The Next Track

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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