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After years and years of complete and total hatred of all things Apple... I finally collapsed and purchased my first and hopefully only Apple product.

I now am the proud owner of an iPod. Just typing the word iPod makes me throw up a little in my mouth, but alas, the time has come to get a digital media player.

After my flight to Seattle, I realized that using my twelve pound laptop as an mp3 player was just silly. While it's fun to watch movies on and/or play games... it's a boat anchor of a carry-on. And while I'll still carry it on flights, it'll now find itself in the overhead so in case I need it, I can play, but I can listen to music and watch mini-movies on the weightless iPod.

I've been fiddling around with it a bit and it seems fairly nice. I got a black one which helped with the decision making. Apple tends to make anti-butch gear for some reason. Although if they'd come up with one that had neon or blue LCD glow on it, I'd buy it. (I love my blacklight/UV PC case)

So... I can no longer call myself a non-appler. With my luck, the iPod will last me 100 years and give me no problems. We'll see.

Now I've got to go rip some muzak. Also, does anyone know how the iPod will handle being hooked up to a different system with a different iTunes library? My laptop has a library (now synced with iPod) but my PC has another library all its own that I'd like to import to the iPod.

I guess I'll just plug it in and see what it does.

Posted by Monty at 8:44 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Where's my brain?

No seriously, where? I seemed to have lost it... again.

About 3 months ago I started listening to some rather odd choices in music... for me anyway. I got on a Guy Ritchie film kick and ended up getting the soundtracks to Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels and also Snatch.

There's a lot of British alt-rock, a bit of glam-rock, some random stuff and a bit of James Brown. Most of the music is from unknowns. It all fits a certain feel though.

I seem to be getting back into that Brit alt mood again. Not so much the glam side, but I will admit that Duran Duran still holds a special place for me. I've seen them live 3 times. Throw daggers if you'd like... don't care. Duran Duran is a great live show.

[Switching CDs to Astronaut - Duran Duran]

So I've found myself stealing bandwidth from my day job to download a healthy plate of new music. Top of the list currently is "The Ego Has Landed" by Robbie Williams. (I know BLUE, I'm late to the party again... but better late than never.) One of the songs on that album was on the Lock-Stock soundtrack and I rather enjoyed it. So I decided to get the album.

Which is really out of character for me. I tend to just find a single and leave it at that.

By the way... anyone who's still laughing about Duran Duran... you suck.

I'll admit that they're not on par with my substantive tastes, but they're fun... and sometimes music doesn't have to move you... maybe just entertain you.

I smell like sound, I'm lost and I'm found... yeah baby.

Happy Monday kiddies.

Posted by Monty at 12:25 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

As mentioned, today has been a fire storm of work. I've probably had my head down and ears on about 4 hours today. I hit a fantastic stride today when the following playlist came up:

Not Now John - Pink Floyd
Flash's Theme -Queen (shut up, I like it)
Man Machine - Robbie Williams
4:33AM (Running Shoes) - Roger Waters
Dick Frankenstein's Night Out - Booze Monkey
The Nile Song - Pink Floyd
Bowling Song (Almighty Malachi, Professional Bowling God) - Stephen Lynch
Hundred Mile High City - Ocean Colour Scene
The Boss - James Brown
Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? - Frank Zappa
Woke Up This Morning - Alabama 3
Pipeline - The Ventures
Pipeline - The Anthrax
Pipeline - Danny Morris Band
Pipeline - Dick Dale /w Stevie Ray Vaughn
Peter Gunn Theme - Stevie Ray Vaughn

4 versions of Pipeline was a bit much... but otherwise.... en feugo.

Posted by Monty at 4:54 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)