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  • Modern Lovers

    • 10 out of 10
    • Modern Lovers
    • This timeless masterpiece is little known, but it has inspired almost as many bands as The Modern Lovers' own inspiration -- and only slightly better known -- The Velvet Underground & Nico.

  • So Jealous

    • 8 out of 10
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    • So Jealous is the third album from these sisters, and easily the one to single out for an introduction to their music. Some people may not get on board with their vocal styles, which are slightly

  • Rock Spectacle

    • 8 out of 10
    • Barenaked Ladies
    • These guys know how to put on a live show, and whomever recorded this knows how to capture one. Rock Spectacle is one of the warmest-sounding recordings I've ever heard, and totally fills a room at a
  • King James Version

    • 4 out of 10
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    • The sophomore effort from Harvey Danger, I was really looking forward to this followup to "Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?" Unfortunately, "King James Version" failed to deliver any of the bri

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    • Dropping like a bomb on some of the blah musical offerings of her contemporaries, Haunted was one of the best albums of 2000, obliterating the competition.

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iPO Quick Tip

iTunes: Automatic Custom iPod Playlists

Depending on the size of your music library, it can be pretty easy to run out of space on your iPod before you run out of songs to load on it. No need to despair, since this is a perfect opportunity to avoid an over-filled iPod and keep your portable music selection fresh with a little help from Smart Playlists.

My 4GB iPod nano doesn’t even come close to holding my entire iTunes Library, but sometimes it’s just the right size for my activities. I overcame the storage limitations by creating a series of Smart Playlists that give me a random selection of music from different genres that I haven’t listened to in the past week.

Here’s how:

  • Launch iTunes.
  • Choose File > New Smart Playlist.
  • Make sure that Match all of the following rules is checked.

  • Start by making a new Smart Playlist.
  • Set the first rule to Genre and contains and enter a genre that you want to include on your iPod. In this example, I entered "Blues."
  • Now click the plus symbol that’s off to the right of the rule you just created. This adds a new rule.
  • Set this new rule to Last Played and is not in the last.
  • Enter 1 in the field next to the days pop-up menu, and then change days to weeks.

  • Add rules for genre and last played in the Smart Playlist pane.
  • Now check Limit to and enter a value in the items field. I changed items to MB since I want to load songs on my iPod based on its overall storage capacity and not based on a specific number of songs.
  • Leave selected by set to random.
  • Leave Live updating checked.
  • Click OK.

I made Smart Playlists with these settings for several different musical genres and sync all of them with my iPod. Now when I go out I have a wide range of music styles to listen to, and the selection is always fresh since I’m not listening to the same music I heard a week ago.

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