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shared by shi chen on 06 Oct 09 - Cached

We lost something valuable when private playlists replaced public noise
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''rock and roll ain't noise pollution''.
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Rock and roll can be noise pollution.
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Today, playing music has become a much more private experience.
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But things changed a little with the arrival of the Sony Walkman, and then a lot when we entered the iPod age.
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In the iPod age, everyone has their own private soundtrack as they walk the streets, which means the streets themselves no longer have a soundtrack
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With the white buds in our ears - a modern look that sends a clear message of ''do not disturb'' - we are oddly vacant in urban spaces even as we inhabit them.
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The loss is not only the music we no longer hear, but all the acts of having music foisted upon us that we no longer experience - and what these acts mean.
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shared by Maria D'Amato on 08 Oct 09 - Cached

Sony's Walkman digital music player outsold Apple's iPod in Japan last week for the first time in more than four years, according to electronics research firm BCN.
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Sony, whose Walkman cassette players pioneered the portable-music industry in the late 1970s, gained market share after introducing models including the W series of cordless players that sell for under $US108.
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Sony has gained customers seeking less expensive products and those seeking high quality by broadening its lineup,” Kazuharu Miura, an analyst with Daiwa Institute of Research, said by telephone. “But you can't really say Sony regained its competitiveness against Apple unless it improves its market share in the U.S. and Europe.”
- Nora Ibrahim on 08 Oct 09
  
  Correct me if I am wrong, but I have always found Japanese citizens very nationalistic and Sony is a Japanese company. Could that have an impact on the consumer's choice?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Correct me if I am wrong, but I have always found Japanese citizens very nationalistic and Sony is a Japanese company. Could that have an impact on the consumer's choice?</div>
  
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shared by Christoph Zed on 20 Aug 09 - Cached

Pan," at least in Adam Reeder's version of the mythological figure, dances to the iPod
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"Technology has changed the context but not the nature of humans or art," says Reeder. "Classical sculpture is typically very serious and everyday people come in and they're kind of ready to be bored. Then, they see this and say 'Dude, this is great.'
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