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"One thing about 60s music, or any other "decade" group is they are not
making any more so MP3 is an excellent way to hear it.
The only argument anyone has made to me that makes sense is I never
hear anything new but I have my wife and a daughter scouting that out
for me."


I do have hundreds of tunes from the '50s and '60s plus favorites up till about 5 or 6 years ago loaded on my older iPod that connects through the Highlander stereo. Always use that on highway trips over an hour in duration.

On Fri, 8 Apr 2016 11:47:53 -0700 (PDT), True North
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"One thing about 60s music, or any other "decade" group is they are not
making any more so MP3 is an excellent way to hear it.
The only argument anyone has made to me that makes sense is I never
hear anything new but I have my wife and a daughter scouting that out
for me."


I do have hundreds of tunes from the '50s and '60s plus favorites up till about 5 or 6 years ago loaded on my older iPod that connects through the Highlander stereo. Always use that on highway trips over an hour in duration.

I had PCs in my cars for years but when all of my socket 7 boards
stopped working I bit the bullet and bought real MP3 players to
replace the factory radio. I still miss the PCs
Newer faster PCs don't seem to be able to tolerate the Florida heat as
well. A P4 machine gave up the ghost pretty fast. It would not start
up until the car cooled down.
I really wish I could find a player, hardware or software that works
as well as the DOS based MPXPLAY. I real;ly like the idea of using a
numeric pad to select songs, jukebox style. All of the players in the
house run MPXPLAY. Attila the Hungarian has written a version that
runs natively under XP but it is still basically a DOS program,
written in C. It is free.

On Fri, 08 Apr 2016 15:39:17 -0400, wrote:

Newer faster PCs don't seem to be able to tolerate the Florida heat as
well. A P4 machine gave up the ghost pretty fast. It would not start
up until the car cooled down.

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You need a Panasonic Toughbook. Huge numbers of them are riding
around in police cars in full sun. Purchased off-lease, prices are
fairly reasonable.

On 4/8/2016 2:25 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 8 Apr 2016 09:56:35 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

Keyser Söze

"$20 a month to listen to the radio in the truck after a three month free
trial?

People do this?"


I had the 3 month freebie also, three years ago. I've negotiated with them a few times and the best they offered was $72 for a year. I only travel in the May-October time period so I wanted a deal on 6 months. I really only wanted the '60s rock music.
Couldn't agree on a pkg so I enjoy the two week free service each spring. Trouble is half the time has elapsed before they notify me that it's available.

One thing about 60s music, or any other "decade" group is they are not
making any more so MP3 is an excellent way to hear it.
The only argument anyone has made to me that makes sense is I never
hear anything new but I have my wife and a daughter scouting that out
for me.


IMO there is very little of anything "new" worth listening to.

On Fri, 8 Apr 2016 14:53:10 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


IMO there is very little of anything "new" worth listening to.


Every once in a while, my wife comes home with something new that is
pretty good.

We lean toward country that is really pop these days but Omi's
Cheerleader is pretty good and that is on the edge of reggae.
Jason Isbell has a pretty good cover of Mutineer.

On Fri, 08 Apr 2016 15:43:51 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 8 Apr 2016 14:53:10 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


IMO there is very little of anything "new" worth listening to.


Every once in a while, my wife comes home with something new that is
pretty good.

We lean toward country that is really pop these days but Omi's
Cheerleader is pretty good and that is on the edge of reggae.
Jason Isbell has a pretty good cover of Mutineer.

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Country has become much more listenable in recent years as it has
moved away from the "twang a billy" style of the 50s and 60s.