Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The missing link between the CD Walkman and the iPod, the palm-sized MiniDisc audio format has its loyal fans but was never a big hit.

Do you guys remember a soft Latin jazz BG song that played in an old Sony MiniDisc/Discman commercial? It had the blue alien with the big head making something called "Audrey's Mix" or something. Then ...

The MiniDisc recorder was in my pants. This was how you bootlegged a concert in 1998—you'd come into the hall with no bag, ready for the pat-down, with a stereo microphone wired up your arms and ...