Thursday, 2 July 2009

Five finger shuffle

I've downloaded the iPod OS 3.0, for very little purpose other than being a Mac obsessive, though shake-to-shuffle is quite cool. So I'm taking a few minutes to change what's on the iPod, and it's a bit strange. I'm happily chopping albums up, dumping old favourites, and generally doing things I would normally consider philistine - like losing the 3rd movement of Elgar's Cello Concerto because it's weaker than the other 3 even though structurally the piece needs them all. Of course, the iPod's normally on shuffle, so I wouldn't notice, but it is interesting to note how listening habits have been changed by technology. I do still listen to complete pieces at home and work though - Monteverdi's Vespers today (the Gardiner recording).

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