If it's one of the old iPod videos, I'm pretty sure you can do that if you've Rockboxed it.

http://lifehacker.com/105256/how-to-cop ... to-your-pc

This works quite well It's quite easy for me with Ubuntu, I just drag and drop with Rhythmbox (a music library software à la Itunes)

It's a classic so I'll try that first an go from there. Thanks for the help.

Is there any software out there like iTunes that will handle .flac files, but still be able to work with an iPod?

I've been trying out a lot of different albums. Mostly essentials and stuff, and a lot of /mu/ core and stuff. I like the classics, and I like in the aeroplane over the sea and my bloody valentine's loveless, and stuff like that. My issue that I have is I feel like I reach a dead end after I've found any of these albums. Where are the doors within these albums that lead to other albums? How can I listen to jazz one minute, then listen to low fi indie, then listen to shoegaze etc, and then actually get into things besides the most entry level of albums? I see this a lot on /mu/. People only listen to things that are on the /mu/ list, and the reason they are all so closed minded about metal, of all things, is because they're closed minded, because they're used to listening to music like it's an assortment of chocolates. You pick up one, you try it, then next time you try something completely different. I'm not used to listening to music like that. I long for another genre of music where I can explore as widely, and deeply as metal. I've seen it said before, that metal is more like an acquired tasted. I think it certainly is, except I find that the more I get into it, the more I find, and boy do I find a lot. That's why I have over 600 artists in my last fm. Not because I go through mountains of chocolate boxes, like I was forest gump, and his analogy of life, hehe.

I try to pay attention to some /mu/core, as I've found a lot of artists that I've really enjoyed (Such as like you mentioned, Neutral Milk Hotel and My Bloody Valentine). I also try not to fuck around with /mu/ too much, as each time I go on I feel like rearranging and deleting half the stuff on my music library.

Not to mention everyone on /mu/ probably has ADHD. None of them ever read long and thoughtful responses. They're all too quick to just jump straight to trolling. It's pretty much a website dedicated to trolling, I noticed. I don't really like the website either. I was trying to get into it for like a week and I pretty much hate it now. They're good for the laughs though.

Not to mention most of them have superiority complexes. Yeah I've been on for a few years but I've found myself just going on less and less. I just feel like there's nothing new or interesting anymore. Even the laughs have tapered off which is weird.

Weird that you don't like Lucifuge, man. I personally consider it an improvement over the debut (though I do think that his first album is rather good on its own). Anyway, do check out the next two after Lucifuge. They're great, especially How the Gods Kill. That one is just chock full of dark, rocking goodness.

And hey, CrushedRevelation..... What's wrong with Bodies?

Why would you feel like rearranging your music library? You shouldn't take what those fucks say seriously about your taste, whatever it may be. The only person who should be making decisions about what you should listen to is you, unless you're asking for recommendations or something.

The funniest thing about /mu/core, is that the list was originally made to troll people into listening to bad music. I mean, who do you know that actually listens to Neutral Milk Hotel?

That's a little weird. I'm not sure I understand where you're coming from when you say that the list was designed to troll people. I actually think Neutral Milk Hotel is pretty cool. What would you consider 'good music'? Don't say metal, because that's too obvious.

My car is doing this lovely thing where the alarm goes off when I turn the key. I could consult the owner manual, or I could smash it with a bat. I'll let you all know which ends up happening.

Very true. I've grown a spine since last being on there. Going to re-download a bunch of stuff I got rid of (i.e. Skeletonwitch) when I get home. I got rid of it because I felt like I wasn't listening to a 'quality' band (which I realize now is absolute bullshit coupled with the fact that I had a tendency to follow /mu/ to the t)
and that there were 'superior' bands to be listening to. But I guess there shouldn't be any boundaries for myself at all when listening to metal. I shouldn't be following some hipsters who think they're better than everyone else.



Haha, I don't doubt it. I know a couple people who listen to NMH actually. They're not the best band but I like their style.

