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November 22, 2006

New iPod Shuffle Commercial - "Put Some Music On"

Yeah, maybe 1 Infinite Loop beat the silhouette-dancing schtick to the ground, but kudos to Apple for creating a new iPod campaign so cool that kids are tripping over themselves to upload it to YouTube! You can watch the Prototypes-soundtracked spot in HQ right here. Shades of "Black Or White"!

Cool thing about the Shuffle? Fucking tiny! But without that glowing screen, you'd never be rescued if you fell while picking wild mushrooms in Oregon like this kid did. Although, you'd probably still be able to rob ATM machines like this dude in England!

Parsons plugged his MP3 player into the back of free standing cash machines and was able to use it to read data about customers' cards. That data could then be used to 'clone' cards and use them for bogus purchases.

Free-standing machines are typically found in shops and bars, and they allowed Parsons to plug his machine into the back of them in a way that would be impossible in wall mounted dispensers.

The MP3 player recorded customer details as they were transmitted over phone lines to the bank. Tones were read as they were transmitted and used to clone cards.

British ingenuity, that is. Please, no one tell Bill O'Reilly about this. Said Baba:
I don’t own an iPod. I would never wear an iPod… If this is your primary focus in life - the machines… it’s going to have a staggeringly negative effect, all of this, for America
Fuck, if he heard about this he'd be insufferable. Imagine that!

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did i see something i shouldn't have? i thought this shuffle came out months ago.... big fuss in the media about it right now for some odd reason.


oh, wait. christmas. right.

Posted by: jon at 11/22/06 11:54 AM | Reply
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actually, it didn't start shipping until just a week or two ago i think i read according to engadget.

cool commercial. they always make me wish i owned an ipod. keepin the fingers crossed this holiday season.

Posted by: Buckeye at 11/22/06 2:23 PM | Reply
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I can't believe you guys have the Jay-Z album in the "Stereogum Suggests" section. It's fucking awful. I don't have a problem with not listening to hip-hop, but when you pay no attention to to the genre all year and then throw that well-publicized garbage up there, it smacks of tokenism.

Posted by: Mark Swiderski at 11/22/06 2:25 PM | Reply
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I'm pretty sure it did ship before a week or two ago because I've had one for close to a month...

But yeah, those commercials are cool.

Posted by: Jessica at 11/22/06 2:58 PM | Reply
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For the curious, the new shuffle shipped on Nov. 3.

SG thanks for the tid bits on the naughty things people are doing with their ipods.

Posted by: Marty at 11/22/06 5:03 PM | Reply
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For the curious, the new shuffle shipped on Nov. 3.

SG thanks for the tid bits on the naughty things people are doing with their ipods.

Posted by: Marty at 11/22/06 5:06 PM | Reply
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For the curious, the new shuffle shipped on Nov. 3.

SG thanks for the tid bits on the naughty things people are doing with their ipods.

Posted by: Marty at 11/22/06 5:14 PM | Reply
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For the curious, the new shuffle shipped on Nov. 3.

SG thanks for the tid bits on the naughty things people are doing with their ipods.

Posted by: Marty at 11/22/06 5:16 PM | Reply
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eek! sorry for all the posts and reposts. Glitch with my browser.

Posted by: Marty at 11/22/06 5:19 PM | Reply
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This, like the HP picture commercial, is a relatively easy effect to duplicate that nonetheless looks really cool. I look forward to people spoofing this on YouTube.

Posted by: Josh at 11/24/06 7:02 PM | Reply
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hey whats the name of the song ?

Posted by: krls at 12/19/06 5:43 PM | Reply
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it's called "who's gonna sing?"

Posted by: beth at 12/19/06 6:32 PM | Reply
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Just got an ipod shuffel.
LOVE it. cant wait for my cousin to finish puting all the songs on it. have about 95. need alot more to fill it up about 150 i think. the best thing that could happen to me. its soo small. love it.

Posted by: shannahan at 05/02/07 10:41 AM | Reply
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la la la la la la la la
this is dumb who wouls post anyting
abot this.
la la al la la la la la

Posted by: no name bob at 05/02/07 10:44 AM | Reply
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I thought this is where I can put some music I don't want this mess.;

Posted by: Shamiaya at 07/31/07 3:31 PM | Reply
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