chk. Chk."

That was how it sounded when you sat next to a foam-headphoned user on the bus, overlaid with the faint but recognisable vocal inflections of Pat Benatar.



Read the rest of the article over at BBC.

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