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Flawless on iPhone. No flash, of course, but everything looks great and loads super fast even on edge network.

Alto or tenor?

enjoyed it. thanks for the link.

Lots of stuff on these lists that I really look forward to checking out. Some of it is on order already... I'd like to hear more about this MMW project since this is the first I've read of it. WorldB3, what's the deal? Really want to get the Berman, Hawkins, and Rolldown releases as budget allows.

Tiger just called. He asked me to let you know that Vonski Speaks WAS playing during the accident!

I personally hope he stands his ground at this point. I'd love to see movie stars, musicians, athletes decline participation in all celeb gossip. People should go back to talking about people they actually know, repercussions and all. Aside from the golf puns, this thread is like, so, like... whatever, you know?! I personally hope he stands his ground at this point. I'd love to see movie stars, musicians, athletes decline participation in all celeb gossip. People should go back to talking about people they actually know, repercussions and all. Aside from the golf puns, this thread is like, so, like... whatever, you know?!

Check out "Down With It" off of The Scene Changes.

Chambers plays a fantastic arco solo on an uptempo tune on Bud Powell's The Scene Changes. I think it's the third tune.

Exactly what my mother in law assumed when news broke yesterday!

to be perfectly honest, those are two very boring bands on the whole. isn't that sort of their thing? oh well. Plenty of good rock music to go around but you just can't force it. Maybe Lanois? Blade is a pretty damned good drummer... as a U2 fan, Lanois should be a familiar name.

Never heard the Pink Floyd/Wilco thing before; especially puzzling with regard to their early albums. Bol: Without trying too hard to get a grip on your taste, I still think you should be checking in to Yo La Tengo. Then again, "indie" trios might not be your thing at all. Would you be more of a Weezer fan? Kings of Leon? recent Flaming Lips? Raconteurs?

Get the box set.

Man, I would just go to your local shop and check the used bins. I have absolutely no problem recommending that you grab any Yo La Tengo that they have. Most of their albums from the early 1990s on will have enough of a variety to give you a good idea of what these three sound like. As for SY, I hope some other members will chime in. I don't honestly know where I would recommend you start. You can start with the most recent albums, skip a couple fromthe late 90s, and then work your way back , or vice-versa! Rather Ripped is a recent album that I would recommend as an ideal start, though not totally representative of the rest of their music.

Tough to recommend contemporary rock groups based on The Police, U2, and REM, but I think Fountains of Wayne was a good recommendation for you. Probably Coldplay, Brendan Benson, Arctic Monkeys, The Decemberists, Conor Oberst (not Bright Eyes though), Rilo Kiley (and even Jenny Lewis' first solo possibly), Ryan Adams and The Cardinals, etc. Over the past year, multiple jazz musicians have recommended to me The Dirty Projectors. I like it.

Wilco http://www.wilcoworld.net/ Click on the Roadcase link and you can sample some stuff archived from their recent concerts. They're based in Chicago, and have been around for 15 years, but couldn't write a commercial hit if they tried (not sure if they do). But I consider their lead man, Jeff Tweedy, to be the Bob Dylan-Neil Young singer-songwriter of this generation. They draw on an electic mix of 70s rock and country rock, and helped introduce the term alt-country to the lexicon of modern music in the 1990s, though they have been trying to elude this label ever since. But most important they have their own unique sound. And they rock, and rock particularly well in concert. (As an aside, Peter Buck from R.E.M. was particularly fond of the sound of Wilco's previous incarnation, Uncle Tupelo,, and produced an album of Uncle Tupelo's in March 1992 at Buck's beachside condo in S.C., I believe...U.T. split up in 1995, splintering into Wilco under Tweedy and the group Son Volt under Jay Farrar). Another favorite of mine happens to be based in your newly adopted city: Spoon. They too have been around since the 1990s but they matured much with their recent albums. I saw them open for Beck last year. Finally, The Shins. These are really the only three bands making music these days that I really keep up with, with anticipation. Finally, as you probably already know, I think Austin (or a nearby city) is host to the South-by-Southwest music festival every year. I think it usually takes place in January or February so maybe you can attend some of that. Norm, Based on this post, I'd have figured you were still following Yo La Tengo and Sonic Youth as well?

Brilliant. What a wasted opportunity.

Totally bogus dude. Totally bogus.

When are the albums being released in mono on vinyl? I thought someone said November? Making a Christmas list, which includes the Nessa issues from the past year, and would like to include a few of The Beatles albums as well!

We all grew up watching The Cosby show and loved it.

I use a squeezebox at home to serve up all of my music. The iPod I treat pretty much like a Walkman I guess. Like everyone is saying, MG, just dive in. These devices are definitely flexible enough to meet your needs, even if you font know what your needs are yet!

MG, Let's back up a few steps. How do you see your wife using the ipod? Is she the type of person that needs to have every album by hundreds of artists available to her at any given moment in the day? Does she prefer "mix tapes"? Does she have favorite albums that she never grows tired of and doesn't really veer outside of that comfort zone? My advice would be to go for something like this: http://catalog.ebay.com/iPod-nano-4th-Gene...d=p3286.c0.m271 The newest version of this player also has a video camera, which I'm assuming you all don't need? 15GB of mp3s ripped at a high bitrate is still more music than you or her will be able to get through in a week. Once you get set up with itunes, you need to go Preferences > General > Import Settings. It sounds like it is currently set to convert/rip to AAC. If the rest of your collection is ripped as mp3, I would continue down that path. Choose the rip settings that sound best to you and forget about it.

Its funny how differently people use these things. I would never know what to do with a 160GB ipod. I guess I'd fill it up and never listen to 90% of it. MG, if you ask me, although iTunes has become more and more convoluted with each new release, it is still very user friendly and fairly intuitive software. You should have no problem working your way in.

so what are you using? what earphones? what portable media player?

No. I believe you. I knew I wouldn't understand. Still, something comforting about reading it and not understanding. I'm comfortable in my intellectuality.