Nostalgia? Avoiding the algorithm? Some people want to go back to the way things used to be and listen to music on iPods.

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Show notes

• I turned an iPod Shuffle into my perfect music player – here’s how
• Yer Stack
• Maxell Wireless Cassette Player
• Can you still buy an iPod in 2026? Here's where to look online
• Bring On Defunct: The iPod Enthralls Young Music Listeners - The New York Times
• Amazon Ending Support for Older Kindle and Kindle Fire Devices
• calibre
• MUBI

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• Something Wild
• Humble Pie: Smokin'

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It was Apple's 50th anniversary on April 1. Since both Doug's and Kirk's careers have depended on Apple, and we discussed Apple hardware and software on this podcast, we have a two-guys-in-a-pub discussion about our history with Apple products.

"Instead of having a company that wanted to change the world, we now have a company that wants to charge the world."

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• David Pogue Writes the History of Apple

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• Grateful Dead: Cornell, 5/8/77
• U.S. Marine Band: Century Selection

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We watched the new documentary, Paul McCartney, Man on the Run, about his post-Beatles experiment with Wings. We have thoughts.

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Show notes

• On Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Paul McCartney: Man on the Run (documentary)
• Man on the Run (soundtrack)
• Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run (book)
• Wings (2 CD best-of compilation)
• Bradley Lehman: Johann Sebastian Bach's tuning

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• Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Andras Schiff
• L7: The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum

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