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Thanks for posting that. He's an excellent writer; I admire his big ears and and his analyses. I enjoy his writing more than his playing.

I've just compared - the new box contains all the master takes of the Mosaic, except for session QQ (8/9/44) - which is weird because it was a Decca date - and session SS (1/18/46) - presumably because it's after 1945.

How about an iPod Touch? It has wifi built in. Just use a radio app with it, like TuneIn Radio.

A browser is a browser is a browser. I keep a few of them on my Mac, and use one when another isn't acting right. I'm leery of Google Chrome, though, as I just don't trust that company.

Thanks for the tip. I'm picking up The World At War.

Manfred seems to be in a dark place. Or he needs glasses.

I'm curious about the Armstrong, especially how it compares to the Mosaic.

We like waking up to country music. Living in the New York-metropolitan area, country music stations are about as rare as hen's teeth. There's a station on Long Island whose signal's too weak to be picked up here. Ah, but they also broadcast over the Net! We have an iHome clock radio with an iPod input. We also have a spare iPod Touch. We use the TuneIn Radio app to find the country station, and it works beautifully with our wifi network and the clock radio - we wake up to the station as if it were coming in over the air.

I got this DVD recently. It's a great time trip to see all these great Motown acts in their prime, with a healthy dose of Vegas in presentation. But the absolute must see is a bonus provided on disc 1. Evidently, Ed Sullivan did a special broadcast from the Brooke Army Medical Center in Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The clip included here is Gladys Knight & The Pips doing "I Heard It Through The Grapevine." The performance was done live, with full band, from a hospital wing - they're surrounded by soldiers in hospital beds, doctors and nurses looking on. This is an amazing performance. Gladys Knight is just incendiary - it's a performance that'll get you on your feet, whooping and hollering at your TV screen. I searched in vain for a clip of this on YouTube, so I recommend you try to find a copy to view.

Back in my youth, I subscribed to Stereo Review. Recently, just to see what's going on in that world, I subscribed to its successor, Sound + Vision. I'm struck by how dumbed-down the writing is, as if it's tailored for an audience that lacks the patience to read anything longer than brief snippets. Does anyone here read any of the audiophile magazines, and can you recommend any?

Amen to that, brother!

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Excellent! Another reason to be thankful!!!

Not really sure what you're referring to, Jim. I know you can use part of an iPod's memory to transport files, but I've never had a use for that.

Just wondering...do they have that space already protected so you can't put any data on it? No, it was a decision on my part. When you sync the device to your computer, you can see how much space is reserved for the device's operating system. My space (hey, I should copyright that name!) is in addition to that.

I do always regularly update all software, as I'm always eager to see the new functionality, or apply any bug fixes. Sometimes updates can result in bugs or erratic performance - I found some of that with the recent upgrade to Lion. But for me it's about the experience. I approach a new Apple version like I'd approach seeing a group in a jazz club: I'm hoping I'll experience something surprising and inventive; occasionally I'll be let down. I figure with technology, newer is almost always better. As for "impact on apparent capacity," the only time I experienced that was when I enabled the voice feature on my iPod Shuffle (it's so cool to hear the computer tell me the track name and artist through my headphones!); it took up some memory, so I wasn't able to import as many tracks as before. But it was worth it! However, that brings up a good point: I always make sure to leave some unused space in memory on the device. For example, on my 120 gb iPod, I only use 100 gb. Why? I always figure the devise needs some empty room for "doing stuff" (that's my technical term). You should try leaving a few gb free, and see if that helps you. I experience that sometimes too. What's even spookier is when the track continues to play after the "time remaining" reaches zero. Huh?? Although I don't use it, there is an option in iTunes when ripping tracks to "Use error correction when reading Audio CDs." This will slow the ripping process, tho.

On a different subject, this is pretty amazing, more for Jimi than for John. Hard to believe that's really Buddy Miles. (Audio only): Jimi Hendrix & John McLaughlin jam - YouTube

The version of "Dream" on "Between Nothingness and Eternity," and specifically the duet section of McLaughlin and Cobham, is one of the most incendiary things I've ever heard. I was fortunate to be at that concert, and was just listening to a cassette recording I made from the audience, and it's still, after all these years and listenings, just jaw-dropping.

It might be that some of those photos and graphics are in file types not supported by the iPod. I know .jpg and .tif work, but I can't speak for others.

Wow. I don't follow sports in general, so Canadian Rules Football adds an impressive extra layer of obscurity. I don't suppose I can vote for Wolverhampton Wanderers (who beat Lester 3-1)? OK, OK, I'm an underdog kinda guy, so I'll say Winnipeg and 20.

Make sure the operating system on your iPod is up to date, and that you're using the most current version of iTunes.

There's a Bob Marley box coming up later today.

Very sad. RIP.