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(Zengame/flickr)Smackdown: iPod vs. Zune
Apple’s iPod may be the most popular MP3 player on the market, but Microsoft’s Zune has dedicated fans and some new tricks up its sleeve. Today: the iPod and the Zune go head to head in a Soundcheck Smackdown debate. And later: live music from New York-based songwriter Larkin Grimm.
Crowdsourcing: Tell us what holiday music you're hearing in stores this season. (Anything unusual? Or the same old chestnuts?)
Battle of the Media Players
A Philadelphia-based blogger caused a minor controversy when he claimed he spotted President-elect Barack Obama -- an avowed iPod user -- using Microsoft's Zune MP3 player in a local gym. In another installment of our weekly Soundcheck Smackdown series, we debate the merits of the iPod and the Zune. Joining us are Jason D. O'Grady editor of Powerpage.org and a writer for ZDNet and other publications, and David Tucker, a contributing editor to the blog Zunethoughts.com.
Soundcheck blog: John Schaefer weighs in on the iPod-Zune tussle
Tell us: Which media player do you prefer: the iPod or the Zune? Why?
Larkin Grimm
Singer and guitarist Larkin Grimm’s bio reads like a southern Gothic short story. Born to members of a religious sect, Grimm grew up in Appalachian mountains, learned music from a fiddler father and folksinger mother, and won a scholarship to study art at Yale. Now based in New York, Grimm’s music is decidedly darker and more sensual than her counterparts in the indie-folk scene. She joins us to perform songs from her latest record, “Parplar,” live in our studio.
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