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Boomboxes
I walk past this studio on my way to work sometimes (I get the benefit of picking a different way each time I walk yay grid layout!) and I have seen this gallery with all these boomboxes in the storewindow along with this book. I have been meaning to stop in but most days it is not open when I'm walking past.
Quote:
When the Beat Came in a Box
Mr. Owerko’s interest grew into a book, “The Boombox Project: The Machines, the Music, and the Urban Underground,” published this month by Abrams Image. It features his lovingly detailed close-up photographs of vintage portable stereos, as well as commentary by Spike Lee, L L Cool J and members of the Beastie Boys and the Fugees about the role the devices played in New York’s street culture from the late 1970s to the mid-’80s.
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I remember that I got a Technics shelf system as a teen one year. It had the ability to transform into a boombox with a handle that locked in the speakers and the insertion of 8 D Cell batteries. At that point it was party where ever you wanted to go.
While my unit never went outside my house, I do know that there were some really cool boomboxes out there. You'd hear some music and go find the source and see people just chilling or possibly breakdancing. It was a very fun way to socialize and meet people. Yes, back then you actually had to go out and meet people instead of being introduced as a friend of a friend ala facebook.
I had some great mix tapes of early hip hop, but mostly I liked to play new wave music on it.
Do you remember having a boombox? What did you play on it?
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