40 years old it must be ... I remember making the entire house shake, cranking up the amp through the old Jensen speakers.

Where did those 40 odd years go    the music sounds like I was listening to it yesterday !

Actually there is a little something missing ... the faint crackle and hiss of the V15 tracking the silent passages between the tracks.

Ah what next - Pink Floyd Meddle ... or should I goes as deep as Iron Butterfly, with the live version of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida ?

Two great topics.

First, ELP.  I just went and saw Greg Lake with my Father a few weeks ago.  It was pretty darn enjoyable.  Really a bummer that he played to a track, no band at all, but his voice is still angelic.  Some funny stories too (was a story time / song shindig).

Spotify...  I live by it.  Purchase it.  Use it on your phone, plug it into your car and you have the worlds music.  Setup playlists for offline play and now your phone is your itunes on an airplane even in airplane mode (no wifi, etc).

At work I've got spotify on all day everyday.  Finding new music left and right.  It's a dream.  So so so great.  And some of the engineering that went into the interface is just so spot on.

Lastly, go and buy Sonos speakers.  That's the trifecta right there.  Spotify, iphone and sonos.  My Sonos speakesr are controlled by my iphone in my house.  Can play each speaker individually at different volume levels with different tracks from spotify (remember, spotify has EVERYTHING, just about, on it) or use my itunes library (still lotsa stuff in there you cant get on spotify), internet radio, real radio, countless music apps.  It's pretty killer technology.

I'm about to get a fancy new automobile that has spotify built into the nav interface.  Psyched for that!

Enjoy Spotify while it lasts.

Spotify provides streaming music that it doesn't pay for at a loss.

If you listen to one artist's song 34 times Spotify will supposedly pay that artist one cent.

As a business it has yet to declare a profit.


As a user it is no doubt a good deal but there is more than a little resemblance to Wayne's
sub-contractor problem when viewed from the artist's perspective.

I love five worldly items!  My truck, my festools, my iPhone, my spotify and my sonos!

Nuff said!  I really enjoy spotify...I have the premium version so I can play it through the sonos system. The free version only allows limited function and a weekly allowance of streaming. But at least you can try before you buy at no cost!

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