Comments on: Thoughts on the iPod http://neilstewart.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/thoughts-on-the-ipod/ Web 2.0, libraries, probably some obscure music and films, general thoughts. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:40:22 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: neilstewart http://neilstewart.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/thoughts-on-the-ipod/#comment-4514 neilstewart Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:13:52 +0000 http://neilstewart.wordpress.com/?p=87#comment-4514 Rockist! (joke) I'll probably go back to listening to albums too once the iPod novelty wears off, and having vinyl kind of forces this anyway. I agree that Accelerator works really well as an album, and you're right that it probably is hearing a track out of context that was the problem. Another thing- what is it with the iPod's shuffle feature? It doesn't so much shuffle, as play tracks of 5 particular CDs! Rockist! (joke)

I’ll probably go back to listening to albums too once the iPod novelty wears off, and having vinyl kind of forces this anyway. I agree that Accelerator works really well as an album, and you’re right that it probably is hearing a track out of context that was the problem.

Another thing- what is it with the iPod’s shuffle feature? It doesn’t so much shuffle, as play tracks of 5 particular CDs!

]]> By: tom http://neilstewart.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/thoughts-on-the-ipod/#comment-4513 tom Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:10:54 +0000 http://neilstewart.wordpress.com/?p=87#comment-4513 Yeah a similar thing happened to me. I've reverted back to album listening recently though simply because these days I seem to be getting more joy out of complete records. The best albums are gestalt entities, whilst some tracks on Accelerator may seem weak when they pop up on random the whole album is much better than any individual song on it. It hink the chnage may have been precipitated by the iPod touch interface, seems to lend itself to listening to full albums. There's no "shuffle all" option on the main menu which was my default click on my old 20gig model. Yeah a similar thing happened to me. I’ve reverted back to album listening recently though simply because these days I seem to be getting more joy out of complete records. The best albums are gestalt entities, whilst some tracks on Accelerator may seem weak when they pop up on random the whole album is much better than any individual song on it. It hink the chnage may have been precipitated by the iPod touch interface, seems to lend itself to listening to full albums. There’s no “shuffle all” option on the main menu which was my default click on my old 20gig model.

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