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A family member was given both by family members who were unaware of what the other was doing. Mine was the loaded iPod.

A theory about the massive Zune failure is here.

The bug that has me very lightheaded is slowly succumbing to the antibiotic. Meanwhile, I take a look at the info sheet from the HMO that has in all caps, MAY CAUSE DIZZINESS.

Only three of their choices appear on Rolling Stone’s best 50 list.

From many countries.

Not having an iPhone (yet), I’m not in touch with a lot of stuff. Here’s the story on Tapulous and its popular game. Sounds like I’m missing a lot of fun.

Speaking of people stuck in a musical rut, a friend falls in the same category as the relative. The shuffle I got her is only a little bigger than my camera’s memory card. But she has a Mac, newer than mine even.

So I’ll put a bunch of music on CDs and let her son do the loading. Because she’s kinda fearful of computers, even Macs.

After learning recently that a relative has not been exposed to music much past the 60s, I decided to get him a nano 8g. He does not have internet access, and chooses not to sample music through headphones in a record store due to his fastidious nature.

Over the next few days, I will load up the nano with a wide variety of music, the likes of which he has never heard. He’ll probably hate a lot of it, but then there will be happy discoveries.

And because he doesn’t have a computer, I will also have to buy a wall charger.

This promises to be lots more fun than filling up a basket with various foods as I did last year.

Yes, I have the Christmas music going now. Dido’s track is poignant but with none of the syrupy, more typical features of the average holiday song.

Another exceptional bonus to online shopping is the fact that the music coming through the speakers is mine (but not Christmas music just yet, I’m not ready). My misfortune last night was to enter a store with Burl Ives’ Holly Jolly Christmas.

When I don’t concentrate fully on my current playlist, back comes Burl, always in the background for another day or so. Oh, please stop.

Is it another working Saturday? Why, yes. But I have some excellent songs on the playlist.

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Of all the versions of Dindi that I have, this is my favorite. I’m sure I’ve mentioned A Twist of Jobim before, several excellent tracks there.

The mix of talent seems pretty near perfect, and while there are many videos of Debarge singing his better known songs, this is the only full version of Dindi that I can find online, and it’s mostly showing the album cover. But you’ll get the idea, if you’re unfamiliar with the song.

And yes, this is the Art Porter of the Art Porter Law. More on that in a bit.

Over the weekend, we’ve been catching up on the series. A family member looked up cast info, and quickly found too much information, as in who gets bumped off. He listened to the soundtrack, but refused to learn the names of the individual tracks, saying that spoilers were there as well.

I was curious about the use of so many different music influences. The juxtaposition of Celtic sounds and Taiko drums is surprising and dramatic, for example. My search took me here, and if you’ve seen the whole series, you won’t mind reading it. I exited after a few paragraphs. Don’t. Like. Spoilers.

Caught up in airport traffic on the freeway, we listened to this last night as a family member headed back to the city. He thought it would be great field show music for a marching band. Here is a portion of the track: