If you can say anything about music, any music, it's that it is probably the one thing that defines our lifetime. The music you listen to while growing up will always have a warm place in your heart, while other times in our lives will be filled with music that when listened to when we are old and gray will take us right back.
Apple quietly released an update to their innovative clip-on iPod Shuffle this week. The iPod Shuffle is now available in five colors, as shown below (click to be taken to the Apple Store for more info):
Like an estimated 20 million other folks out there this quarter, a new iPod might be on your list for the holidays. Good luck getting one in the stores. My recent trip to the Apple Store in our mall had them getting picked from the shelves like cards on a Vegas blackjack table. While I was impressed with the efficiency and the methods for getting folks in the store, in line and up to the counter, I couldn't believe how quickly they were going.
My salvation? Mail order! Apple, J & R, and Amazon are shipping them out like election campaign materials:
Childhood: Beatles, Beach Boys, Steve Miller Band, James Taylor, The Allman Brothers Band, Carly Simon, Simon and Garfunkel, and a little Grateful Dead
Young Teen: AC/DC, Bruce Springsteen, Rolling Stones, more Beatles, more James Taylor, more Steve Miller
High School: .38 Special, The Police, The Outfield, Lynyrd Skynrd, J. Geils Band, Survivor, even Michael Jackson (I know...but he was it back then...)
College: U2, R.E.M., Phil Collins, Duran Duran, Foreigner, Bryan Adams, Prince, Van Halen (original), Bon Jovi
