Comments on: Why iPods Rule http://www.jazzodyssey.com/why-ipods-rule/ Syd Schwartz's Blog Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:32:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Harry Bridge http://www.jazzodyssey.com/why-ipods-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-1608 Harry Bridge Tue, 23 Aug 2005 01:36:04 +0000 /?p=163#comment-1608 sounds like a fun flight! I want to gently disagree with the thought that it wouldn't have been possible without an mp3 player. certainly in terms of length and sustained experience that might be true, but I think there's something to be said for the synchronicity of the purely unplanned - I remember back in the days when you could listen to a walkman during takeoff, I had _Close to the Edge_ (album, not song) on, and the intro to Siberian Khatru came on during takeoff. the movement of the plane, coupled with the power of YES made for an exhilarating experience, albeit a momentary one... I wonder if anyone saw the huddled shape next to the window, taking in the audio-visual experience of a lifetime! sounds like a fun flight! I want to gently disagree with the thought that it wouldn’t have been possible without an mp3 player. certainly in terms of length and sustained experience that might be true, but I think there’s something to be said for the synchronicity of the purely unplanned – I remember back in the days when you could listen to a walkman during takeoff, I had _Close to the Edge_ (album, not song) on, and the intro to Siberian Khatru came on during takeoff. the movement of the plane, coupled with the power of YES made for an exhilarating experience, albeit a momentary one…

I wonder if anyone saw the huddled shape next to the window, taking in the audio-visual experience of a lifetime!

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