OCCUPIED COUNTRY

I Want My..I Want My...I Want My MTV MP3

I must apologise here and now for this shameless plug. Apple iPods are the proverbial dog's bollox. 10+ Gbs-worth of music transferred from my hard disk to this stunningly beautiful amalgam of steel, plastic and electronics in less than 7 minutes! And I've still only filled half of it. Empty spaces always need filling.

One of the kid's mates set me up with £20 credit on iTunes, so I've even LEGALLY purchased music by the likes of the Gypsy Kings, Pat Metheny and a few others. I'm so 21st century I can't believe I'm half a century! Balls to it. I'll go to my grave 'wired'. iPods, Revos, PCs, graphics tablets. I'll be getting all Ben Hammersley or Tom Coates-ish if I'm not careful. Except that, while they're discussing deeply important things like 'New Music Functionality', I'm actually sat here listening to...well...music. Good Vibrations at the moment actually, but Mr Dylan's exquisite 'Tangled Up In Blue' is actually pictured *in situ* on the right AND it SHOULD have been the title of this website - but there you go, some quicker, more vibrant half-my-ager has probably already snapped it up about 5 years ago so he could hold Mr Zimmerman to ransom. Twat.

I know it's hard sometimes, and I know this post might suggest otherwise, but, seriously, the medium is NOT the message. This iPod looks superb AND sounds superb. What more can I say?

Peter Green is whispering the Blues in my ear now. Bliss.

Goodnight everyone.....everywhere....