Comments on: Win Tix to The Walkmen at the El Rey May 20 http://blogging.la/2009/05/15/win-tix-to-the-walkmen-at-the-el-rey-may-20/ Lizard people dude. Seriously. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: boyhowdy http://blogging.la/2009/05/15/win-tix-to-the-walkmen-at-the-el-rey-may-20/comment-page-1/#comment-41119 boyhowdy Sat, 16 May 2009 00:29:10 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=27831#comment-41119 ah yes. the walkman. i can remember lugging a double-sided cassette carrier that held 64 cassettes (many of them 90-minute tapes with two albums each) on debate trips so i could have some variety on long van rides to debate tournaments. hard to pick just one favorite walkman-era tape, but here are the top whatever: the wolfgang press - "bird wood cage" (ah shut that door!) swans - "holey money" (i hang myself in you) x - "more fun in the new world" (drink a beer from a paper bag) ramones - "leave home" (do it one more time for me) jimi hendrix experience - "greatest hits" (where you goin' with that gun...?) sonic youth - "bad moon rising" (this song this song is called) tom waits - "franks wild years" (you gotta help me keep the devil) yeah, i was in the (older end of the) generation that william bennett said would be ruined by the walkman. you still hear echoes of that moral outrage every time a concerned 'elder' bemoans the fate of young children addicted to their ipods. as far as i can see, the only difference is that now i can carry 64+ albums without breaking a sweat. still, sometimes i miss the click-clack as the walkman flips from side a to b. ah yes. the walkman. i can remember lugging a double-sided cassette carrier that held 64 cassettes (many of them 90-minute tapes with two albums each) on debate trips so i could have some variety on long van rides to debate tournaments. hard to pick just one favorite walkman-era tape, but here are the top whatever:

the wolfgang press – “bird wood cage” (ah shut that door!)
swans – “holey money” (i hang myself in you)
x – “more fun in the new world” (drink a beer from a paper bag)
ramones – “leave home” (do it one more time for me)
jimi hendrix experience – “greatest hits” (where you goin’ with that gun…?)
sonic youth – “bad moon rising” (this song this song is called)
tom waits – “franks wild years” (you gotta help me keep the devil)

yeah, i was in the (older end of the) generation that william bennett said would be ruined by the walkman. you still hear echoes of that moral outrage every time a concerned ‘elder’ bemoans the fate of young children addicted to their ipods. as far as i can see, the only difference is that now i can carry 64+ albums without breaking a sweat. still, sometimes i miss the click-clack as the walkman flips from side a to b.

]]> By: noisemeup http://blogging.la/2009/05/15/win-tix-to-the-walkmen-at-the-el-rey-may-20/comment-page-1/#comment-41118 noisemeup Fri, 15 May 2009 22:56:21 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=27831#comment-41118 The Presidents of the United States of America. Who didn't love "lump".?! The Presidents of the United States of America. Who didn’t love “lump”.?!

]]> By: expertobenigni http://blogging.la/2009/05/15/win-tix-to-the-walkmen-at-the-el-rey-may-20/comment-page-1/#comment-41117 expertobenigni Fri, 15 May 2009 21:38:02 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=27831#comment-41117 I played the crap out of Michael Jackson's DANGEROUS on my Walkman when I was 10. On "Heal The World" I though he said "for you, and for me, and the anti-human race" and I got laughed at when singing it out loud. People can be so cruel. Heal the world. I played the crap out of Michael Jackson’s DANGEROUS on my Walkman when I was 10. On “Heal The World” I though he said “for you, and for me, and the anti-human race” and I got laughed at when singing it out loud. People can be so cruel. Heal the world.

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