I've been pod-less for 3 weeks now. For those of you who don't know me, let me tell you, this is a crisis. My i-Pod is my sidekick, I never leave home without it. A few Saturdays ago I came home after a typical night of drinking and dancing. I promised friends that we would finish the night off with some good tunes. I brought my docking station out into the living room, already preparing the playlist in my head...and then, nothing. Zip. Blank. I didn't freak out at first. A friend of mine attempted the 'hold-down-menu-and-select-for-twenty-seconds' technique, but still, nothing. Then I started to freak out.
This weekend I finally had the time to take care of business. I made an appointment before leaving home at Apple's Genius Bar, to assure expeditious service. Later, I walked myself on over to the eastside where the new Apple store is on 59th St and 5th Ave. As geeky as it might sound, if you have nothing else better to do, its actually fun to just go and play around in the new store. The other Apple store in SoHo can get annoyingly crowded, preventing you from not only receiving the proper service but also from being able to look around with ease. Another cool thing about the new location is that its open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It's like freakin' 7-11! And on Friday nights they have notable DJ's spinning music. Apple has done a good job with the new location because it's not just a store it's a tourist attraction! When I got there for my appointment at 5:50pm there were small groups of people outside waiting to go in, apparently they were giving tours! The large glass box entry way is quite striking and stands out, like a futuristic pillar, amongst the elegant Central Park East hotels and boutiques.
Eventually I made my way up to the Genius Bar where all the Mac geeks standby to help you with your tech troubles. There was never a time when people were not standing in line, which made me very relieved that I made the appointment in advance. Finally, I handed my iPod over to an adorable "genius" named Matt -- "Please resuscitate my iPod!" I begged him. He checked for a pulse, pressed a few buttons...nothing. Things were looking bleak. He then hooked it up to a Mac and we waited. 10 long minutes go by, "Well, Miss, I think we've fixed your iPod." I was overjoyed! Not only was it fixed, but that sweetheart Mathew put a whole new music library on my iPod, for free! On my way back to the westside I was pleased to hear some new music that was actually to my liking. Here are some new songs playing on my iPod, all with the "Rakhee Stamp Of Approval", courtesy of Apple (Thanks Matt!):
"Stiff Jazz" by Dzihan & Kamien
"Dreaming of..." by Earlimart
"Delerium" by Euphoria
"Madame Hollywood" by Felix Da Housecat
"Do Your Realize??" by The Flaming Lips
"I Love Music" by Flunk
"Summer Sun" by Koop
"Backfired" by Masters At Work
"Candy Man Blues" by Mississippi John Hurt
"The Sea" by Morcheeba
"Bossa Per Due" by Nicola Conte
"Don't Know Why" by Pat Metheny
"Backbone" by Projections
"Samba de Orpheus" by Vince Guaraldi Trio/Colin Bailey/Monty
"Destiny" by Zero7
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8 comments:
Congrats on the iPod. So, what's up with this Matt geek?
BTW, Nicole Conte is fantastic.
Who else would like to see Rakhee give Matt a second shot? Come on people: We Want Matt! We Want Matt! We Want Matt!!
Haha! I'll never tell. But maybe, just maybe, my iBook will crash (it actually has been lately)...hmmm...
Is that what readers are really interested in? My personal life?
definitely not! we are NOT interested in your personal life.
Give us a little more credit than that. I mean, seriously.
We just want to know whom you're hooking up with.
check out truby trio's dj kicks, anything by vikter duplaix and king britt's scuba project
Thanks for the music recommendations! I'm always open to hearing new stuff. I will def check it out. What kind of music is it?
Re: as for "whom" I'm hooking up with...I won't divulge that here. I may allude to it, not to say that anything's going on, but these are personal things that I will surely touch on time to time. But of course, only in my most indirect way ;-) Not to worry, I feel that NFG will be experimenting with some new angles...I'll add that to my New Lease Resolutions.
truby trio is fauna flash+rainer truby-they're on the german nujazz label compost (though the dj kicks series is released through k7!) the same label as koop and jazzanova for a bit. vikter duplaix is an erstwhile soulquarian which had him producing a couple erykah badu tracks, and his solo work is best described as soulful broken beat (if this is appealing in anyway and you make it to london you should check out the club plastic people (nr. old street tube) on sunday night (btw-plastic people has a great friday night called 'and did we mention our disco?' with errol akkan, whose original night 'trash' at the end (nr holborn) on mondays is a must. all this assumes that the aforementioned still persists..king britt among other things,has dj'd for the digables, heads the anonymous supergroup 'sylk 180'. scuba is similar to duplaix with a more 'post-house' feel (i think i just made that up!-sorry)
other must have "zero 7" songs if you don't have already:
-"in the waiting line"
-"distractions"
-"passing by"
great "masters at work" remix, discovered it while supposedly studying abroad in london:
-"to be in love"
mad chill song by "dzihan & kamien":
-"homebase"
"thievery" remix featuring the "flaming lips":
-"march the hating machines into the sun"
prob can find all these songs on aquisition..
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