MUSEUM of PORTABLE SOUND REPS WALKMAN'S 40th

As a proud associate of the Museum of Portable Sound, I applaud Associated Press’ decision to tap the Museum’s director John Kannenberg as an expert witness for its recent feature on the 40th anniversary of the Sony Walkman. AP interviewed Kannenberg in front of Abbey Road Studios, and even shot footage of him traversing the famed crosswalk!

Here’s the original interview, preceded by some B-roll:

Below, a resulting news item in French:

Here’s one in Portuguese:

And one in Russian, in which Kannenberg becomes the wordless Agent of Walkman:

Congrats John!

SUPPORT THE MUSEUM OF PORTABLE SOUND'S PATREON

It gives me great pleasure to announce a new Patreon to support the Museum of Portable Sound, an institution of which I’m a proud board member and featured artist. Please consider subscribing!

The Museum of Portable Sound (est. November 2015) is a portable collection dedicated to portable audio, based in London, UK. The Museum’s galleries currently consist of curated digital files located on the Museum Director‘s mobile phone. Displays of the permanent collection are augmented with an ongoing series of temporary exhibits in its Exposition Space. The Museum also holds a small Physical Object Collection related to portable sound.

The Museum is curated by John Kannenberg, a London-based sound artist and one of the field’s most rigorous practitioners and commentators. You know that project where somebody stretched out Carl Sagan saying the word “billion” for one hour? That was him. Etc.

With this new opportunity for Patreon support, MOPS stands poised to become a self-sufficient entity. Please consider supporting the Museum as it builds a new foundation and strives toward future endeavors.

PAISLEY PARK!

I was never cool enough to come out here when Prince did the live shows, but it was great to tour Paisley Park yesterday. No photos were allowed inside, and unfortunately we only got to go into the studios’ live rooms and not the control rooms, but that’s understandable I guess. And we got to see his Linn drum machine, and play some ping pong in Studio B. Kind of emotional at times, thinking about Prince and all the great music he gave us. Glad I took the time.