The History of the Boom Box

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Tip 1 - The History of the Boom Box | eHow

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by syardee | permalink

The boom box was born when stereo capabilities were added to radio cassette players. The boom box was introduced in the late 1970s. Boom boxes were also called ghetto blasters, jam boxes and radio cassette recorders. The popularity of the boom box was largely due to the remarkable sound power contained in a portable box.

For further reading: http://www.ehow.com/about_5127265_history-boom-box.html ^[1]

Tip 2 - A Eulogy For The Boombox

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Trader Joe | permalink

Before iPods (or even CDs) there were boomboxes. It's been 20 years since they disappeared from the streets, but the nostalgia they evoke is about more than stereo equipment. We've changed the way we listen to music — and to each other.

For further reading: http://www.npr.org/2009/04/22/103363836/a-eulogy-for-the-boombox ^[2]

Tip 3 - The Boombox Project: The Machines, the Music, and the Urban Underground: Lyle Owerko, Spike Lee: 9780810982758: Amazon.com: Books

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Joesutherland | permalink

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For further reading: http://www.amazon.com/The-Boombox-Project-Machines-Underground/dp/0810982757 ^[3]

Tip 4 - How Boomboxes Got So Badass

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Amr Fayez | permalink

Compared to today's sleek micro-gadgets, boomboxes are like electronic dinosaurs, dated as much by their ludicrous size as their outmoded te...

For further reading: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/how-boomboxes-got-so-badass/ ^[4]

Tip 5 - Boombox history

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by david newall | permalink

Miles Lightwood is a boom box archivist. His site, Boomboxラジカセ Creators, celebrates the history of these "portable" social music machines. Collectors Weekly talked to Lightwood about his passion fo...

For further reading: http://boingboing.net/2013/12/17/boombox-history.html ^[5]

Tip 6 - How Boomboxes Changed the Streets Forever

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Dennis Kuwabara | permalink

The boombox helped launch an urban revolution of style and technology. In The Boombox Project, Jame Phillips looks at some of the biggest, loudest, most extravagant, and D-cell hungriest shoulder-borne superradios of the day.
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For further reading: http://gizmodo.com/5725877/boombox-project-secrets-of-the-block-rocking-beat ^[6]