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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• 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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• 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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In another look at a specific year in music, we find that 1979 not only had some great and influential music, but was also the year of two technical innovations that would change music forever.

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• Sony Pressman

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• Moby: Future Quiet
• The Soft Boys: Can of Bees

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We discuss some rock albums that were influential: their music, the way they presented songs, the way they were produced, or they effect they had on culture.

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• 25 of the most influential albums in music history

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• Phantasm: The Well-Tempered Consort - I
• Plastiscines: LP1

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The Greatest Hits album has been a staple of the music industry since 1958. Some of the best-selling albums of all time are Greatest Hits albums. But what is the future of the Greatest Hits album in this era of streaming?

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• Greatest hits album - Wikipedia

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• Crumb: Dan Nadel
• The Suburbs: Ladies and Gentlemen, The Suburbs Have Left the Building

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In spite of the fact that Kirk has been a Deadhead for decades, we have never done an episode about the Grateful Dead. With the passing of Bob Weir recently, we decided to talk a bit about the Dead, its history, and its future.

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• Grateful Dead
• The Next Track: Episode #23 – David Browne on the History of the Grateful Dead
• Episode #67 – The Grateful Dead’s Legendary 5/8/77 Cornell Concert, with Author Peter Conners
• The Next Track: Episode #74 – Jeffrey Norman on Restoring, Mixing, and Mastering the Grateful Dead
• The Next Track: Episode #213 - The Grateful Dead's 100 Essential Songs, with Bob Trudeau

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• Morton Feldman: Trios 6-disc box set
• Kula Shaker: K

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We look at a specific type of rock song that could be called "anthemic." This type of song generally has a number of movements, a slow introduction, is longer than average, and ends in a crescendo.

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• Anthemic rock songs:
• Hotel California
• Free Bird
• Stairway to Heaven
• Nights in White Satin
• Baba O’Reilly
• Layla
• You Can’t Always Get What You Want
• Roundabout
• Aqualung
• Starless
• L. A. Woman
• Thunder Road
• Metal Box - Wikipedia

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• Bob Weir: Ace
• Aerosmith: Pump

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