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[Ideologue]

My CD player doesn't work.  I guess I could listen to an MP3 player but meh.

[Syt]

You guys still listen to radio? That's like reading newspapers.

I listen to the morning news and classical music over breakfast.

[Eddie Teach]

You guys still listen to radio? That's like reading newspapers.

What else are you gonna do when driving?

[HVC]

i listen to the radio at work.

[jimmy olsen]

I listen to a lot of internet radio.

[Josephus]

You guys still listen to radio? That's like reading newspapers.

What else are you gonna do when driving?

i have a CD player in my car. At work I have itunes with 5500 songs installed.

I do listen to the news and traffic for about 10 minutes when I first get out.

[Grey Fox]

I listen to talk radio in my car. I listen to podcasts at work.

My work commute isn't nearly long enough for me to bother with picking music.

[Barrister]

Satellite radio.

[Josephus]

Satellite radio.

Satellite radio is fine, if you had to go to radio. My point is i only listen to music (not a talk radio fan) and with an Ipod that has over 5,000 songs, it even beats satellite radio.

[Eddie Teach]

Assembling that collection takes time and (if acquired legally) money. It also doesn't expose you to songs you've never heard before until after you've already got them.

[MadBurgerMaker]

It also doesn't expose you to songs you've never heard before until after you've already got them.

I've been thinking about getting Sirius for a while now.  My wife has it, and it's pretty slick, but I've just never gotten around to it mostly due to the fact that I have to get this module doohickey installed before I can activate it.  It's all wired for it and has a sat radio and all that, and it has a nice little platform inside a cubbyhole in the trunk for the module, but for some reason it just didn't come with this thing.

E:  This: http://www.audipartssuperstore.com/product_info.php?products_id=70

Installation: http://www.audiworld.com/tech/elec115.shtml

I've looked for the wiring, but the shit seems to have fallen down to where I can't get to it, so I need to have the Best Buy nerds take care of it.

[Josephus]

Assembling that collection takes time and (if acquired legally) money. It also doesn't expose you to songs you've never heard before until after you've already got them.

Every CD/LP/Cassette/MP3 I own has been legally acquired. Yes, it's taken time...about 35 years (I'm 45).

RE: your latter point, that's a fair argument for radio..10 years ago... there are now plenty of streaming sites that stream music. Also, I read voraciously. I'm a huge music fan. I know what I like, and where to hear it first.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Wait, so my options are:

Hit up streaming music sites while I'm at home so I know what songs I like, read everything I can about music so I know exactly what I'm going to like, and then buy 5,000 songs, or.....

.....listen to the radio??



E: Whoa funky spacing from phone posting

[Grey Fox]

Satellite radio.

Bah! I read reviews & it sounds like they are worse then the Cellular cartel.

[Ideologue]

I've been trying to think of a funny joke to make about how bad things seem to be, but they've all fallen flat.

Someone cheer me up.