I arrived on the iPod scene a little late, so forgive me if I am extolling its virtues a little too much. For a girl who was wedded to her Sony Walkman for so long in the 80s and 90s (I don’t even want to think about the amount of non-rechargeable batteries I went though) the iPod is so amazing. How else could you just decide you needed to listen to “Werewolves of London” and bam! There it is. It’s become even more amazing to me since I purchased an iTrip thingamabob. My car is just old enough (a 2005) that is doesn’t have an iPod connection and a new stereo was out of the question right now, so despite horrible reviews on Apple and Amazon, I bought an iTrip. I totally love it. I can’t believe I ever listened to radio. The one caveat with the iTrip is that the sound is only going to be as good as your speakers/stereo system and I believe that’s why it gets such bad reviews. Otherwise, Craig and I have been loving it. I got the one that also charges your iPod while it plays which is crucial on long trips. Poor Craig drives an hour and half each way to work and finally being able to listen to 2500 songs has saved his sanity.
Our favorite thing to listen to is the Moth Podcasts which are just little 10 minute stories that seriously make you feel like you have Nate Sheaffer around all the time. The stories are that good. My favorites are the ones where the narrator cries a little ("Drowning on Sullivan Street" and "Liberty Card") and Craig and I have both listened to Edgar Oliver’s “Revisiting Savannah” like 4 times a piece. Do you know him? When you first listen to him you think he’s from Transylvania or something. But he’s from Savannah and he has the kookiest, loveliest voice. He also tells some wacky stories. There’s an interview with him on You Tube that will have you talking about “scorpions” for days on end.
Of course, I can’t keep up with all the new Apple “pod” offerings: the Nano that you can shake to shuffle songs! The iPod Touch that you can play games on! Stop! Still, iTunes leaves a little to be desired and I know that if I’m saying, some of you must be pulling your hair out. For example, I’m a tool and purchased a song I already had in my library. Now, unless I’m missing some cool little setting, why in the world did iTunes not tell me I already had that song?!?! And why when I import a book on CD does it file the chapters like they’re songs? Why can I not get all the album art to all my songs? and why, why is the album art to my "Great Expectations" soundtrack actually the cover to some Greek musical?
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