Meet the Gen Zs archiving the Muzak of the Twin Towers

Endless Thread

WBUR

Reddit, Technology

4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

On Discord and YouTube, hundreds of Gen-Zers are teaming up for the purposes finding and archiving the Muzak (aka elevator music) that played in the plaza and lobby and mall of the Twin Towers.

On this 22nd anniversary of 9/11, join Endless Thread in an episode where teens and young 20-somethings collect the seemingly innocuous sonic artifacts of the original World Trade Center people thought were lost and the lengths they've gone to find them.

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0:00.0	WBWR Podcasts, Boston.
0:13.0	Hey Quincy, hey Ben.
0:16.0	Do you ever think about how your name is close to the fruit quince?
0:21.0	The medieval fruit quince?
0:23.0	This is the first time I'm hearing of the medieval fruit called quince.
0:28.0	You can make jam out of it in jelly, and it's delicious.
0:33.0	And that's all.
0:36.0	I just hope someday that I make some quince jam and bring it to you.
0:41.0	Is it like a fake?
0:43.0	It's pretty quincey.
0:45.0	Okay, oh dear.
0:52.0	All right, so you have a story for us today that's not about quince fruit?
0:56.0	Yes, I do.
0:58.0	So Ben, when I say the word musak, what comes to mind?
1:03.0	Who's the guy that plays the saxophone?
1:05.0	You know the guy.
1:06.0	Kenny G.
1:07.0	Yeah, Kenny G.
1:09.0	Yeah, no offense to Kenny G.
1:11.0	Yeah.
1:12.0	I think that's usually what comes to mind, that kind of youth elevator jams.
1:18.0	Yeah, a lot of people would call it elevator music.
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