[Hack&Lube]

Mine was a state of the art Toshiba model from 1989 that my grandpa gave me. Imported from Japan.

I lost the battery cover a long time ago. I wish I could get a replacement. Coolest piece of technology I ever had - and the first as well.

For a period in highschool (yes highschool), I actually switched back to walk-man, but this was only 1998. Burners were $1000, Discman's skipped and you couldn't make your own tracks, etc. I loved the trick of holding down fast-forward just slightly enough to increase the tempo of all the songs. Also gave me AM/FM radio. Soon switched to Minidisc though. The Mp3 player thing got me for awhile but I realize now...I really don't want to have two things stuck in my ears all the time everywhere I go.

I hate how OCD I get about putting music on Mp3 players, spending hours getting all the songs I want and trying to navigate, etc. It's a mess and there are not many songs that I can listen to without getting sick of them (and thus ruining them forever). I only want new songs. I wish there was some kind of mp3 player that could just pick up internet radio or something and still be portable. I want to hear new music only and in only the genres I want.