(no, this title does not refer to Nirvannas song writing template)

CD’s: little buggers sometimes are they not?

You see, an album that was originally released on a round flat disc of Vinyl and then put on to a CD is actually rather quiet. But an album that has only been released on CD is a lot louder.

“So what you old duffer, that is what volume controls are for, or are you too arthritic to use one?” I hear you charmingly venture…..

Well look kiddies, when you put your I-pod on shuffle you can go from having the volume up full and your ears being nicely caressed by a classic album, to having your eardrums fractured by the sudden jump in volume when a more recent one comes on.

Maybe there is a way to even all the volumes out, but that probably means loading some other bloody programme which I-tunes will argue with and freeze my lappy. Maybe there is something already in I-tunes that I have not yet discovered that would do it anyway.

If any of you hotshot young I-pod savvy things out there could offer any pointers (other than the obvious “Stick to ya wind up wax cylinders ya fossil!”) I would be most grateful.

In other news, why has no one invented a cheap waterproof laptop! I fancy blogging from the Jacuzzi!

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