I loved my tape walkman. I loved my cd walkman. I loved my ipod.

But more than that, I loved the things they exposed me to. I stole my dad's queen cassettes and listened to them until the batteries couldn't spin the reel anymore.

Then I discovered that walkmans could play mp3s, and I had cds full of eclectic rubbish.

Then I got an ipod , and another, and another, and another. Then I used that ipod to put custom firmware on my ps3, because it could.

These devices were all magic as a kid. But the magic wasn't the devices. It was the MUSIC all along.

And the bloody paper folio's that held cds. So many cds.