I have a love / hate relationship with computers, laptops, smartphones and iPads.
An excellent program this morning but a miserable listening experience, thanks to both connection and computer problems. Connection dropouts (lasting a few seconds) were frequent, and twice, when the stream quit altogether, i had to reload the page; i missed most of the Mistress and Graham Parker songs.
Worse was to come. Just as the Pat Travers number began, the system crashed (a Win32kfull.sys error): a blue screen of death, possibly caused by the new browser i installed, Torch. Normally Windows analyses the problem and restarts; this time it didn't. (I spent a good twenty minutes listening on the iPad.) When i've had similar problems with previous laptops, i've simply removed and then re-inserted the battery, but with this laptop, which i've only had since December, i couldn't see how to remove it. So, i used my phone to go to the company's website and learned that, on the bottom of the machine, there's a pinhole (i'd never noticed it before). Insert a paperclip, hold for four or five seconds, and the battery will reset. So i did and it did, and after that all was well. Oh, and i uninstalled Torch.
Rush -- Roll The Bones
Trapeze -- Medusa
Couchois -- Roll The Dice
Strawbs -- Little Sleepy
The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver -- (I Don't Want To Love You But) You Got Me Anyway
Dave Mason -- World In Changes
Poco -- Good Feelin' To Know
The Marshall Tucker Band -- Fire On The Mountain
David Bowie -- Rebel Rebel
The Grateful Dead -- I Need A Miracle
Rare Bird -- Peace Of Mind
The Electric Light Orchestra -- So Fine
Badfinger -- No Matter What
Yes -- Close To The Edge
The Allman Brothers -- Statesboro Blues
Billy Joel -- Say Goodbye To Hollywood
Mistress -- China Lake
Graham Parker -- White Honey
The Who -- I Can't Explain
Pat Travers -- Boom Boom Out Go The Lights
Uriah Heep -- Salisbury
Chris deBurgh -- Don't Pay The Ferryman
Ted Nugent And The Amboy Dukes -- Migration
Stabilizers -- One Simple Thing
It's A Beautiful Day -- A Hot Summer Day
Journey -- Of A Lifetime
Elton John -- Burn Down The Mission
Bob Seger -- Ramblin' Gamblin' Man
Supertramp -- Another Man's Woman
The James Gang -- Alexis
Procol Harum -- Conquistador
And here's what i've been scaring the cat with this week:
America – History: America's Greatest Hits
Rod Stewart – Out Of Order
Marillion – Holidays In Eden
Idjah Hadidjah – Tonggeret
Renaissance – Scheherazade And Other Stories
Mama's Pride – Guard Your Heart
Stan Rogers – Fogarty's Cove
Terje Rypdal & The Chasers – Blue
Five Hand Reel – Five Hand Reel
Jann Akkerman – Tabernakel
Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic
Jethro Tull – This Was
Jeff Beck – Official Bootleg U.S.A. '06
Bonnie Raitt – Give It Up
Ten Years After – Live At Reading
Tim Renwick – Privateer
Maddy Prior & The Girls – Bib & Tuck
The Chieftains – The Chieftains 4
Tim Hart & Maddy Prior – Summer Solstice
Crowded House – Recurring Dream
FM – Black Noise
Terje Rypdal – Waves
Kathleen Edwards – Back To Me
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Cocteau Twins – Heaven Or Las Vegas
Caro Emerald – Emerald Island
Billy Joel – Turnstiles
Mark Knopfler – Sailing To Philadelphia
Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball
Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Trilogy
Planxty – Cold Blow And The Rainy Night
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