1. Most people downloaded the mix rather than asking for CDs this year. It appears the long-foretold mainstreaming of digital music is finally upon us. (Of course, now I’m stuck with a stack of CDs.)
2. Most people seem to use the execrable iTunes.
3. When you import the mix into the execrable iTunes, it completely scrambles it—won’t play it in order. And of course, song order is crucial.
Damn you iTunes.
If you make a “playlist” in Itunes you can control the order of the songs, thus circumventing the horribleness of Itunes and honoring the much considered song order. It takes a few extra minutes to drag the songs into a playlist and make sure they are in the right order, but well worth it.
Please send me the CD. Mike gave me an Ipod Shuffle for Christmas, and I seem to be totally incompetent with it and any other gadget.