You are looking at a picture of the Atkins Family boombox.
It was unearthed recently and transported to the basement where it provides beautiful music for the artist of the family while she is in her newly carved-out studio space. If she chooses, she can enjoy genuine stereo surround sound by detaching those speakers and placing one to the left and one to the right of where she is standing. She has never done that but she could. Or the entire neighborhood could enjoy stereo surround sound if she chose to position that boombox just outside the garage doors and turn up the volume.
It's hard to imagine that teenagers and young adults walked around with boomboxes just like this on their shoulders from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. They just had to have their own personal stereo with them at all times. You were the coolest cat in the neighborhood if you had the biggest, loudest boombox. They were everywhere.
Why, you may ask, did the oldest Atkins boy purchase the biggest, fanciest, boombox he could find in 1982? One that measures 30 inches from end to end, has dual tape decks, and could blast your ear drums out in a heart beat? Did he like music? Can you even imagine him walking around with it on his shoulder? Or taking it to the beach? Or anywhere else for that matter? Well, you're right. He never did any of the above.
But the oldest Atkins boy loved buying electronic equipment. Christmas was coming. What could be better than surprising his wife with beautiful music? The boombox appeared and out went the 8-track tapes. Although the Atkins family boombox has never graced anyone's shoulder and has never been turned up more than one notch from its lowest capability, it's a gift that keeps on giving. The only problem is that tapes have been replaced by CDs and there is very little beautiful music on the radio these days. It's only a matter of time till………………sigh. We'll miss our boombox.
It was unearthed recently and transported to the basement where it provides beautiful music for the artist of the family while she is in her newly carved-out studio space. If she chooses, she can enjoy genuine stereo surround sound by detaching those speakers and placing one to the left and one to the right of where she is standing. She has never done that but she could. Or the entire neighborhood could enjoy stereo surround sound if she chose to position that boombox just outside the garage doors and turn up the volume.
It's hard to imagine that teenagers and young adults walked around with boomboxes just like this on their shoulders from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. They just had to have their own personal stereo with them at all times. You were the coolest cat in the neighborhood if you had the biggest, loudest boombox. They were everywhere.
Why, you may ask, did the oldest Atkins boy purchase the biggest, fanciest, boombox he could find in 1982? One that measures 30 inches from end to end, has dual tape decks, and could blast your ear drums out in a heart beat? Did he like music? Can you even imagine him walking around with it on his shoulder? Or taking it to the beach? Or anywhere else for that matter? Well, you're right. He never did any of the above.
But the oldest Atkins boy loved buying electronic equipment. Christmas was coming. What could be better than surprising his wife with beautiful music? The boombox appeared and out went the 8-track tapes. Although the Atkins family boombox has never graced anyone's shoulder and has never been turned up more than one notch from its lowest capability, it's a gift that keeps on giving. The only problem is that tapes have been replaced by CDs and there is very little beautiful music on the radio these days. It's only a matter of time till………………sigh. We'll miss our boombox.
