Very quick question-I am looking to get the all acoustic version by Judy Collins of Who Knows Where The Time Goes i.e. not the later one with drums which is on the *CD* of Colours of the Day [LP had the acoustic version].

Have tracked down the options mentioned below, has anybody heard these CDs ?

Judy Collins on the B-side of her single Both Sides Now (1968). This sparseley instrumented recording was also used in the film The Subject Was Roses and was included on her compilation album Colors of the Day (1972), on the soundtrack of the movie A Walk on the Moon (1999), and on the CD Great Lost Elektra Singles Volume 1 (2005)

http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~zierke/sandy.denny/songs/whoknowsw...

has a collection called Sound Bites, on 50 years of the magazine. Seems to be only on copies in Waitrose according to the bag. Seems still to be the current issue:

http://www.hifinews.co.uk/content/this.html

Of interest to the vintage hi-fi entghusiasts-not going to be near a Waitrose myself in next few days so can't offer to pick any up, sorry.

Liked the retro yellow cover.

"Nice" 5 part history of bebop on radio 3, first up up until about 10 tonight, see

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qt29v

and

http://londonjazz.blogspot.com/2010/02/radio-3-composer-of-week-noon-is-...

Have heard first 2 parts-well worth it imo.

This new toy
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/homecinema/0,39029447,49304486,00.htm
looks most intriguing-does anybody use the software ?

My iTunes library lives on an external drive now [*}, with core of it still on a Windows XP laptop. Seemed OK for a while, but is now getting confused as to where some of the files live.

What is the simplest way to sort this ? [I have taken a safety copy of the library on a separate external drive].

[* done as per this here

http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/moving-your-itunes-li...

]

Thanks in advance for any pointers [nerd pun intended]

http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/magazine/17-09/ff_goodenough?...

Interesting piece, not just for MP3 which we've probably done pretty extensively passim here I know--but more generally.

Made me think about Arthur C Clarke, and wonder if when "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic", "practical magic" is at a premium ...

Saw this
http://www.howtospendit.com/#/articles/781-technopolis-tuneup
testimonial from Jonathan Margolis-am inclined to try it unless any of you have any horror stories

Nice piece in Times by Armando Ianucci on Mahler in this anniversary year -thanks to R3 this morning for pointing it out:

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/...

My own intro was No. 4 on a Classics for Pleasure LP in my early 20s, there's a truly superb performance of this up on iPlayer at the mo:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00pjjj2/Performance_on_3_Performan...

Just because it was one of my highlight musical moments of last year, really:- Hester Goodman's singing on "Teenage Dirtbag" with the Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain is now available on the concert DVD
http://www.ukuleleorchestra.com/main/home.aspx?SessionKey=
and for a few more days on the iPlayer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00pdz2f/BBC_Proms_2009_Prom_45_Uku...

This is a similar performance, sound not great though:

The FPO and I have been fascinated over last couple of days by a replica copy of the Jan 1st 1785 edition of the Daily Universal Register (later the Times)

http://archive.timesonline.co.uk/tol/archive/

also like the accompanying web piece on the city itself. In the first issue the editor under the pseudonym "Gregory Gazette" says of a newspaper's readers

One person's affections lie in the price of stocks, and in the arrival of the East and West India fleets; another's in a dreadful battle either by sea or land, in which he can enjoy the carnage, free from danger; a third delights in curious anecdotes; a fourth in scandalous reports; a fifth in horse races and jockeyship; a sixth in theatrical intelligence, and a seventh in the poet's corner ... Thus is a newspaper a magazine or toyshop, where every one has his hobby-horse

.

And a happy new year to one and all ...

not close to a big M&S right now, but was intrigued by this development

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/30091/cello-iviewer-iplayer-tv-video

(video may not work). One thing I am curious about is how the TV displays the iPlayer, is it shown in a small window by default and only made full screen (but presumably at less than Freeview quality) if you choose ?

Also curious about Panasonic's Freesat PVR if anyone has/has played with, one of these ?

Very interesting analysis here:

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2009/tc20091214_734087...

Other Web-connected devices such as Apple's (AAPL) iPhone and Microsoft's (MSFT) Xbox gaming console have begun powering applications by using Facebook Connect, letting friends play games and catch up with each other, even while they're away from the PC. This is just the tip of the iceberg, says Facebook's Cox. With a greater variety of devices connecting to the Internet, from TVs to GPS units in the car, Facebook sees potential to work with manufacturers on designing experiences oriented around people, instead of information. "If you as a user could expose your information in a way you are comfortable with, and that was safe, you would have much better experiences with these devices," Cox says. Think of getting in your car and telling the GPS to give you directions to a person, rather than a specific address.

Interesting to the gadget lovers among us-already subject of a lawsuit

https://thejoojoo.com/

Surely a game we could all play (or perhaps did once upon a time but no longer)---from http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/men/article6937491.ece

One thing I shall miss now that I’ve decided radically to reduce my drinking is what I like to call Drunk Island Discs. These are the songs I play on my CD player and/or Apple Mac when I’ve had a few in my office-shed at home, too many to do any more work or read, not yet enough to feel the need to go inside and catch a late-night Jason Statham movie. One of my guilty pleasures, late-night Jason Statham movies.

The basic premise of Drunk Island Discs is I’m on an island, I have to choose some records to play, and I’m pissed. On big marquee occasions, I like to intersperse the tracks by narrating both sides of an interview with an imaginary Kirsty Young.

... Three tracks in and we still haven’t advanced beyond 1980. And we still haven’t, because now it’s time to take the tempo down a little, ladies and gentlemen, all the way down, down to the depths of despair, with the Joy Division classic Atmosphere, a song that can never be mentioned unless the adjective “haunting” is in very close proximity.

I might follow this with Love Will Tear Us Apart, tell Kirsty I refuse to choose between the two, simply must take them both to Drunk Island. “But you’ve got to decide,” says Kirsty, flirty, mock-stern. I ignore her, pour another drink, lose myself in nostalgic adolescent self-pity. Kirsty tries to butt in. I tell her to shut up.

Who's for a round ?

1.

Apple iPhone owners in Australia have reported that their smartphones have been infected by a worm that has changed their wallpaper to an image of 1980s pop crooner Rick Astley. The worm, which could have spread to other countries although we have no confirmed reports outside Australia, is capable of breaking into jailbroken iPhones if their owners have not changed the default password after installing SSH. Once in place, the worm appears to attempt to find other iPhones on the mobile phone network that are similarly vulnerable, and installs itself again. On each installation, the worm - written by a hacker calling themselves "ikex" - changes the lock background wallpaper to an image of Rick Astley with the message: ikee is never going to give you up"

--- Sophos

2.

After appearing on Pop Goes The Band for Living TV Cheryl Baker and Jay Aston became friends again and decided to reform as the original Bucks Fizz alongside Mike Nolan. This will be their first tour together in 24 years.

--- King's Lynn Corn Exchange

Who'd be a professional satirist ...