At AXPONA, I saw teenage besties cruising rooms together. I saw fashion-conscious 20-somethings listening in sweet spots, and young parents with younger children. Yeah, there were a few gray boomers like me, but only a couple were wearing Hawaiian shirts. AXPONA 2023 vibed like a tribal conference at a sacred pilgrimage site, and I’ve never enjoyed an audio show this much before.
I attended AXPONA this year not to write room reports or shore up industry connections. I went to find readers’ faces that I might remember as I sit at home alone writing in my cubby, as I am doing now.
When I’ve
