Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Tunes for the Freewheelin' George Bush (Songs on Bush's iPod)
New York Times ^ | April 11, 2005 | ELISABETH BUMILLER

Posted on 04/10/2005 9:09:14 PM PDT by RWR8189

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-57 last
To: ambrose
Perfect, thank you. You don't know how many sales clerks I have asked this question and received only a blank stare. I am an avid music collector and haven't at all been tempted by an iPod but I would love a MINI for audio books. I will definitely be getting one now. Thanks.
41 posted on 04/10/2005 10:57:28 PM PDT by Dolphy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 37 | View Replies]

To: mhx
How do I get a job at the Times?

Off the bat, you'll probably have to live in NYC.

I know there is what the Times claims as criteria and then in practise.

Look at Jayson Blair, his entire resume before the Times showed a kid with limited experience who needed seasoning and time before he should work for a big paper.

Now I understand, that the Times, being the liberals they are, wanted "diversity" and wanted an african american.

What bothered me, was that, they can't be serious and say this was the best african american they could find, there had to be better canidates, as far as I can tell, I would guess they went in alphabetical order when they picked blair.

Oh, one thing, you have to have a real liberal (excuse me, to quote the head of the paper "urban") background.

Ignore the fact that the previous editor was from the south and was just a liberal in the john edwards mold.

42 posted on 04/10/2005 11:22:07 PM PDT by Sonny M ("oderint dum metuant")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 39 | View Replies]

To: Dolphy

No problem... just keep in mind that I am downloading my audio books from Audible.com, which specifically designed their books to work with iTunes/iPod.. I have not tried to rip audio books from CDs.. but I see no reason why that wouldn't work either. In any case, Audible is the best way to go, as they can be bookmarked, and then synced with iTunes. In other words, you can listen to one hour of a book on the iPod, plug it into your computer, and then listen to the book from your computer for a couple of hours, without ever having to wonder where you had last left off (iTunes will start from where you left off from the iPod... Then the iPod will remember where you left off from iTunes)...


43 posted on 04/11/2005 12:21:48 AM PDT by ambrose (....)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 41 | View Replies]

To: RWR8189

Dang. Wussy music.


44 posted on 04/11/2005 12:24:01 AM PDT by k2blader (Immorality bites.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ambrose

This week's free song by Feist at the iTunes Music Store is iPod-worthy, IMO.


45 posted on 04/11/2005 12:29:27 AM PDT by HAL9000 (Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 43 | View Replies]

To: ambrose
I have not tried to rip audio books from CDs.. but I see no reason why that wouldn't work either

That works, but sometimes it is tricky to preserve the order of the chapters in the playlist. Some book divide each CD in 100 separate tracks - with no album name, track number in the title, etc. Also, it doesn't take advantage of the playback rate, the bookmark feature, etc. like Audible.com content does.

46 posted on 04/11/2005 12:34:00 AM PDT by HAL9000 (Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 43 | View Replies]

To: FlingWingFlyer
Is the author referring to the Texas Air National Guard that was advertising nationwide in the Air force Times for pilots at the time? Those coveted slots?
47 posted on 04/11/2005 12:35:08 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Pray for us all.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Dan from Michigan

I wonder what the author would say if President Bush had the album version of the Knack's "Good Girls Don't" on there.


48 posted on 04/11/2005 12:38:40 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Pray for us all.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 35 | View Replies]

To: beezdotcom

I got a fever, and the only prescription is.....


49 posted on 04/11/2005 2:56:13 AM PDT by frankiep
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 36 | View Replies]

To: Captainpaintball
New York Slimes wrote:

"As the son of a two-term congressman and a United States Senate candidate, Mr. Bush won a coveted spot with the Texas Air National Guard to avoid combat in Vietnam."

Rhetorical question; in what way is the above smear relevant to the topic of what music is on the President's IPod? None!
50 posted on 04/11/2005 7:03:51 AM PDT by Abogado (Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscripti catapultas habebunt)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: sirthomasthemore

If he's training like that, and in that kind of shape, I half expect him to show up at some NORBA events after his second term.
If W does take up racing, the USSS better really get in shape to keep up with him!


51 posted on 04/11/2005 7:09:21 AM PDT by Fred Hayek (I live in Minnesota, I run a business in Minnesota, but I remain a TEXAN!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: RWR8189

I bet he's got "French People suck" by The Meatmen


52 posted on 04/11/2005 7:09:34 AM PDT by Roots ("I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born." - Ronald Reagan)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: CFC__VRWC
Alan Jackson and Kenny Chesney are hardly "traditional" country singers.

I think Alan Jackson is traditional. Kenny Chesney is not (that "Caribbean" thing is very old and tiresome).

53 posted on 04/11/2005 7:15:15 AM PDT by wi jd
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: Yossarian

The 220-age applies to the average population, and not to athletes. The average population being of course quite sedentary. I am 50 y.o. and maintain about 175 bpm during a 40 km time trial (road cycling). Of course the "instructors" at a place like Bally's Total Fitness can not grasp that, since:
1. I should be dead at that heart rate.
2. I'm not capable of more than 30 minutes walking.

W is in the shape of a master's athlete. I'd like to see if he shows up at the Lajitas mountain bike event in 2009. KICK BUTT!


54 posted on 04/11/2005 7:16:14 AM PDT by Fred Hayek (I live in Minnesota, I run a business in Minnesota, but I remain a TEXAN!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]

To: ServesURight
Bush is way out of touch!It's all about the beat and how it matches his personal training rythem. I doubt if he even hears the words, once you get started, your body is just responding to the beat.
55 posted on 04/11/2005 7:29:37 AM PDT by McGavin999
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: RWR8189
When I've read that GWBush loves the Van Morrison's "Brown eyed girl" I've bought the CD... It's pretty good...
56 posted on 04/11/2005 12:57:51 PM PDT by an italian (the power wears out who doesn't have it...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Hillarys Gate Cult

How many times are they going to keep acting like there was something wrong with going in the National Guard. I was sick of hearing this six years ago. Can I call this woman up?


57 posted on 04/11/2005 8:31:36 PM PDT by motherof 3
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 47 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-57 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson