New Yorker: The Walkman At 40

I had one, and I loved it. “With the advent of the Sony Walkman came the end of meeting people,” Susan Blond, a vice-president at CBS Records, told the Washington Post in 1981. “It’s like a drug: You put the Walkman on and you blot out the rest of the world.”

Add a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *