With so much stuff and so little time it's inevitable that we all miss things in a "blind spot". I remembered "That'll Be Christmas" by Thea Gilmore this morning so looked it up to start the festivities. Now I have to admit I haven't listened to anything else by her but loved the Christmas ditty. Massively pleased to discover her back catalogue and loving her versions of Ever Fallen In Love, Bad Moon Rising and the full cover album of John Wesley Harding. Now ploughing through her own stuff which is equally solid. "Peace and Goodwill to Men,That'll be Christmas! Enjoy yours whatever you may do.

Denon AHC 360 in ear headphones Quality product selling at £30 on Amazon EBay etc bought for £12 in my local Asda. Don't know whether they were just priced up wrong as they were selling the AHC 260 sets at £22 each. Lucky hunting!

Can we ban the use of this on the forum? It does my bloody head in when I see this wanky rubbish. Talk English please! (Grouch of the Day)

Downloaded " Seldom Seen Kid" back when it was the album everyone was talking about and Elbow were picking up awards left right and centre. I never did get around to playing it as it got lost in the avalanche of modern media distractions. It came up on shuffle today so I thought I would stick rather than flick past it. I have enjoyed a couple of the tracks so went over to amazon to read some reviews. 150 five star reviews suggests it is worth a few repeat plays on the promise that it will reveal hidden secrets. So, two questions

A) is it worth sticking with or all hype?

B) what other albums were slow burners for you that proved well worth the perseverance?

Have an old style (no touchscreen) which I loaded with 500 songs from my own library. Trouble is at the time I had set up a separate user account on the Mac. I have since deleted the user account so have deleted the iTunes playlist. Now all the tracks on the shuffle are on my iTunes main library but if I update the shuffle it only wants to "erase and sync" because it is pairing with a new library. Frustration is I can see the songs in iTunes but they are greyed out. I want to keep the playlist - is there a clever way? If not is there any way of screen dumping so I can at least write out all the tracks and create the playlist again from scratch?

Taken last summer but a picture of timeless English beauty. I can almost hear Grantchester Meadows in the back of my head when I look at this (although the picture is not from Grantchester for those who know it) XTC once said - to paraphrase - "England's Glory - A Pastoral Beauty"

Any one else care to share something so chilled, mellow and far away from disaffected beds in London to cheer us up?
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=batheaston&hl=en&tbo=d&gbv=2&biw=1024&b...

Mrs is watching Harry Potter i have the headphones on with spotify and just discovered Kevin Ayers - where do I start?

http://open.spotify.com/album/2vWFIoPRO2JVi4av5Ab1i9

On my desktop pc at home i have a link to a website that lets you watch live UK TV onluine for free. I am in a hotel with my laptop and cannot for the life of me remeber the site name. i have looked fruitlessly on Google. Any ideas?

I am 44 but still titter like a 9 year old at innuendo or toilet humour. I am watching the snooker and noticed that normally all the players have a nickname or catch phrase which is a play on words. Whirlwind White, Rocket Ronnie etc Anyway Judd Trump (tee hee) is playing. When they introduced him me and the Mrs came up with a number of alternative Intros. The top two are

He is silent but deadly welcome Judd Trump.....

He will blow his opponents off the table here's Judd Trump....

As I said, completely immature but made me chuckle.

Does anyone care to expand on a theme?

Let's have a fave drug song thread for a Saturday night

Let me open up with

http://open.spotify.com/track/4eytt3Ai0DthhCeElOXger

I am that novice, only really ever played the obvious stuff. My top five would be

Rolling stone
Idiot wind
Tangled up in blue
It's all over now baby blue
One of us must know

Given I like those five where should I focus next?

I guess there are a few Dylan veterans here so advice is welcome seeing I am having a Dylan night tonight

I am a slow learner and a late starter. Having the last last ten days off work has given me the time to explore the iPad and apple technology in a bit more depth than I ever would have had time to do normally. It all started on Boxing night with a post on this here oracle."how do I stream music wirelessly?" A week later and £180 emptier of pocket I have reached the point where I have an Airport Express plugged into the back of my stereo in the living room. This let's me access my full iTunes library using the remote app on the iPad which is the best toy a man could have. it even allows you to see the artwork whilst playing! As I said upfront slow learner, but it is a great feeling when you catch up. Catch up I did, but then got carried away by the sheer diminutive beauty of the Apple TV box. I ditched my HD Freeview box thinking I would be able to watch HD Freeview TV via Apple TV. Apparently not the case. Is it just me or can you put the BBC iPlayer through the Apple?

Having discovered the remote app this evening I am on a roll. Is it possible to have my mac on in one room but play the songs on my iPad in another? What kit do I need to achieve this?

Half way through a two week holiday. Back home from Cornwall and enjoying the first "back in my own bed" lie in of the fortnight. Coffee in hand. Headphones on. Listening to the wonderful Kent Compilation that I bought over 18 months ago but has been in the queue. What better way to start a mellow day than to wallow in the pain and misery of these tortured souls. I seem to remember a full page review of this box set in an old edition of Word. Can I have link to re-read it? Alternatively if anyone knows what month / year it appeared I can dig it out of of the magazine pile.

I have a HD TV (Panasonic without built in Freesat) I have a Sky plus box but begrudge paying them the subs for HDTV? So what's the best value for money option to view HDTV with the best content for us cheapos who are a bit slow on the uptake? Any recommendations...?