So I finally finished moving (only took a freaking month) and I may actually burn meara's and Anne W.'s CDs tomorrow and send them on to Jon later this week. Stranger things have happened, after all.
Currently listening to: The Nields (went to their show on Saturday night--a very good show, though I'm perhaps a teensy bit biased, but I just love them so much that seeing them always feels like coming home), and
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
(saw this in Boston last week and have been humming "Brussels" ever since).
My portable CD player leapt to it's death last week. So I'm wondering if I should replace it with another CD player or get an MP3 player. Can anyone pimp the MP3 player to me? What are the benefits? Drawbacks?
Well, it kind of depends on what you use it for and what kind you're looking at.
Pros: No skipping.
More music (significantly more, if you're looking into the 6gb or larger ones)
Less bulky (especially if you're looking at 128mb ones, which are just about perfect for jogging and the like)
Cons: You have to be at your computer to put new stuff on - not a big deal if you get the big ones, could be a big deal with the small ones.
Sound quality varies depending on the bitrate of the tracks.
Price.
This is assuming you mean the MP3 players, not the MP3/CD player combos. There's no negatives to the combos that I've found, outside of price, since you're just adding functionality to a CD player.
Can somebody give me a quick couple of southern rock bands, newish if that's ok?
I honestly can't think of any new southern rock bands...though undoubtedly they exist.
ION, Jack pleads guilty and gets anger management classes.
I've been using my iTunes as a magic 8 ball for the last hour - hitting shuffle and trying to interpret whether the song is telling me I should quit my job now or wait to see if I survive the layoffs that are coming this Friday (If I quit now I may save someone else from getting laid off). It's not giving me a clear answer. Stoopid hard-to-interpret lyrics.
Can somebody give me a quick couple of southern rock bands, newish if that's ok?
Do you mean Southern Rock like the genre of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Allman Brothers and Molly Hatchet or just bands from down south? Because as a genre, all that's basically been absorbed into new country. For just southernness...I don't know. Maybe Neutral Milk Hotel still counts though Jeff Mangum could be anywhere, though they're mostly out of Ruston, LA, and have been sort of based out of Athens for a while.
I should quit my job now or wait to see if I survive the layoffs that are coming this Friday
As someone who's been laid off twice, I'd say wait until the layoffs because you might get a big severance package that you could use on time off or buying music.
Usually, layoff=severance; quitting=nothing. Not the case with you, tina?
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I too am drawing a blank on the Southern Rock.
We were told this morning that we had a week to "ask to be laid off" - I would get 4 wks of pay, 2 mnths of paid medical plus my vacation if I "ask to be laid off" today or Friday morning. No diff.
Friday they will cut 15 employees from our staff of 40. It's gonna be huge. I have NO IDEA if I will be laid off or not - I am a bit of pessimist so I lean towards thinking I would.I hate the work I do and love the atmosphere and people I do it with. I am overqualified and bored. But - dude - seriously shitty job market out there.
But - if they aren't going to lay me off and I ask to be let go - I could save someone elses job who is happy here. I am really struggling with this - I am terrified of change but I know I can do more than this (what that is - I don't know - but a well trained poodle could do my job). Sorry - this has absolutelty nothing to do with music.
I hate the work I do and love the atmosphere and people I do it with.
One thing to consider: Will you still love the atmosphere when the staff is halved?
