Smells Like Gen X Spirit

A new NYT piece offers a time-machine tour through the formative years of Gen X. Of all the Gen-X touchstones mentioned in the piece, from Twin Peaks to Nirvana to Keanu Reeves, perhaps nothing rivals the generational significance of the Sony Walkman: “Suddenly, you could tune out parents, teachers, bystanders—the rest of the human race, basically.”

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