Sunday, December 6, 2009
4:04 AM
Cause the I-pod Was Still 20+ Years Away
In between the portable record players we had as kids, and the really nice stereos we got as teens, I had one of these. My friend, Reana had one and she used it all of the time as her main source of music listening simply because she could hold it up to the radio and record any song she wanted, rather than having to wait until she had money, etc. to buy the album. I thought that was a brilliant idea so I asked for, and got one for Christmas of my 8th grade year. For the next two years, I played that thing constantly. I recorded everything under the sun. I still bought records, mind you, but I loved the idea of being able to record any song I wanted in the world for free and so I recorded everything. And of course, I recorded myself, too. You didn't think I lost all vanity when I reached jr. high, did you? LOL
*by the way, my friend's name isn't really Reana. On my blog, as on Dragnet, the names of all parties are changed to protect the innocent from the prying eyes of random strangers who spend their days doing equally random google searches.