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...good news and bad news, graduates. Remember back in 1991, when you were about 4 years old and your parents were driving you from Montessori to tot-aerobics class? Mozart was on the car stereo, stimulating your little brain. And Mom explained that your future was all laid out. Your strong preschool record had placed you into a grade-school gifted-and-talented program, which, with hard work, would lead to the Advanced Placement curriculum in high school. That--plus captaincy of the lacrosse team, strong test scores and a record of eco-conscious community activism--would lead to college...
Hear the Music. Create a downloadable playlist for your next road trip. AmplifiedJourneys.hk, a site created by stereo company Harmon/Kardon, assembles playlists that are customized to your route. If you're embarking from New York City, for instance, the site would suggest "Money" by Human League and, if you're leaving the city via the Saw Mill Parkway, the Beatles' "I Saw Her Standing There." Simply plug in the start and end points of your trip, and the site will generate a list of tunes you can purchase from iTunes, along with MapQuest-style driving instructions...
...Atlantic City Express Service (or, ACES) takes just under three hours and runs Friday through Sunday from Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan. With leather seats and kiosks selling food and drinks, it promises to be more comfortable than the bus. There's also a lounge car, complete with a stereo and DVD system, at back of the train, which can be rented for a group. Introductory ticket prices are $50 one-way for coach; $75 for first class...
...school student thumbing through a thesaurus when he deems the 1983 hit "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood "Fellini-esque") and its tributes to popular songs are exquisite. The review of Brian Eno's "1/1," tells how the bedridden singer's inability to reach the volume knob on his stereo led to the creation of an entire genre of "ambient music," and provides eager but inexpert music fans with a greater understanding of pop music's evolution. But the problem with the book - and indeed with many music reviews - is that unless the song is familiar, it fails to inspire...
...long been a fan of the Sonos music system, a collection of small, cigar-box-sized devices that attach to any stereo in my home and allow me to wirelessly stream digital music. I couple it with the music subscription service, Rhapsody, and get access to some 5 million songs - virtually anything I want to hear, whenever I want to hear...