Month: August 2003

I have a confession. I’m musically clueless. I never know anything by the latest groups, or even not the latest, but the ones I shouldn’t have missed. I seem to stay a pretty steady 2-3 years behind the tunes. It’s sad, but true. But now I have Music Utopia at my fingertips. I seem to be able to access almost anything. (I am annoyed that there is nothing by No Doubt, but that’s the only thing missing so far.) I am having a blast with Listen.com!

Here is where you come in. Can you clue me in to your own personal Fab Five? The artists you just can’t live without? Or your favorite CDs – whatever works for you. I’m just in the mood to explore the musical world out there, and I need YOU to help guide me! I have very eclectic music tastes – I’ll listen to almost anything. It’s up to you to keep me from listening to Rick Astley and the Bee Gees all the time though, ok? (Although right now I’m listening to John Mayer, “Room for Squares”)

Won’t you share? Please? I’ve tried surfing blogs for playlists, but I can only find a few, and I’ve added all those groups already. So I really need you to share your music love!

Update: By the way – if you want to list more than 5, go ahead. I was just thinking of watching Queer Eye at the time I wrote this, so “Fab 5” came to mind! Share, share away!

So far, what I have seen of the Rhapsody Digital Music Service ROCKS! Every artist I can think of is available. From big names like Madonna and Sting to comedians like Stephen Lynch and Rodney Carrington. I already have a play list in my library that is a mile long. I have to test out how the CD burner feature works, and to do that I need to set up the software on the other computer. I will report back on that – but for now, two thumbs up!

Rob pointed me to eMusic, which allows you to download mp3s in a really neat sounding service. I didn’t find the same artist selection available though – and most of my music listening is while online and at a computer – and I want a variety of songs available to me.

I wonder if I can hook my stereo receiver up to WiFi somehow and play across the network. Something to research, that’s for sure!

I’ve found an amusing way to absolutely annoy the heck out of Jason. Whenever the commercial for those Skippy Squeeze Stixs things comes on, I sing along. It’s this annoying kiddy-rap commercial that comes on way too often on Cartoon Network. “Squeeze the Skippy, it’s the Skippy you Squeeze!” The second the commercial starts, Jason grabs the Tivo remote hoping he can fast forward through it. I sing along. He glares at me, and I laugh. Cracks me up every time. Almost as much fun as saying “Harry Potter!” with my fake British accent. He hates it when I do that!

On a completely unrelated note, I really want a pink phone like Faith’s. It’s too adorable!

I went to Best Buy earlier to pick up a new headset for my cell phone and a new copy of Age of Empires II for Jason (I lost his first copy. It has to be here somewhere, but I haven’t been able to find it for two weeks.) While I was there, I spotted CDs for a free 14-day trial of Rhapsody Digital Music Service. Has anyone tried it? Is it going to be another nightmare experience like Jennifer’s whole BuyMusic experience? Any tips or info would be appreciated!