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Tape stops rolling on Walkman cassette players

Or is it . . . ?

Sony Walkman isn't dead - yetI think I only ever owned one Sony-branded "Walkman." Even though lots of other manufacturers made portable cassette players, everyone just called them all "Walkmen." Still, back in the day, when you wanted your music on the go, this was the way to do it ( Read more... )

Ah, I so love the woefully inefficient Mass Transit system in Philadelphia. Nothing like taking an El to a train to a bus (and having to wait 45 minutes for that bus, because it only runs once an hour.) And people wonder why I get pissed whenever SEPTA goes on strike . . .

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Made a new MD mix. This time it's Rock Vol. 2 since I promised I'd ( Read more... )

Couldn't sleep after I got home from the gym last night so I made another MD mix. This time, we got good ol' Rock & Roll! Not really hard, but not at all light stuff for this one.

Hollywood Nights by Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band - great late 70's tune from Bob Seger. The drum beat is an odd one in this, but it still sounds kick ass. ( Read more... )

I figure I'll take a break from the outmoded technology posts about Laserdisc, and give you an outmoded technology post about Minidisc (yes, I love Minidisc, I'm probably the only person you'll ever meet whose car stereo has a Minidisc player!)

I knew it all along, but someone finally illustrated it . . .

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Reckonize!!!!

Found this prediction for the next UFC event on the 27th by this one promoter, Jeff "Wombat" Prezsaros, to be rather amusing on few different levels:Dan "The Viking" Evensen vs. Pat BarryEvensen once told me that he hates all wrestlers everywhere because "real fighting is punching and kicking". Barry will be happy to oblige him in that, since he ( Read more... )