Before we had Bluetooth, we had boomboxes. No pairing. No playlists. No endless battery life. Just a plastic handle digging into your fingers and a stack of D batteries heavy enough to power a small city. You didn’t “connect” your music. You committed to it. You carried it with you. You set it down carefully. You hit play and hoped the batteries had enough left to get you through the next 45 minutes. And somehow, that was enough. Music wasn’t everywhere. It was somewhere. On the sidewalk. At the