OK, so my Beloved Darla gave me an iPod last Christmas and my dear friend Deb Bennett chided me for being so excited about it. Deb's exact words: "Well good for you! Reaching out to the 21st Century. Even I've had an iPod for three years."
I'm still loving it. This morning it occurred to me that I may be in some danger of being picked up by a passing squad car since I may give the impression that I'm a cognitively impaired homeless guy while listening to it. I say this because I sometimes involuntarily shout out an artist's name as his or her song hits my ears while I'm strolling down the sidewalk. This morning, while walking to school, I found myself shouting "Tracy Chapman!" when the opening notes of "Give Me One Reason," came pouring out of the little gadget. It was great because I love that song and I had forgotten that it was on my playlist. Then I remembered a similar thing happening yesterday: Just as I was walking into the Cornell Social Science Building I cried out "Bach!" I couldn't help it. At that moment a wonderfully sweet melody of Bach's had started playing, the one that's called "Jesus, You Are So Cool," or something like that.
Deb is right, I should have been doing this years ago.
Footnote: Tracy Chapman - anthropology major extraordinaire.
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5 years ago
Geez, now you make me ... ALMOST... sorry I left Rollins. I'd love to see you walking around shouting out the names of songs or musicians! Believe it or not, I have four ipods - one an original that doesn't work - they weren't exactly glitch-free. Two of them are shuffles. I used them for my commute (45 min. from where we live now), and one is my new IPhone. And, oh YES, I love my phone! My son-in-law put me on his family plan, so surfing the web, listening to music, playing games -- all costs exactly the same as the non-working, call-dropping Verizon cell phone I used to have. Music, one of the magical things in life. Glad to hear you are enjoying it so much! Sharon -- RETIREE from econ.
ReplyDeleteDelighted to hear all your fun stories....however, would you please get a cell phone? hahaha!
ReplyDeleteWelcome to "Soundscape 21-C"! But my brother, you're still behind modern gizmos - you'll need iPhone or iPod Touch to play some really cool music pop quizzes.
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