A 13 year old tries a Walkman

Monday, June 29th, 2009 | A&E, Tech |

Via Tam, Giving up my iPod for a Walkman:

“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.”

Any media that has to be turned over is just begging for replacement.

Old fart memory from the 20th century alert!

I remember a Rolling Stone review of some album in the early days of the CD. I want to say it was by Sting. Whoever it was took advantage of the greater space available on a CD to deliver more than the 40 minutes of music that was typical of the LP and cassette era.

That turned out to be a downside for cassette listeners. The extra time meant that the album had to ship as a double cassette. The reviewer noted that the album was best listened to on a CD, because when the longish CD was stretched across four cassette sides you were constantly flipping tapes. With the CD you could push play once and hear the whole thing. What a concept!

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