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Back in the day, I listened to Piaf incessantly. Of course then, I was enrolled in a high school French course, and Piaf’s tales of abusive lovers and heroin addiction were heady stuff for a kid coming of age in the 60s.

Not long ago, I rolled into the bookstore and picked up a CD of Piaf’s best - -The Voice of the Sparrow: The Very Best of Edith Piaf - - as my vinyls were long-gone. Listening to her tunes was magic - not only did it take me back to my own coming of age days, it reminded me of how much I loved her gritty, no-holds barred music.

If you haven’t listened to Piaf, get yourself over to Amazon or your local bookseller and pick up this CD. You don’t even need to know any French to recognize the pain and suffering of France’s legendary Little Sparrow.

I used to think “radio was just radio” until I heard about the iTunes Tagging-enabled HD Radio™ receiver. Once used, I doubt you’ll ever go back to regular radio again. Why? Because I get really tired to hearing great songs on the radio and not knowing the name of the song or the artist.

Usually it’s my luck to tune in 3 seconds AFTER the DJ gives all the song info. But with the iTunes tagging HD receiver, my “lost tunes” days are gone.

Using these receivers, I can tag any song I hear on my local FM HD radio station by pushing a tag button; magically, all of the song’s info is saved to my iPod® so the next time I synch, the tagged songs are automatically loaded into iTunes, allowing me to buy and download any of them I want. I think the only thing I’m going to need after this is an iPOD with more memory!

Of course the music is crystal clear digital, so listening is almost like a being-there-in-person experience. Plus, bunches of HD stations are adding HD2 and HD3 channels–all subscription-free. I predict more and more iTunes tagging HD Radios will hit the scene soon.

In case you’re having problems finding HD stations, whether rock or new country music stations you can find stations by clicking the link and searching by state.