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...Wacker awarded "most creative" to a Stoughton North proctorial group's design of a child listening to a walkman, but was quick to add, "I have only one objection to this entry: the young man is smoking, and that's bad for your health...

Author: By Oded Salomy, | Title: Bok, Doc, Justice Jock Rate 'Shmen Pumpkins | 11/1/1985 | See Source »

...clipped to death by his own power mower. A neighbor has his mind blown by a malfunctioning Walkman, and a waitress is carved up by a knife. Oh well, such is suburbia according to Novelist Stephen King's Overdrive, now filming in North Carolina. The story of everyday machines turning against their human masters marks the directorial debut of King, 37, who quickly learned that filmmaking "is not like writing. You always have a lot of people in your face here." Still, the protean horrorsmith would not have missed a chance to go behind the camera. After all, eleven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 9, 1985 | 9/9/1985 | See Source »

Joanne: "I don't use a Walkman when I'm training, but my husband does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Chicago: Lookin' Good in the '80s | 9/2/1985 | See Source »

Many Americans are frustrated crooners who sing in the shower and warble along with their Walkman tapes. But aside from belting out the national anthem with the crowd in the bleachers or cutting loose with the congregation on Sunday, most have been too shy or too sober to sing in public. Now thousands of closet Sinatras and Madonnas are publicly vocalizing, thanks to a nifty electronic device from Japan called the karaoke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Song of Myself, on Tape | 7/15/1985 | See Source »

...WANT TO see Bruce Springsteen? You call up the local ticket office. Sure, they have ticket. They are $75 each. The scars have an obstructed view. The seats are behind the stage. The scars are the rough equivalent of a cross between a Walkman and a Viewmaster...

Author: By Christopher J. Farley, | Title: The Rock Concert Blues | 2/16/1985 | See Source »

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