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healingmirth: What's on your playlist these days?"
12/10/14 08:11 amkateFull request: What's on your playlist these days (or what apps/radio stations are you tuned into?)
Hilarious you should ask, as I have been struggling with 8tracks for a WEEK to make some playlists for![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
solstice_calendar. I really hate iTunes right now; I've just converted roughly half my library from AAC, and there are 100 or so items that are "protected" so I can't convert them. The worst part is that I BOUGHT THAT MUSIC, and I'm basically being punished for it. Drives me crazy.
But, that said, I'm listening to our own collection lately; I haven't been in a radio mood. The last time I was really crazy about new music was the summer before last, and pretty much the app I used constantly was iheartradio, and I listened to radio stations for Imagine Dragons, fun, AWOLNATION, Fall Out Boy, Mumford and Sons um. Damn, a bunch more I am not remembering now because it's been a long while. I usually had KIIS FM from LA and DC101 in the mix too, just because I am a little nostalgic and those were my radio stations. Oh, and I had 104.7 WIOT because that is the Supernatural network! Apparently it's what Kripke listened to when he wrote SPN, and it's all that classic rock that the show's been getting away from recently.
We got an XM Radio trial in our car for two months, which seemed neat, but was actually not great. Changing channels took forever, and THERE WERE STILL COMMERCIALS. Why would I pay for a service that's still going to give me commercials? OR TALK? I mean, yes, if you want a talk radio station, great, but NO, not on a paid station! I JUST WANT MY MUSIC, OKAY?! I think I probably used the classical station on my commute the most, tbh.
We're looking for a new car, and the most important thing is that it have a USB input for the radio, so we can just use our iPods instead of making CDs (which we can only do with mp3s, again, ARG). One of the soundtracks I'm going to make is the songs from the CD we've got in that I don't skip (heh, yeah, it has 76 tracks and I skip about 60 of them). So anyway, look for those later today, and you'll know exactly what I'm listening to lately. :D
Here is my December meme topics post, if you have something you desperately want to ask me.
Hilarious you should ask, as I have been struggling with 8tracks for a WEEK to make some playlists for
solstice_calendar. I really hate iTunes right now; I've just converted roughly half my library from AAC, and there are 100 or so items that are "protected" so I can't convert them. The worst part is that I BOUGHT THAT MUSIC, and I'm basically being punished for it. Drives me crazy.But, that said, I'm listening to our own collection lately; I haven't been in a radio mood. The last time I was really crazy about new music was the summer before last, and pretty much the app I used constantly was iheartradio, and I listened to radio stations for Imagine Dragons, fun, AWOLNATION, Fall Out Boy, Mumford and Sons um. Damn, a bunch more I am not remembering now because it's been a long while. I usually had KIIS FM from LA and DC101 in the mix too, just because I am a little nostalgic and those were my radio stations. Oh, and I had 104.7 WIOT because that is the Supernatural network! Apparently it's what Kripke listened to when he wrote SPN, and it's all that classic rock that the show's been getting away from recently.
We got an XM Radio trial in our car for two months, which seemed neat, but was actually not great. Changing channels took forever, and THERE WERE STILL COMMERCIALS. Why would I pay for a service that's still going to give me commercials? OR TALK? I mean, yes, if you want a talk radio station, great, but NO, not on a paid station! I JUST WANT MY MUSIC, OKAY?! I think I probably used the classical station on my commute the most, tbh.
We're looking for a new car, and the most important thing is that it have a USB input for the radio, so we can just use our iPods instead of making CDs (which we can only do with mp3s, again, ARG). One of the soundtracks I'm going to make is the songs from the CD we've got in that I don't skip (heh, yeah, it has 76 tracks and I skip about 60 of them). So anyway, look for those later today, and you'll know exactly what I'm listening to lately. :D
Here is my December meme topics post, if you have something you desperately want to ask me.
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on 12/10/14 05:27 pm (UTC)BUT YES, augh, the Faction station goes talk bullshit for a few hours in the afternoons and I could not care less about that asshole's opinions. Same with the alt rock one, I think? :/ :/ But I love XM so IDK maybe it's bc I'm in Canada that they're different?
USB AND BLUETOOTH in the car, forever! And Bluetooth over the USB if you see that option in your car shopping, it's great for listening to podcasts & mp3s from the phone.
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on 12/10/14 05:58 pm (UTC)UGH TALK BULLSHIT. WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.
Oh - bluetooth is usually an option when they have the USB, right? I think so? Well, we'll work it out. I am weirdly afraid of bluetooth things, I can't even say why, they just make me freeze up with dread (feelings of an inability to figure it out). My wife is good with such things, though, so she can work it out.
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on 12/10/14 06:49 pm (UTC)no subject
on 12/10/14 06:53 pm (UTC)Classic surf guitar! Sounds like an excellent driving playlist!
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on 12/11/14 12:24 am (UTC)no subject
on 12/11/14 12:52 am (UTC)no subject
on 12/11/14 01:34 am (UTC)....how bizarre! Try re-downloading? Or check that you have Java enabled.
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on 12/12/14 04:54 am (UTC)