Playlist - 10th January 2005

The fLab iPod is currently belting out the following tracks (in no particular order):

• Jacek Kochan (featuring Eivind Aarset) - More
  (from the album New Expensive Head, 2003)
  
• Hal Galper - Rise And Fall
  (from The Guerilla Band, 1972)
  
• Mark Murphy - On The Red Clay and Canteloupe Island
  (from Sings, 1975)
  
• Shunzo Ohno - But It's Not So
  (from Something's Coming, 1975)
  
• Tim Hagans & Norrbotten Big Band - Future Cool
  (from Future Miles, 2002)
  
• Eric Kloss & The Rhythm Section - Consciousness
  (from Consciousness!, 1970)
  
• Don Cherry - Degi-Degi
  (from Brown Rice, 1976)

My first mix for '05 is almost ready and I've given it the working title of "Call It Evil". Mwahahahaha! If you haven't already done so, you should also check out the excellent PodCasts (no iPod required BTW) over at freeform.org.

Have a nice iTrip

You may already know that the iTrip mini, a FM transmitter for the iPod, has been declared illegal in the UK. That's despite its meagre range, and despite the fact that you can pick one up from certain official Apple centres over here, er, allegedly. And on eBay of course.

Now thanks to a hot tip from all over the web, you can extend the range of your iTrip without doing lots of scary soldering stuff. All you do is remove the sticky seal on top of the unit (warning: this probably invalidates your warranty). By doing so, you will find a small aerial underneath which can be pushed upwards toward the sky as nature intended. Some sources have quoted a 20-30% increase in range, so now you've got a chance of saving the sanity of the driver in front by drowning out Chris Moyles. Maybe you even want to alert every copper in the area to the fact that you're running your own micro pirate station by doing this.