Bernie's Time Machine: An Ear for Music
My coverage of the headphone revolution.
“It’s like carrying a stereo with you… on your head.”
The year was 1981. I took to the streets of New York to cover a new technology for CBS News that was not only sweeping the nation, but — as it turned out — launching a cultural revolution.
I’m talking about portable audio players, and their key accessory: headphones.
They changed the way people listened…
