Jay Gabler stopped by today to talk to us about Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow's 2017 book "Personal Stereo" which revisits the history of the Walkman.

Jay writes: "Once the Walkman hit stores, though, everyone had to have one -- despite the fact that its retail price of $200 was the equivalent of about $600 today. The seeds of today's podcast landscape were planted as users grabbed the portable stereos and played whatever tapes they pleased: pop music, classical music, language learning tapes. Audiobook sales boomed, and the New York Times reported that "something astonishing is happening to the record business: it is becoming the cassette business as well."

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention a personal listening device?

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Songs played

Ivy - Corners of Your Mind
Digable Planets - Jimmi Diggin' Cats
Pavement - Range Life
Jenny Lewis - Late Bloomer
Wolf Parade - Little Golden Age
Ben Folds - Late
Dressy Bessy - In Your Headphones