iPod DJing hits the States; what’s in an iPod name?
So we already knew this phenomenon has been going on
overseas for some time now, but it’s apparently
becoming more of a phenomenon on this side of the Atlantic as well. Clubs such as the Cafe Saint-Ex in Northwest
Washington D.C. are now regularly
inviting patrons to bring in their
iPods for 12 minutes’ worth of song-spinning fame.
Definitely a positive trend, but I’m far more interested in a little nugget buried within this Washington Post article: ”[iPod DJ] Wildt bought her iPod ‘a year and five months ago,’ she says, and calls it ‘Gayle.’ (’I just thought it looked like a Gayle. My computer doesn’t have a name, but for some reason this one has a name.’ Holly Tegeler, 24, calls her iPod Karl, with a K. ‘I knew he was a boy,’ says Tegeler, a Web developer. ‘I don’t know why, I just know he is.’)”
Clearly the real question here, folks, is what is your iPod’s name?
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Daniel said 8:00PM on 11-23-2005
Zeppo; the PowerBook G4 is Groucho, the Mac mini is Harpo and the iMac G3 Blueberry is Gummo.
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Darren said 5:51PM on 8-22-2005
More. Old one was Jonze.
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androo said 4:14PM on 6-16-2005
My 40GB iPod's name was "boombip" and after he got stolen I bought an iPod shuffle who is called "slippy".
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Powda_P said 4:14PM on 6-16-2005
Gretchen.
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Jack said 4:14PM on 6-16-2005
iPod DJing is definitely old news. DJs Andrew Andrew having been doing it in NYC for a while:
http://home.nyc.rr.com/informationmedia/Andrew_Andrew/iParty.html
But that said, I can't think of anything lamer than an iPod DJ. There's no skill involved. Just look cool. Hook up an iPod and that's it. If I said I was a Sony Walkman DJ people would laugh, but why are iPod DJs getting all this press?
If I were a real DJ I would be quite pissed.
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madtracer said 10:49AM on 6-27-2005
Andrew Andrew have had their 'iParty' at New York's APT club for about 3 years now. They pretty much invented the concept of allowing people to bring in their own iPod (or use the 2 house iPods) to DJ for 5 minutes. they were featured in this apple.com article:
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2003/10/andrewandrew/
they've been featured on the BBC, and in various magazines from all over.
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madtracer said 10:49AM on 6-27-2005
i don't know about these other iPod parties, but at iParty at APT, the last thing people are trying to be are 'serious' Djs. it's just for fun. it's almost like karaoke, where you get to look through a pretty solid list of music from a large variety of genres and write down your playlist so you're a little more prepared for when it's your turn to 'spin'. it's a casual atmosphere, and trust me, that it's impossible to 'look cool' doing it-- and nobody's trying to look cool up there... but that's just from my experience at iParty (and i'm about as cynical as they come.. and i think iParty is a good time).
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Maury E. said 4:14PM on 6-16-2005
My 20GB 3rd GEN is named "MinidisQ".
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John said 4:14PM on 6-16-2005
Guilty Spark
They are both small metal glowing objects that I love.
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Jason Cosper said 4:14PM on 6-16-2005
I call mine shrapnel, which is british slang for "a heavy and inconvenient pocket full of loose change." I blame listening to The Streets for the name.
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Chase said 4:14PM on 6-16-2005
Mine is Higara, I don't know why, I don't know if it has a meaning or what it means if it does. But it sounds cool.
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Vanessa said 4:14PM on 6-16-2005
Travis was my first one, Duke is the other
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jjvw said 4:14PM on 6-16-2005
iGOR
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Jonathan Horak said 6:07PM on 9-07-2005
My iPod: Now iRock!
And my Apple 14" iBook: Mansana Gordita (big-little Apple).
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Small Paul said 4:14PM on 6-16-2005
I'm naming my Macs after members of Radiohead, so the iPod got called Googly Minotaur.
If you don't know, don't bother asking. It's not worth it.
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Jesse said 4:14PM on 6-16-2005
The new one's a shuffle called The Little White Menace.
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wes said 4:14PM on 6-16-2005
Mine's called "hope", altought it still in a factor some where yet to be made, but once i get one more person to sign up, It's all mine :)
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Blitz said 3:30AM on 6-22-2005
Small Paul: What are the names of your other Macs? Is there one called Chieftan Mews? Because Chieftan Mews is awesome.
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Garry Schafer said 3:35PM on 8-15-2005
Ok, I'll weigh in now. I've named all three of my iPods 'Spasmolytic', but now the 5 gig is just 'iPod', the 10 is 'Liza' (it's my wife's..) -- leaving the 40 as the true Spasmolytic.
All 4 of my powerbook's I've had named MaggotEater.
I'm really a sweet guy. All influences by Skinny Puppy.
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Dev said 3:45PM on 6-23-2005
My original 10 GB (2nd Rev) was called Twiki, and the 20 GB (4th Gen) is Theo.
As to iPod DJ-ing, the one thing that saved my arse in my final three years of karaoke work was my iPod. While it did not do the actual karaoke tracks, it did wonders on the "in-between" music. It meant I didn't have to lug around another two CD books in my gear, could taylor playlists for the clubs I worked in, and could show people at a glance what I had to play.
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