In the Kingdom of the Bored, the One-Armed Bandit Is King

Today’s edition of Sunday Reruns takes us back avant le déluge, to 2015. Music streaming hasn’t yet taken over completely. Everyone still has an iPod or two lying around. Hard drives and flash drives bulge with MP3s. This post, from that year, is something of a nostalgia trip. But in its exploration of listening habits and app fetishes, I like to think it retains some currency. So sit back, hit Shuffle on that iTunes playlist you spent so much time curating, and read on.

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