Exploring Boston By iPod

What if you could walk alone through Boston and hear its most dramatic moments come to life around you? A young company called Audissey Guides has combined technology and drama to help you do just that. They have just released The Boston Audissey, an MP3/iPod walking tour through one of America's most legendary cities. The tour is also available on CD.

It's not your typical, staid historical presentation. A pumping musical score and sound effects bring a Hollywood-style drama, as listeners walk to 27 sites. Fourteen Bostonians narrate the tour, providing true local flavor. Narrators include:

* Dicky Barrett of The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
* Luigi "Big Lou" DeMarco, an authority on the Italian North End
* Michael Patrick MacDonald, best-selling author of All Souls: a Family Story from Southie

The tour focuses largely on the city's "secret" sites. Listeners walk in the footsteps of fugitive slaves on the Underground Railroad on Beacon Hill, and visit the former headquarters of the Boston Mafia in the North End.

The Boston Audissey lets people experience Boston independently -- away from groups and trolleys. The 78-minute tour includes a map that leads listeners to each site, making even the timid tourist feel like a modern-day Indiana Jones.

The Boston Audissey is available on MP3 for $12.95 and CD for $19.95 at www.AudisseyGuides.com.

SOURCE Audissey Guides