December is National iPod Month

As a person who celebrates Christmas not just for Santa Claus, I appreciate the reason for the season (Kwanzaa?). Therefore I DO appreciate Christmas music, but NOT starting in November. For me, even early December is a bit much.

I'd like a week of Christmas music. That gives me 7 days to get me prepped for family time, lots of eating, and presents. Honestly, I like Christmas for the sweet potatoes and any presents are an added bonus.

So, all that being said, I declare that December is officially:

National iPod Month

That way, instead of listening to 5 to 6 weeks of Christmas music on the radio, around the malls, public lobbies, and the like....you can listen to your ipod and not be maxxed out on Christmas music by December 12th.

Yes, I am implying you hook up your ipod to your car stereo, listen to it while shopping for presents or pretty much anything else you do.
I realize not listening to Christmas music while shopping for presents seems like the wrong idea, but one afternoon of hearing Jingle Bells six times at the mall may send you over the edge.

I've almost lost it a few times thanks to the Christmas music I hear weekday mornings at the hotel.

So, keep yourself from succumbing to "I want to deck the halls with my face" syndrome or "Dashing through the snow into oncoming traffic" disease by keeping those earbuds in and connected to that sweet, sweet music player made by Apple.


(Yes, I have become an Apple fanboy. And no, I will not call it National MP3 Player Month. The iPod dominates the market and the Micro$oft Zune sucks.)

Or this could be the problem with hip-hop today...

Kanye West had an outburst backstage at the VMA's.

I like Kanye. He's from the Chi...(that would be Chicago for all of you who are unawares)

But, doesn't he make enough money? I know he is a male and males typically need encouragement/vindication that what they are doing is the right thing. But, does he really need an award from the same network (Viacom) that produces such shows as "The Hills" and 3 different types of shows based on Flavor Flav?
Yes, I realize a lot of his fan base probably watches those shows, but it doesn't mean he has to acknowledge that.

I know, its all for the hype. Tomorrow is the big day. I still expect everyone to buy Kanye's CD and hide 50 Cent's CDs in different parts of the store so other people can't find it to buy...

The problem with music today...

Is apparently being solved by Rick Rubin. If you've never heard of Rick Rubin, you've probably never listened to music.

Anyway, I was trying to catch up on some of my feeds and came across this post from the blog
A VC. It highlights an article recently written about Rick Rubin being made the co-President of Columbia Records.

Points I liked from the article:
Kids mostly steal music but don't consider it stealing.
MySpace is over.
Facebook is cool now but probably over soon.

I think it all leads the way to Twitter, Pownce, and similar social networking sites. If you aren't aware of these sites, I have a post in the works that I will hopefully complete soon.

Here's a link to the original article:
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