Another CD which tempted me at the same time as Rodrigo y Gabriela, was the new album from Ojos de Brujo called Techari. Ojos de Brujo come from the vibrant music scene of Barcelona, and have a strong flamenco flavour, with gypsy and Arabic aspects and rapping and scratchng thrown in for good measure. It […]
Entries Tagged as 'iRiver'
Speak and Spell
April 29th, 2006 · 4 Comments · Music
I try not to buy CDs of records I already own on vinyl, especially at full price, but I just had to make an exception for Depeche Mode’s first album, Speak & Spell for two reasons. One is the sheer amount of nostalgic affection I have for it, and the other is that I really […]
Quality of life
April 15th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Music
I think my quality of life improved by a couple of percent this week, with the purchase of a set of Koss 'Spark Plug' headphones for my iRiver. I had been happy with my Sony MDR EX71s as far as sound goes, but I had some concerns about their robustness. My first pair packed up […]
New Toy 2
April 3rd, 2006 · 1 Comment · Technology
Last week the fuel tank almost came off our car. Apparently this is a common problem with Lagunas. The AA strapped it up temporarily and our garage did a proper fix on it when Jayne got back to Crawley. Unfortunately, while they were working they disconnected the battery and that reset the stereo so it […]
Friday’s tunes
March 11th, 2006 · Comments Off on Friday’s tunes · Music
Yesterday I realised that there is something I have hardly every written about but which is an enormous part of my life – my iRiver mp3 player. It insulates me from the racket of mobile phones and rattling laptop keyboards for at least 12 or 13 hours every week on my commute – and because […]
Windows Media Player
January 18th, 2006 · Comments Off on Windows Media Player · Technology
I feel so foolish. I have been using Windows Media Player for a couple of years to listen to CDs and to rip them to the hard drive for transfer to the iRiver. When I rip a new CD I go in My Music afterwards and edit the filenames to put the track number in […]
Jury Service
January 3rd, 2006 · Comments Off on Jury Service · Life
Today I successfully served my country by sitting around in a room reading a book for several hours and listening to my new xmas CDs on my iRiver. All those hours of loafing in a confined space, striking up the odd inane conversation with others trapped in the same place… I thought I was in […]
MP3 Player Comparison
December 28th, 2005 · Comments Off on MP3 Player Comparison · Technology
We now have 5 functional mp3 players in the house. They are: iRiver iHP-120 20Gb (Champagne) Apple iPod Nano 2Gb (black) Sony NWA1000P 6Gb (Pink) Creative Zen Micro 6Gb (Red) Creative Zen Nano 256Mb (Blue) I have had a bit of a play with all the new ones to see how they compare to my […]
Prizes galore
December 20th, 2005 · Comments Off on Prizes galore · Life, Music
Today was when the raffle tickets came home to roost. Mid-Sussex Body Positive held their Christmas raffle this afternoon. It must have been a marathon session because one of their staff has spent a lot of time calling and writing to just about every organisation you could think of to get donations for prizes.
Tags: Bah Humbug!·iRiver·Raffles
Fortune favours the brave
December 17th, 2005 · Comments Off on Fortune favours the brave · Life, Music
I actually won something in a raffle yesterday night! Mind you, I’m not sure that I really won it. I think it was more a case that nobody else wanted it. All the other prizes had been chosen and there was just the one left, which had been rejected by everyone, and we were asked […]