Absolutely! You should listen to bands that you like, and not to mention skeletonwitch is awesome! /mu/ are complete buttholes when it comes to listening to metal, of all music. I learned that throughout the time I've been there. When people say metal is crap, what they're concealing is the fact that they know nothing about it. They're trolling you. It took me a while to understand that a lot of people there are trolls, so no need to feel like they got to you or anything.

foo_facets will allow you to create an iTunes-like interface, or I can send you mine if that's too much of a hassle.

Thanks a lot. I'll check this out when I get home.

Not me, but I listen to the Dax Riggs cover of In the Aeroplane Over The Sea

Of course, 4chan is full of trolls...let alone the /mu/ threads. It had it's fair share of glory back in the day but then I stopped visiting 4chan in 2008-09 coz I felt it was a complete waste of time. It's difficult to find good recommendations on such boards...even reddit/metal isn't too great, still worth a look if you're looking for mainstream metal/info/news.

When I used to browse 4chan years ago that list was compromised of "unlistenable" music like Merzbow and what not to troll new comers asking for generic recommendations. I actually like a NMH side project called A Hawk And A Hacksaw, but as far as NMH goes that's just not my thing... It's too... I dunno. Pretentious? Weird? I'm at a loss finding an adjective to describe how I feel about them.

Maybe it's just me, but NMH came off as extremely boring the few times I've listened to them.

I tried starting a discussion in a metal thread on /mu/ once. Got a few good responses and interesting opinions but they were drowned out by neckbeards accusing some girl (or guy pretender) of being a disgusting-looking attention whore.

Yeah, don't go to /mu/.

Hahahaha that sounds like /mu/.

They are boring. I tried listening to them because of the company I kept long time ago. They were into indie/folk/etcetera. The only bearable track for me was 'In the aeroplane over the sea' track that Necro mentioned. I don't know if they can be called pretentious though. Their music is a bit on the weird side and that's probably why the band receives a lot posthumous worship from self-proclaimed-non-conformist hipster douches.

Also, it's one of the only 10/10 Pitchfork gave so it resonates within the indie hipster world, I personally think it's a great album, but yeah, it's overrated.

I saw that edit Metantoine. Gotta poke fun at the hipsters!

Yeah, I dunno, Lucifuge sounds exactly like the debut, but the songwriting just isn't there for me. I liked it the first time I heard it but then could never really finish the whole album afterwards.

And I never cared about the whole indie/hipster anything. Neutral Milk Hotel is pretty great actually. It's mood music and I'm not always totally into it, but sometimes that album is incredibly powerful.

Gillan is such a criminally underrated band, I never see any discussion about them. Glory Road and Future shock are great albums.

Also I bought psychocandy the other day, and listening to it now it's really great, way more going on in it than I remember. Also what's /mu/core and what do MBV have to do with it? I got into them through just exploring shoegaze when bands listed it as an influence.

Was it Goatfangs with the mantis fetish? Well, I just saw this on the reddit/videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... uQTJHb0eg0

You can actually see the food pass through the body of this glass mantis as it's chewing that fly

Oh God, why did I click this? WHY DID I CLICK THIS?!

I love mantids and everything, but that video..... I couldn't watch it for more than a few seconds. The camera angles coupled with the soundtrack..... They made my skin crawl.

Way to overreact. Imo it wasn't as much NOPE as you make it seem. Interesting rather. But then again I just played two campaigns of L4D2 while listening to grindcore. I'm pretty much emotionally numb at this point.

You forgot about these guys.

That's Xlxlx's thing, inhumanist. He takes everything to 11. I expect one of his posts in the near future to be something like this : '' I ate some chips today and they were FUCKING DELICIOUS! They were no regular chips, these were super expensive chips that give every single one of your taste buds 47 orgasms with every bite! It was the best day ever!''

Exactly Necro, and after being a member of MA for a year already, I expect people to remember one of my main personality traits. I'm going to pout now



Also; Necro, I wouldn't go crazy like that over some fucking chips. Waffles, on the other hand..... Those things are bloody magical.

Waffles pale in comparison to crepes.

Blasphemer!

What are crepes, though?

Basically a very thin pancake.

Yeah, crepes are way better than fucking waffles.