 Music For That Not-So-Fresh Feeling by Kimberly Massengill [Previous columns] |
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Music For That Not-So-Fresh Feeling by Kimberly Massengill [Previous columns] |
If you would like to be notified when this column is updated, please contact Kimberly at KimberlyMassengill@gmail.com |
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Rhapsody in Bruuuuce By Kimberly Massengill October 11, 2007 Got a great phone call yesterday. The kinda call you get maybe once in a year. Maybe once in a lifetime. "Kimberly! We've got an extra free ticket to Springsteen tonight at the Meadowlands! Meet us at 6:15. We're takin' the bus over." I've seen Bruce live four or five times, beginning in '78 and as recently as a few years ago. I've even had the pleasure of meeting him at a party once, and going home with photographic evidence. I love me some Boss. But I've never seen him at his hometown arena, alongside sweaty Jerseyites frothed into a fist-pumping frenzy. The opportunity to snag this sold-out experience made me damn near pass out. ...When I heard the voicemail several hours too late. But. Well. It's not like I wasn't out having a lovely time when I missed the call. There was the 110% humidity. The crowded sidewalks and long lines. The shutdown of the 7 train, overtaxing an already overtaxed mass transit system, resulting in a day of umbrella pokes, screaming kids, and an unwanted encounter with Mr. NoThat'sNotMyPenis. But all was not unpleasant. Had sushi with a friend in town for the TiVo/Rhapsody Music roll out. (Another fun party I missed, being out of town. Including a performance by that other Jersey music staple, Fountains of Wayne.) My sushi companion was instrumental in the music service's marriage to the Hal 2000 eye that stares back at you from atop the TV, and he explained it to me in a way that made it sound downright exciting. My eyes didn't even glaze over once from the tech talk. With over 4 million songs, Rhapsody is a surprisingly intuitive subscription music service, as mobile as the hair on your head and as variously customizable (create your own playlists) or as educational (choose from their selection of programmed channels) as you want it to be. Not to mention their brilliant point-and-purchase feature. And now, in an effort to lasso the hearts and wallets of baby boomers fond of their easy chairs, they've made the service available to TiVo subscribers with broadband boxes. Rhapsody takes a drink from TiVo's subscriber pool, and TiVo slurps outta Rhapsody's. Expect availability to come in stages, with priority given to those already subscribing to TiVo. (Y'alls getcha 30 days free.) Not since that chick eating the chocolate bar bumped into the dude who carries around an open jar of peanut butter has there been such a genius pairing of alreadygoodthings. Like macaroni and cheese. Like Bret and Jemaine. Like Kimberly and another chance at a free ticket to a Springsteen show... Rhapsody.com Tivo.com |
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Kimberly Massengill's a big ol' Southern belle who likes gray
matter, a slow, grindy groove, and cucumber dip. She lives
in Manhattan, where she talks dirty on the radio and bellies up
to the bar when nothing good's on TV. Don't be afraid to
say
hey.
KimberlyMassengill.com/
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