A Walkman Busting, iPod Jacking spree in the vast open spaces of Philadelphia’s 30th Street train station, the day after Christmas. Roaming among the crowds of holiday travelers, each tuned to their own holiday music, I tapped into the personal soundtracks of Trevor Keal and David Montañez. Both Trevor and David are Philadelphia [...]
I’m a designer with ESI Design, where I have been since 1995 and my official title is VP of Strategy and Communications. Much of my work is in design integration – orchestrating the various design disciplines we work in at ESI – physical, media, systems, graphic and content – into holistic experiences. We [...]
LOCATION: Union Square, New York City
In this episode, we encounter a 19 year old fashionista tuned into C.E.X. (pronounced “sex”) and Bobbie Gentry’s “Chickasaw County Child” on the mix CD he dubs “Flux;” an 80 year old former jazz trombonist and musician’s union cardholder tuned to the US Airforce Big Band – aka, “The Airmen [...]
LOCATION: UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK CITY
In this special all-iPod episode of “Walkman Busting,” we listen in with:
1) RENE, a Cuban immigrant who loves Cher because she always changes, hates Cuban music “because it always stays the same.”
2) LIZ, a radical student listening to underground hiphop artist and political activist Saul Williams.
3) TAMSIN, who tunes us [...]
LOCATION: Union Square, New York City
These busts include a teenager and his skateboard crew who are in shock and awe that the interviewer has not heard of “Sublime;” a man who lets us listen with him as he “faces” a CD that he hasn’t been able to listen to for five years; and a third [...]
